Another BTS detail about The Greats Story Lab — When you design in, say, Unreal Engine, you spend a lot of time “kit bashing.” What does this mean? Well, it’s like playing with legos. You can build the thing on the cover of your kit, or you can kitbash and see what else you can make

It's D Day. 4,427 Allied soldiers died today so that generations not even born, like mine, could grow up in freedom. WWII Memorial Friends

Today is First Friday in June, the month specially dedicated to the #SacredHeart of Jesus. Cor Jesu Sacratissimum, miserere nobis!

Wow.

In Inferno 19, Dante and Virgil encounter the simonists who are buried upside down with their feet on fire. Like the corrupt sorcerer, Simon Magus, these souls tried to make holiness a commodity. Their corruption sowed discord in holy institutions. The thing is, you cannot buy

Such a great message!

After finals and a quick mental break, I’m coming back to finish up reading Sophocles’ Antigone. If you’re just joining in, you can pop over to thegreats.org/courses to catch up (free—there is no charge for our course materials). #Ancients2025

Sophocles, Antigone, Episode V: Tiresias warns Creon Creon’s stubbornness grows. Antigone has an unexpected champion in Tiresias, the infamous blind prophet who brings a warning to the king. Tiresias warns Creon that his "luck is once more on Fate's razor edge,” and he must do

What a great example of the folly of ignoring wise counsel!

I have been to Lindisfarne. And it was amazing.

On this day, June 11, 1289, Dante Alighieri rode into battle with the cavalry, sword in hand, against the Ghibellines at Campaldino in the plains below Poppi castle. It was a bloody and decisive victory for the Guelphs of Florence, who supported the Pope against the Emperor.

The Date and Duration of Dante's Journey Dante Alighieri did not explicitly include the date of his journey through Hell, Purgatory and Paradise, but he did leave us clues. According to Dante's descendent and astronomer, Sperello di Serego Alighieri, there are some important

One of the boldest scenes of the Divine Comedy unfolds in Inferno 19, as Dante condemns corruption inside the Church. A good reminder that high office doesn’t make us virtuous. As Boethius teaches, we bring our own virtue—or vice—to the role, shaping the world around us.

I think of the bona ira that Aquinas talks about when I read this canto.

The powerful weapons used in modern wars threaten to lead us to a barbarism greater than that of the past. In the name of human dignity and international law, I repeat to those in positions of responsibility what Pope Francis used to say: 'War is always a defeat!' And with Pope

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In Inferno 20, Dante discovers the diviners and false prophets who sought to uncover the future to gain an illusion of power and control. But their attempts to seize this knowledge blinded them to the truth. The mystery of the future is an invitation. We’re invited, in our

What a great invitation to lean into trust!

So amazing to see such a community grow!