OUR LAND IS GREAT AND RICH, BUT THERE’S NO ORDER IN IT. COME RULE AND REIGN OVER US.

In a previous posting (see Prelude: Towards the Consecration of Learning), I made reference to a gathering storm that burst on the face of Europe, in 794 A.D. at the Lindisfarne monastery.  It was a story of looting and plunder, murder and mayhem, as the signature calling card of the Scandinavian Vikings. They had broken […]