Why JRR Tolkien Made March 25 the Day the Ring Was Destroyed
From the Shire to Mount Doom, Frodo’s path was mapped with the Church calendar in mind — a quiet testament to Tolkien’s Catholic imagination.
Results from Tag: 'lord of the rings'
The Return of the Ring and Tolkien’s ‘Fundamentally Catholic’ Work
How faithful was Peter Jackson’s adaptation to the religious and Catholic aspects of the work?
There and Back Again: How J.R.R. Tolkien Helped Save a Marriage
What is Tolkien’s contribution to his fellow man but celebration in the eucatastrophe — a happy ending that comes after a journey fraught with peril?
Gollum and the Spirit of Christmas
The more we love characters like Scrooge and Gollum, the more we hate the sins that keep them in agony.
J.R.R. Tolkien Offers an Antidote Against New Forms of Paganism in the West
Tolkien’s world of thought could be the ideal bridge between the vague longings of modern youth and the truth of Christian tradition.
Tolkien the Catholic
COMMENTARY: Literary giant’s deep faith, often overshadowed by his commercial success, imbued his work.
‘The Lord of the Rings’ in a Nutshell
The key to understanding LOTR is to be found in the date on which the Ring is destroyed — March 25, the feast of the Annunciation
Meeting Gollum on an Airplane
We are all Ring-wearers on occasion, even if we desire to be Ring-bearers.
Take It From Tolkien: ‘The Lord of the Rings’ is a ‘Religious and Catholic Work’
The connections between The Lord of the Rings and Christianity are numerous.
A Castle, a Telescope and the Real Gandalf the Grey
The feast day of Blessed Gandolph, a gray friar, is April 3.
