Tag Archives: exile

Ignorance is bliss…

Posted on March 31, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

“Forward, the Light Brigade!” Was there a man dismay’d? Not tho’ the soldier knew Someone had blunder’d: Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die: Into the valley of Death Rode the … Continue reading →

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March 13: A day to celebrate!

Posted on March 13, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

“God has given the world a holy Church in whose safe harbor the lovers of truth seek refuge, as well as all those who desire to be saved and to escape the dreadful wrath of God.” –– St. Theophilus of … Continue reading →

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Protected: Pope Icarus alights…

Posted on February 28, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

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Orders are, we don’t need to take this seriously…

Posted on February 9, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

…since it was published by the National Catholic Reporter. Call me old-fashioned, but I’m no fan of the genetic fallacy. Cardinal Schönborn: Pope Francis has already changed church by Christa Pongratz-Lippitt | Feb. 7, 2014 … Francis spoke of his … Continue reading →

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I like theology…

Posted on January 2, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

Enjoy this light-hearted review of the recent post about “adding more beans to the water” of Pope Francis’s preaching. (Meanwhile, make it at least four times now that I’ve been accused of being a minion of Satan for airing out … Continue reading →

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These are the woids you’ve been looking for!

Posted on January 2, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

[The following May 16 passage is based on my translation of the Spanish, not the least because the “official” Zenit report includes not a word of the pertinent claims. As such, my translation is subject to ongoing future revisions… All … Continue reading →

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An open letter to those on the ledge…

Posted on December 11, 2013 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

[A few hours after posting this, I made a few minor revisions. I also recommend this comment by Dale.] “6 Give strong drink to anyone who is perishing, and wine to the embittered; 7 When they drink, they will forget … Continue reading →

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And so it came to pass…

Posted on November 21, 2013 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

…that I am a philistine surrounded by puritans.

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“God is not a God of confusion but of peace.” – I Cor 14:33

Posted on October 29, 2013 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

“Sing to the Lord, all the earth. Let no one separate; let no one cut himself off. You are the wheat; bear with the chaff until it is winnowed away. Do you want to be driven from the threshing floor[?] … Continue reading →

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More cheery news from the Codgitator…

Posted on October 22, 2013 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

To be spiritual is to smile? I get the Pope’s point, though I think it’s typically heavy-handed and abrasive. Did the unsatisfactorily gleeful faces of the nuns in his presence suddenly guide his “off-the-cuff” comments to chastise them on camera? … Continue reading →

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Meet the new boss, same enough as the old bosses…

Posted on October 11, 2013 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

“I am a really, really undisciplined person.” –– Pope Francis, interview with Fr. Spadaro . I’m confused. Again. Is Francis just an extension of his most immediate predecessors, or is he not? If he is, why are so many of … Continue reading →

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Silly, Quixote, windmills are for kids…

Posted on October 9, 2013 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

I was not born to see, hear, and keep quiet; therefore, for my own personal health, I choose from this day forward to avoid seeing or hearing certain things, in order not to be forced to keep quiet, as I … Continue reading →

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It sure would suck to be this guy…

Posted on October 8, 2013 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

[Initially I only posted the video above, but then decided the thoughts I was having fit very well with the video, so, even if you already ‘read’ this video post, what follows has not been posted until now. And even … Continue reading →

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