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UPDATE: Essential Catholic reading list…
Back in winter, I posted the following titles, care of USC (sidebar), as must-reads for a serious Catholic of an intellectual bent. (I add that last qualification because I am undoubtedly shamed by many serious Catholics who are not of such a … Continue reading
A favor…
…because you never know when certain ideas will get pulled as doubpleplus ungood. + + + In The Heart of Every Traditionalist Lies A Schismatic by Pat Archbold Thursday, May 22, 2014 10:44 AM Comments (0) Just because you are … Continue reading
“These go to eleven.”
“It’s such a fine line between stupid and… and clever.” — David St. Hubbins and… Derek Smalls “‘This tasteless cover is a good indication of the lack of musical invention within. The musical growth rate of this band cannot even … Continue reading
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Lest we forget…
Centuries ago the Holy See was asked: 1. whether it is lawful to join Communist Parties or to favour them; 2. whether it is lawful to publish, disseminate, or read books, periodicals, newspapers or leaflets which support the teaching or … Continue reading
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Tagged Communism, history, Marxism, This is Denzinger, time dilation, words
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Jesus loves kidnappers, too…
“5 Now the end of the commandment is charity, from a pure heart, and a good conscience, and an unfeigned faith. 6 From which things some going astray, are turned aside unto vain babbling: 7 Desiring to be teachers of … Continue reading
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Sacraments are…
…outward signs established by Christ to give grace. Or, as I heard it put today, they are visible signs of inward grace, given by Christ. Words, being key in all of the Sacraments, are also outward, material signs of inward, … Continue reading
Protected: Pope Icarus alights…
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Tagged exile, hermeneutic of ambiguity, Heterodox Tourette Syndrome, heterodoxoid, not-so-solemn nonsense, piarum aurium offensiva, soft ultramontanism, the Incarnation, the normalcy bias, This isn't Denzinger, truthiness, words
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Charity wearies not with waiting…
Only minutes after seeing this opinion piece, I stumbled upon the following quotation. In light of an earlier reflection I wrote about Pius X and Francis, the rhetorical contrast of those “plebeian popes” afforded me yet another chuckle. 13. But … Continue reading
New Policy Day!
“1 It is the part of man to prepare the soul: and of the Lord to govern the tongue. 2 All the ways of a man are open to his eyes: the Lord is the weigher of spirits. 3 Lay open thy … Continue reading
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Tagged bloggorhea, Elliam Fakespeare, solemn nonsense, special pleating, theology, words
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“I love this man!”
“14 Wherefore, dearly beloved, … be diligent that you may be found before him unspotted and blameless in peace … as also our most dear brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, hath written to you: 16 As also … Continue reading
So, let me get this straight…
“26 And if any man think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.” — James 1 The following is another of what you might call my “data reflection” posts. I … Continue reading
Freaky Friday…
On 9 January the Vatican Insider reported an interesting “Easter egg” that had cropped up in Google Translate: from Italian “Bergoglio” translated into all other languages as “better world”. On 3 January Katholisches.info had reported the same phenomenon, but also … Continue reading
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Tagged humor, language, news of the weird, Pope Francis, semiotics, Translation, words
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This is why we can’t have nice things…
One can tolerate only so much comic relief. Not that most people need to have this clarified, but in the interest of transparency, let me make clear that the following is the kind of comment–especially when it caps off a … Continue reading
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Tagged bloggorhea, holy trollers, projection, soft ultramontanism, The Catholic Thing, The Francis Affect, words
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“Wherefore laying away all guile…”
Well, this is disheartening. Yesterday, I “went to bat” to defend what I think is a harmless, though typically needlessly provocative expression from Pope Francis, “holy cunning”. However, after hearing further concerns about it, and praying about it, I realize … Continue reading
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