December 2011
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“Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.”
– G.K. Chesterton (via invisibleforeigner)
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mystagogy:
Father Daniel Mallette, an 80-year-old-priest, was severely beaten and robbed.
The men woke him up, dragged him out of bed, forced him to his knees and demanded money, according to police. He was hit in the face and kicked before he opened a safe in his bedroom closet. Several of his ribs were broken. The robbers took $600 and fled.
“He kept saying the act of contrition...
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All I want for the Downton Abbey Christmas...
spectroscopes:
Charades I have to admit that my desire for Crawley family charades was at most nascent — I knew I wanted something but I was not quite sure what — when the stills were released. And then I knew! I knew: charades were all I wanted, all I ever wanted from this show. I can only hope the episode does the charades subplot justice; I fear that it will be left underdeveloped in...
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seven years and the summer is over
Now I fear disturbance of the quiet seasons: Winter shall come bringing death from the sea, Ruinous spring shall beat at our doors, Root and shoot shall eat our eyes and our ears, Disastrous summer burn up the beds of our streams And the poor shall wait for another decaying October. Why should the summer bring consolation For autumn fires and winter fogs? What shall we do in the heat of summer...
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“The church is Catholic, universal, so are all her actions; all that she does...”
– John Donne, Meditation 17 (via shortbreadsh)
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A HYMN TO GOD THE FATHER. by John Donne WILT Thou forgive that sin where I begun, Which was my sin, though it were done before? Wilt Thou forgive that sin, through which I run, And do run still, though still I do deplore? When Thou hast done, Thou hast not done, For I have more.
Wilt Thou forgive that sin which I have won Others to sin,...
THOU art indeed just, Lord, if I contend With thee; but, sir, so what I plead is just. Why do sinners’ ways prosper? and why must Disappointment all I endeavour end? Wert thou my enemy, O thou my friend, How wouldst thou worse, I wonder, than thou dost Defeat, thwart me? Oh, the sots and thralls of lust Do in spare hours more thrive than I that spend, Sir, life upon thy cause. See,...
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I am getting really sick of seeing nun-themed...
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cincosechzehn:
Like really? REALLY? Come on people, that’s pretty wrong on a lot of levels.
That’s pretty much why this blog was created. :)
but the fact that some women freely choose celibacy out of a religious motivation is intolerably deviant and must be punished and mocked
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“The only position that leaves me with no cognitive dissonance is atheism. It is...”
– Christopher Hitchens. (via rcmoore)
It’s interesting to read people’s reactions (online) to Hitchens’ death. Of course he was a great wit and rhetorician, not a great intellectual (I saw similar over-inflating of William F. Buckley’s writings and his role in the public...
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Holy Soup: Holy-Soup Rosary Give Away! →
holy-soup:
Hello, everyone! Holy-Soup has over 100 followers! I realize that isn’t big for the internet world, but I appreciate you all. In celebration I decided to hold a small give away!
The prize?
A hand-made five decade rosary I put together just for you guys. The white beads are round river shell…
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Latin nouns, missed opportunities →
shortbreadsh:
“As a teacher, I have some tricks up my sleeve—case studies and object lessons for when the right opportunity arises. One favorite that I learned somewhere along the way goes like this: “OK, everyone take out a scrap of paper. I have a question for an important class discussion. Who have been the most important men in your life?” The students write down mostly expected answers...
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The Magic Mountain and death
“What I wanted to ask you —” he began. “The case in my room expired just before I arrived, you said. Have there been a lot of other deaths since you’ve been up here?” “Several, certainly,” Joachim replied. “But they deal with them discreetly, you see, so you don’t hear about them, or only occasionally, later on. When someone dies...
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apropos of nothing
When is Tina Fey going to weigh in?
Oh wait she’s too classy.
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“If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere...”
– Alexander Solzhenitsyn (via northodoxy)