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Monthly Archives: June 2010
28 June 2010
Dad’s quick comeback
From my email:
Dad’s quick comeback A teenage boy had just passed his driving test and inquired of his father as to when they could discuss his use of the car. His father said he’d make a deal: ‘You bring your … Continue reading
Posted in Lighter fare
11 Comments
Papal con-fab with Cards. Sodano and Schoenborn
Did you see this communique from the Holy See Press Office about the meeting of Benedict XVI with Card. Sodano and Card. Schoenborn?
I was about to work up a translation and then I found a note from a reader that … Continue reading
Vesuvius A.D. 79: How the people in Pompeii died.
Biretta tip to rogueclassicism, which directed me to an article about how the people in Pompeii died during the famous eruption of Vesuvius. There is a scholarly article called "Lethal Thermal Impact at Periphery of Pyroclastic Surges: Evidences at Pompeii" … Continue reading
Posted in Global Killer Asteroid Questions, Just Too Cool, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Pompeii, Vesuvius, volcano
13 Comments
27 June 2010
Wow… just… wow…. That’s ugly.
At the Italian site Fides et Forma, Francesco Collafemina has posted photos of supremely ugly churches.
I mean… reeeeealllly ugly.
This church is called Santa Monica. I don’t think St. Monica or her son would be amused.
And another view….
Well.. not, that … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
46 Comments
Rabbi’s reaction to SCOTUS nominee Kagan
From CNA about POTUS’s SCOTUS’s nominee:
Rabbis say Kagan not a ‘kosher’ Supreme Court nominee
Alexandria, Va., Jun 27, 2010 / 06:13 pm (CNA).-
According to the National Rabbinical Alliance and its more than 850 Orthodox Jewish members, Supreme Court nominee Elena … Continue reading
Posted in Emanations from Penumbras, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Elena Kagan, POTUS, Rabbi Yehuda Levin, SCOTUS
14 Comments
The dark of the moon
Did you see the Partial Lunar Eclipse?
I saw on Spaceweather that a photographer in Australia, Geoff Sims, did, and shot some photos. He put them together to show the outline of Earth’s shadow!
Technorati Tags: eclipse, moon
Theologian says Jesus may not have died nailed to the Cross
From the Daily Telegraph comes this strange story
Jesus did not die on cross, says scholar
Jesus may not have died nailed to the cross because there is no evidence that the Romans crucified prisoners two thousand years ago, a scholar … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
81 Comments
QUAERITUR: wrong readings at Sunday TLM
From a reader:
At my parish’s Extraordinary Form Mass this morning, the priest, I think accidentally, used the readings and prayers for the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost instead of those for the Fifth Sunday. Did this affect the validity of the … Continue reading
Posted in ASK FATHER Question Box, SESSIUNCULA
13 Comments
WDTPRS: Collect – 13th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Let’s have a look at this week’s…
COLLECT – (2002MR): Deus, qui, per adoptionem gratiae, lucis nos esse filios voluisti, praesta, quaesumus, ut errorum non involvamur tenebris, sed in splendore veritatis semper maneamus conspicui.
… Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA, WDTPRS
17 Comments
26 June 2010
Facebook and 5000
Did you know that Facebook only allows 5000 friends?
What’s with that?
Follow on Twitter, at least….
@father
Also… I just discovered that I can create ads on my Facebook page. Who knew?
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
15 Comments
The Feeder Feed
Some shots from the feeder.
The expert grape jelly eater.
A young male Oriole has found the bonus of a spider in his jelly.
Young make Red-Breasted Grosbeak.
A not so young male Red-Breasted Grosbeak.
A seriously annoying young Hairy Woodpecker, begging relentlessly.
More of the … Continue reading
Posted in The Feeder Feed
9 Comments
25 June 2010
PODCAzT 106: John Henry Newman’s kindly light
In this PODCAzT we will drill into the Collect designated for the Memorial of soon-to-be Blessed John Henry Newman (+1890).
I have as a surprise, a guest appearance by Fr. Timothy Finigan, who will read one of Newman’s famous works.
We drill … Continue reading
Posted in PODCAzT, SESSIUNCULA, Saints: Stories & Symbols, The Drill
Tagged Fr. Finigan, John Henry Newman
10 Comments
LOOK! Up in the sky!
Space Weather News for June 25, 2010
http://spaceweather.com
SPACE STATION IN CONSTANT SUNLIGHT: For the next few days, the International Space Station (ISS) will be orbiting Earth in constant sunlight. This sets the stage for a remarkable sky show. Because the ISS … Continue reading
