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30 January 2012
Sunday Monday Supper: for my reading group
I belong to a reading group which has been meeting on and off for many years. We are about to launch into some of the so-called Metaphysical Poets… on Monday. I am doing the cooking. Since … Continue reading
9 January 2012
Another Vatican Goat Rodeo
From Catholic World News:
Another Vatican PR blunder: cardinals’ bios from Wikipedia
In another embarrassing public-relations gaffe, when Pope Benedict XVI named 22 new cardinals, the Vatican released short biographies of the prelates that had been taken verbatim from Wikipedia without attribution.
Father … Continue reading
Posted in Goat Rodeos, Lighter fare, New Evangelization, Slubberdegullions
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28 December 2011
‘Did you see that hoopoe?’ cried the man in the black coat.
I posted about my mediated encounter in a gallery of the Metropolitan Museum of Art with a story-telling Hoopoe. HERE.
All of a sudden, the memory swarmed into my my, like an able-seaman into the foretop.
A Hoopoe makes an important … Continue reading
Posted in Just Too Cool, Linking Back, O'Brian Tags
4 Comments
4 December 2011
QUAERITUR: BEARDS! FACIAL HAIR! BISHOPS! SEMINARIANS! DRAMA! SCANDAL!
From a reader:
I am now wondering about beards for clerics of the Roman Rite (if, as Benedict once asked, the Latin Rite still exists). [If Benedict existed... some scholars of late-antiquity have their doubts...] It is my understanding that priests … Continue reading
16 November 2011
On the preparation of Christmas Pudding: advice sought
Since Stir-Up Sunday is upon us and it is time to make the Christmas Pudding, I thought consult in advance with some of you who have experience. I made one last year, of course. It was wonderful. I shared it … Continue reading
Posted in Fr. Z's Kitchen, Lighter fare, O'Brian Tags
Tagged Christmas Pudding, kitchen, mixed spice, Patrick O'Brian, pumpkin pie, Stir Up Sunday
33 Comments
13 November 2011
What is this thing?
Okay, you smart people out there.
What is this thing?
Which I think it’s used in the kitchen. Or maybe not. A sewing thing?
No, it isn’t mine. No, I don’t have a better photo. No, I haven’t a clue.
Technorati Tags: kitchen utensile
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Fr. Z's Kitchen, Lighter fare, Preserved Killick
Tagged kitchen utensile
33 Comments
16 October 2011
“what a tomorrow for the future is any term that can be comprehended in cipher or counters?”
As I wind down a day, I am listening to a reading of Patrick O’Brian’s Clarissa Oakes, known in the USA as The Truelove.
Martin, an Anglican minister but sailing in HMS Surprise as surgeon’s assistant, not being a great preacher, … Continue reading
Posted in O'Brian Tags
5 Comments
10 October 2011
LONDON BLOGNIC! 10 Oct Monday 7:30 pm at The Coal Hole
It is time for a LONDON BLOGNIC!
We are going to meet at The Coal Hole on The Strand near the Savoy. There is Holy Mass at Corpus Christi on Maiden Lane at 6:30 pm (Extraordinary Form). We … Continue reading
Posted in Blognics, O'Brian Tags, On the road
Tagged blognic, Coal Hole, Liberties of the Savoy, London, The Strand
25 Comments
9 October 2011
QUAERITUR: Can I have my pet blessed?
From a reader:
Is having a pet blessed a odd ball thing? I would feel odd about
bringing my dog into a church. She is a good dog but still.
I have no problem at all with blessing pets or other animals. I … Continue reading
8 October 2011
Exhibit on the historical inspiration for Capt. Jack Aubrey!
This is for your Just Too Cool folder. BBC reports:
Admiral Cochrane artefacts go on display for first time
The life of an admiral who inspired the character Jack Aubrey, portrayed in the film Master and Commander, is to form an … Continue reading
Posted in Crackit Gaberlunzie, Just Too Cool, O'Brian Tags, Puir Slow-Witted Gowk
Tagged Catp. Aubrey, Lord Cochrane, Patrick O'Brian
8 Comments
5 October 2011
Gralloching a priest at a wedding reception
From Creative Minority Report with my emphases and comments:
A Priest Lost In Translation
by Pat Archbold Tuesday, October 04, 2011 8:36 PM Comments
What could possibly make a priest so angry?
I went to a wedding in New Jersey last week and I … Continue reading
30 September 2011
QUAERITUR: Is gambling a sin?
From a reader:
I have recently started dating a woman who is a devout Catholic. I was
baptized, but have fallen away from the church since I was young.
Since I have love her so much I decided to start attending mass again
because … Continue reading
23 September 2011
CNS makes the same “Copernican Revolution” error about the CDF’s “Doctrinal Preamble” for the SSPX
A long time reader alerted me to a video put out by the Rome office of Catholic News Service about the recent development in the talks between the Holy See and the Society of St. Pius X. You can read … Continue reading
20 September 2011
Peace bee with you.
Not since the Barbarini will there have been so many bees around the Pope.
This is from VIS:
BEES FOR THE PONTIFICAL FARMS AT CASTELGANDOLFO
VATICAN CITY, 20 SEP 2011 (VIS) – As part of its initiatives to mark the Day for the … Continue reading
Posted in Just Too Cool, Lighter fare, O'Brian Tags, Patristiblogging, Preserved Killick
Tagged bees, Castel Gandolfo, HMS Lively, honey, St. Ambrose, virginity
22 Comments
17 September 2011
About Galileo, churches and the sun
I was recently alerted to a blog, The Deeps of Time, which deals with science and the Catholic faith. Even as I am starting at a book on my desk about Galileo (sent by a kind reader from my wish … Continue reading
Posted in Just Too Cool, Look! Up in the sky!, Preserved Killick
Tagged Dog Star, Galileo, J.R. Heilbron, Sirius, solar noon, sun
18 Comments
