From a reader:
Dear Father Z:
My thirteen year old daughter asked me how to use a word in a sentence. She was seeking to complete an assignment she had been given in her 8th grade English class at a Massachusetts public school. The following are the words for the week:
cauterized
surreptitious
ineffable
congregate
mediocre
pithAs luck would have it, she asked me to use "ineffable" in a sentence.
Use them all in a sentence!
In honor of B. Trautman.
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With my usual,ineffable wit, I cauterized the whole congregation, with a bit of pith, it was a mediocre reception, however, whilst I made a surreptitious retreat from the room.
K, you forgot my K when you created my login, it’s Makemeaspark–with a k–thanks Father. Yours truly~Sparks
The ineffable pith of doctrine can surreptitiously cauterize the wounded hearts of all who congregate to hear them, unless those teachings are watered down in a mediocre manner.
(Whew!)
Mediocre men surreptitiously cauterized sacred chant pithly preached ineffable congregator ian c.
I’ve come across it in several readings for my Patristics class this semester. Always think of these posts when it shows up.
Last I heard it was in a homily, referring to the hypostatic union. Made me think of these posts too!
They CONGREGATE each Sunday
for the SURREPTICOUS rites,
in the PITH of which
they know the MEDIOCRE nature of their own righteousness,
CAUTERIZED by the INEFFABLE mercy of God.
Father:
I hope you do not mind me adjectiving a few nouns!
“A pithy argument would be against the cult of mediocrity. So surreptitious is its advance, that without the ineffable goodwill of others so congregated it cannot be cauterised.”
The Holy Spirit cauterized the wound left by the words of her surreptitious
advisors with the fire of His ineffable wisdom; thus were left the evil-doers to
congregate and compare the pith of their mediocre arguments.
The ineffable truth is that those who surreptitiously pith the brains of the congregation with mediocre drivel will be cauterized for all eternity.
“What pith!” saith Traut. “What froth! What math!
A surreptitious formula indeed —
To congregate per black-red words
And pitch our former mediocre creed.”
The Pope hath cauterized an open sore
And turned banal ineffable once more.
The liturgical abuses which abound shall be cauterized despite the surreptitious movements of the heterodox liturgists. The meetings in which they congregate result in only mediocre worship services because they have forgotten that liturgical worship must reflect the ineffable nature of God. In their attempt to create liturgies which also serve as amusements they have created liturgies without pith. They shall be not be victorious!
In an unfortunate step for those who congregate, the bishop attempted to cauterise the pith of the “slavish” new translation of the ineffable Mass and in an unfortunate surreptitous manner struck yet another blow for the mediocre.
Whoops! Left “unfortunate” in twice!
Correction:
In an unfortunate step for those who congregate, the bishop attempted to cauterise the pith of the “slavish” new translation of the ineffable Mass and in a hasty, surreptitous manner struck yet another blow for the mediocre.
For over 40 years we have seen the enemies of the Magisterium congregate to promote the surreptitious dilution of traditional Catholic teaching by draining the very pith and marrow from the texts of the Mass – but their designs have been thwarted by a great Pope, who in cauterizing the suppurating wounds of false ecumenism, has rejected the mediocre fruits of protestantization; and restored a sense of the ineffable to the Liturgy.
Fearing the pith-helmeted locals might congregate on their hiding spot, and in spite of the mediocre medic’s surreptitious effort to treat the cauterized wound, the man of pith managed to keep his pain ineffable.
Well, it just goes to show that the Massachusetts public schools are WAY behind the curve set by ICEL. When will they learn that educated adults can’t understand such vocabulary? The ignorance they show in teaching them to our youth!
Not to mention young children comprehending the vocabulary… I mean even California public schools, infamous for the state they are in, teach these kind of words to the young…
Reading “A Wrinkle in Time” to my son last night before bed, I came across “ineffible” – used correctly! Immediately, all thoughts went to WDTPRS.
thereseb,
Touché! I enjoyed your post!
Please spare a thought for +Trautmann. He was a disciple of Jungman, and therefore the promotion of the Paul VI liturgy must have been dear to his heart. Imagine the reaction of Honecker to the fall of the Berlin Wall, and you will have some idea of the feelings he must have.
What – do I hear mocking laughter? Shame on you – only a heart of pre-stressed concrete could resist such a predicament.