Working on the road requires light gizmos! I can usually work from my phone. Now I am trying an old netbook someone recently gave me loaded with Ubuntu… which I still don’t really know how to use.
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And after a hideous flight, into NYC.
Let’s hope all goes well for the ride into Manhattan at this time or day and after the snow.
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on “Our ordinary world, the one in which we work and fall in love and watch TV—it’s thinner than paper, and the demons pour through it in hordes.”: “The Church’s office language is Latin. Demons are legalistic. Latin has specific juridical language. Besides… the Church’s language is Latin.…”
on 13 May 609: Dedication of the Roman Pantheon, “Santa Maria ad martyres”. An account of Boniface IV’s exorcism of the temple and the screaming of the demons.: “Amazing. This is the sort of thing that was done when we weren’t a “loser” church– when we actually believed…”
on ASK FATHER: Is Mass valid if it is offered in a desecrated place? Wherein @fatherz rants.: “When I saw that video and blatantly defiant disrespect for Our Lord, my eyes and ears felt like they were…”
on ASK FATHER: Is Mass valid if it is offered in a desecrated place? Wherein @fatherz rants.: “I was once told by the late Fr. John O’Connor that the thing to do if you see dancing at…”
on Daily Rome Shot 156: “Santa Caterina di Siena, Santa Maria sopra Minerva. She was a Third Order Dominican.”
on 13 May 609: Dedication of the Roman Pantheon, “Santa Maria ad martyres”. An account of Boniface IV’s exorcism of the temple and the screaming of the demons.: “Amen, Fr. Z., a hearty Amen, regarding the evil Pachamama and what took place over the very bones of St.…”
on “Our ordinary world, the one in which we work and fall in love and watch TV—it’s thinner than paper, and the demons pour through it in hordes.”: “Fr. Z, can you explain for us why, specifically, Latin is more powerful in dealing with demons than other languages?…” on Daily Rome Shot 154: “I’ll put you out of your misery. It is an inscription in the courtyard of the barracks of the Swiss…”
on ASK FATHER: Is Mass valid if it is offered in a desecrated place? Wherein @fatherz rants.: “I looked into this song, and it was written by a 24 year old in Zulu but has become a…”
on Daily Rome Shot 154: “rhurd: Looks good to this intermediate-level student. When I read “Hispanus” I was hoping next for a reference to Maximus…”
on 13 May 609: Dedication of the Roman Pantheon, “Santa Maria ad martyres”. An account of Boniface IV’s exorcism of the temple and the screaming of the demons.: “Father Z, this was an excellent post! Having been in the Pantheon in the early 2000s, I had no idea…” on Daily Rome Shot 153: “St. John XXIII on the right, on the left St. John Paul II who survived an assassination attempt by the…”
on ASK FATHER: Is Mass valid if it is offered in a desecrated place? Wherein @fatherz rants.: “The contents of the video are yet another example of the feminization of the Church. Hard to imagine new vocations…”
on REMINDER: Ascension THURSDAY – usually Holy Day of Obligation: “The last I heard the Ordinariate in North America has rescinded the dispensation except for the elderly and those with…”
on ASK FATHER: Is Mass valid if it is offered in a desecrated place? Wherein @fatherz rants.: “Any manifestations in the Pauline Chapel?”
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How do you like the netbook? I’ve heard mixed reviews, especially with the lighter power of the computers and the stripped down Windows Starter (which won’t be an issue for you).
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Nothing like a NYC cab-ride on unplowed streets for a little adventure.
What version of Ubutnu are you running, Father? I would assume that it is Ubuntu Netbook.
If you have issues, check out the ubuntu forums. Everyone there is quite nice, and more than willing to help a novice!
I hope you enjoy your stay. I do have a question. I attended with my wife ,this evening a concert at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. I live in CT. It was by Lionheart and featured English Medieval Christmas music. The music and the performance were excellent. However, I am not a Latin scholar but I noticed the group insisted on pronouncing the i in filium as a long i as eye (made it sound like phyllum or phylium) Question 1 Was ther some variation in the pronunciation in Medieval England? or are they just plain wrong or am I wrong? I thought it was feelioom or fil as in fill.
I would be curious to know. The concert was in front of the Baroque Christmas tree with the Neopolitan creche.
It was otherwise wonderful.
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Safe trip to NYC, Father Z!
BTW-the picture of Holy Innocents’ Church is glorious! Wonderful painting over the high altar! Now that’s a setting for Midnight Mass!
I think there is nothing more beautiful in the travel world than flying into NY. Of course, I grew up there and lived there most of my life, so to me, it means flying into home. But even so, coming in over Manhattan or even over LI and seeing the outline of NYC to the west is an unforgettable moment.
It was better when we had the Towers (although I hated their construction when I was a teenager, showing how dumb teenagers are), and I still have a faint retinal image of them…
Linux (Ubuntu) is my second language. :-) Please email me if I can be of any help with the netbook.