Another flight, hopefully boring.
I have a book on Shakespeare, sent from my wish list by a reader, and an iPod with audio books, and Bose noise cacelling headphones… and even ear plugs to shut everything out.
So, I hope for a boring flight and an even more tedious landing.
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Fr Z: I’m sorry to say this but, Glad it’s not me.
Couldn’t imagine flying on a plane. Would have to do it under “holy obedience.”
Safe travels. Godspeed!
Prayers for your safe travels with extra angels along.
You’re coming into my area of the country. I thought I was in a TLM wasteland. What could bring you here?
Padre,
My Face-booking, shoe-shopping, too much eye-make-up-ing 15 yr old daughter announced the other day that she loves The Bard. Shock & amazement here. I’ll take your read as a confirmatory omen.
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Ben Johnson said of Shakespeare,”He was not of an age but for all time.”
What you learn from this book is how much The Bard was a political and religious activist in his own day.
Shadowplay is GERAT, as is Joseph Pearce’s “The Quest for Shakespeare.”
Don’t leave out “Shakespeare the Papist” by Fr. Peter Milward, S.J.
Bon voyage, mon père …
I only have to fly once every so many years…the last time was in 2000…and for that I am thankful! Can’t imagine getting on a plane these days. My prayers are with you!
May the Archangel Raphael keep you safe-and Our Lady of Loreto, too!
How in the world did you get your knees out of the picture? At times like that I sometimes wish God had made me the 5-foot 140-lb Japanese man these planes were designed for.
JohnE: I was in the exit row, which helps.
I recently read Shadowplay myself and found it most intriguing. Some Eng Lit types I know are a bit skeptical about it but it certainly gives Shakespeare’s work a new interest for Catholics. Enjoy. And I hope that the flight is boring and that you have one of those pilots like the one I had who announced after the plane hit the ground smoothly “Well that’s kept up my record: number of take-offs equals number of landings.”
I love to fly. I went to Rome 3 weeks after 911. But I’m holding off for now–too many weird things in the news and in the white house.
Be careful and safe travels, Fr. Z.