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- adriennep on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Thanks Father Z, cosmology lesson as only you can impart.”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 35 (-6): adventures in symmetry: “Hmmm. Those kind of tassels have always reminded me of fancy curtain tiebacks so I have avoided making them but…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Fr.Z sez: …The Voyagers are destined—perhaps eternally—to wander the Milky Way and then become characters in Star Trek…. V’ger!! https://youtu.be/gxAaVqdz_Vk?t=96”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Being from Florida, I remember when both Voyagers launched – you could see them from our house. At that time,…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Too bad the Curia has drifted too far from its power source…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Voyager 2 launched on 20 August 1977, from Cape Canaveral. Voyager 1 launched from Cape Canaveral on 5 September 1977.…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “I guess Voyager I gives new meaning to the poem High Flight. Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Now this is very interesting. Not just looking up at some small dots of light overhead!”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 34 (-7): The burial place of… PLATO?!?: “The final resting place of Plato puts me in mind of a memorable excerpt I once read about Aristotle in…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 34 (-7): The burial place of… PLATO?!?: “Someone pointed out the St. George’s Day Google Doodle with its background account to me – with one of the…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: ““George Farmer, aka Candace Owen’s husband. He is a revert” If I’m reading the interview correctly, first a convert, then…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “Not to detract from anything Imrahill said, but well, the papally-attested infallible ordinary magisterium about a catholic truth, not the…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Understatement of the year: they don’t make them like that anymore!”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “What happened to Voyager 2? And what sort of “science” data will Voyager 1 soon be able to resume transmitting?…”
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Monthly Archives: January 2015
More from the Religion of Peace
In the meantime, as I contemplate my problems and the challenges I face these days, I read this at Gateway Pundit: “Adulteress” Begs ISIS to See Her Children Before Her Execution – ISIS Shoots Her in Head Instead This video … Read More
LONDON DAY 5: Pain and… we’ll see!
I mentioned pain yesterday. One of the manifestations of the crud I picked up, has been an ear infection. It has been pretty uncomfortable for days, but, last night, I couldn’t stand it anymore. By the time I was … Read More
Posted in On the road, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged Brompton Oratory, Moroni, Welsh Rarebit
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So the Pope and some journalists walk into an airplane…
I am sensing a pattern. The Holy Father takes a trip. The Holy Father talks to journalists on the plane. The Holy Father is asked a question about a hot button issue. The Holy Father speaks off the cuff. The … Read More
LONDON DAY 4: prints and pain
I’m having trouble with an ear infection that I just can’t shake. Today is pretty blustery, so the cold air is… bracing. At the National Gallery I got a good quality print of a painting by Murillo which I have … Read More
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I haven’t asked for awhile. What is your good news?
The more jihadists attack West, the more frightened leaders cower.
In American Spectator there is a piece by George Neumayr caught my eye: THE DIVIDED WEST Its “values” are too confused to eliminate jihadism. The White House’s decision to avoid the Paris rally against last week’s jihadist killings conforms to its relaxed … Read More
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!
From ZENIT: Vatican Officials Ask Filipino Faithful to Use Images of Christ, Not Pope Gesture Falls In Line With Pope’s Call to Keep Eyes on Christ Use images of Christ, not the Pope, is the message Vatican officials have been … Read More
ASK FATHER: Priest couldn’t hear confession in Spanish.
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Today I went to confession at a nearby bilingual Novus Ordo parish. The priest was visiting, and informed us that he didn’t speak Spanish and could only hear confessions in English. I know that in the … Read More
LONDON DAY 4: pies and paintings
Lunch was a simple steak and ale pie, with chips. When done properly, they are quite satisfying. I went to the Lamb and Flag for this one. Who could ever tire of the National Gallery? A painting by Salvator … Read More
Is blasphemy a right?
This is troubling. On the site of 20 Minutes, in French. My sender wrote: Reporters without border’s president, Christophe Deloire, on a national TV show sunday evening, said that his organization is working toward a declaration to be agreed … Read More
LONDON DAY 2: dumplings and Turner
Lunch is Dim Sum! The buns, above, were light an fluffy. Not at all as they usually are, that is, something meant for stopping a hole in a dike. Now off to the Tate to see some Turner! UPDATE: … Read More
Francis, Cardinals and the Peripheries
I have occasionally written about the significance of “peripheries” for Pope Francis. Today Andrea Gagliarducci drills into the topic, in view of the upcoming consistory and the nomination of new cardinals. A taste: Since becoming pope, Francis has asked the … Read More
LONDON DAY 1: “Blognic”? After the 6:30 Mass?
Several people have written about meeting up with me while I am in London (which is only for a few days). I don’t know if people regularly go to The Coal Hole after the 6:30 PM Mass at Corpus Christi … Read More
“Women aren’t women anymore.”
Card. Burke is taking it on the chin from a lot of nitwits right now because of his remarks about a feminization of the Church. He also mentioned the impact such a feminizing could have on vocations. Agree or disagree … Read More
Posted in One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
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My View For Awhile: Blighty Edition (and an appeal)
See my UPDATE, below. Farewell to Rome. Off again. It must be 90F on the plane. UPDATE: Our flight to London suffered some delay but I made it. I met some folks and the first thing we did was … Read More
“In the last 35 years, those lives destroyed could have included…”
From Fr. George Rutler’s “pastor’s page” for 11 January. There was a theologian who, when discouraged, would keep repeating to himself, “I have been baptized.” Since the Prince of Lies has discouragement as his chief strategy and purpose, the Rite … Read More
“The Wile E. Coyote of contemporary liberal Catholicism”
You all must go to First Things and read Robbie George’s response to the loony tunes attack made on him by Fishwrap’s (aka National Schismatic Reporter) Michael Sean Winters (hereafter aka the Wile E. Coyote of contemporary liberal Catholicism). The piece is replete with descriptions … Read More
Posted in Lighter fare
Tagged Fishwrap, Michael Sean Winters, National Schismatic Reporter, NCR, Robert P. George, venom, Wile E. Coyote
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ROME DAY 6: Pontifical Mass with Card. Burke
Today we had a Pontifical Mass at the faldstool celebrated by His Eminence Raymond Leo Card. Burke. There was a visiting choir from Ireland for the music. The Mass was in the Basilica of San Nicola in carcere, which is … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged Card. Burke, San Nicola in carcere
18 Comments
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How liberals want to rule.
From CharismaNews: Houston, We Still Have a Problem: Lesbian Mayor at It Again Remember when Houston’s lesbian mayor, Annise Parker, tried to subpoena five pastors’ sermons in a case over the controversial transgender rights ordinance there? This same lesbian mayor … Read More
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