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In St. Louis, drama on day 5 at the American Cup. Over the last couple of days, in the upper bracket Roy Robson – who had knocked my guy Wesley So down to the lower, elimination bracket, was himself defeated by Levon Aronian 2-0. In the women’s side of things, Irina Krush is up 1.5-0.5 over Alice Lee. In the lower bracket, Fabiano Caruana and Wesley both defeated their opponents, respectively Dominguez and Sevian, who are both now out of the running. Today, Fabi and Wesley will duke it out in a rapid match and the winner will then face the loser of the Aronian v. Robson on Monday.
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BTW… in the Vetus Ordo for the last few days we have been in chapters 7 and 8 of John. The context is the Jewish feast of Sukkoth or Tabernacles, when all men were obliged to go to Jerusalem on pilgrimage. A couple moments stand out for me.
Firstly on Saturday, yesterday, the day when in the ancient Roman Church they were preparing ordinations at the Sunday Station of St. Peter’s, we have the reading from John at the end of Sukkoth. During Sukkoth, there were set aflame two huge candelabra – 75 feet high – in the Temple precincts for the ceremony of “Illumination”. This recalled the pillar of fire in the wilderness, the light was like the shekinah glory cloud of God’s presence that used to fill the Temple. The light of these huge torches reflected off of gold of the Temple and illuminated the city. The day after the great fires were extinguished, the 8th day of assembly after the 7 day feast, Jesus proclaimed in the Temple, “I am the light of the world.”.
Next, tomorrow, Monday of Passion Week, in the Gospel reading the Lord is in the Temple and it is the last day of the festivities of Tabernacles. This is the day when there is a ceremonial pouring of wine and of water. It is during this ceremony that Christ stands up and proclaims, “If any one thirst, let him come to me and drink.”
Context matters.
Light and water, both are associated with baptism. This is the time of Lent, on and after the ancient mid-point before Lent was lengthened when the catechumens were being scrutinized and exorcized and given the rites that are still in the traditional form of baptism today, such as the ephphatha. The readings all through this period link us back to our ancient Catholic forebears in Rome. It is good to pay attention to the Station Churches and the readings. They enrich your Lenten journey.
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I wish you could move here to Chile.
We went from paying in the former USA, $1,800 / mo for just one person (me since i am the money earner) with a $15,000 deductible, and only used for major medical like you are basically dying or dead, to… $40/month for all three of us. 100% coverage, no deductible, no co pay. In addition the service is excellent. We have had two major medical emergencies involving emergency surgery and an ICU stay in both instances and we were more than than pleased.
Our whole family lives comfortably here on $1,000 a month. In the former USA I spent more on health INSURANCE $1,800/mo. (that i never used because I could not afford to use it) than we live on here in Chile.
After living in both systems it is very apparent the goal in the former USA health system is to Use You, Abuse you, (charge you) and lose you.
It seems that here in Chile our doctors want to help us become more healthy. They have no incentive to keep us sick and returning. Here we treat the ailment and not the symptom. I know it is a generalization but it is also generally true.
I paid over $684,00 Dollars (my estimate) into a NON Health insurance system I never used because I could not afford the service in the former USA. I am happy I am no longer a slave.
We will pray for you all. Jim
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Fr. Z – Thank you for giving us a clear explanation from the Gospels as to how the feast of Sukkoth and Jesus’ statements of Him being the light of the world and for those who thirst to come to Him and drink are embedded in our Baptism.
I have always highly regarded Roman Catholic clerics and religious who do not hesitate to use the Mosaic Law, after all Jesus adhered to it, as a source of our Catholic heritage and tradition.
But I don’t quite understand how Mr. Dorchack’s post pertains to the subject at hand. I may be mistaken, but I’m certain I’ve read this same post word-for-word in the past.