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Author Archives: Fr. John Zuhlsdorf
#ASonnetADay – 20. “A woman’s face with Nature’s own hand painted…”
#ASonnetADay – 20. “A woman’s face with Nature’s own hand painted…” A lot of ink has been spent on this poem. pic.twitter.com/TKA5hgu4ws — Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (@fatherz) August 27, 2020
Antifa… BLM… demonic, selfish rage in the streets. The future and our choices. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
Friends, what is at stake in our nation? For decades the education system, combined with many fatherless homes and also broad material ease has produced a herd of deeply indoctrinated, deeply self-centered young people with no sense of “other”, much … Read More
Posted in Liberals, Si vis pacem para bellum!, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged Antifa, BLM
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#ASonnetADay – 19. “Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion’s paws,…”
#ASonnetADay – 19. pic.twitter.com/BmZJlVn6bD — Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (@fatherz) August 26, 2020 I had a deuce of a time getting this one to upload to Twitter. I had eventually to pay for a file conversion service. This should cut down … Read More
#ASonnetADay Putting a bookend on Sonnet 1… in the Roman dialect, Romanaccio
Now that I reached the milestone – a Roman thing – of Sonnet 17 and the end of the “Procreation Sonnets”, I thought I would put a bookend on the subset. Here is a version of Sonnet 1 in Rome’s … Read More
Posted in Poetry, Sonnet A Day
Tagged #ASonnetADay, Romanaccio, sonnets, William Shakespeare
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#ASonnetADay – SONNET 18. One of the most famous poems ever written.
Yes… I did it from memory. #ASonnetADay – SONNET 18. The “Procreation Sonnets” are over. The “Fair Youth Sonnets” continue with one of the most famous poems ever penned. pic.twitter.com/KwMx6ZDnGZ — Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (@fatherz) August 25, 2020
VIDEO: Police critic has a try at police use of force scenarios
This was terrific. It’s a video from 2015. Tip of the biretta o{]:¬) to @VickiMcKenna I’ve had the opportunity to do some of this simulation training. Things happen really fast. I got killed a few times.
Posted in Just Too Cool, Semper Paratus, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices
Tagged Law Enforcement
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The Dem platform on one sign.
I saw this on Fakebook. Two other things. Look at the other signs. First, “Religious Freedom is Christian Terrorism”. Freedom = Terrorism. These people are crazy stupid. Connie and Ted’s… great restaurant on Santa Monica Blvd. I’ve often gone there … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 12th after Pentecost (NO: 21th Ordinary) 2020
Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at the Mass for your Sunday, either live or on the internet? Let us know what it was. Also, are you churches opening up? What was attendance like? For … Read More
#ASonnetADay – SONNET 17. Cameo by “Our Lady of Vulcan”. Thanks @SirPatStew
Sir Patrick Stewart has been reading, simply and with charm, a Sonnet of Shakespeare every day. He is up to S. 120. One of you readers challenged me to do the same. Since I’ve known the Bard’s poetry, man and … Read More
