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Category Archives: Just Too Cool
Did Shakespeare study for the priesthood… in Rome?
Fr. Longenecker has an interesting post about Shakespeare: The literature on Shakespeare being a Catholic keeps mounting. Clare Asquith’s book Shadowplay along with the scholarship of Fr.Peter Milward started the ball rolling, then Joseph Pearce’s excellent, The Quest for Shakespeare … Read More
Avenging elephants in India didn’t forget
The great pastor of Blackfen, His Hermeneuticalness, has an interesting post: Last July, as you may remember, Christians in the Indian state of Orissa were subjected to severe persecution. A 22 year old nun was burnt to death, an orphanage … Read More
Expectation of the Blessed Virgin – interesting customs
Over at the excellent Lion & Cardinal there is an entry about today’s traditional observance of the Expectation of the Blessed Virgin. My emphases and comments: Dom Prosper Gueranger: This feast, which is now kept not only throughout the whole … Read More
The Tilma. Still mind-blowing.
If we believe in a God who created the universe from nothing and guides it according to His will, even through nature’s law of which He is the author, then it is not hard to grasp that such a God … Read More
New Benedictine Ferula
NLM has this: Tomorrow Pope Benedict will celebrate Pontifical Vespers as the first Vespers of the first Sunday of Advent, which also marks the beginning of the new liturgical year. On this occasion, the Holy Father will begin to use … Read More
Taking HIM to the streets in Kansas City with the Catholic Youth
From The Catholic Key of Kansas City, MO. The National Catholic Youth Conference is in full swing.
FREE SPIRIT!
The little Mars rover that could, can’t right now. Spirit is stuck in a martian sand trap and NASA is trying to get it out. This valiant little surface crawler was designed for a 3 month mission. Spirit has been … Read More
Ares Launch and Moon Trivia
I am watching the launch of Ares via NASA TV. While watching I am chatting with a friend in Rome. He just reminded me that the Moon is under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Rome. When man colonizes the … Read More
Kids may not know “ineffable” but they sure know how to treat it!
So much of what people send me is simply dreadful. Here is a nice piece to lift the spirit! [9-year old X’s] 7-year old sister needed a monstrance for her St. Clare costume (for the parish festival alternative to Halloween … Read More
