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Category Archives: Just Too Cool
MUST HEAR BEFORE YOU VOTE! One of the BEST sermons I’ve ever heard – ACTION ITEM!
This is astonishingly good. Listen to EVERY word… especially before you vote. This sermon was delivered by the Rector of Ss. Simon and Jude Cathedral in Phoenix, Fr. John Lankeit. I have written about him before. I may just steal … Read More
ASK FATHER: How to become a papal knight of the Supreme Order of Our Lord Jesus Christ?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: How does one become a knight of the Papal Supreme Order of Our Lord Jesus Christ? This is the highest papal honor that can be given to a layman. There are a handful of “papal honors” that … Read More
For Your Ultimate Cool File
This is beyond “Too Cool”. From CNS: Medieval crucifix in St. Peter’s Basilica ‘resurrected’ from obscurity VATICAN CITY (CNS) — His toes curl in pain, his veins bulge from exertion, his bony chest heaves in the last throes of death. … Read More
The Lord’s burial place opened for restoration and study
This is for your Just Too Cool file and for your November viewing calendar. In the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, the Aedicule, or structure around the niche carved into the rock that served as Christ’s resting place … Read More
WAY Too Cool! St. Thomas Becket’s prayer book
From The Guardian: Thomas Becket’s personal book of psalms ‘found in Cambridge library’ Historian claims the Psalter is ‘undoubtedly’ the property of martyred saint, and that he may have been holding it when he was murdered A Cambridge academic believes … Read More
Via Michaelica: a “Ley Line” Pilgrimage, and You
Have you ever heard of a “ley line”? These are straight lines that can be draw on a map linking both man made and natural sites that line up in a significant way. For example there is a Ley Line … Read More
Posted in Events, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Just Too Cool
Tagged Ley Line, pilgrimage, Via Michaelica
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14 Comments
Just Too Cool: Medieval Cathedral of Amiens was decorated in bright colors
Church architecture reflects the belief of the people, their ecclesiology, what they believe about the Church (or at least what their pastors believe). Compare churches built by our forebears and the structures built these days, hardly to be distinguished from municipal airport terminals. … Read More
PROXIMA b!
In a story via the ESO and APOD I have read about PROXIMA b That cool sounding name is the newly spotted planet orbiting the very closest star to your planet other than your yellow sun. Proxima Centauri can’t be … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Look! Up in the sky!
Tagged Michael, Proxima b, Proxima Centauri, Voyage to Alpha Centauri
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4 Comments
GHP on ROME 26/10– Day 17-18: How very sad: “JonPatrick says I’ll bet that 1% of sisters under the age of 40 are predominantly those in traditional orders Our…”
