Category Archives: My View

“Stir Up Sunday” 2013! – UPDATES

The Collect from Holy Mass today in the traditional Roman Rite is: Excita, quaesumus. Dómine, tuórum fidélium voluntátes: ut, divíni óperis fructum propénsius exsequéntes; pietátis tuæ remédia maióra percípiant. Or… Stir up the will of your faithful, we pray, O … Read More

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A lesson from Our Lady in our use of social media.

My good friend, the Dean of Bexley, the PP of Blackfen, His Hermeneuticalness, Fr Timothy Finigan, has a good post useful for our reflection: The book of meditations which I am using at the moment looks at the person of … Read More

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Of catacomb paintings, wymynprysts, and rocks on Mars

My email box is under siege by people who want me to comment on the recently restored ancient Roman fresco that feminists and members of COW… no… the Women’s Ordination Conference… that’s WOC… claim as evidence for the ordination of … Read More

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On the road

Today began with a long drive and big breakfast. I rather like road trips. UPDATE I am in my native place and have met a friend who is on the Minneapolis PD. We have begun to kill some paper. NB: … Read More

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My View For Awhile

As I wing my way away from Gotham. Just a glimpse or two of some wonderful moments from my stay. A stroll in Central Park with all the leaves changing. A detail of a medieval Sacramentary from the Hildesheim exhibit … Read More

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A New York Minute

I have met friends at a favorite place in the East Village.

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The Feeder Feed: cabinet edition

At the Met there is a marvelous cabinet that belonged to Card. Barbarini who became Urban VIII. Don’t worry about the number of tassels. The varied. There are some whimsical depictions of birds, including a reversal of fortune! Sometime in … Read More

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My View For Awhile

Not quite fully rested or completely without traces of the crud I picked up in Roma, but more or less shipshape. On the way in, an interesting view. UPDATE: Hot sour soup and platitude. Alas the place has slipped a … Read More

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My View For A While

Ah! the distinction, the allure, the romance, the prestige of travel. If you are ever flying through Rome – Terminal 5 would make certain people from the 1930’s proud – and you are tempted to get a day pass for … Read More

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Request for prayers

I am slated to head back to the USA tomorrow.  Alas, I have come down with an awful cold. Please, dear readers, I ask your prayers for a sudden, complete and lasting recovery.  I dread the international flight, lay-over, second … Read More

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