Sunday, 16 December 2012

A nod to David Jones, today-my favourite painter and poet

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A few of his prints which I had in my collection were stolen a few years ago, in 2008....they were never found. David Jones, "Th...

Internet cartoon find...

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Anti-Semitism growing in Europe

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http://www.jihadwatch.org/2012/12/danish-police-travel-advisory-to-jews-stay-away-from-unsafe-areas-ambassador-it-is-like-gaza.html Was Wo...

Rejoice: Third Sunday in Advent

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Two choices for your meditation....rejoice!

St. Kevin's in Dublin

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I am begging for a church. If you are a person who wants to help keep a beautiful Church in Dublin open for the TLM and other Masses, ple...

The miasma of stupidity

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The Millennials I have spoken with do not understand the concept of "methodology". As part of my major in history, among other ...
Saturday, 15 December 2012

From LifeSiteNews

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Be generous, please.

For all our children in America....

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St. Rose of Lima, pray for Newtown families and their children. Also. for the teachers who died, the first responders, God bless them.  ...

More on hell: a superb article by Fr. Longenecker

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To help with the current discussion on line on hell, Father Dwight Longenecker has this excellent article on hell. Read it and ponder. He...

Hope for that which is still wanting.........

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http://www.ccel.org/ccel/john_cross/canticle.vii.html More from St. John of the Cross this weekend... 19. The words, “And left...

On the difference between doctrines, dogmas and visions for teaching truth

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There is a huge confusion among even traditional Catholics concerning doctrine, dogma and private revelations. I have seen this on rece...

One Year Anniversary of a Death

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It is a year ago that Christopher Hitchens, arch-atheist, died of brain cancer, which came from oesophageal cancer. So many of us were pr...

Palestrina, the Slovak Chorus, and John of the Cross-like eating three kinds of chocolate all at once....

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If you say, you cannot find God, keep praying and keep looking. Again, from St. John and the same source. God is, as I said before, 35...

Find a quiet place..

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More from St. John of the Cross: Though in this mortal life the soul will never reach to the interior secrets as it will in the next, ho...
Friday, 14 December 2012

Happy thoughts

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There will be no interruptions in the postings over the next full week. So keep reading. I am thinking happy thoughts. And this is on t...

"My sole occupation is love"--John of the Cross

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St. John reminds us that we are not guaranteed the feeling or certainty of the Presence of the Bridegroom in our lives, but that does no...

Deny your will in all things....St. John of the Cross

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Christ being born in a stable under a baldacchino http://opusanglicanum.wordpress.com/2011/07/10/reykjahlid-antependium-update/ ...

How do we make ourselves beautiful for God? For my sisters in Christ today

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I have noticed, as a person getting older, that as the outer woman ages and decays, literally, the inner person grows stronger day by day....

The Advent Manger

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My mother had the manger out in Advent. If we did a good deed for one of the siblings, or obeyed here quickly, or did a chore without he...

Ah the French; a dying democracy

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There are many American cemeteries in France. Thousands of the greatest generation died for freedom-democratic freedom. That freedom is...