"Nun Uses Music to Convey Spirited Message Against the Vatican’s Rebuke"
Wow, I can’t wait to hear this
33 responses to “Wow, I can’t wait to hear this”
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Spirited. Hmm.
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Yeah. The obvious question…
I feel a little sorry for the sister, but the NYT’s usual fawning over rebellious Catholics makes me sick. -
So, did you listen?
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No. Apparently I can wait.
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Yes. Do wait. This woman has been singing in my head for hours and hours.
It’s so irritating because their line is that they are just trying to educate children and serve the poor and give shelter to the alien and the Vatican is persecuting them because of this when nothing could be further from the truth and I’m sure the Vatican would be delighted if they would spend more time doing those things.
But of course you know all this.
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Very beautiful. I think I’ll keep on waiting for the other one.
Yes, I do know it, Janet, and so do you, but it’s so maddening, sometimes one just has to gripe out loud about it. The way the NYT utterly abandons any pretense of interest in the facts disgusts me beyond words. “newspaper of record” indeed. -
They and all their nasty little friends.
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I didn’t mean anything by you knowing all that, btw, other than that was no need for me to elaborate. 😉
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This is my favorite line: “the nuns’ novel forging of spirit with steel.” The more you think about it, the less sense it makes. The literal meaning of forging doesn’t fit the metaphor that seems to be aimed at, which is some kind of combination; that combination doesn’t describe the lyrics that it refers to; and the idea that such a combination is somehow novel is laughable.
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The really striking aspect of these sisters’ “community life” is how individualistic it is.
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“nasty little friends” I like that. Very pithy, and well-deserved.
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Those sisters out in the world more or less on their own, etc. always seem rather sad to me. I think it’s in Lancelot that the narrator says “Don’t they realize they look better in nun clothes than in J.C. Penney’s pants suits?”
I guess the writer means “combining spirit with steel.” Does “forging” even mean mixing things, as she seems to mean? -
“Don’t they realize they look better in nun clothes than in J.C. Penney’s pants suits?”
Reminds me of this article.
In which you’ll learn the term “nunderwear”. -
By the way, don’t be afraid to click on the link I provided.
Just in case you think I might be leading you to a pornography site, or something. 😉 -
I did sort of wonder…. I admit I only skimmed most of it, but: “peach-colored harem pants”!?!
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I read the comments at the nun habit article. Why… why do I do these things to myself?
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I didn’t notice that there were any. I probably ought to leave it that way.
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It’s weird, right? Tell me that article was weird.
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Almost always a bad idea, Louise.
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Do you mean you read the article and want confirmation of your reaction, or you didn’t read it and want confirmation of your suspicion? Either way, you’re right. Like I said I only skimmed it, but I think I saw enough to say with confidence that it’s weird.
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I just wanted to make sure y’all didn’t think it was normal or okay. I was pretty sure you didn’t, but as much truly strange stuff as there is in the world, this seemed quintessentially bizarre. Of course, most of you haven’t had the exposure to sisters that I have. Hmmm. Exposure is probably the wrong word considering.
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I’m wondering about the order. “Anglican Catholic” in Fort Worth. That suggests that it’s actually Catholic, not as I supposed at first some oddball independent Anglican group. Haven’t had time to dig around yet.
The hair-shirt-patterned cloth was the weirdest thing about the habit itself to me. -
No, they are Anglicans.
The expressions on the faces the models that got me–and the straw in the mouth. It’s not a bad-looking habit, but way, way too expensive. And the fact that they are selling them in stores?
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Forging doesn’t mean combining, Maclin, it means shaping, usually through a process involving heat and/or pressure.
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It’s not clear to me how many of the items mentioned are actual parts of the habit and how many are habit-inspired pieces for secular buyers. One of the comments links to a NYT piece that mentions “a collection of layman’s garments inspired by the original design:”
http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/07/habit-forming-jf-son-and-sisters/
Maybe the prices are for the lay garments and the sisters wear simpler ones?
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That’s what I thought (re “forging”). But the writer seems to mean mixing–making an alloy of spirit and steel, or something. I guess this is where one shrugs and says “whatever.” I still haven’t listened to the song. I think I’ve heard enough of that kind of stuff, and if, as Janet says, there’s a risk of having it stuck in my head…aieeeee.
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Oh no. Oh no. It’s coming back!
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Sorry!
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I didn’t listen to it. Wisdom.
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Definitely.
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They look pretty good. I guess maybe that was advertising for the secular clothes.
AMDG
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