Catholic Stuff
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Instead of attempting to free ourselves from the things of the senses, or abstracting from them, we should try to probe deeper into them; not stopping at their external appearance, which changes, but seeking what is hidden deep in their substance; their being, in a word. For God is Being. And thus we shall find…
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Pianist Stephen Hough, in the Telegraph: I'm happy when I see people enjoying themselves at Christmas for no religious reason. Me, too. Thanks to a Facebook friend for this link.
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Today of course is the feast day of Our Lady of Gaudalupe. I was too busy to post this earlier but as there are still two hours left in the day in my time zone, I'll do it now.
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That's the way it struck me at Mass yesterday. It really wasn't that big a deal, because it really isn't that big a change. Following a few links around the web today on this subject, I found this dreary look into a mentality I haven't paid much attention to in recent years: progressive Catholics angry about…
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I've come to expect that when I hear someone say this it will be followed by something dumb and probably nasty about the Church. Nancy Pelosi delivers. Pelosi strikes me as one of the more odious politicians around, and there's a lot of competition. I don't think I've ever heard an actual devout Catholic say "I'm…
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So, a week from today we begin using the new translations ("we" in this case being not just Catholics but Latin Rite Catholics). I'm wondering how much and how effectively other parishes have been preparing for this. In my case, I think not so well, unless it's been different at other Masses besides the one…
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In case my account of Caryll Houselander's vision of Christ In All Men may have left anyone who hasn't read the book with the idea that it was a sweet but vague sentiment, here are some key passages from her description of the experience and its implications: I had long been haunted by the Russian…
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Sunday Night Journal — October 23, 2011 As I mentioned back in July when I wrote about Houselander’s book of quasi-poetry, The Flowering Tree, I intended to read this autobiographical work next. I don’t remember for sure now, but I believe that decision was made when I took it off the shelf in the library…
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A few weeks ago my wife suggested that I subscribe to a daily email from the Vatican News Service. I was a bit skeptical, figuring it would be mostly routine Vatican stuff: this guy is appointed bishop of that diocese, the president of such-and-such country will have an audience with the pope, etc. And there…
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Crisis magazine (formerly Inside Catholic, formerly Crisis) is back, as of late September, after a roughly 8-week suspension. You remember I was wondering about this a while back. It was more interesting when it had the blogs. I see an interesting-looking review by Eve Tushnet of a recent movie version of Brighton Rock. Haven't read it yet.
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