Last Week In Life: December 27, 2021-January 2 , 2022 Last Week’s SPECTACULAR STORY OF WEEK Writing Goal Accomplished! At the beginning of 2021, I decided that I would write a weekly post detailing the news stories of the week. There are times when I thought that I couldn’t go on with it. But somehow I made a unofficial commitment to write this post every week and so I did. I wrote it when I was tired and out of... Read more
If anyone is a regular reader of this blog, you might have noticed that I like to collect interesting quotes, musings, sayings, maximums, proverbs, smart remarks, memes, Tweets and other various forms of short piffy short bits of writings to share with you all. I do it in the spirit with this particular quote in mind. The diversity of thought within Catholic teaching, like variety within the strictures of sonnets, is one of its most beautiful features. It is nevertheless... Read more
Last Week In Life: December 20 , 2021-December 26, 2021 Last Week’s SPECTACULAR STORY OF WEEK Living Christmas 2021 Several years ago when I lived in Massachusetts and worked at St. Patrick’s manor, my wife and I both stayed home and missed going to Xmas stuff because we both had the flu. This year after our big move to Rhode Island, Kristin is staying home and missing Mass and Christmas at her parents due to her having… some sickness type... Read more
Here is the Last of my Advent Reflections turned into Christmas Reflections to close out the year even though a week remains of Christmas after this. This Day in History – What Happened Today – HISTORY Monday December 27 , 2021 Saint John, Apostle and evangelist – Feast On this day, December 27, during the great depression that was going on in 1932, Radio City Music Hall opened its doors to the world. This showcase for entertainment was there unleashing a place... Read more
151 years ago, Christmas was declared a federal holiday in the United States on June 26, 1870 in a bill signed by President Ulysses S. Grant. Not too long after that on… July 18, 1870– Pastor aeternus (“First Dogmatic Constitution on the Church of Christ”), was issued by the First Vatican Council. The document defines four doctrines of the Catholic faith: the apostolic primacy conferred on Peter, the perpetuity of the Petrine Primacy in the Roman pontiffs, the meaning and... Read more
There seems to be two things that you never want to talk about with others if you don’t want a fight to break out among family and friends, strangers and enemies. Religion and Politics. And that is true, if not more so, between those who profess to be of the same religion. So, you get individuals which turn into a collective like the Borg with a group hive mind on certain things such as how the mass should be celebrated,... Read more
Last Week In Life: December 13 , 2021-December 19 , 2021 Last Week’s SPECTACULAR STORY OF WEEK I have to admit this lead story is one of the laziest I have written all year. It’s just a few pictures and some videos. I have felt tired and burnt out lately. Working all the time saps your energy reserves. No energy. No creativity. But this week celebrates that when individuals sometimes united with others, sometimes by themselves have energy to be... Read more
This Week in Life- Advent Week 4 The Appointed Time Has Come Monday December 20 , 2021 Advent Weekday violet Is 7:10-14/Lk 1:26-38 (196) 13 There is more to Christmas than just Christ’s birth. It serves as the beginning of an epic, and Advent is the prologue whereby we prepare for the first spellbinding chapter. Avellina Balestri, And Thy Word Broke Their Swords: The Empowering Depth and Dimension of Christmas (December 19, 2016) OnePeterFive ADVENT: Preparing for Christmas Already we are sensing... Read more
The movie comic book fans and nerdy geeks have been waiting for is now available for viewing. The Hype is real on this one. Spider-Man: No Way Home. This is Spoiler Free but there are hints and clues in this sort of review. More of a reflection really. Ticket sales have been through the roof. Some vultures hoping to prey on people’s fandom urge to see the ultimate live-action Spider-Man were scalping tickets online for $20,000. Not sure if anyone... Read more
Every week in the Last Week in Life I mention new music and books that I have come across. Here is what I highlighted in November and December 2021. Maybe some books for your Christmas give-away list or read next year list. And some tunes to watch or listen to this Advent/Christmas Season. November and Decembers’ Musical Finale Muppet Stuff Weird Stuff Back Singing Again AJR/OneRepublic Daisy The Great x AJR – Record Player (Official Music Video) New Music... Read more
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