Jeremy Lott's Diary
I’m a little reluctant to open this package… Read more
I’m a little reluctant to open this package… Read more
Four words: the sacrament of reconciliation. You did what!? Read more
Boy your diarist loves reader comments, especially the ones that are long and/or insulting. Most entertaining of all is the bit where they get deposited in the trash bin, unread by the masses. It has been a while since I reminded folks of the fascist comments policy of Jeremy Lott’s Diary. Here are the ground rules: (more…) Read more
Through Facebook, in response to my last post about the new translation of the Mass, reader Matthew Hogan gives us a couple of pitch-perfect paragraphs: You young’un/convert, Mr. Lott. When I, and so many others, was a mere Roman-rite tyke, just after de-Latinization post Vatican 2, the new English mass was exactly pretty much the “new” one of today. “And with your spirti”, “under my roof”– a paraphrase of the centurion’s statement – etc. Though I don’t recall the the... Read more
How’s that new Mass translation working out for you — and your parish? In the two parishes that I attend with some regularity, it was bumpy for a few weeks or even months. Yet by now even some of the more drastic changes have been swallowed. For instance, in that bit where we used to say– Lord I am not worthy to receive you. But only say the word and I shall be healed. –and we now say the more... Read more
And by “it,” I mean the toe I stubbed just now. How could a good and loving God allow me to go through this agony alone? Read more
Q: What’s a great way to escape the heat on a hot day? A: Going to a movie. Q: What if the movie is awful? A: Well then you’ve traded one kind of annoyance for another, haven’t you? Q: Stick to answers. A: Fair enough. Q: What is the occasion for this Q&A? A: I watched ParaNorman last night and it was awful. People should be warned. (more…) Read more
“You are a failure at calling people back — and at life.” Read more
To play you out for the week, here are the Gothard Sisters singing “Scarborough Fair.” You’ll hear more on this score because I interviewed them yesterday. At one point, they had me non-maliciously waving one hand around in the air like kids used to do in middle school to mock the students on the short bus. More on that soon enough in a full-length article. Read more
If time allows, I may have much more to say about this sermon preached by Mars Hill Pastor Mark Driscoll that Real Clear Religion linked to this morning. But for now let me just observe, from the point of view of a pastor’s kid, that pastors are natural lawbreakers. (more…) Read more
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