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Can the Word become flesh in pixel form? I do think there’s something disincarnate about cyberspace that has always left me ill at ease with it. Of course, in antiquity, books themselves were new technology and their principal function was to assist in the process of saying the living word aloud. Lewis mentions somewhere that Augustine was astonished that you could stand right next to St. Ambrose and *still* not hear him reading. The idea of silent reading was very... Read more

Phillip Pullman is about to startle the world with an absolutely brilliant and original new thesis that nobody has ever ever ever thought of before! It turns out that Jesus was just a nice man but his followers (and especially Paul) transformed him into “the Son of God”. In fact, Paul was apparently *so* persuasive that he single-handedly managed to persuade people who had seen Jesus die in one of the most horrible ways possible that their old friend was... Read more

I’ve corresponded with Mark Sebanc and I’m looking forward to this one!: Mark Sebanc & James G. Anderson are very pleased to announce that “The Stoneholding: Legacy of the Stone Harp, Book One” published by Baen Books, was released on Tuesday, September 8th, 2009. For a sneak look, please visit the Baen Books Website Available at Barnes & Noble, Chapters/Indigo,and on Amazon.com. Please join “The Stoneholding” Facebook page and invite friends to do the same. And it has some nice... Read more

I will be going back to my vocations site . Also, I’m going to be enrolled in the Passionist Oblates Associates program for the sick who are homebound and unable to get to the monastery. I am writing primarily to encourage you to help educate others about the Passionists and all of the contemplative orders. They are the beating heart of the Church. They even have a blog. Cloistered nuns with a blog — is that cool or what? I... Read more

Archbishop Naumann and Bishop Finn have received a lot of negative attention in recent days because of their health care pastoral which many of you kindly linked to or reported. NCR and America Mag have tried to isolate them and say they are opposed to the US Bishops. This is a lie. Nothing they said is against the bishops. They have raised additional concerns beyond what the Conference has raised, but they are not at odds with their brother bishops.... Read more

Namely, have a lot of children. Note how “choice” goes out the window and the cattiest bitchiest talk is welcomed in. Sheer hatred of her fertility is what dominates the conversation, not reverence for “choice”. It’s simply unthinkable that she does this out of conviction that babies are good. The whole thing is chalked up to false consciousness. She’s simultaneously a victim and a monster. And do note the classy comments on the comboxes (“I hope her uterus falls out”).... Read more

Today, my genetically altered tools and lackeys, I bid you to learn about St. Augustine’s views on dog-headed men! Note how primitive and gullible he is, immediately believing everything he is told and then applying a crude fundamentalism to interpret it. Totally different from modernity’s rigorous scientific thinkers. That is all! Read more

Today, my genetically altered tools and lackeys, I bid you to learn about St. Augustine’s views on dog-headed men! Note how primitive and gullible he is, immediately believing everything he is told and then applying a crude fundamentalism to interpret it. Totally different from modernity’s rigorous scientific thinkers. That is all! Read more

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