Love goes on, and on. Love, permitted to enter the world, never fails and never ends. God is Love. When we permit new life to enter into the world, we permit ourselves to feel newly-minted love. We permit God to come in, again, to the world – in the form of love. And when we do not permit it to come, what then? I wrote in this post: Does our pride or our bashfulness make it difficult for others to... Read more
This is a beauty – Auto-tuning the Cosmos ala Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawking (words here): Read more
I never steer you wrong. Watch this. Read more
I know many people of many different faiths are taking today to fast and to offer prayers of atonement, reparation, contrition – for the sake of the whole world. I will be joining in, and will (by God’s grace) pray all seven offices of the day (Vigils, Lauds, Terce, Sext, Nones, Vespers & Compline) with great mindfulness. And to get us all started, the Avinu Malkeinu (translation at link). I’ll give you two, because they’re both good; first the traditional,... Read more
So, wait. Obama has known for months that Iran had made serious progress with nukes. Hmmm. Doesn’t that mean someone has to answer for giving Bush the “Iran has no nukes, is no where near developing them” intel that the Dems and left used as yet another hammer to use against the last American president? I’m just asking. And here are a bunch of interesting links, offered without comment, for your Sunday reading between games: Religion: A Must Read: Giving... Read more
You’ll find the good deacon and his relentlessly upbeat, almost completely-politics-free posts (and his exceptional weekly homilies) hanging with the crew over at Beliefnet! I blush to say he honors me by linking here in his first not-about-his-move post. A visit to the good deacon’s establishment is mandatory, every day, and always fruitful. Don’t miss out; adjust your favorites page accordingly: http://blog.beliefnet.com/deaconsbench/ Read more
And Christ still sends me roses. We try to be formed and held and kept by him, but instead he offers us freedom. And now when I try to know his will, his kindness floods me, his great love overwhelms me, and I hear him whisper, Surprise me. –Mariette Baptiste, Mariette in Ecstasy It has been a long time since I first read it, but last night I found within this wonderful and strange novel by Ron Hansen, a permanent... Read more
…will be days where I do not write about politics or read about politics. From now on Fridays will be “Faithful Fridays” and I will only write about matters of faith. What do you think? I like it. Friday was the day Our Lord gave up his life; we Catholics are still supposed to make it a day of sacrifice. For Friday I will not serve the fascination with news and news by-products. Unless there is something fast breaking, I... Read more
My Elder Son just lost patience with me and the Splenda envelopes. “Why is it, everywhere I turn, in the kitchen, on the counter, over the sink, even on your desks, I see these torn little packets of Splenda, and white dust everywhere?” I only like half a pack of Splenda in my coffee. So, I use half a pack. Then I fold the envelope for the next cup’s use. Then I forget that I’ve done that and open a... Read more
Got a fun email today from Peter, who is obviously a very smart fella – I repost it almost in its entirety: For the last several years I’ve been a regular reader of Spengler…after he unmasked himself as David Goldman and announced he was decamping to First Things, I followed along to see what he’d be writing about as an Observant Jew contributing to a Conservative Catholic Intellectual Journal. That’s when I found your Blog and became an occasional reader.... Read more
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