I know, I know, to some my headline will seem strange. It is not news that Hillary is not averse to fibbing about cattle futures, fund raisers, or who who or what she can remember at any given moment. But even William Safire who, in 1996 called Hillary a congenital liar, had to have gasped at just how breathtakingly bold she can be in her tall tales: Does Hillary not realize that a thing called the internet has come along?... Read more
:::SCROLL DOWN FOR UPDATE::: So, a few days before Easter, Osama bin Laden – who may or may not be dead – claimed a conspiracy against Islam being headed up by an 81 year old feller who likes cats and plays Mozart. At the Vigil for Easter, the old feller, who also wields a crozier, writes tirelessly and uses the soft answer to turn away wrath, made his gentle response. He baptized with his own hands, and publicly, one Magdi... Read more
Found via Ace, who got it off John Miller at the Corner, Five For Fighting’s John Ondrasik gives us a chance to decide what kind of world we want and he gives us this video to help us decide. It’s very moving. Apparently the old man in the pawn shop is a medal of honor winner – one of our our everlasting heroes You’ll want to go watch it, and while you do, remember that – media narratives aside –... Read more
(Photo shameless cribbed from Gerard and his wonderful post) If this seems early for some of you, I apologize. For those of us attending Easter Vigil liturgies, we have been plunged into darkness, then seen fire blessed and made to light the Paschal Candle, which was processed in darkness and then raised high with the proclamation, “Christ, our Light!” To which we responded, “Thanks be to God.” We have listened to the Exultet, the great chant of Easter and been... Read more
I wrote last year, about Holy Week, and about the glorious and mysterious chant, the Pange Lingua. Sing, my tongue, the Savior’s glory, Of His flesh the mystery sing, Of the blood, all price exceeding, Shed by our immortal King, Destined, for the world’s redemption, From a noble womb to spring. You can hear a wonderful version, in Latin, <a href="http://home.snu.edu/~bballweg/pange/pange.mp3 here (H/T Chant Blog Beautiful as this is, nothing compares to the great chant of Easter, the Exultet. It... Read more
Psalm 51 Please avail yourself of Deacon Greg’s really splendid (and brief) Good Friday Homily. You’ll be glad you did. Read more
I interrupt my Triduum turn at staying away from politics just long enough to let you know that Pajamas Media is featuring a column of mine today which discusses Saving the Planet without Starving People – a look at what we can do besides burning corn and grain – to stay mobile. Hope you like. Read more
Where charity and love are, there God is. The love of Christ has gathered us into one flock. Let us exult, and in Him be joyful. Let us fear and let us love the living God. And from a sincere heart let us love each other (and Him). As a young woman working in New York City, I watched a lovely, brilliant middle-aged black woman struggle to maintain her dignity and forbearance when she was told, by a youngish white... Read more
I’ve been so fortunate as to pick up a few ads for the blog, and I always like to give my advertisers a mention. Note, if you’re thinking about becoming a nun or priest, there’s an ad up about it at the top of the right-hand column! The Vision site is unusual, I think, in that it works like one of those relationship e-match sites, only it tries to survey you and help you find the religious community that suits... Read more
It must be a wonderful thing to receive your holy habit just before Easter. Over at Moniales, the Dominican Nuns share a video of a bit of celebrating the investitures of Sr. Deepa and Sr. Giang, now Sr. Veronica Marie and Sr. Joseph Maria, respectively. Very cute to see Sr. Veronica not quite used to responding to her new name. I guess that can take a while. Meanwhile, on the other side of the country, we see a slideshow; three... Read more
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