The Crescat
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… some links I hope you find interesting, uplifting, and enlightening. This one’s for you, Earl Scruggs. Requiscat in pace. —————————– A video of the Pope and Fidel Castro meeting. Libertad! The Pope in a sombrero… —————————– My grandfather had a farm in Williamsburg and my happiest childhood memories were Christmas at his house and then heading to Colonial Williamsburg for hot apple cider. The springs there were just as wonderful. Oh, the gardens! Today I am feeling nostalgic and... Read more
… Did you know there are birds that sing at night. All. Night. Long. They’re called nightingales and these lovely little things like to perch in trees near bedroom windows while you write. Noisily chirping away. Did I mention they do this all night long? So here I sit, trying to devise the most effective way to shut him the hell up. I don’t know how Fr. Z stands it. Read more
Artist Li Tianbing paints imaginary siblings and talks about China’s one child policy; “But Li’s paintings of children were not just a recreation of his own childhood identity, but an exploration of what was happening in China. The one-child policy, he says, has had unimagined consequences. “There are the hidden children,” he says. “They can’t go to school, because they don’t officially exist. In the big cities, there’s a market. Children can be bought and sold. They disappear.” Li still... Read more
… Let me get this straight; it is perfectly acceptable for a mother to kill her own child via abortion but when someone else murders that child it becomes a national incident with teens rioting, death threats, intimidation, and bounties for that murder’s head at prayer vigils. Oh, and we can’t forget the capitalistic trademarks because righteous indignation, no matter how misguided, is a profitable business. Of course none of those actions are the same stereotypical behaviors African Americans claim... Read more
“I very much regret such developments as happening in England. I myself used to live in that country and witnessed the way in which liberal and anti-Christian norms conquering ever greater areas in the public space. Because these people have not experienced persecution against the Church, they do not know what it is when your crosses are torn away from you A grave mistake is made by today’s Western liberals who actually impose on free people the standards of totalitarian... Read more
… But Twitter is an OK way to determine positions of church hierarchy, I suppose, since it’s obvious moral authority, apostolic succession, and common sense do not apply to the Church of England and their online popularity contest to determine the new Archbishop of Canterbury. The ‘contest’ is even open to members of other faiths… naturally, I begin campaigning today. Let the battle begin. Nominate me here, @c_of_e Read more
The Annunciation by Martin Schongauer Read more
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