… I can’t put my finger on it. Lately I’ve been carrying around this disjointed feeling, like being askew. It’s a spiraling sinking feeling, like a top spinning out of control and violently wobbling off balance. I try to hold it all in and with a masked smile but my humor has comes out manic and manifests at the most inappropriate times. “Bat shit crazy” I joke. Why are little children the only ones that can throw themselves on the... Read more
Rogier Van Weyden c.1440 Read more
… but some things are just to tacky for words. [source] This sculpture for example… commissioned by Fr. David Buckley at St. Philip Neri Catholic church in Uckfield. He claims it has been well received by his parish. To that I say his congregation must be starved for sacred Church art or worse yet, lack a true understanding of the very fundamental nature of Christ. Fr. Buckley, commenting about the sculpture says; “We felt this design summed up the spirit... Read more
… The Colombian government has announced that it will fine a Catholic hospital for refusing to perform an abortion, according to local news reports. The Saint Ignatius University Hospital, a Jesuit institution, was asked for an abortion in 2008 by a woman whose unborn child suffered from non-lethal defects, including hydrocephaly. They refused on grounds of “collective conscience.” The woman, Yolima Bernal, ultimately received a late-term abortion in another hospital. After an investigation of the case launched last year, Colombia’s... Read more
… hey little apple blossomwhat seems to be the problemall the ones you tell your troubles tothey don’t really care for you… … no, they don’t really care for you. Read more
Jans Sint Geertgen c.1480 We behold the holy Virgin, a shining lamp appearing to those in darkness; for, kindling the Immaterial Light, she guideth all to divine knowledge, she illumineth minds with radiance, and is honored by our shouting these things… From the Akathistos to the Mother of God. Read more
Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio c.1490 Read more
… again, Happy Mother’s Day to the faithful religious women who give their lives in service to others nurturing with motherly love. Read more
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