Giovanni Belinni The name of Sebastian is enveloped in a wreath of legends. The oldest historical account of the saint is found in a commentary on the psalms by St. Ambrose; the passage reads: “Allow me to propose to you the example of the holy martyr Sebastian. By birth he was a Milanese. Perhaps the persecutor of Christians had left Milan, or had not yet arrived, or had become momentarily more tolerant. Sebastian believed that here there was no opportunity... Read more

… watching the inauguration. listening to the inauguration. reading about the inauguration. celebrating the inauguration. or talking about the inauguration with spastic liberals about to piss themselves with glee. things I WILL be doing today… wear sack cloth & ashes, hiss.spit.growl, pray and fast for our nation and go into my vacuumed sealed media protective bubble and find my happy place. Read more

“…our nation has finally, officially embraced the post-modern world; that, in addition to media elitists and collegiate intellectuals spreading nihilism, we finally have a U.S. president who embodies such a culture. Propelled into office by voter greed, Barack Obama will now lead the nation that leads the world, using his successful blend of atheistic humanism and political manipulation that make for easy-to-digest sound bytes. The immoralists are no longer only in the ivory towers, they are in the White House,... Read more

… feminism has ruined women. This year old post still gets multiple hits daily. Interesting. Read more

Art by Juan Flandes When Thou wast baptized in the Jordan, O Lord,The worship of the Trinity was made manifest.For the voice of the Father bore witness to Thee,And called Thee His beloved Son.And the Spirit, in the form of a dove,Confirmed the truthfulness of His word.O Christ God, Who hast revealed Thyself,And hast enlightened the world, glory be to Thee! Read more

… by the power, and effectual operation, and descent of the Holy Spirit, let us pray to the Lord. Seen at Mimi’s; Fr. Christopher of Poulsbo’s Mission at the Theophany Great Blessing of Water [source]. Read more

… another for the Visual Treat category, The Hand Maid. Art by Boris Kustodiev, A Nun C.1901 Read more

… this was a pleasant surprise. Josephus Flavius over at Byz Tex posted this video of Fr. Jason Charron’s ordination. I had the pleasure of meeting him a few weeks ago when he came to our parish to celebrate Divine Liturgy in Ukrainian. AXIOS! Read more

… do you get that feeling sometimes that in certain circles Eastern Catholics are second class Christians. Romans (for the most part) don’t know or care we exist and the Orthodox, at least those I’ve encountered, treat Eastern Catholics like pseudo-wanna-be Orthodox who play dress up with the Divine Liturgy. One example comes to mind… upon visiting a local Orthodox church for the first time the priest introduces himself to me. The conversation was pleasant enough and cordial; however, the... Read more

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