tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post2189389774635182928..comments2024-02-26T09:30:54.111-06:00Comments on Domine, da mihi hanc aquam!: Coffee Cup BrowsingFr. Philip Powell, OPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-36989469363053873902011-04-28T19:07:40.887-05:002011-04-28T19:07:40.887-05:00Last week in Latin, my son learned the phrase &quo...Last week in Latin, my son learned the phrase "Curta suppellex" which literally means "scanty furniture" referring to someone less wise than his peers. He was, unfortunately, quite happy to learn an insult his brothers do not yet know.<br /><br />MarieMariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07290138880221852931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-11111675465054002782011-04-27T16:22:07.423-05:002011-04-27T16:22:07.423-05:00Tom, those are quotes from the prayer breakfast. ...Tom, those are quotes from the prayer breakfast. The criticism is NOT that B.O. said nothing about Easter. The criticism is that he has issued an official greetings on every Muslim holiday since he took office. He did not issue the traditional presidential Easter greeting this year.Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-58758710643526557162011-04-27T13:37:29.236-05:002011-04-27T13:37:29.236-05:00From Remarks by the President at Easter Prayer Bre...From <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/04/19/remarks-president-easter-prayer-breakfast" rel="nofollow">Remarks by the President at Easter Prayer Breakfast</a>, held last Tuesday:<br /><br />"I wanted to host this breakfast for a simple reason -– because as busy as we are, as many tasks as pile up, during this season, we are reminded that there’s something about the resurrection -- something about the resurrection of our savior, Jesus Christ, that puts everything else in perspective. <br /><br />"We all live in the hustle and bustle of our work. And everybody in this room has weighty responsibilities, from leading churches and denominations, to helping to administer important government programs, to shaping our culture in various ways. And I admit that my plate has been full as well. (Laughter.) The inbox keeps on accumulating. (Laughter.)<br /> <br />"But then comes Holy Week. The triumph of Palm Sunday. The humility of Jesus washing the disciples’ feet. His slow march up that hill, and the pain and the scorn and the shame of the cross.<br /><br />"And we’re reminded that in that moment, he took on the sins of the world -- past, present and future -- and he extended to us that unfathomable gift of grace and salvation through his death and resurrection."Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09534284662785499386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-30957777189298261612011-04-26T11:39:52.682-05:002011-04-26T11:39:52.682-05:00This link: http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room...This link: http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/proclamations -- does not seem to show an Easter proclamation. Likewise, http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-and-releases (This is where you find Eid, etc)Fr. Dismas Sayre, O.P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01238944917264745402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-3791195079638988502011-04-26T11:26:25.110-05:002011-04-26T11:26:25.110-05:00Bill, can you send the link to B.O.'s Easter s...Bill, can you send the link to B.O.'s Easter statement? It's been reported by a number of media outlets that he didn't make a statement.Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-433973346051228612011-04-26T08:01:32.593-05:002011-04-26T08:01:32.593-05:00I think you should have done some doublechecking b...I think you should have done some doublechecking before posting that bit of FOX libel about Obama and Easter. He hosted a prayer breakfast. He made a statement. The question is, why are they lying about something like this? What is their political purpose?Bill Cnoreply@blogger.com