Domine, da mihi hanc aquam!

"A [preacher] who does not love art, poetry, music and nature can be dangerous. Blindness and deafness toward the beautiful are not incidental; they are necessarily reflected in his [preaching]." — BXVI

21 November 2009

Not a hoax but a global fraud

Some HancAquam readers have objected to my use of the word "hoax" to describe the recently hacked and published emails of the glo...

Hand kissing, Lying, Guilt, and the Translation Battles

Questions. . . 1). What's the deal with kissing a priest's hands? As demonstration of respect and reverence for the priesth...

Delete the emails! More from the climate-hacks

Wow. Now the hacked/leaked emails are demonstrating a "conspiracy" among the global-warming alarmists to suppress evidence, shut...

20 November 2009

Emails catch climatologists fudging the numbers (UPDATED)

Oops! Hacked emails show global-warming alarmists in the scientific community "hiding the data." Inconvenient truths, indeed...

Sarah Palin for the people and by the people?

Amanda Fortini's post at Salon, "The Annie Oakley of American Politics," concludes with this observation on Sarah Palin: A...

19 November 2009

Roe v. Wade will defeat ScaryCare?

George Will has an interesting post up: "Unlawful health care reform?" He suggests that the "right of privacy" inven...

18 November 2009

O.P. friar gets owned

From the combox on my post about B.O. bowing to the Japanese emperor: " However, with all due respect, I don't think you need to ...

Translation approved

Good news! The American bishops voted to approve all five parts of the new Roman Missal translation. Despite the best parliamentarian ef...

Sacrifical Service vs. Being a Doormat

How do we distinguish between "serving sacrificially" and "being subservient"? Or, as one commenter puts it: what'...

17 November 2009

And the crowds were astonished. . .

It's a miracle! B.O. stimulus dollars "create or save" jobs even in congressional districts that don't exist! Will won...

16 November 2009

Where is our sycamore tree?

St. Elizabeth of Hungary: Readings Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP SS. Domenico e Sisto, Roma Zacchaeus is traitor to his people. And he'...

Mille Grazie!

A quick Thank You to all the folks who have browsed Ye Ole Wish List lately. . .and sent me books. The doctoral dissertation prospectus ...

Coffee Bowl Browsing

The rise of incivility . . .yea, the blogosphere is partially to blame for this. The real culprit is the tyranny of political correctness. ...

15 November 2009

Who will I die for today?

[NB. This is an attempt at "doctrinal preaching." Let me know if you think it works.] 33rd Sunday OT: Readings Fr. Philip Ne...

Coffee Bowl Browsing (Catholic Round-Up Edition)

Here's a bishop who needs some time in a monastery. . .say, about twenty years at hard labor. Spanish bishops actually doing their jo...

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