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

10 December 2011

Coffee Cup Browsing (Late Edition)

Exactly how long (grammatically speaking) can something "teeter on the brink," "verge on collapse," or "balance on ...

09 December 2011

The First Nawlins' Coffee Cup Browsing (with chicory!)

Methinks that the nation's Attorney General was educated at a "univeristy in the Catholic tradition ." The problem here is th...

08 December 2011

A foray, nine books, & a long nap. . .

Made my first foray out into New Orleans this morning. Where did I go? The Cafe du Monde ? French Quarter? St Louis Cathedral? Nope. ....

"First Mass" at St Dominic's New Orleans

My "first Mass" now that I am back in the U.S. will be the 10.30am Mass on Dec. 11th at St Dominic's , New Orleans. I wi...

07 December 2011

Made it.

I'm here. . .more or less. Here in New Orleans. My luggage, however, is in San Antonio, TX. Why, you ask? Because the worker in At...

06 December 2011

Kindle Fire for Christmas???

Talked to Scuba Becky (i.e., my mother) this afternoon, and she asked what I wanted for Christmas. Having just spent five days giving away...

Departure Deadline Update

Just got the Goldie Locks buzzed off by Fr. Rick J. I feel 15 lbs lighter and a whole lot cooler! The initial sweep of the room captured ...

05 December 2011

Packing, cleaning, etc. . .

Progress being made. . . Shipped nine boxes of books, etc. to Nawlins' yesterday. Today, I am packing up everything that's going...

03 December 2011

A Roman Rambling. . .

Just three more days in Rome. . . There may be a sentimental bone somewhere in my body. . .maybe. . .however, moving from one place to anot...

02 December 2011

On the magisterial authority of Vatican Two

From L'Osservatore Romano (Dec. 2, 2011) On adhesion to the Second Vatican Council The forthcoming 50th anniversary of the convocati...

01 December 2011

Coffee Bowl Browsing

McDonald's outsmarts SanFran Food Nannies . . .I'm sure that was pretty easy. Making the KKK boring by whitewashing its historical...

30 November 2011

St. Pius X Press

A new Catholic publishing enterprise worthy of your time: Saint Pius X Press ! From the "About Us" page: “Despise not the disc...

Changes. . .they are a comin'

About this time next week (Dec. 7th) I will flying over the east coast of the U.S. heading toward Atlanta on my way to Nawlins'. Given...

29 November 2011

Coffee Bowl Browsing

Consumerism vs . Occupyism. . .and the winner is. . . $$$ . Oh, the irony: "Only Germany can save Europe!" The Walking Dead ...

27 November 2011

The New Translation: how'd it go?

Let's hear about your experiences with the new English translation of the Roman Missal. . .The Good, the Bad. . .and the Ineffable! I w...

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