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Forbidding Cliffs
I look at Fr Z’s blog exceedingly rarely, but I was curious to see if he had any comment on the deteriorating situation between Washington and Moscow via Damascus. I found none, only various topics of interest to some Roman … Continue reading
Inextricable
As happens most days, I received a circular e-mail with a link to A Possibility of Continuity? on the interminable discussion on Pope Francis’ Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love) issued last April. Before beginning this posting, I resolved to … Continue reading
Sensuality
There is something of the Epicurian in this posting. As Oscar Wilde once said: The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things … Continue reading
Variations on a Not-So-Original Theme, no Enigma…
Sorry, Elgar lovers. I came across Church or Corporation? It seems to give an American view of some of the things I have been discussing. It is said that the USA is just a few years behind Europe and Canada … Continue reading
LSD and Wisdom
I have been watching a fascinating documentary about the Hippies of the 1960’s. It is fascinating and the same themes come up again and again. I am struck by the shallowness of many of the people involved at the time, … Continue reading
A New Dawn
This entry more or less started as I took my boat out yesterday afternoon on the sea from Veules les Roses. The north-east wind was light and there was little swell. I close hauled into the wind and the tidal … Continue reading
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The Dictatorship of Noise
A New Interview with Card. Sarah on Catholic World Report in The New Liturgical Movement. I find the reflections interesting.
Last Day of September
It will be the feast of St Jerome tomorrow, the patron Saint of translators, even though I don’t work from Greek into Latin! He was said to be a cantankerous fellow, but he must have had some virtues to be … Continue reading
Benedict Option
I have seen this expression – Benedict Option – being bandied about on the internet. Here is an article by the American conservative Rod Dreher – Benedict Option FAQ. I am sceptical about anything coming from across the Atlantic, because … Continue reading
The Romantic Christ
Romanticism is very difficult to define and many attempts to define it resemble the cold rationalism from which it reacted some two hundred years ago. The subject fascinates me, not only as a historical state of mind in given circumstances … Continue reading
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The Blue Flower 