Sep

25

New ancestor

September 25, 2006 | Leave a Comment

A new monkey/ape skeleton has been unearthed to qualify as one our evolutionary ancestors. Here is the link from MSNBC. Oh yes, in what I see as joining the dots between the discovery of skeletons with similar properties, man is claimed to have evolved from monkeys. Evolution, even now, is a theory that can never [...]

Sep

24

Time for a little William Bouguereau

September 24, 2006 | Leave a Comment


Sep

23

Thus says the Prophet

September 23, 2006 | Leave a Comment

No, not that prophet. Prophet Isaiah, one of the real ones:
A voice of the people from the city, a voice from the temple, the voice of the Lord that rendereth recompense to his enemies.
Before she was in labour she brought forth; before her time came to be delivered, she brought forth a man child.
Who hath [...]

Sep

22

Radical Paks call for the Pope to be removed (?!)

September 22, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Radical Pakistanis say that the Pope should be dismissed for ‘encouraging war and fanning hostility between various faiths’.
Guess what, stupids, you don’t get a say in that. The Pope cannot be ‘dismissed’ like that.
In a clarification of common opinion, they said that “if the West does not change its stance regarding Islam, it will face [...]

Sep

21

Quare cum publicanis manducat

September 21, 2006 | Leave a Comment

It’s St. Matthew day.
May we be helped, Lord, by the prayers of the blessed Matthew, your apostle and evangelist, that what we cannot obtain of ourselves may be granted to us by his intercession. (Collect, St. Andrew Daily Missal)
The picture, by Michaelangelo da Caravaggio (that’s karavajo), illustrates the divine inspiration of Matthew.

Sep

20

Mr. Shea thinks that:

September 20, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Mr. Shea thinks that:
the Holy Father, in essence, was so comfy on his home turf that he reverted to being a university theologian and forgot he was the Holy Father now. You can remark on interesting tidbits when you are a theologian, because your audience consists of grownups who know how to read. But when [...]

Sep

19

New acquisition

September 19, 2006 | Leave a Comment

The shorter Morning and Evening prayerbook. Created from the Liturgy of the Hour. I haven’t gone through it completely, but it seems to have a four week period mapped out.
Update: I use this book regularly, now. It is what I said, a four week psalter. Key is that it is small and light and just [...]

Sep

19

Pope clinging to theology and orthdoxy!

September 19, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Interesting link. Well, surprise, surprise, isn’t he supposed to?
Perhaps in a related matter, Muslims have arrogantly called upon the Pope to behave as his predecessor had. Pah! Shut up, already.

Sep

19

Men of God don’t do this

September 19, 2006 | Leave a Comment

A Muslim cleric orders that the Pope be hunted down and killed:
“We urge you Muslims wherever you are to hunt down the Pope for his barbaric statements as you have pursued Salman Rushdie, the enemy of Allah who offended our religion,” he said in Friday evening prayers.
For shame, Mr. Muslim ‘cleric’. You insult Almighty God [...]

Sep

18

The Wisdom of that old medieval guy the Pope quoted

September 18, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Now they’re dismissing the expression of regret and asking for the speech to be retracted. Let’s quote this thing again, shall we?
“There is no compulsion in religion”.
Followed by:
“Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword [...]

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