http://staringatthesky.stblogs.com On my brief glimpses of a Vast Treasure hidden in a field Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:24:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This blog is now suspended indefinitely. It has outlived its usefulness. Frankly, I'm a little tired of the internet at this point. http://staringatthesky.stblogs.com/2008/08/06/end-of-blog/ This post is merely a test. Adventures on the internet Links Scripture Quotes http://staringatthesky.stblogs.com/2008/06/26/test/ From a Facebook alert. I recommend: During the weekend of the 4th- 6th July Young Catholic Adults will be running a Traditional Retreat at Douai Abbey, the retreat will be led by Br. Christopher Greener who will give a series of talks on St. Benedict. The weekend will be full-board (except ... http://staringatthesky.stblogs.com/2008/06/21/juventutem-affiliated-traditional-retreat-at-douai-abbey-4th-6th-july-2008/ This blog will switch off, more or less, for the next ten days. Important things going on. Adventures on the internet This story is awkward: a pro life advocate is called up for handing out pro life material in a Church parking lot. For 'trespass'. Does the Church have to stoop to ... http://staringatthesky.stblogs.com/2008/06/18/feria-iv-hebomadae-xi-temporis-ordinarii/ null A$dventures on the internet The full text of Card. Castrillon Hoyos' address to the LMS. The Gregorian Rite is to become a 'normal occurrence in the liturgical life of the Church'. More here, where a clarification of the Holy See's position on the Holydays relocated to Sunday is pulled out. A ... http://staringatthesky.stblogs.com/2008/06/17/feria-iii-hebomadae-xi-temporis-ordinarii/ Today, the Church remembers St. Anthony, that great light and the figure that stands in many of our church buildings. Copied below are notes made from the New Advent page: * lifetime: 1195 - 1231 * born Ferdinand in Lisboa, Portugal to pius, noble parents. * joined the Canons Regular of St. ... http://staringatthesky.stblogs.com/2008/06/13/antonius-patavinus-sacerdos-et-doctor/ I have much to do in these few days and little time to do it in. The next few posts will be short. Too many things are left by student bodies for the end of term. When remaining essays and exams abound. The Gospel tells us today that the law ... http://staringatthesky.stblogs.com/2008/06/12/untitled-2/ St. Barnabas was ranked later, as Paul was, with the Twelve, although not of their original number. Born to a Jewish family on Cyprus, he was a Levite and apparently a relative to Mark the Evangelist and spent much time in Jerusalem. After his conversion to Christianity shortly after Pentecost, ... http://staringatthesky.stblogs.com/2008/06/11/barnaba-apostolus/ Term draws to a close and I cannot wait to get off the routine for a while. Mapping the links over the last few weeks, I find myself posting a lot more pro Israeli material. While I cannot approve of every policy of the State of Israel, I would tend ... http://staringatthesky.stblogs.com/2008/06/10/feria-ii-hebomadae-x-temporis-ordinarii/ St. Ephrem, fourth century son of a pagan priest, was instructed by St. James, bishop of Nisibis, and baptised at eighteen. When the region was lost to Persia in AD363, the Christian population abandoned Nisibis and moved to Edessa, where Ephrem spent the rest of his life as a hermit, ... http://staringatthesky.stblogs.com/2008/06/09/ephrem-diaconus-et-doctor-ecclesiae/