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Atheists vs Christians
2007-05-17 15:08:00 In a head-to-head debate, who wins? Read here to find out. More to come... More About: Christians , Atheists , Theist
Quotation to Ponder
2007-05-17 15:07:00 "Worry does not empty tomorrow of its trouble. It empties today of its strength." -- Unknown More to come...
Update 2
2007-05-16 22:28:00 Lesson for today: Don't let the painkillers wear off. Ow. More to come... More About: Update
Thanks
2007-05-16 15:18:00 Thanks to all who expressed get well soon wishes and kind thoughts. My surgery went very well yesterday and I'm resting comfortably at home. I'm having very little pain today, and the hospital anesthesiology team did an awesome job preventing illness after the surgery. Regular blogging will return shortly. More to come... More About: Thanks , Hank
Brief Hiatus
2007-05-14 22:10:00 I'm going to be out of commission for a little bit, thanks to some minor surgery I'm undergoing bright and early tomorrow morning. Please keep me in your prayers, I will get back here as soon as I can. More to come... More About: Hiatus , Brief
Pope's Visit To China?
2007-05-14 21:33:00 Rumour has it Pope Benedict XVI might be making a visit to China in the fall. HT: Fr. Zuhlsdorf More to come... More About: Visi , Visit
Mass on the Internet?
2007-05-14 21:02:00 If the Magisterium will not allow confessions over the telephone and email, I can't see the Church allowing Mass over the Intern et . The idea proposed by Brazilian bishops is that remote communities and younger worshippers should be able to celebrate Mass live over the Internet. The suggestion is that unleavened bread would be placed in front of computer monitors to be consecrated. More to come More About: The Internet
Ottawa's Seat Filled
2007-05-14 15:35:00 by Terrence Prendergast. I always liked this guy. I'm sure he will do good things in our nation's capital. Wikipedia has a page up on him. More to come... More About: Seat , Fill , Ottawa
Almost My New Favourite Picture of the Pope
2007-05-14 15:34:00 It isn't quite as great as this one, but it's a pretty close second! HT: Fr. Zuhlsdorf More to come... More About: Picture , Pope , Most
Quotation to Ponder
2007-05-14 15:33:00 "To love and be loved -- this on earth is the highest bliss." -- Heinrich Heine More to come...
New Glasses
2007-05-13 20:05:00 I'm getting my first pair of new glasses in four years. They're very cool: they're Adidas P3S Nylor (I think model A782, but I can't exactly remember that!), which can be seen when you scroll down about halfway on this page. I take possession of them, I hope, by next weekend. More to come... More About: Glass , Glasses
Cannoli Aplenty
2007-05-13 15:39:00 We had a very nice Mother’s Day dinner at my mom’s favourite Italian restaurant on Friday evening. After dinner was finished and the plates were cleared away, the young waiter inquired as to whether or not we cared for coffee, tea or dessert. Though the rest of us declined, my mom indicated she would like her regular cappuccino, while my dad ordered his cappuccino with whipped cream. He then More About: Plenty , Lent , Anno
Mother's Watch
2007-05-13 15:22:00 Happy Mother's Day, Mom. I'm using a poem I copied here a couple of years ago, but it's the one that always brings tears to my eyes thinking of all my mom has done and continues to do for me each day, in ways I can never repay. “The Mother Watch ” by Edgar Guest She never closed her eyes in sleep 'til we were all in bed. On party nights, 'til we came home, she often sat and read. We little
Profess Chalcedon, or Take A Beatin'!
2007-05-12 19:29:00 This is a must-see video from the graduating class at Mundelein Seminary, where they learn orthodoxy in an unorthodox way. (It does help to know some Christology to get all of the jokes.)HT: Fr. Erik More to come... More About: Beat , Fess
More Biblical Humour
2007-05-12 18:25:00 More to come... More About: Humour , More , Biblical , Humo
Whatever...
2007-05-12 14:02:00 I doubt the Human Rights Commission will let the TTC get away with this lame excuse. More to come... More About: Ever
More from the Headlines
2007-05-12 14:02:00 More on the Anglican Church's possible schism and relatedness to ministry to gay people, and an article on the tenuous state of Abstinence Day in the US make up a couple of interesting headlines in today's Toronto Star. More to come... More About: More , Head , Line , Headlines , Lines
Reading
2007-05-11 19:52:00 My reading pile is growing shorter much quicker than I had imagined. This stomach thing has confined me mostly to the couch for the past 24 hours and so I've finished off Stuart McLean's Vinyl Cafe Diaries and Ryan Knighton's Cockeyed. Knighton's story resonates with me, much like Kuusisto's Planet of the Blind did a couple of summers ago. Knighton is only a few years older than me, and his More About: Reading
Update
2007-05-11 15:07:00 I've been under the weather since yesterday morning. Finally starting to feel somewhat human again today. Blah. More to come... More About: Update
More Biblical Humour
2007-05-11 15:06:00 If Moses were an Olympic swimmer... More to come... More About: Humour , Biblical , Humo
Pop! Goes the Audience
2007-05-10 20:23:00 A fistfight broke out at the Boston Pops concert last night. Yes, you read that right. I couldn't believe it either. You can even watch it here. More to come... More About: The A , Audience , Goes
Quotation Of The Day
2007-05-10 14:08:00 "I suppose it can be said that I'm an absent-minded driver. It's true that I've driven through a number of red lights on occasion, but on the other hand, I've stopped at a lot of green ones but never gotten credit for it." -- Glenn Gould, 1932-1982 Incidentally, this year marks the 75th anniversary of Gould's birth, and the 25th anniversary of his death. More to come... More About: The D
Library Outing
2007-05-09 20:02:00 It's official: I'm sick of TV. I didn't think it would happen so quickly, but I knew it would happen eventually. I have been out of school for three weeks now, and I really can't bear to watch another hour of daytime TV. (With the exception of The People's Court; I really do love Marilyn Milian. Evening TV is another story, but as the season winds down, so do my interests.) So, I dug out More About: Library , Outing , Libra
In the Post
2007-05-09 16:22:00 About a week ago I completed an online survey asking whether I was happy with the technology accommodations I had on my home computer, and whether I could access the same features on university library computers. The survey didn't take long to do and promised a $10 compensation for my time, so I went ahead and completed it. I picked up the mail here a few minutes ago and found a letter from the More About: Post
Quotation to Ponder
2007-05-09 15:03:00 "We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." -- Sir Winston Churchill More to come...
Eerily Quiet...
2007-03-15 13:06:00 After all of last night's action, it is eerily quiet this morning. No water running in neighbour's suites, no one using the elevator or talking in the halls. Beware the Ides of March so they say... it certainly has that feel around here this morning. More to come... More About: Quiet
Our Priestly Sacrifices At Mass
2007-03-15 11:54:00 What do you bring to Mass with you? Do you realize, as per Vatican II, you are an active participant in the Mass along with the celebrant? Lumen Gentium states: “[Christ] gives [the laity] a sharing in His priestly function of offering spiritual worship for the glory of God and the salvation of [humans]. For this reason the laity, dedicated to Christ and anointed by the Holy Spirit, are More About: Sacrifice , Priest
Life is Never Dull...
2007-03-15 06:02:00 After a very long couple of days and considerable emotional upheaval, I was both physically and emotionally drained when I crawled beneath the sheets around 10pm last evening. I was trying to watch America's Next Top Model and I guess I drifted off into oblivion when I awoke some hour and a half later, the tape stopped and the TV still on. I would have to see who got kicked out in the morning, More About: Life , Ever , Never
Slightly Better Day
2007-03-14 20:49:00 Today was a little better than yesterday. We had a guest lecturer in our Sex class (yes, the infamous Sex class) who had to discuss reproductive technologies with us. She was explaining the techniques involved in the IVF process, specifically around harvesting. The woman's procedure is complicated and involves surgery, and in contrast, she very drily noted, the man's procedure is "not at all More About: Light , Better , Bett
A Fantastic Liturgical Blooper
More articles from this author:2007-03-14 12:58:00 Our chaplain was sharing his favourite liturgical blooper with us. It seems that one weekend a group of priests were on retreat together and decided to have an informal Sunday Mass. A couple of them went into town to procure some unleavened bread for this purpose and came back with a loaf from a local bakery. Unfortunately, they didn't check to make sure that that was all that was in the loaf. More About: Al B , Loop , Blooper 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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