nourishing obscurity

If things we did growing up were in error, how far can one go down that path before nothing is good we knew and did? The heroes and villains become less able to be distinguished one from the other as one grows older. There is a point of view that the Boomers did it wrong, [...]

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Great post by AKH on a group of people in our society who need all the help we can give them: We have a huge problem in the largely unrecognised plight of special pleaders, especially when we include the government, MPs, lawyers, landlords, bankers, the arms industry, large charities, the BBC, the NHS, high street [...]

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On January 28, 2013, the Carnival cruise ship Triumph experienced propulsion issues that caused it to be five hours late returning to its Galveston home port. On Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 5:30 a.m. CST, the ship suffered a fire in the aft engine room. Although the fire was automatically extinguished, it resulted in a [...]

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JD wrote: Jesus was once asked when the kingdom of God would come. The kingdom of God, Jesus replied, is not something people will be able to see and point to. Then came these striking words: “Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.” (Luke [...]

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My correspondent sends this to conclude the mini-series which began here: Here are some more references. Wickedness in the world. The sons of God that mated with the women of men Also http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy%209:6&version=NIV http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%203:20&version=NIV http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel%2020:15-19&version=NIV Before you read on, you may want to scroll down to the part I’ve highlighted.  It’s important in understanding the [...]

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If this is Palm Sunday, do you know what yesterday was? One of the most powerful images in the collective mind, this is one which, combined with other images, convinced me.  Leaving aside all prejudices, the way the crowds gathered, it seems word of Lazarus had spread.  Like all word which spreads, it started with [...]

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It’s a tenuous link but on Tom Woods’s site, one commenter wrote: I for one was not surprised by the resignation of the pope. Why? Last year I read a book called “Petrus Romanus” by Tom Horn and Chris Putnam, which predicted that this pope would resign near the end of 2012. There’s some interesting [...]

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1.2 billion.     Still strong despite the way so many go on in the blogosphere.     Last Pope?    Hope he’s not assassinated.   Do you think there should be a quota for female Popes?   Joan? African do you think?   Someone just said on the Beeb they hope he’ll be less conservative.   No, the exact opposite – he needs [...]

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Churchmouse points out at his place that Mothering Sunday is also Laetare Sunday: In the UK, Laetare Sunday is Mothering Sunday, or as it is becoming more popularly known, Mother’s Day.  The name derives from an ancient tradition of people travelling back to their ‘mother’ church on the Fourth Sunday in Lent, or Laetare Sunday.  The [...]

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The first photo is one I took of a local church in Essex many years ago: The second is St Peters after the Pope resigned – you possibly saw it: Is someone trying to tell us something ?

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This is from Amfortas and I ran it past a non-Catholic and basically a non-Christian yesterday to see what he thought: A good article. Nice to see the work of an articulate and educated cleric again. I must say that for myself and everyone I know from similar backgrounds the whole Dawkins type ideological clash [...]

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This from Chuckles had vague elements of amusement to it until the first comment [at this time]. Basically, it was about a memorial to massacre victims and a new one proposed for the same park – at least I think so, I didn’t read it all, preferring to go to comments.  First comment was: I’m [...]

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