Eric Scheske

Nyssa, Tolkien, and Gibson By killing Jesus, Satan had swallowed God's bait. He didn't know he had swallowed the Godhead, thereby inviting Full Being into his fortress of nothingness and bringing about the ontological fall of his nothingness. In the words of St. Gregory of Nyssa:

“The Son of God suffered unto the death, not that men might not suffer, but that their sufferings might be like His.” George MacDonald "The cross cannot be defeated. . . For it is Defeat." G.K. Chesterton On those who hate Christianity: "They do not dislike the Cross

"[I]n the agony of Gethsemane the ultimate consequences of our sin had their hour. . . . God permitted his Son to taste the human agony of rejection and plunge towards the abyss. . . Gethsemane was the hour in which Jesus' human heart and mind experienced the ultimate odium of the

“'Spy Wednesday,' the day Judas decides to betray Christ. A Tenebrae (darkness) service is sometimes held this day, in which all the light in the sanctuary is extinguished. Start the Rosary or night prayer with several lit candles; extinguish them halfway through." Link [http://www.ncregister.com/

Miscellaneous Rambling Benedict Groeschel frequently recommended that people sit down and read a gospel in one sitting. He said it would take 30-60 minutes, depending on which gospel (Mark being the shortest) and it would prove a powerful experience. I've tried it. I'm not sure

Miscellaneous Rambling: Holy Week Edition Jack Kerouac once vowed to write about nothing but Buddhism. I'm guessing he kept the vow for less than five minutes (iron resolve, he didn't have), but don't all people experience a desire along those lines: to throw it

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Miscellaneous Garden Rambling My first late winter garden is in: three large beds of lettuce (occupying space until May, at which time the ground will be used for summer crops, my pea bed, a mini-bush pea grow box, and a bunch of spinach in the cold frames or containers.

Rambling: Catholic Convert and Catholic Cardinal Gavin McInnes breaks down the reason comedians hate Trump: Comedians: Doing the Jobs Happy Americans Won't Do [http://takimag.com/article/comedians_doing_the_jobs_happy_americans_wont_do_gavin_mcinnes/print#axzz42cbvIx9N] . Note: This might be the most colorful article I&

Miscellaneous Rambling Welcome to Clean Monday [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_Monday] "Clean Monday (Greek: Καθαρά Δευτέρα), also known as Pure Monday, Ash Monday, Monday of Lent or Green Monday, is the first day of Great Lent in the