Monday
Autobiographical Corner
I'm back from a nine-day vacation in Alpena: the hub of northeast Michigan.
Northeast Michigan is entirely rural, so its "hub" ain't much, but it's a neat
place. It's the same size as my hometown (about 12,
Eric Scheske
Something for Sunday Morning
"Pain allows us to accompany Christ on the cross. Suffering and contradiction
purify us. . . Let is not abandon the cross by grumbling and moaning,
complaining or giving in to sadness." Francis Fernandez
Nine Days with Kuehnelt-Leddihn
Piety and Death
"It is difficult to fear death if one is very pious."
Alas, KL has made me take spiritual stock of myself again. I never used to fear
death, and then I had children. I then came to fear death . . . for their sake.
Of course. And
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The Robotic Soul
"There is little doubt that atheism, agnosticism, and the denial of the other
world are partially responsible for the rapid technological development which
gave us, apart from exquisite instruments for mass destruction, various means to
bridge time and space. . . Ortega y Gassets points out very adroitly
BYCU
Seen in a bar last night:
-- Mobile post
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Cash for Souls
"Facing the choice of cash or liberty human beings will always choose the former
because it spells safety."
How else can you explain the popularity of Social Security and Medicare? I give
up the liberty to dispose of my income (.765 7.65 cents of
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Authority
"Ochlocrats who never tire of accusing conservatives and Catholics of
superstition, illogical traditionalism, and 'unscientific' procedure make an act
of faith in the inner illumination of the individual and the infallibility of
numerical majorities."
I'm a firm believer that every man has an
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Medieval Man
"Medieval man (like every deeply religious man) was eschatologically static. To
him time was a relative conception because his center--God--stood at the same
distance to the year 1300 B.C. as to the year A.D. 1300."
The medieval man appeals to me, especially
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Egalitarianism in the Hierarchy
"The nonchalantly polite but nevertheless free interclass manners in the
Catholic world are the natural consequence of a conventional (nonideological)
egalitarianism, based on the profound knowledge that our final status--on the
other side of the grave--will be basically different from our present one.
Something for Sunday Morning
"All our learning should consist of finding out what God has planned for us at
each moment." de Caussade, Abandonment.