Something for Sunday Morning
"A lofty soul bears contempt, insult, or slander easily enough. The only risk is
that it may transmute them into pride."
Henri de Lubac
Eric Scheske
Best of BYCU Pictures
It's right up there with Jerry Rubin's "Be In": Philadelphia's second annual
Philly Beer Week gets underway on Friday
[http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2009-03-05-philly-beer-festival_N.htm?csp=34]
. They're dubbing it the "
Lenten Blogging
I've seen this story twice in the past 24 hours: Thou Shalt Not Text During Lent
[http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com/2009/03/thou-shalt-not-text-during-lent.html]
. (Other Link
[http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2009-03-04-texting-Lent_N.htm?csp=34].)
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From the Catholic Anarchy Archives
Anarchy and Democracy
In June 2007, Michael Moore was promoting his movie Sicko. In an interview with
U.S. News & World Report, he said he wanted government to take over health care.
In response to potential objections about big government, he said, “[G]overnment
is supposed to be of,
Tuesday Miscellany
Tumultuous times, the end times, the odd times, the grab a bottle and chill out
by yourself times. Random headlines from today's Drudge
[http://www.drudgereport.com/]: Obama pushes community 'health centers'...SUIT
SEEKS TO FORCE GOVERNMENT TO EXTEND BENEFITS FOR SAME-SEX COUPLES...Fertility
clinic
Did You Know?
Nifty 5-minute video a friend sent earlier this year:
I haven't verified the interesting facts in the video, but I know teachers are
showing it to their high school students, and the facts seem plausible enough
(in an "implausible just ten years ago" way). A
Something for Sunday Morning
“Serenity is the principal happiness in this world. Without peace of mind,
nothing is pleasant to us.”
Tikhon of Zadonsk
Brews You Can Use
This might be a 2009 first: Drinking while writing BYCU. I used to do it
regularly. Truth revealed: in the early days, BYCU was normally written after a
few hours at the drinking club or, at a minimum, a few hours of front porch
drinking. After I felt sufficiently steeled,
The Post-Christian Age?
Have we really entered the Post-Christian Age . . . or do few Christians
recognize Ash Wednesday that, for all practical purposes, it doesn't exist
anymore, except as a weird-looking symbol on some people's foreheads?
I have five children that are old enough to participate in organized
Ash Wednesday Miscellany
When you fast, do not put on gloomy faces, like the hypocrites do. "Today God
asks us also for a rather special mortification which we offer up cheerfully . .
." (Francis Fernandez).
Those are hard words, knowing I'll be cringing by 8:45 a.m. with hunger stabs.