Eric Scheske

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Kneeling in LA

The LA Times [http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-kneel28may28,0,7235402.story?page=1&coll=la-home-headlines] ran a story this morning about anti-kneeling zealots in southern California. If you're unacquainted with the story, you have to read it to believe it. Excerpts: > Kneeling "is

Something for Sunday Morning

> [P]eople praised him, and people rejected him, and people said Hosanna, and people crucified him. But Jesus held on to the truth. "Whatever happens, I am the beloved of God, and that is who I am." And that allows me to live in a world that

Amish Gathering

I live in the middle of Amish country: Amish to the north and Amish to the south. On my way out of town today, I saw their buggies all over the highways, then came across one of the larger Amish homes in the area where scores of buggies were gathered.

Deer Creek Monastery

At Chesterton and Friends this morning: "Whenever monks come back, marriages will come back [http://chestertonandfriends.blogspot.com/]."

Clergy for Fairness

One thing that stinks about blogging (or any journalism or writing, for that matter), is finding a possible post, following it up, then finding it's a non-starter. This morning's NYT has this story [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/23/us/23marriage.html?_r=1&

Holy Wine

Yahoo News leads this morning with a story about California Trappists that have started to make wine [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20060522/ap_tr_ge/travel_trip_california_monastery] . I tried to find if there's a place where I could order the wine on-line, but

Something for Sunday Morning

Dealing with ennui: > It is, however, a very great thing indeed to be able to live without either divine or human comforting and for the honor of God willingly to endure this exile of heart. Thomas a'Kempis

No!

I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here! [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034583/quotes] > Data from recent surveys indicate that liberals and people who are not regular churchgoers are more likely to believe the tales proposed in The Da Vinci Code about

Daily Office

Fr. Neuhaus has some nice words about the Liturgy of the Hours (a/k/a the Daily Office). Link [http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/?p=259], then scroll down a bit. It's a devilishly-difficult thing to get the hang of, but I try to hit the morning and

Bring on the Voodoo

Fascinating story about the re-emergence of voodoo in Haiti [http://hotzone.yahoo.com/b/hotzone/20060509/hz_haiti_0506/blogs4211]. Excerpt: > Haitian voodoo became mixed with Catholicism, probably as a way for slaves to hide it from their masters – most of whom forbade the practice. Voodoo spirits were, and