Beats me, I'm not the one who declared January 1 a day of prayer for World Peace. Use your own definition of "peace" when you pray. (I'm pretty sure "peace"...
I hope everyone on the list is having a great 2003 so far, as well as a lovely Christmas. Yes, I'm quite pedantic about observing Christmas for all twelve...
I know Christmas vacations are coming to an end for some students, but has anyone been reading anything interesting? I just finished Madeleine L'Engle's _The...
What I've begun to read : George F. Will, THE WOVEN FIGURE (columns 1994-97) Bishop Seraphim Sigrist, THEOLOGY OF WONDER (Orthodox, SVS Press) All manner of...
I'm happy to say that my parish celebrated the Solemnity of Mary, and not the World Day of Peace, or whatever the alternate Mass is called (you'd think a 41...
[From the Catholic Light web-log] Let there be peace on earth but please do not sing that song. It isn't fit for Mass: the style is completely wrong. A broad...
I can't even be talking about winter break, since I finally graduated in December. It's the job hunt for me, now! I counted Seamus Heaney's translation of...
... Hey, congratulations! And good luck on the job hunt. ... Everyone talks about how poetic Heaney's translation is, but I remember being disappointed when I...
I realize some of you will see this too late, but, drink to his health! http://www.tolkiensociety.org/toast/index.html And also a web board of various parodies...
If someone is able, please help me with some information. I believe I read a statement in one of C.S. Lewis' books on Christanity on the incarnation. However I...
... I can see the knock-offs already: Inflatable prelate: to fulfill all your ethereal needs. Inflatable liturgist: will justify any liturgical change, no...
All this was a long time ago, I remember, And I would do it again, but set down This set down This: were we led all the way for Birth or Death ? There was a...
... Thanks! I've always loved this poem, but had only ever seen a prose translation of it before. I would be interested to see a verse translation of his Welsh...
... I re-read the trilogy this week, so right now I'm very unplussed at what Peter Jackson did to Faramir. Jackson's Faramir won't have my sympathy in the...
Well, I wish there had been a disclaimer to the original post - upon reading the subject line I head-butted my monitor, destroying the monitor and opening a 5"...
Hi, Sorry I've been away. Things are busy. Good news, Wife is pregnant, august due date. Bad news, Wife is in hospital. Morning sickness (??) bad. Lost 15 lbs ...
PRAYER New But Ancient: 'Boiler Room' 24/7 Prayer By Wendy Griffith Christian World News Nov. 8, 2002 Modern monasteries for young people, these special places...
1. Pepys' diary, for the year 1660 is online! They're adding an entry a day at the end of every day to correspond to the current year's dates. So they're up...
For those who aren’t acquainted with me, let me begin by divulging that I am Nikhil Parekh, 25 yrs of age, an Indian poet, residing in the desert region of ...
Following on from the Beliefnet quiz mentioned a few months ago, here's a little questionnaire that supposedly reveals which philosopher you most resemble: ...