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Category Archives: Lighter fare
Happy Birthday Blog!
On 8 December 2005, I posted this photo. This blog project began. Today is the 11th anniversary of this blog. This photo was a shot from my apartment window in Rome on the evening of the day Pope Benedict was … Read More
Fidel’s Ignoble Exit and A Drink Suggestion
The jeep carrying Fidel Castro’s ashed today – wait for it – broke down and had to be pushed. HERE In case you didn’t know… HOW TO MAKE A CUBA LIBRE (or How to Make Cuba Free) Equipment Tall glass Long … Read More
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Fr. Z’s Annual Rant On Blue Vestments
The use of blue vestments during Advent has been dying out for several years as the aging hippies drop. However, inspired by Pope Francis, perhaps we shouldn’t be so rigid and just – what the heck – use them anyway? … Read More
Four Cardinals Ask Francis To Clarify IKEA Instructions
From the often amusing EOT: Four Cardinals Ask Francis To Clarify IKEA Instructions elling the press today that instructions of Pope Francis’ IKEA gift to them had numerous inconsistencies, four cardinals wrote a letter to him asking that he “resolve … Read More
NOW AVAILABLE! Safe-Space Liturgy Of Post-Election Consolation
The other day we watched the libs meltdown. Being all discombobulated, some of the tender things weren’t able to cope with daily tasks. They needed “safe spaces” in which they would receive hugs and reassurances and teddy bears. “What a … Read More
URGENT AID NEEDED FOR COURAGEOUS PRIEST
Today through mutual friends I received news of a Serious Tragedy™ that befell a fine and, one might say, heroic priest. You would know this priest as the one who delivered the superb sermon before the presidential election on 8 … Read More
God, Rigidity, and You!
Our Lord told us, in Matthew 5, “Be you therefore perfect, as also your heavenly Father is perfect.” Now, something that is perfect has no need to change. Need to change implies imperfection. A god who changes wouldn’t be God … Read More
A St. Martin’s Day Palindrome
From The Book of Days, Vol. II, R. Chambers, ed., W. & R. Chambers, Ltd., London & Edinburgh, 1864, p. 568: “Martin, having occasion to visit Rome, set out to perform the journey thither on foot. Satan, meeting him on the way, taunted … Read More
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