Melita
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« Reply #105 on: September 21, 2009, 02:18:PM » |
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My archaeology text book and the collected short stories of Saki, before bed (I know at least another fisheater loves him just as much as I do!)... I'm also starting up on the new Coetzee (fingers crossed for a third win come October 6th!).
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« Reply #106 on: September 22, 2009, 04:39:AM » |
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Hunting with Bow and ARROW by Saxton Pope
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Unless the Lord God had been present in your spirits, all of you would not have uttered the same cry. For, although the cry issued from numerous mouths, yet the origin of the cry was one. Therefore I say to you that God, who implanted this in your breasts, has drawn it forth from you. Let this then be your war-cry in combats, because this word is given to you by God. When an armed attack is made upon the enemy, let this one cry be raised by all the soldiers of God: It is the will of God! It is the will of God! Genesis XXVII:iii-iv Take thy arms, thy quiver and bow, and go abroad:and when thou hast taken something by hunting, make me savoury meat thereof, as thou knowest I like, and bring it, that I may eat: and my soul may bless thee before I die. Si hoc signum legere potes, operis boni in rebus Latinis alacribus et fructuosis potiri potes! "You are the ones who are happy; you who remain within the Church by your Faith, who hold firmly to the foundations of the Faith which has come down to you from Apostolic Tradition. And if an execrable jealousy has tried to shake it on a number of occasions, it has not succeeded. They are the ones who have broken away from it in the present crisis. No one, ever, will prevail against your Faith, beloved Brothers. And we believe that God will give us our churches back some day. " - St Athanasius BEST ART INSTRUCTIONAL EVER: http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail58.html˙sǝɔıʇslos ʎolǝʌɐs puɐ ɹǝɥʇɐǝʍ ǝƃuɐɹo ǝɥʇ ʇnoqɐ llɐ s,ʇı *Pray for the canonisation of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre* |
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« Reply #107 on: September 30, 2009, 04:09:AM » |
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i don't know why ARROW ended up all in capitals.
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Unless the Lord God had been present in your spirits, all of you would not have uttered the same cry. For, although the cry issued from numerous mouths, yet the origin of the cry was one. Therefore I say to you that God, who implanted this in your breasts, has drawn it forth from you. Let this then be your war-cry in combats, because this word is given to you by God. When an armed attack is made upon the enemy, let this one cry be raised by all the soldiers of God: It is the will of God! It is the will of God! Genesis XXVII:iii-iv Take thy arms, thy quiver and bow, and go abroad:and when thou hast taken something by hunting, make me savoury meat thereof, as thou knowest I like, and bring it, that I may eat: and my soul may bless thee before I die. Si hoc signum legere potes, operis boni in rebus Latinis alacribus et fructuosis potiri potes! "You are the ones who are happy; you who remain within the Church by your Faith, who hold firmly to the foundations of the Faith which has come down to you from Apostolic Tradition. And if an execrable jealousy has tried to shake it on a number of occasions, it has not succeeded. They are the ones who have broken away from it in the present crisis. No one, ever, will prevail against your Faith, beloved Brothers. And we believe that God will give us our churches back some day. " - St Athanasius BEST ART INSTRUCTIONAL EVER: http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail58.html˙sǝɔıʇslos ʎolǝʌɐs puɐ ɹǝɥʇɐǝʍ ǝƃuɐɹo ǝɥʇ ʇnoqɐ llɐ s,ʇı *Pray for the canonisation of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre* |
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« Reply #108 on: September 30, 2009, 06:52:PM » |
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I just finished a great book called The Kitchen Boy about the last days of the Romanovs... its fiction, but with enough historical reality that makes you think that it could have happened the way the writer says it did... . Semi-Mindless but sex/profanity free reading
I also read the Tudor queen series by Phillippa Gregory after getting hooked on The Other Boleyn Girl movie
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« Reply #109 on: October 01, 2009, 07:47:PM » |
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Reading Yugoslavia: A Concise History.
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Softly falls the light of day,
As our campfire fades away.
Silently, each Scout should ask
Have I done my daily task?
Have I kept my honor bright?
Can I guiltless sleep tonight?
Oh, have I done and have I dared
Everything to be prepared?
Duty is heavier than a mountain, death lighter than a feather
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« Reply #110 on: October 02, 2009, 01:38:AM » |
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Eternal Maxims by S. Alphonsus de Ligouri (also known as Preparation for Death)
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Unless the Lord God had been present in your spirits, all of you would not have uttered the same cry. For, although the cry issued from numerous mouths, yet the origin of the cry was one. Therefore I say to you that God, who implanted this in your breasts, has drawn it forth from you. Let this then be your war-cry in combats, because this word is given to you by God. When an armed attack is made upon the enemy, let this one cry be raised by all the soldiers of God: It is the will of God! It is the will of God! Genesis XXVII:iii-iv Take thy arms, thy quiver and bow, and go abroad:and when thou hast taken something by hunting, make me savoury meat thereof, as thou knowest I like, and bring it, that I may eat: and my soul may bless thee before I die. Si hoc signum legere potes, operis boni in rebus Latinis alacribus et fructuosis potiri potes! "You are the ones who are happy; you who remain within the Church by your Faith, who hold firmly to the foundations of the Faith which has come down to you from Apostolic Tradition. And if an execrable jealousy has tried to shake it on a number of occasions, it has not succeeded. They are the ones who have broken away from it in the present crisis. No one, ever, will prevail against your Faith, beloved Brothers. And we believe that God will give us our churches back some day. " - St Athanasius BEST ART INSTRUCTIONAL EVER: http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail58.html˙sǝɔıʇslos ʎolǝʌɐs puɐ ɹǝɥʇɐǝʍ ǝƃuɐɹo ǝɥʇ ʇnoqɐ llɐ s,ʇı *Pray for the canonisation of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre* |
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« Reply #111 on: October 02, 2009, 08:56:AM » |
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Tammy Tell Me True. Could have been written yesterday.
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« Reply #112 on: October 02, 2009, 09:31:AM » |
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"Motherhood and Family", from the Intergrity Magazine; "This Is Your Tomorrow And Today -Man's Share In the Resurrection", by Fr. Raymond; "Louder and Funnier", by P.G Wodehouse; and (I don't know if this counts, because IrishCowboy is reading it to me about every night) " Pagent Of LIfe" by Owen Francis Dudley. It seems like I always have at least two books going at once.
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"Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of congress, but I repeat myself." -Mark Twain
"..the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world" -William Ross Wallace
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« Reply #113 on: October 03, 2009, 04:32:AM » |
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The Sinners Guide by Venerable Louis of Granada. So far so good. An excerpt:
This then, (gratitude) the first of God's benefits is the foundation of all the others, for all other benefits presuppose existence... He is no less rigid in requiring our gratitude than He is magnificent in bestowing His benefits; and this is an additional proof of His love, for our gratitude results in no advantage to Him, but enables us to profit by the favors we have received, and thus merit other graces from His infinite goodness.
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« Reply #114 on: October 03, 2009, 06:59:AM » |
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"Doctor Faustus" and Fragmenta Tragica Papyracae. Neither by choice, but so far so good.
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“I am a Catholic not like someone else would be a Baptist or a Methodist, but like someone else would be an atheist.” - Flannery O'Connor
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« Reply #115 on: October 03, 2009, 08:13:AM » |
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"The Snarkout Boys & the Baconburg Horror" by Daniel Pinkwater
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"I believe in the Ideal, in Tradition, in Hierarchy." - Josephin Peladan
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« Reply #116 on: October 04, 2009, 10:00:AM » |
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It's been a long time since I read Faustus. I may have to dig that one out again.
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« Reply #117 on: October 04, 2009, 01:53:PM » |
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I'm giving up on The Confessions for now. It was fairly easy reading until Augustine started talking about Genisis. In its place I'm digging into Ahmed Rashid's Descent into Chaos. It's about the resurgence of the Taliban and the American debacle in SE Asia.
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"Amazing love! How can it be, that thou, my God, shouldst die for me?"
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WhollyRoaminCatholic
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« Reply #118 on: October 04, 2009, 05:17:PM » |
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Agreed about Confession. You really need a companion to the work. Find the Cliff's Notes, it helps a lot. I rarely read old of complex literature without them.
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« Reply #119 on: October 05, 2009, 08:45:AM » |
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It's been a long time since I read Faustus. I may have to dig that one out again.
It's pretty great.... and spooky. When I was reading the bit where he signs his soul away (by moonlight, cos we'd had a storm and the lights were off), a cloud suddenly covered the moon. I like Mephistopheles' bits best. |
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