LausTibiChriste
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« Reply #360 on: December 11, 2010, 06:43:AM » |
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I am reading  "The Last Spike" by Pierre Berton, about the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway from 1881 to 1885 and all that went into building it. Really a fascinating story. |
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I ground my faith upon Jesus Christ, and by Him I steadfastly believe to be saved, as is taught in the Catholic Church through all Christendom, and promised to remain with Her unto the world's end, and hell gates shall not prevail against it: and by God's assistance I mean to live and die in the same faith; for if an angel come from heaven, and preach any other doctrine than we have received, the Apostle biddeth us not to believe him. Therefore, if I should follow your doctrine, I should disobey the Apostle's commandment.
-St. Margaret Clitherow, while in prison
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« Reply #361 on: December 11, 2010, 06:10:PM » |
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Just finished re-reading "That Hideous Strength." I wish C.S.Lewis had had the sense to convert.
Hopefully it was better than Out of the Silent Planet which I thought was...hideous.  I enjoy them, even if they are a bit dated. The end of That Hideous Strength is pretty silly, though. Lewis thought Americans were Puritans about sex. He may have had a point. But I think Lewis himself was hung up on....sex.  |
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Now you say after me, "In my Mother's house, there is still God."
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« Reply #362 on: December 11, 2010, 11:13:PM » |
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I'm reading "Saint Maravillas of Jesus - Jesus Christ: the Sole Reason of My Life".
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« Reply #363 on: December 16, 2010, 04:54:PM » |
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I enjoy them, even if they are a bit dated. The end of That Hideous Strength is pretty silly, though. Lewis thought Americans were Puritans about sex. He may have had a point. But I think Lewis himself was hung up on....sex. Alan Jacobs' biography of Lewis, The Narnian, talks about that somewhat. It's a very readable book. |
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"And so, Lord, do you, who do give understanding to faith, give me, so far as you knowest it to be profitable, to understand that you are as we believe; and that you are that which we believe." -- St. Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109)
"But Christianity preaches an obviously unattractive idea, such as original sin; but when we wait for its results, they are pathos and brotherhood, and a thunder of laughter and pity; for only with original sin we can at once pity the beggar and distrust the king." -- G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936)
"The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist." Baudelaire and Verbal Kint from The Usual Suspects
"I'm a practicing Catholic; I'm practicing until I get it right." Martin Sheen
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« Reply #364 on: December 17, 2010, 03:43:AM » |
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 also: The Spiritual World of Isaac the Syrian by Hilarion Alfeyev Glare by A. R. Ammons soon: Kant's Transcendental Idealism: An Interpretation and Defense by Henry E. Allison Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov |
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reverence, which one cannot
withhold, is
laid on lightly, with terror--as if
one were holding a dandelion back
into the sun.
~ A.R. Ammons
"When I depart from the city, and stretch out my hands, the sounds will cease." Exodus 9:29
Ζω τόσα χρόνια σ`αυτό τον κόσμο και δε γνώρισα ούτε ένα κακό άνθρωπο παρά μόνο τον εαυτό μου.
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« Reply #365 on: December 17, 2010, 04:25:AM » |
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Currently reading: Hostage to the Devil by Malachi Martin The Jesuits by Malachi Martin The Mass by Fr. Dunney Next, I'll probably try and read A Christmas Carol by Dickens in German due to the holidays.  |
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« Reply #366 on: December 17, 2010, 08:10:AM » |
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elpmyrlad mailliw is william dalrymple backwards
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wanna buy me some ice cream? | ice cream in latin: LAC GLACIALE [frozen milk] | fyi, i'm not catholic . . . yet!
"twerp, you couldn't dominate a cabbage, it'd make you look like an idiot" -- my new best friend
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« Reply #367 on: December 17, 2010, 09:22:AM » |
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I have read many inspirational books, including The Bible of Prosperity, which is 19 pounds in a much more in that prosperity. A good read for everyone! Furthermore, the cold nose at the gates of heaven and animals and the afterlife.
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« Reply #368 on: December 17, 2010, 12:15:PM » |
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I have read many inspirational books, including The Bible of Prosperity, which is 19 pounds in a much more in that prosperity. A good read for everyone! Furthermore, the cold nose at the gates of heaven and animals and the afterlife.
There aren't any animals in heaven. They have souls but not immortal souls. When they die they are truly dead. Dead, dead, dead. |
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There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know we don't know.
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« Reply #369 on: December 17, 2010, 12:33:PM » |
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Mommy! Where's Fluffy?
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