Advent – Time for “Holiday Parties” or Little Lent?
Origionally Published at TAN Direction “But except you do penance, you shall all likewise perish.” —Luke 13:5 My childhood hero was Bishop Ignatius Kung. We were told of his heroic suffering as a prisoner. The Chinese Communists (the same ones who recently gifted us with a man-made virus), permitted him to leave his solitary confinement of thirty years if he would only renounce his allegiance to Rome. As a little boy, and later as [...]
Battle Ready: No Mental Prayer, No Holiness
Originally Published at TAN Direction “Nonne militia est vita hominis super terram, et sicut dies mercennarii dies eius?” —Job 7:1, Vulgate The book of Job asks, “Is not the life of man on earth warfare, and are not his days like that of a hireling?” He seems to think that the answer is obvious, since the question is less a question than an affirmation of an undeniable fact; hence the enclitic particle -ne on the word non. Such a [...]
An Exorcist Goes to the Movies
What better way to inaugurate a blog than to have a guest writer? Per his request, he shall remain anonymous. Coming home from the office after a hard day’s work presents several possible scenarios for the today’s modern exorcist (henceforth known as TME): Tune up the cello and saw off an homage to Johann Sebastian B.; Uncase the ukulele and sing a verse of “It’s a Long Way to Tipperary” as his faithful hound [...]