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New blogroll addition

I’ve added Philorthodox to my blogroll (thanks to the Young Fogey)

Per their masthead:

This site is dedicated to the traditional Anglican expression of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ. We profess the orthodox Christian Faith enshrined in the three great Creeds and the Seven Ecumenical Councils of the ancient undivided Church. We celebrate the Seven Sacraments of the historic Church. We cherish and continue the Catholic Revival inaugurated by the Tractarian or Oxford Movement. Definitely not ‘tepid centrist Anglicanism!…’

Father Chandler Holder Jones, SSC who runs the blog has written some on the PNCC and has an interest in the Old Catholic/Independent Catholic movement.

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Georgian, Armenian, and Hungarian Wines – oh my!

A good friend introduced me to wines from Central Europe about a decade ago. Egri Bikavér (“Bull’s Blood”) is a wonderful Hungarian wine. When we used to drink it, it was a very inexpensive buy. Lately I’ve been hearing a few people talking about Georgian wines. I was at our local mega-specialty wine store yesterday and decided to look for a bottle or two.

Their selection from these countries was rather limited. I picked up one Georgian wine and I found an Armenian wine. The Armenian wine is a semi-sweet made from quince. We tried it with dinner tonight and, in my inestimably poor ability to judge anything, I give it a thumbs up. I noticed that the Armenian’s make a semi-sweet from pomegranate. I’m going to start looking. I also forgot to ask them if they carry Egri – that’ll have to wait for the next trip.

Na zdrowie!

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Talent, Lifer, or Mandarin Quiz

I’m a Talent!

You’re a risk-taker, and you follow your passions. You’re determined to take on the world and succeed on your own terms. Whether in the arts, science, engineering, business, or politics, you fearlessly express your own vision of the world. You’re not afraid of a fight, and you’re not afraid to bet your future on your own abilities. If you find a job boring or stifling, you’re already preparing your resume. You believe in doing what you love, and you’re not willing to settle for an ordinary life.

Talent: 54%
Lifer: 41%
Mandarin: 38%

Take the Talent, Lifer, or Mandarin quiz.

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How to be an Evil Deacon

From Friary Notes:

1. Because many priests have forgotten what it was like to be a deacon or what a deacon is supposed to do during the Mass, you can have a great deal of fun at the priest’s expense by pretending that various parts of the Mass that the priest is supposed to say actually belong to you. Simply act like you are getting ready to say something. If the priest stops to let you speak, say – “No, that’s your line.” If the priest doesn’t stop, look hurt – as if you only have a few lines in the Mass and you don’t want to lose any.

Either way you confuse the priest and he now feels he needs to give another look at the rubrics, General Instruction of the Roman Missal, etc. If you do this enough times, you can really get the priest to dread having to serve with the deacon.

2. You can also get the laity pretty well confused. Whenever someone asks how you are to be addressed, give different answers – Deacon, Reverend Deacon [Mister], Father Deacon, the more the better. Watch them argue over which title is more proper. Let some call you Father and don’t correct them – that helps to increase the confusion.

3. [VERY EVIL SUGGESTION] – Enter a Catholic bookstore and bless everything, thus putting them out of business.

4. [VERY EVIL SUGGESTION] – Wait for someone to ask if you can hear their confession. Tell them that you can, but you will also be sure to let everyone else know what they said.

And I’ll add:

5. [ULTIMATELY EVIL SUGGESTION] —“ When filling for a priest who is on vacation, especially at a parish that has never had a deacon, allow people to think you are celebrating the Holy Mass. Also, don’t forget to accept the Mass stipend they offer you for their deceased relatives or friends. After it’s over clarify the situation for them telling them that they sinned because they didn’t go to mass. You might even add that father and the bishop are in disagreement over the issue. Give them the bishop’s address.

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Today’s interesting, funny, and the power of mom

Browsing some of my favorite blogs today I ran across the following:

From A Conservative Blog for Peace: Rod Dreher considers a crunchy-traditionalist option – Rod Dreher is editor of the Sunday commentary section of The Dallas Morning News, and author of “Crunchy Cons” (Crown Forum), a nonfiction book about conservatives, most of them religious, whose faith and political convictions sometimes put them at odds with mainstream conservatives. Born and raised a Methodist in south Louisiana, he converted to Roman Catholicism in 1993. He has written for the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal on religious issues.

Mr. Dreher and his family are in the process of a lot of soul searching in regard to Roman Catholicism. They need prayers for this difficult journey. They also need a lot less of the snarky criticism that some R.C. commentators just love to engage in. Read about his search and his reasons it in his own words.

I wholeheartedly agree with the motivations. I’ve been through it myself.

From Orthodixie: Was Gilligan’s Island hell and was Gilligan Satan? Funny, interesting, and well —“ a little scary.

Also, Fr Joseph Huneycutt has a book out: One Flew Over the Onion Dome — American Orthodox Converts, Retreads & Reverts

The book is available from the Regina Orthodox Press.

There’s been a lot of discussion on-line about converts, reverts, and those who were born into the faith. I imagine that the book will be quite interesting.

From Bonfire of the Vanities: Fr. Martin Fox did a homily this past Sunday, Making Jesus Known in the Breaking of the Bread, which he posted to his blog. The homily had some humor about children in Church and why those who complain about being ‘distracted’ by children are missing the whole point. Well, mothers who do home schooling have been talking up this homily and his stats show the power of these moms.

In our parish we have no nursery or ‘crying room’. We want those children right in church, with their families throughout the Holy Mass. That is where they will learn by the very behavior their parents model.

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Sphere Blog Search

Sphere is a new blog search tool. It was designed with the help of the 9Rules team. You can read more about it at the 9Rules site, or you can go directly to Sphere to check it out.

The nifty part of Sphere is the profile information provided for each blog. They also accept user suggestions for sites related to certain subjects (in beta), and they reference related media.

They seem to pick up info from blogs4God (T-Tagged posts) pretty readily.

[dels]blogs4god/metablogs[/dels]

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Fostering Vocations

From Sacramentum Vitae via the Young Fogey: Vocations: stop the insanity!

To which I would only add prayer. How many parishes pray for vocations at each Holy Mass?

My Pastor recalled a visit from a German Bishop to a Polish Diocese. When the German Bishop heard of the number of seminarians he assumed it was for the entire country. When he heard it was only for one diocese he was flabbergasted. He asked how it was possible. He was simply told that —we pray for vocations.—

The article could just as easily apply to Western Europe. The priests and bishops live a solitary, yet comfortable —“ on the government dole —“ life.

That’s what I’d want, a steady stream of income, little work, no intimacy, and doing it all for no purpose —“ because you’ve lost any shred of faith.

If you are going to exist as a business then there are many other business models, even in the human services field, that can provide a better life (in this world).

It all starts with faith. If I didn’t believe that Jesus was present in the Church in a unique, special, and extraordinary way —“ in both Word and Eucharist, then why would I want to stand there in layers of hot vestments or sit in an uncomfortable pew? Since I acknowledge the truth of Christ’s presence, my standing there only reminds me of my unworthiness and His great love and mercy.

Lord, Jesus, the fields are ripe for the harvest. Call men to reap the harvest for Your kingdom and glory. Amen.

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