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Do you not love words? Sounds like an aquarium with little fishes, but there is a big difference. A sacrarium is a tub filled with water and a drain pipe that empties directly into the earth. The tub is used to soak all the consecrated wine out of altar linens if the blood is spilled, thus constituting a burial of Our Lord. Ever seen it befall? No.
Christ is continuously incarnated every minute of every day. This is the difference between the Old Testament and the New Testament. The former is not Catholicism, because God was not yet incarnated. His First Mass is the First Mass of every new priest.
Black Professor Brittney Cooper of Rutgers University said, “White people are historically committed to being villains.” I will not repeat the rest of her claims. She teaches gender studies and African studies. Welcome to the world of educational bigotry. She does not speak for everyone, and is she dead wrong about history!
See my 10-30 post on China and Matteo Ricci, and for the true story of European and American Jesuits in China, read https://www.amdgchinese.org/en/about-us/chinese-mission/history-of-chinese-province/ Here are a smattering of comments from others about her: 1) “Fat, angry, and stupid is no way to go through life.” 2) “More proof that even Cs and Ds get degrees.” 3) “She is oppressed by McDonald’s and Popeyes!” Does this woman have an exiguous brain?  There is a six chamber gun with two bullets next to each other. The trigger is pulled and it doesn't fire. What are the odds of it firing and being killed if the trigger is pulled again? [I slightly edited the question and shortened a lengthy mathematical analysis of the revolver by Jerry Liu on Quora, a Software Engineering Intern at Google 2020-present. Hopefully, I kept what is essential. SFPD officers now use a pistol, not a revolver.] When the trigger is pulled, chambers rotate, the chamber right beside the current one is moved into the trigger position, and the gun will continuously cycle between the 6 chambers. Now … if we’re considering the chance of dying, or a bullet firing after the trigger is pulled twice … in words, this means that the gun is triggered. If it fires, it doesn’t need to be triggered again. If it doesn’t fire, then it will be triggered a second time. As most agree, the first trigger has a 1/3 or 33.33% chance of firing. We then need to figure in the percentage of the second trigger firing if the first trigger doesn’t fire. The key is that this means one of the bullets cannot be fired without the other being fired first. The short answer is that the odds of it firing on the second trigger pull is 25%. [Jerry gave more explanation, but I left this part out.] The chance of the first trigger not firing is 2/3 or 66.66%. Now that we have this percentage, we can calculate the percentage the same way as my original approach, obtaining 1/4 or 25%. [see above] Since these events are tied in sequence, their probabilities need to be multiplied together or 1/4 x 2/3, which is equal to 1/6. This is then added to the 1/3 chance from the first trigger. 1/3 + 1/6 = 2/6 + 1/6, giving a final answer of 3/6 or a 50% chance of being killed. Wow, it is 50-50...anyway. Altan (13) is learning about probabilities, permutations, and combinations. Should I give him this problem? Many people in my neck of the woods own a gun or rifle. Ever hear of a mansard roof? There is a house with a mansard roof in Pretty City Murder. The railing on the eighth roof is a widow’s walk. No lady is made a widow in the novel. Did I give something away? I see triangles, squares, rectangles, trapezoids, circles, half-octagons, and parabolas in these designs.  A parent snapped these pictures at one of the few places in China where Christmas is celebrated and grapes are grown for altar wine. Here is an entry from Wikipedia about Matteo Ricci, SJ, the last pic, one man who was able to blend European and Chinese cultures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matteo_Ricci I got this funny summary from a friend and fiddled around with it.
The two most important events in all of history were the invention of beer and the invention of the wheel. Beer required grain, and that was the beginning of agriculture. Neither the glass bottle nor the aluminum can were invented, yet. So, while our early humans sat around waiting for them to be invented, they stayed close to the brewery. That’s how villages were formed. The wheel was invented to get man to the beer and vice versa. These two were the pillars of modern civilization and, together, they were the catalyst for splitting humanity into two subgroups: liberals and conservatives. Some men spent their days tracking and killing animals to barbeque at night while they were drinking beer. This was the beginning of what is known as the conservative movement. Other men who were less skilled at hunting and were called ‘vegetarians’, an early human word meaning ‘bad hunter’, learned to live off the conservatives by showing up for the nightly BBQ’s. This was the beginning of the liberal movement. Over the years conservatives came to be symbolized by the largest, most powerful land animal on earth, the elephant. Liberals came to be symbolized by the jackass. Most college professors, social workers, personal injury attorneys, journalists, Hollywood film makers, group therapists, and community organizers are jackasses. They interfered in our national pastime and invented the designated hitter rule as it wasn’t fair to make the pitcher also bat. Most members of the military, game hunters, rodeo cowboys, lumberjacks, construction workers, firefighters, medical doctors, police officers, engineers, and generally anyone who works productively are you know what. Liberals produce little or nothing. They like to govern the producers and decide what to do with the production. Liberals crept in after the Wild West was tamed and created the business of trying to get more for nothing. Lastly, there is the paint color called ‘drunk tank pink’. Turns out, this shade of pink has been proven to reduce hostile, violent, and aggressive behavior, making it the perfect shade to paint holding cells. The official name is Baker-Miller Pink, after the directors at the Naval Correctional Facility where research concerning this color was done. It works on anyone. Actual headline from that rag dated October 21, 2021: “Parents claim they have the right to shape their kids’ school curriculum. They don’t.” Doesn’t that make you sick? Thanks but no thanks. I shape my lesson plans according to what parents and I think is important, and I tutor children, not goats.
Ever perplexed how to pronounce? According to wordgenius, it's “val-AY.” However, if one is referring to the superannuated job of a man’s personal wardrobe fixer/dresser, then one can pronounce that “t” — “VAL-et.” I would like to have a “Val-et.” I guess I’m superannuated.
Rorate Mass 2014. A Rorate is said before the sun rises. A priest can say Mass anywhere, on a flat rock or pile of snow if necessary, and at any time, and in darkness. All the sacred vessels in the Mass are gold or silver. After all, they touch the body and blood of Our Lord, which is why the priest washes his hands. At what was supposed to be the Passover, bread and wine were present, and Jesus ate and drank the altered elements as He celebrated His first Mass, the Last Supper. The priest repeats the Epistle and Gospel in French because this is French Switzerland. The camera in the sanctuary gives a clear view. Maybe late November or early December, maybe 6AM, because I hear steeple bells ring. At the end he says ecce, Latin for behold. Action occurred at 12:12 AM. Suspect wanted on several Felony warrants in three different counties was chased and taken down by K9. She was placed in Placer County Jail after being treated for minor dog bites. Suspect was driving dangerously and erratically at unsafe rates of speed and was believed to be under the influence. After a high-speed chase with suspect losing control of the vehicle, she exited and fled, officers in pursuit. She was held at gunpoint, then kicked the officers, and tried to run again. That is when the K9 was deployed. Now, suspect faces more charges. K9 officer's job - well done. Below is a picture of Echo, Search & Rescue Dog, not involved in the action, but a real trooper. Law Enforcement calls in Search & Rescue dogs to help with rescues of people in life-or-death situations, and these dogs train with Law Enforcement dogs and their trainers.  Testis enim mihi est Deus, quomodo cupiam omnes vos in visceribus Jesu Christi. For God is my witness, how I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ. Excerpt from the Epistle of Blessed Paul the Apostle to the Philippians. Wonderful translation for visceribus is bowels. Longing is visceral on the Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost.
The restoration and revitalization of French monasteries is impressive, and they are using all the modern technologies. If I could restart my education and thus improve it, I would study Latin and English, with a side order of French, probably at SoCal's Thomas Aquinas College, whose methodology is tutor-led discussion (not lectures) on the Great Books. The College’s syllabus is composed of the seminal texts that have animated Western civilization. Then, I would turn myself over to a monk educator. my picks
Antonio, Bombay, Bubble, Cody, Crisscross, Edinburgh, Gitche Gumee, Hiawatha, Istanbul, Jack, Jacqueline, Jaipur, Kamehameha, Kazan, Limoges, Minnehaha, Saginaw, Tomahawk, Totem, Tum Tum, Tumble, Wampum, Zoom Got any? The forty monks of the Abbey at Fontgombault get a new hydroelectric plant. The video is in French, but the visuals make it possible to understand what is being installed. The priest (père) in charge does much of the talking, but French is so pretty (English is 29% French). Auto-consommation - self-consumption; puissance - power. I hear kilowatt in there. Fontgombault is closer to becoming self-sufficient. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solesmes_Congregation St. Stephen the First Martyr, my parish since Sept 2020, has four priests, 96 altar boys ages 7-18, six Masses on Sunday, the one at 1pm a sung high Mass, three Masses every other day, Holy Days, Adoration, confessions thrice daily Mon to Sat and twice on Sunday. The church building will be expanded in all four directions to accommodate phenomenal growth. People come from seven NorCal counties to test the power of the Latin Mass. If you want to meet there on a Sunday, let me know. Carnival of Souls 1962 horror, cult classic, was made on a budget of $10,000 with five crew members and Candace Hilligoss, the star. She explains on You Tube how the film was made. Candace was offered a role in another film at the same time but turned it down because there were two nude scenes and she had promised her family that she would never do a nude scene. Candace is beautiful, poised, and still living, and performed well in this creepy but unbloody film. Parts of the film, which is similar to Night of the Living Dead 1968, have been copied many times. For all the art lovers, craquelure [KRAH-kə-looər] means a network of fine cracks in the paint or the varnish on a painting. “The painting’s craquelure helped preservationists estimate its age.” French origin. [source wordgenius]  The way to find the root of a variable or number that is raised to a power is to divide the power by the root. Here are some examples:   Main altar, St. John Cantius, Chicago. The priests hear about 700 confessions every Sunday. The priests at my parish hear about 100. Decorations change at St. John Cantius according to functions and seasons. The red and white Polish flag drapes the passage to heaven for every person. Because the Mass is our oblation (offering) to God of His Only Son, you and I can pray this prayer at Mass, or at any time. My God, I offer Thee all the Masses that are celebrated throughout the world today for sinners who are in their agony and must die this day. A low Mass is exactly the same in every time zone from Jerusalem to New York to Sydney.  Father Antony Sumich, FSSP, saying low Mass on Mt. Kilimanjaro, 19,431 feet, low 40s, no wind (rare), Sept 30, 2015. He said that the seven and a half hour trek to the top left him breathless. He and his porters spent two hours at the summit.
It is not often I offer commentary on the state of the world without some reference point. However, things are deteriorating so fast that it becomes necessary. CRT, the most pernicious outbreak of lying, is all over television and in our schools. Entertainment is drying up, and education is assaulted.
The Bible, that wonderful Catholic book, is an awfully good spectator at the events that set Israel against God. It may be God’s will that we be spectators to repetition, and there will be no cave in which to hide or mountain top the enemy cannot find. Living off the grid, the profane expression for the catacombs, is unlikely in the modern era, though not completely out of sight, i.e., Catholics living in China. Our work is to love history, not sack it. All of it is present to God the Father. Each of us works a little thread into the tapestry and retires. We can make the tapestry story more beautiful. Let all else takes its course as we follow the Man home.  … the days are evil. Sound like our time?
The edition I use is The New Roman Missal in Latin and English by Rev. F. X. Lasance, a faithful reprint of the 1945 Copyright edition of the Father Lasance New Roman Missal with Nihil Obstat and Imprimatur, also called the 1962 Missal. Nice bit of advice from St. Teresa of Avila: “Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.” Sounds like Paul. My parents shared her philosophy. We four, two boys, two girls, were not allowed to shut a bedroom door, except when undressing. No secrets in the household. |
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