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My student learned a new word today, censorious. Later in the day I found this true story. Following are the writing accomplishments of my one remaining student, Alexander. None are completed, but the nine-year-old is so full of ideas and zeal, if I could just get him to concentrate on one. After the list is a radio drama.  Word of the Day
The people there have previously discussed Samuel Maverick, the famously independent Texas rancher. His grandson, Congressman Maury Maverick [1895-1954], chaired the Smaller War Plants Committee. Commenting on his fellow committee members in May 1944, he pictured them as turkeys, “always gobbledy gobbling and strutting with ludicrous pomposity”. The phrase struck a chord and has become a familiar description of language so complicated and heavy with jargon that it cannot be understood by outsiders. Organizations such as the Campaign for Plain English have voiced the general public’s displeasure with gobbledygook. Anglicans and Roman Catholics used the genre as a means for telling stories camouflaging Christian themes.
M.R. James was a conservative Anglican influenced by Shakespeare and contemporaries like Agatha Christie and A.C. Benson. American education is so secularized that many of these short story writers are forgotten, and horror/fantasy jumble written by the likes of Rowling and Stephen King is assigned. “Christie was a lifelong, ‘quietly devout’ member of the Church of England, attended church regularly, and kept her mother’s copy of The Imitation of Christ by her bedside. After her divorce, she stopped taking the sacrament of communion.” Wikipedia. From the story... QUIS EST ISTE QUI VENIT? Who is this who is coming? The is is present continuous tense. This poignant 1949 story is based on a Christmas fantasy by D. H. Lawrence. Who or what runs off course? I received a call from my high school swimming partner who still swims at Aquatic Park in San Francisco, always with a partner, and he will be out there today. He said that the last few winters have been mild, but this winter is cold. Today's water temperature is 50°F, and the air temperature is 53°F (2pm). The time limit for being in the water while swimming from Alcatraz to Aquatic Park is 1 ½ hours. Mickey retired from the SFFD and knew my brother, Tom, who was a firefighter for 10 years, light drinkers we three, but two of us drank gallons of chlorine. See Mother and Son, 12/24/2022, for the words of the petition and blessing. Cidrian is assigned to Mater Dei in Harrisburg, PA. Would we not expect heartache at the thought of separation from their son permanently, and joy at the same time over his elevation?
It was Christmas Eve, 1818, when the now-famous carol was first performed as Stille Nacht Heilige Nacht. Joseph Mohr, the young priest who wrote the lyrics, played the guitar and sang along with Franz Xaver Gruber, the choir director who had written the melody. In 1994, an original manuscript was found in Mohr’s handwriting with Gruber named as composer.  Stille Nacht manuscript
Joseph Mohr's autograph 1/2/1820 in beautiful script ttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Autograph_Mohr_Stille_Nacht.pn This is the easiest Latin prayer to learn, p 1814 of the Roman Missal. Transparent. The real meaning of "to comfort" is "to strengthen." Posted to strengthen me and you. From lateris we get "lateral (side)", and from lava we get "lavatory."
The Petition
“Receive, O Mother, this blessing from your son, who may be for you a rod (of strength) in your old age. May God bless you with the blessings of heaven and earth, may He fulfill all of your petitions, may He grant everything according to your heart, confirm every one of your decisions. May He lavish unto you, from His hidden treasury, the fullness of every grace and the length of your days; when, however, your strength shall fail you, may the Lord not abandon you, but may He bestow unto you the final grace (of perseverance), and may He make it that I might see you in the joy of eternal splendor, He who livest and reignest forever and ever. Amen.” The Blessing “Through the imposition of my priestly hands, and through the intercession of the Blessed Mary ever Virgin, [of saints], and of all the Saints, may the blessing of Almighty God — the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost — descend upon you and remain with you always. Amen.” five months ago This is the man who narrated my book trailer. His rich voice depicts and vocalizes for Patreon subscribers true crime stories and the stained truth from Casanova's very own autobiography. The talented presenters are faithful to the original lyrics by Green Day, and many people identify with the sentiments expressed. Aa-1025: The Memoirs of a Communist’s infiltration in to the Church Paperback – 1/1/1972
https://www.amazon.com/Aa-1025-Memoirs-Communists-infiltration-Church/dp/0895554496 Latin in the 1962 Missal is like fascinating quicksand. It is impossible to die in quicksand because it is denser than the human body. People/animals can get stuck in it, but they don’t get sucked down to the bottom—they float on the surface. Our legs are dense, so they can sink, but the lungs keep us buoyant. As one's Latin improves, the quicksand gets less murky. Since the beginning and by inclination, I have been a realist. I recommend this docu-drama, which also delves into the Bella Dodd saga.  A.C. Benson, R.H. Benson, E.F. Benson
blood brothers and writers of ghost stories Robert in the middle was a Catholic priest. A chamois is a goat-antelope. Quotquot is the funniest word in the Latin language, pronounced like “squatsquat” without the s’s, meaning “as many”. It appears on p 784 in The New Roman Missal, Father Lasance edition. In other Missals it would be after consecration.
“Quotquot might be an indefinite relative pronoun,” said someone on textkit.com, “and because it is indefinite, it could be that the speaker feels that there is no guarantee that there exists any person who will receive the most sacred Body and Blood.”  I have listened to and read many of the prominent Catholic American commentators, and not one will say the current pope is the worst in history. Francis is hardpan, a hardened layer, typically clay, occurring in or below the soil and impairing drainage and plant growth.
Dextera domini is Latin for “the right hand of the Lord.” From the Latin word, dextera, we get dexterous, meaning “having special skill, especially with the hands.”  Title: God Inviting Christ to Sit on the Throne at His Right Hand
Author: Frans de Grebber, Dutch, 1645 |
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