Hat tip to The Ironic Catholic, from The Onion.
:D ...enjoy...LOL...
Delicious little saga of trying to keep a step ahead of the devil, and falling down on the job.
QUOTE GADSDEN, AL—The seven deadly sins—avarice, sloth, envy, lust, gluttony, pride, and wrath—were all committed Sunday during the twice-annual bake sale at St. Mary's of the Immaculate Conception Church. In total, 347 individual acts of sin were committed at the bake sale, with nearly every attendee committing at least one of the seven deadly sins as outlined by Gregory the Great in the Fifth Century. UNQUOTE
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009
Time to think about winter!
The Ant and the Grasshopper by Aesop.
In a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart's content. An Ant passed by, bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the nest. "Why not come and chat with me," said the Grasshopper, "instead of toiling and moiling in that way?" "I am helping to lay up food for the winter," said the Ant, "and recommend you to do the same." "Why bother about winter?" said the Grasshopper; "We have got plenty of food at present." But the Ant went on its way and continued its toil. When the winter came the Grasshopper had no food and found itself dying of hunger - while it saw the ants distributing every day corn and grain from the stores they had collected in the summer. Then the Grasshopper knew: It is best to prepare for days of need.
I know that this time of year nobody wants to think about winter coming but now is the time to be preparing for it. There are good sales of warm winter clothes left over from last season at deep discounts. The gardens and farmers markets have plenty of food to can, dry and freeze for use this winter. Aesop was a very wise writer and it will pay to heed the advice he gave.
In a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart's content. An Ant passed by, bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the nest. "Why not come and chat with me," said the Grasshopper, "instead of toiling and moiling in that way?" "I am helping to lay up food for the winter," said the Ant, "and recommend you to do the same." "Why bother about winter?" said the Grasshopper; "We have got plenty of food at present." But the Ant went on its way and continued its toil. When the winter came the Grasshopper had no food and found itself dying of hunger - while it saw the ants distributing every day corn and grain from the stores they had collected in the summer. Then the Grasshopper knew: It is best to prepare for days of need.
I know that this time of year nobody wants to think about winter coming but now is the time to be preparing for it. There are good sales of warm winter clothes left over from last season at deep discounts. The gardens and farmers markets have plenty of food to can, dry and freeze for use this winter. Aesop was a very wise writer and it will pay to heed the advice he gave.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Huxley On Hubris
The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
Psalm 24 (vs. 1)
QUOTE The Greeks believed that hubris was always followed by nemesis, that if you went too far you would get a knock on the head to remind you that the gods will not tolerate insolence on the part of mortal men. In the sphere of human relations, the modern mind understands the doctrine of hubris and regards it as mainly true. We wish pride to have a fall, and we see that very often it does fall. To have too much power over one's fellows, to be too rich, too violent, too ambitious - all this invites punishment, and in the long run, we notice punishment of one sort or another duly comes. But the Greeks did not stop there. Because they regarded Nature as in some way divine, they felt that it had to be respected and they were convinced that a hubristic lack of respect of Nature would be punished by avenging nemesis. UNQUOTE
-Aldous Huxley
Psalm 24 (vs. 1)
QUOTE The Greeks believed that hubris was always followed by nemesis, that if you went too far you would get a knock on the head to remind you that the gods will not tolerate insolence on the part of mortal men. In the sphere of human relations, the modern mind understands the doctrine of hubris and regards it as mainly true. We wish pride to have a fall, and we see that very often it does fall. To have too much power over one's fellows, to be too rich, too violent, too ambitious - all this invites punishment, and in the long run, we notice punishment of one sort or another duly comes. But the Greeks did not stop there. Because they regarded Nature as in some way divine, they felt that it had to be respected and they were convinced that a hubristic lack of respect of Nature would be punished by avenging nemesis. UNQUOTE
-Aldous Huxley
Pope Calls for 'God-Centered' Economy
Disarmament, food security and peace. What's not to like? Oh wait, a global centralized authority. Since all the local and regional and national authorities running on the old paradigm are doing such a bang-up job, selecting some of them to have power over everybody is sure to be a fabbo idea.
I like this Pope but this is not his best idea.
Holy Father, how on earth can you ensure that your "new global authority" has a transformed and transfigured Catholic worldview? There is no way to make an earthly authority a saintly man or woman, one would think you had found it hard enough to make sure the ecclesiastical authorities were saintly.
I counsel prudence and caution here.
From USA Today
Be sure and click on over and read it all.
QUOTE In his third encyclical, a major teaching, released as the G-8 summit begins in Italy, the pope says such an authority is urgently needed to end the current worldwide financial crisis. It should "revive" damaged economies, reach toward "disarmament, food security and peace," protect the environment and "regulate migration."
Benedict writes, "The market is not, and must not become, the place where the strong subdue the weak."
The encyclical, Caritas in Veritate (Charity in Truth) is a theologically dense explication of Catholic social teaching that draws heavily from earlier popes, particularly PaulVI's critique of capitalism 42 years ago. And echoing his predecessor John Paul II, Benedict says, "every economic decision has a moral consequence." UNQUOTE
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Tuesday Afternoon...
Yesterday flew by with the last day of my 4th of July holiday being filled with domestic stuff like workouts, laundry, getting ready for my next-door-neighbor's yard sale (we're contributing and helping), making a Southern Style supper for Charlie (turkey "ham", rice, sweet potatoes and delicious greens, in this case organic Kacinto Kale) with Fat Boys or melon salad for dessert. We ended with watching the first episode of the old 1988 mini-series Lonesome Dove, a family favorite. I do love Augustus McCrae, Captain Woodrow Call and Joshua Deets, those characters are some of the best in fiction.
Today is more of the same, respite care, getting yard sale items prepped, a date with my meditation cushion and ending with work this evening. The weather is a steamy 85 degrees but it is quite nice until you actually do something more strenuous than making a tuna salad, and then it feels hot! I hope it is just as nice where you are.
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Today is more of the same, respite care, getting yard sale items prepped, a date with my meditation cushion and ending with work this evening. The weather is a steamy 85 degrees but it is quite nice until you actually do something more strenuous than making a tuna salad, and then it feels hot! I hope it is just as nice where you are.
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