Sarx

Lord, we thank thee that thou didst see fit to bring us here to this fair land and smite the heathens, and to shove them in boxes and ship them away to small parcels of land where we mightest contain them. We thank thee, further, that thou has given us leave, permission, nay, even a [...]

EMEMBER, O Lord, the souls of your servants departed in sleep, Bessie, Kenneth, Walter, Katherine, Edward, James, Raymond, Doris, Gregory, Bud, Linda, and all my relatives according to the flesh; remember Joe, Nina, Alan, Sheila-Mary, Brian, Michelle, Edward, Grace, Raymond, Elsa, Timmy, Raymond, Katherine, Sunnie, Gus, Alejandro, Timmy, William, David, Thomas, the Priest Mills, the [...]

T TWO IN The morning, I’m sipping my Douglas Fir Tip tea and chatting with D. and Brodie via the internet. In each window we’re geeking in our own ways: D. and I about relationships and vocations, Brodie and I about Macs and cocktail recipes. It dawns on me that I use my work as [...]

UITE some time ago (I think 2004 or 5) I blogged about the 1944 rite approved by the EP that compressed the antiphons in this way: After the Litany of Peace, there is the priestly exclamation then as follows: PRIEST. For to Three are due ll glory, honour and worship, to the Father and to [...]

ORD HAVE MERCY! A prelate of a California group known as the “Orthodox Catholic Church” was shot and wounded during an apparent robbery attempt on Tuesday night, September 15. Bishop Antonio Garduno was reportedly shot when he confronted a group of teenagers outside his office; police suspect he interrupted a robbery in progress. Bishop Garduno [...]