tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576348122642600522.comments2022-12-03T22:34:15.837-08:00The Sodality of Garcia DiegoAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12934915699058471651noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576348122642600522.post-22596290691327658012016-01-05T07:48:07.335-08:002016-01-05T07:48:07.335-08:00I started reading “Back to Virtue” by Peter Kreeft...I started reading “Back to Virtue” by Peter Kreeft (though I always find him a bit difficult to understand) this book is really great at explaining the need to go backwards before we can move forward. To understand the importance of tradition and morality and the flaws with modern ethics and even water down Christianity. Since my return to the Catholic Church I’ve had this problem of making God into what I want Him to be and I think that by studying tradition He is becoming who He really is. It’s a great topic the two world views (ancient and modern) that you guys are studying may you reap many blessings. Congrats on the wedding! In My Shoeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468345499538506840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576348122642600522.post-43870825402188167062015-07-26T18:23:19.530-07:002015-07-26T18:23:19.530-07:00A punch in the face is an apt description. The pri...A punch in the face is an apt description. The private revelations are what frightened me. With odds like that purgatory as a goal doesn't seem like a low bar after all.<br /><br />To answer your question, I propose that the Act of Contrition expresses repentance perfectly.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08465986004909879083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576348122642600522.post-4459800555445074012015-04-04T08:15:22.559-07:002015-04-04T08:15:22.559-07:00O St. Dodolinus, be an aid and guide for all who c...O St. Dodolinus, be an aid and guide for all who call to you most holy Dolinatus. Our memories are weak beloved Leonatus and we need your powerful intercession. St. Bobolineas you are our heavenly patron. Remember us holy Lollypopus who tend to forget. AmenAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03300112832949322282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576348122642600522.post-69544085749093019972015-04-02T10:48:57.996-07:002015-04-02T10:48:57.996-07:00By the way, if we were so inclined, there is a web...By the way, if we were so inclined, there is a <a href="http://www.praycentral.com/st-dodolinus/" rel="nofollow">website</a>, where we could compose and submit a prayer to St. Dodolinus.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08465986004909879083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576348122642600522.post-73449305815060289812015-04-02T10:41:27.696-07:002015-04-02T10:41:27.696-07:00TMR, you seem to have mastered the style of Eye of...TMR, you seem to have mastered the style of Eye of the Tiber. The way you worked St. Dodolinus in, made me laugh out loud, but thankfully my officemates didn't ask for an explanation.<br /><br />Also, I've dug up a couple more details about St. Dodolinus from the <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=o44cAAAAMAAJ&lpg=PA871&ots=MSl8hUYw-A&dq=st%20dodolinus&pg=PA871#v=onepage&q&f=false" rel="nofollow">A Dictionary of Christian Biography, Literature, Sects, and Doctrines, Vol 1</a>:<br /><br />DODOLINUS, ST., bishop of Vienne, called also St Dodolenas, Landolenus, Dolinus, and Landalenus, and possibly even St Bobolinus I. An additional difficulty is that Landolenus is certainly the same as Syndulphus. Can all these names mean one man? The synod of Chilons-sur-Saone was held under Clovis II but it is uncertain in what year, though it is supposed by Sirmondus to have been in 650 or 658. To that synod Landalenus (ie Dodolinus), bishop of the church of Vienne, subscribed second. In an ancient document on the antiquities of Vienne, he is said to have been made Pontifex Vienne "Leone vel Leontio Romanis imperante et Theoderico Francis, ac Sergio Papa." This would bring him down to about the year 688, leaving out of the reckoning Leontius, who began to reign some years after the death of king Theoderic. Dodolinus died, and is commemorated on the 1st of April. (AA. SS. Boll. April i.p. 30; Ado, Vienn. Chronicon, Patrol. Lat. exxiii.; Gall. Christ. xvi. 33; Decretum Burgundofaronis Melidensis Episcopi; Labbe, Concilia V. ann. 636.)<br />Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08465986004909879083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576348122642600522.post-83399312498508413772015-04-01T13:47:15.539-07:002015-04-01T13:47:15.539-07:00Or the Holy Father could come to the Santa Barbara...Or the Holy Father could come to the Santa Barbara shortly after the Synod to attend a very special sodality event loosely related to the canonization of Therese of Lissieu's parents. Perhaps even bringing te Pope Emeritus if he is well enough. I will also confirm that the pilgrimage to Seven Churches on Holy Thursday is not an April Fool's joke. Blessings for Holy Week. We should all try to contemplate the passion from the perspective of Peter, the first Holy Father.Scovichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17539913284731075130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576348122642600522.post-87652609339570193572015-03-27T05:41:48.656-07:002015-03-27T05:41:48.656-07:00Well said. Thanks for a good perspective and timel...Well said. Thanks for a good perspective and timely reminder.<br />The poet Gerard Manley Hopkins spent time in the spiritual desert. I may have mentioned these verses before: http://www.bartleby.com/122/50.html. "O thou lord of life, send my roots rain."TMRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04235887730874692726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576348122642600522.post-29019992773870102902015-01-06T06:48:42.196-08:002015-01-06T06:48:42.196-08:00Thanks, Matt. This post deserves a bookmark as a g...Thanks, Matt. This post deserves a bookmark as a good and useful overview. Even more, I particularly value the way that you show just how far we can know, and where (legitimate) speculation begins. In the words of one of my favorite poets, Alexander Pope, you here "mark that point where Sense and Dulness meet" (51). Indulge me in a longer quote from the same "Essay on Criticism" (published 1711) showing the limits of intellectual activity and narrow specializations. Read these lines in an acerbic tone: <br />One Science only will one genius fit;<br />So vast is Art, so narrow human wit: <br />Not only bounded to peculiar arts, <br />But oft in those confin’d to single parts. <br />Like Kings we lose the conquests gain’d before, <br />By vain ambition still to make them more:<br />Each might his sev’ral province well command, <br />Would all but stoop to what they understand. (60-67)<br /><br />So, there's a reminder of our mental limits to inspire intellectual humility & restraint--and yet of course we, collectively and individually, do long to know more. Psalm 8 and also Augustine's opening lines on the "restless heart" remind me of how we are spurred on to seek and know ever more, in both depth and breadth. May we do so faithfully.<br />May the magi (whether or not they went by the names of Melchior, Caspar, and Balthazar!) pray for all of us as we seek the Christ Child on our journeys, both intellectually and spiritually. Thanks again. TMRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04235887730874692726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576348122642600522.post-3849602886216332832015-01-05T12:38:43.757-08:002015-01-05T12:38:43.757-08:00This is really well written- I love apologetics an...This is really well written- I love apologetics and learning how science and religion are compatible friends. Interesting how everything aligned for the birth of our Savior and to recognize that we are finite beings with a very limited view of the infinite truth. Great painting of Saint Barbara - Michael, my favorite so far! Happy 2015- looking forward to your future posts.In My Shoeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468345499538506840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576348122642600522.post-85353404481796196282014-12-18T12:23:36.197-08:002014-12-18T12:23:36.197-08:00TMR has reminded me that this week is an Ember wee...TMR has reminded me that this week is an Ember week. These occur every three months and are weeks of penance. Ember days are Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.<br /><br />This Advent, we (TMR and I, by mutual discussion) are praying especially for the intentions of parents.Scovichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17539913284731075130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576348122642600522.post-34108415186009058642014-12-18T12:21:46.272-08:002014-12-18T12:21:46.272-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Scovichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17539913284731075130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576348122642600522.post-82764844313444397352014-12-02T09:54:05.673-08:002014-12-02T09:54:05.673-08:00I'll also add, that the statement in your firs...I'll also add, that the statement in your first paragraph that Advent is a season of penance is <a href="http://romansacristan.blogspot.com/2006/12/is-advent-penitential.html" rel="nofollow">a more complicated question</a> than you might expect.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08465986004909879083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576348122642600522.post-76429880255431060512014-12-02T09:50:31.684-08:002014-12-02T09:50:31.684-08:00As far as I can tell, the connection of Advent wit...As far as I can tell, the connection of Advent with three distinct comings of Christ comes from <a href="https://www.crossroadsinitiative.com/library_article/321/Three_Comings_of_the_Lord__St._Bernard.html" rel="nofollow">a famous homily by St. Bernard of Clairvaux</a>.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08465986004909879083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576348122642600522.post-30980719697041551992014-11-05T15:13:50.265-08:002014-11-05T15:13:50.265-08:00Well, there are a few Franciscan saints named Pete...Well, there are a few Franciscan saints named Peter, so that could still work.<br /><br />Hmm, I suppose a warning would have been in order. Something like "I don't always post blog comments, but when I do, they end in the <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/05/08/dies_irae_in_movies_tom_allen_and_the_cbc_trace_the_history_of_the_latin.html" rel="nofollow">Day of Wrath [Dies Irae]"</a>Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08465986004909879083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576348122642600522.post-72547231380940686302014-11-05T14:58:33.424-08:002014-11-05T14:58:33.424-08:00Triple play, Matt. What more can I say? (Except th...Triple play, Matt. What more can I say? (Except that you should warn people about that last link--it's powerful stuff and known to have strange effects on strange people.)<br /><br />In honor of the O.P.'s Nov 7th feast, I'll post my favorite bit from the Dominican Little Office--the prayer to all the Saints of the Dominican Order as said at Lauds. (Don't ever say I never post English translations).<br /><br />Antiphon. O what happiness and glory belong always to the saints, how distinguished the merits of the Preachers, by whose words and deeds the world is adorned, by whose works the mind grows stronger. [O quam felix gloria semper est Sanctorum, quam præclara merita sunt Prædicatorum, quorum verbo et opere mundus decoratur, eorumque munere mens consolidatur! Yes, the Latin version has an exclamation point that is not in the printed English translation. And, yes, the mundus decoratur...mens consolidatur is rhetorically wonderful.]<br />V. The saints shall be joyful in glory.<br />R. They shall sing for joy on their couches.<br />Let us pray<br />Grant we beseech You, Almighty God, that the examples of the saints of our Order may incite us to a better life; that we may imitate the deed of them whose memory we celebrate. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.<br /><br />And I did not know that about the Franciscan feast of Franciscan saints. I have a brother/godson with a Nov 29th birthday. I had a passing thought just now that he might have chosen St. Francis as his confirmation saint a couple of years ago, but I just called and was reminded it's Peter. Ah, well--missed opportunity. Blame his godmother.TMRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04235887730874692726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576348122642600522.post-82528139510707188762014-11-05T12:54:07.516-08:002014-11-05T12:54:07.516-08:00I'd like to point out a few similar feasts in ...I'd like to point out a few similar feasts in which people may be interested. <br /><br />On November 7, Dominicans celebrate the Feast of <a href="http://ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/day-all-saints-dominican-order" rel="nofollow">All Dominican Saints</a> (don't ever say that I never link to NCR), and on November 8, Dominicans commemorate <a href="http://godzdogz.op.org/2010/11/praying-for-our-deceased-brethren.html" rel="nofollow">all the deceased of their order</a>. <br /><br />Similarly, on November 29, Franciscans celebrate the Feast of <a href="http://stevenwood.com/reflections/franciscan/1129-35.htm" rel="nofollow">All Franciscan Saints</a> (don't ever say that I never link to anything Franciscan). I imagine other orders have similar feasts, but these are the ones of which I'm aware.<br /><br />Lastly, I'm just going to leave this link <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MQf-86ikvM&t=0m51s" rel="nofollow">right here</a>...Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08465986004909879083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576348122642600522.post-73870036509317776922014-10-15T13:07:12.819-07:002014-10-15T13:07:12.819-07:00That's a really good reproduction of Bishop Ga...That's a really good reproduction of Bishop Garcia Diego love all the details- hope you are having a wonderful vacation Michael. Great post Mr. Scovich :-) In My Shoeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468345499538506840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576348122642600522.post-76742755336685023342014-10-15T11:57:28.458-07:002014-10-15T11:57:28.458-07:00On an off-topic note, today is the feast of Saint ...On an off-topic note, today is the feast of Saint Teresa of Avila. We are already planning a post about her next October. Happy feast.Scovichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17539913284731075130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576348122642600522.post-40802716235811042392014-10-02T21:09:03.269-07:002014-10-02T21:09:03.269-07:00It has just been confirmed that as part of Michael...It has just been confirmed that as part of Michael's birthday celebrationn, we will be attending Transitus prayer with the Poor Clare's Friday at 7 PM.Scovichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17539913284731075130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576348122642600522.post-74510088348417752862014-10-02T16:47:18.624-07:002014-10-02T16:47:18.624-07:00I went to Assisi in January 2008, and enjoyed my v...I went to Assisi in January 2008, and enjoyed my visit there. Our group went to a great restaurant and celebrated mass.<br /><br />Note that storyofasoul.com, where you can read Therese's autobiography, also has many other great Catholic books.Scovichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17539913284731075130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576348122642600522.post-84670247791837743172014-09-30T14:05:26.082-07:002014-09-30T14:05:26.082-07:00It's refreshing to see young people on fire fo...It's refreshing to see young people on fire for God- especially young men giving testimony of faith- wish I lived closer and could join your prayer group... I’ll just have to enjoy reading about it. :-) God Bless! In My Shoeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468345499538506840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576348122642600522.post-32118781853660774562014-09-29T14:28:46.111-07:002014-09-29T14:28:46.111-07:00Penny, thanks for your comments. We're glad yo...Penny, thanks for your comments. We're glad you are reading this blog.Scovichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17539913284731075130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576348122642600522.post-29311960855801052412014-09-26T09:31:41.148-07:002014-09-26T09:31:41.148-07:00Great pics - they add details that words cannot ca...Great pics - they add details that words cannot capture! =) In My Shoeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468345499538506840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576348122642600522.post-14281908701060981222014-09-17T20:22:31.131-07:002014-09-17T20:22:31.131-07:00Looking forward to the creative series. May God co...Looking forward to the creative series. May God continue to inspire all of you. God's love! :-)In My Shoeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468345499538506840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576348122642600522.post-90041399620202794342014-07-25T10:40:06.157-07:002014-07-25T10:40:06.157-07:00I'll be heading out of town Friday afternoon, ...I'll be heading out of town Friday afternoon, so I won't be able to join you. Why don't you announce this on the mailing list?Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08465986004909879083noreply@blogger.com