Large hibiscus outside the Hudson Avenue Community Garden in Albany NY.
I embarked very badly on the Spanish affair, I confess ; the immorality of it was too patent, the injustice too cynical. —Napoleon, quoted in Hazen, Modern Europe, p. 278
Napoleon’s court resumed the manners and customs which had been in vogue before the Revolution. —Hazen, Modern Europe, p. 253
Searching for videos of Perret’s Église St.-Joseph, I came across this 12-year-old video of his Église Notre-Dame du Raincy, made by Father Barnabas Stephan CMM (David Zweitausend) from photos we took when in Paris 12 years ago
In the box: pork katsu + salad from the SUNY Schenectady Food Truck
Lord, when did we see you? Sc. 78 , Matthew 25:37, 44
An important point for some of us – both Christians and non-Christians – is that Christ wasn’t recognized.
Before him all the nations will be gathered. Sc. 78, Matthew 25:32
It is barbaric that we used to print books in a size and format actually convenient and usable for readers and that this stopped without any explanation whatsoever. —Andrew Cusack
Can Christian or Jew expect to get to heaven by not obeying the first great commandment?
One often has the impression that many of the faithful see the canon of the Mass and consecration as simply a way in which Our Lord becomes present solely for the purpose of our being able to receive Him. —Philip Trower
Tie his hands and feet, and throw him into the darkness where he will scream and chew his tongue. Sc. 78, Matthew 22:13
It’s only with gentle Jesus, meek and mild, that the idea of eternal torture for minor transgressions is introduced. —Christopher Hitchens
Hell is for people who would have been better off punished on earth.
To do wrong is second only in the scale of evils; to do wrong and not to be punished is first and greatest of all. —Socrates
Made in the image of God, like Him we demand to be loved.
I know it, but I don’t believe it. —Arthur Krystal
You in your lifetime received your good things. Sc. 67, Luke 16:25
ʟʏsɪsᴛʀᴀᴛᴀ. Well, they say everybody’s business is nobody’s business —Shaw, The Apple Cart
There are different works, but the same God. 1 Corinthians 12:6
Everything must be observed. twitter.com/LeoTheLes…