Tuesday, February 2, 2010

TUESDAY QUOTE OF THE WEEK CXL

FINDING TRUTH WHEREVER IT MAY BE FOUND: “When people stop believing in God, they don’t believe in nothing - they believe in anything.” — G.K. Chesterton – h/t to Kay

QUOTE II: “If priests today so often feel overworked, tired, and frustrated, the blame lies with a strained pursuit of results.” Pope Benedict XVI

QUOTE III: “Ouch.” Fr. Valencheck

IN OTHER NEWS:

DON’T BELIEVE IT! I got an Email from a person I know that says that they were robbed in London and are at the embassy and need money to get home. It Email was sent from their Email address directly to my more private address. I fortunately could not send the desired amount as it was too late. While much of the request sounded legitimate there were a couple of missed cues. A quick phone call to a mutual acquaintance cleared everything up. This was a scam. Apparently this happened to another person on my staff. Even if you get an Email from a person’s email account requesting money and they seem to have the rudimentary information that they should, dig deeper! Ask questions of the person and their friends and family. You may be helping a friend in a dire situation but more likely you giving a generous gift to a con artist.

IN STILL OTHER NEWS:

Kay also sent in this video. It is 5 and a half minutes long - about twice as long as it need be but still interesting.

This came in from EWTN: "Don’t miss Helen Hull Hitchcock talk about The New Missal at 8 p.m. ET, Wed., Feb. 3 on “EWTN Live” with Father Mitch Pacwa. As editor of the “Adoremus Bulletin,” a monthly publication of Adoremus – Society for the Renewal of the Sacred Liturgy, of which she is co-founder, Ms. Hitchcock is uniquely qualified to speak a...bout The New Missal. She also happens to be founding director of Women for Faith & Family and editor of its quarterly journal, “Voices.”

Yellow Line Studios sent this in: "The wait is over! The newest episode of BUMP+, the interactive web series from Yellow Line Studio, is currently available to view online at http://www.bumptheshow.com/ The Party reveals more about Hailey, Katie, and Denise, and follows their individual stories as they struggle to make a decision about their unintended pregnancies. New episodes will follow every Monday and Thursday through March 15, 2010. And of course, the conversation between viewers continues around the clock."

N.B.: Please mark you calendars for the first meeting of the West Akron Chesterton Society. We will be meeting at 476 Mull Ave. (aka St Sebastian Parish Rectory) on February 15 at 6:30 PM. We will discuss general issues and future plans. We already of a blogsite thanks to my cohort in crime! Thanks M. The West Akron Chesterton Society.

Elena sent this video in. 4 minutes. Thanks for sending it in. I'm glad I'm not caught on tape doing this.


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Regarding Elena's video, with a little more practice, those priests would be totally awesome. It's nice to see them having a good time and not taking themselves too seriously--a great example of "good clean fun" for the young people.

Anonymous said...

hey father--fess up--the way i hear it you were cut due to being rhythmically challenged---seriously though these guys are pretty d. good--very helpful in the a.m.with a good cup of coffee--mixes well with caffeine--and this is coming from someone who only wants to hear gregorian chant and/or silence at the sacrifice of the holy mass--sadly though, i know people aren,t going to come running through the doors to hear chant--hence the church has produced this "new music" which is often referred to as contemporary (real contemporary composers would shudder at this referrence)---unfortunately this new "stuff" is musically and textually unworthy--it does not work to elevate the soul, instead it keeps us grounded on earthly sounds and texts--the new "stuff" is quite simply secular--what a dilemna--i knoow there is no real going back--but somehow there has to be a better solution--n.