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"There was much of the beautiful, much of the wanton, much of the bizarre, something of the terrible, and not a little of that which might have excited disgust."

"ALMIGHTY God, who seest that we have no power of ourselves to help ourselves; Keep us both outwardly in our bodies, and inwardly in our souls; that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen."

"O Lord and Master of my life! Take from me the spirit of sloth, faint-heartedness, lust of power, and idle talk. But give rather the spirit of chastity, humility, patience, and love to Thy servant. Yea, O Lord and King! Grant me to see my own errors and not to judge my brother; For Thou art blessed unto ages of ages. Amen."

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"Remember that there is a meaning beyond absurdity. Be sure that every little deed counts, that every word has power. Never forget that you can still do your share to redeem the world in spite of all absurdities and frustrations and disappointments."

"The only thing I can recommend at this stage is a sense of humor, an ability to see things in their ridiculous and absurd dimensions, to laugh at others and at ourselves, a sense of irony regarding everything that calls out for parody in this world. In other words, I can only recommend perspective and distance. A modest certainty about the meaning of things. Gratitude for the gift of life and the courage to take responsibility for it."

"But now that so much is being changed, is it not time that we should change? Could we not try to develop ourselves a little, slowly and gradually take upon ourselves our share in the labor of love? We have been spared all its hardship ... we have been spoiled by easy enjoyment. ... But what if we despised our successes, what if we began from the beginning to learn the work of love which has always been done for us? What if we were to go and become neophytes, now that so much is changing?" (The Journal of My Other Self)

"We sit by and watch the Barbarian, we tolerate him; in the long stretches of peace we are not afraid. We are tickled by his irreverence, his comic inversion of our old certitudes and our fixed creeds refreshes us; we laugh. But as we laugh we are watched by large and awful faces from beyond: and on these faces there is no smile."

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Sunday, April 12, 2009

Risen

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"He is not here, but is risen." (Luke 24:6)
All our hopes are vindicated.

Life from death.
Victory from defeat.
Holiness from the abyss.

Hallelujah.

Labels: Easter

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Light

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Corruption.
Fallenness.
Evil.
Death.

Healed.
Transformed.
Displaced.
Overthrown.

"The light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not." (John 1:5)

Labels: Easter

Friday, April 10, 2009

Prostrate

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I cannot sink myself deeply enough into the dust before the Holy Cross.

Labels: Lent

Thursday, April 09, 2009

Stripped

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The place of gift and sacrifice. The place of despair and hope. Tonight, the place is only severe.

Labels: Lent

Saturday, April 04, 2009

The Ochlophobist on Suffering

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"I think the new atheists are largely right with regard to the group psychosis and delusion surrounding popular Christianities. Any Christianity that has an answer for human suffering, or has a program to "deal" with human suffering, is worse than worthless. If that is Christianity, the ochlocrats can have it - then give me Nietzsche, give me Cioran, give me a bottle of Cutty Sark that will not end until I lay in the insatiable dirt.

"There is no answer to human suffering. There is no program which will end or substantially mitigate the inevitability of human suffering. Even in our decadent age of program after gratuitous program people find themselves immersed in hurt, loneliness, depression, woundedness - the course of a human life often enough brutal and unrelentingly harsh for many, even with our happy pills and TVs and internet relating and other forms of technocratic sedative. There is only, with regard to human suffering, a consummate Image, before which it is right to bow down and worship."

Go read. And pray for Gus.

Thanks, O.

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