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Carleendiane

#1650
October 21, 2017, 07:57:20 PM
Quote from: MilesChristi on October 21, 2017, 07:52:55 PM
Quote from: Carleendiane on October 21, 2017, 06:52:26 PM
Quote from: MilesChristi on October 21, 2017, 06:33:27 PM
Hippolytus

Miles, you are a reading machine! You have tackled more than I have ever even tried! And I am eons older than you!

I'm sure my pace will slow when I get hired

But being young as you are, use the  youth and power  of youth and read these types of books and give us oldsters, the insight your gleamed from these works.
To board the struggle bus: no whining, board with a smile, a fake one will be found out and put off at next stop, no maps, no directions, going only one way, one destination. Follow all rules and you will arrive. Drop off at pearly gate. Bring nothing.

MilesChristi

#1651
October 23, 2017, 04:06:04 PM
The Frogs
The world is charged with the grandeur of God.
    It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;
    It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil
Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?
Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;
    And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;
    And wears man's smudge and shares man's smell: the soil
Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.

And for all this, nature is never spent;
    There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;
And though the last lights off the black West went
    Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs —
Because the Holy Ghost over the bent
    World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings.

Heinrich

#1652
October 23, 2017, 05:31:26 PM
Schaff Recht mir Gott und führe meine Sache gegen ein unheiliges Volk . . .   .                          
Lex Orandi, lex credendi, lex vivendi.
"Die Welt sucht nach Ehre, Ansehen, Reichtum, Vergnügen; die Heiligen aber suchen Demütigung, Verachtung, Armut, Abtötung und Buße." --Ausschnitt von der Geschichte des Lebens St. Bennos.

MilesChristi

#1653
October 24, 2017, 02:46:51 PM
The Wasps
The world is charged with the grandeur of God.
    It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;
    It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil
Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?
Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;
    And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;
    And wears man's smudge and shares man's smell: the soil
Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.

And for all this, nature is never spent;
    There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;
And though the last lights off the black West went
    Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs —
Because the Holy Ghost over the bent
    World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings.

MilesChristi

#1654
October 25, 2017, 02:00:59 PM
Hecuba
The world is charged with the grandeur of God.
    It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;
    It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil
Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?
Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;
    And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;
    And wears man's smudge and shares man's smell: the soil
Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.

And for all this, nature is never spent;
    There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;
And though the last lights off the black West went
    Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs —
Because the Holy Ghost over the bent
    World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings.

MilesChristi

#1655
October 28, 2017, 02:04:38 PM
Ion
The world is charged with the grandeur of God.
    It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;
    It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil
Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?
Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;
    And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;
    And wears man's smudge and shares man's smell: the soil
Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.

And for all this, nature is never spent;
    There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;
And though the last lights off the black West went
    Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs —
Because the Holy Ghost over the bent
    World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings.

MilesChristi

#1656
October 28, 2017, 07:43:22 PM
The Suppliants
The world is charged with the grandeur of God.
    It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;
    It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil
Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?
Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;
    And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;
    And wears man's smudge and shares man's smell: the soil
Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.

And for all this, nature is never spent;
    There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;
And though the last lights off the black West went
    Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs —
Because the Holy Ghost over the bent
    World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings.

red solo cup

#1657
October 29, 2017, 03:48:44 AM
Quote from: MilesChristi on October 28, 2017, 07:43:22 PM
The Suppliants
I hope your taking time out for meals.
non impediti ratione cogitationis

ÆneasQuébécois

#1658
October 29, 2017, 10:19:11 AM
The Liturgy of the Mass by Pius Parsch
"True evangelical faith...cannot lay dormant; but manifests itself in all righteousness and works of love; it...clothes the naked; feeds the hungry; consoles the afflicted; shelters the miserable; aids and consoles all the oppressed; returns good for evil; serves those that injure it; prays for those that persecute it." ~ Menno Simons

MilesChristi

#1659
October 29, 2017, 12:53:37 PM
Dracula
The world is charged with the grandeur of God.
    It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;
    It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil
Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?
Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;
    And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;
    And wears man's smudge and shares man's smell: the soil
Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.

And for all this, nature is never spent;
    There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;
And though the last lights off the black West went
    Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs —
Because the Holy Ghost over the bent
    World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings.

martin88nyc

#1660
October 29, 2017, 03:58:44 PM Last Edit: October 29, 2017, 04:00:28 PM by martin88nyc
Quote from: MilesChristi on October 29, 2017, 12:53:37 PM
Dracula
My favorite book. a remarkable classic; has never been out of print.
Dracula the Un-dead is next on my list but I just don;t have the time and passion/
"These things I have spoken to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you shall have distress: but have confidence, I have overcome the world." John 16:33

Carleendiane

#1661
October 29, 2017, 07:19:29 PM
Not to worry. It may be a classic, but you will be fine if you never read. I like that type of book, which shows I have a dark side. But to not read it, will not impact my life. To have read Immitation of Christ,  has impacted my life. To have read traditional Catholic classics surely has impacted my life. Reading lives of the saints, has impacted my life. Reading "Phantom of the Opera" has not....though I truly enjoyed it. If you never get to some of these classics, such as Dracula, your life will not be lacking in any way, except maybe some pleasure.  :)
To board the struggle bus: no whining, board with a smile, a fake one will be found out and put off at next stop, no maps, no directions, going only one way, one destination. Follow all rules and you will arrive. Drop off at pearly gate. Bring nothing.

maryslittlegarden

#1662
November 01, 2017, 03:07:55 PM
Walking the Road to God by Fr. Lawrence Carney
For a Child is born to us, and a son is given to us, and the government is upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called, Wonderful, Counsellor, God the Mighty, the Father of the world to come, the Prince of Peace

MilesChristi

#1663
November 02, 2017, 03:59:29 PM
Andromache
The world is charged with the grandeur of God.
    It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;
    It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil
Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?
Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;
    And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;
    And wears man's smudge and shares man's smell: the soil
Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.

And for all this, nature is never spent;
    There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;
And though the last lights off the black West went
    Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs —
Because the Holy Ghost over the bent
    World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings.

martin88nyc

#1664
November 02, 2017, 05:10:00 PM
Quote from: maryslittlegarden on November 01, 2017, 03:07:55 PM
Walking the Road to God by Fr. Lawrence Carney
I came across this gem as I was looking at Mr. Kwasniewski's reviews on amazon. I am getting this one for Christmas. How is it so far?
"These things I have spoken to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you shall have distress: but have confidence, I have overcome the world." John 16:33
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