SURF MADNESS

How will you fare.

This is a pretty obvious one. Ive seen one designed for different currents within Catholicism but cant find it!

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WAT YOO BIN DOIN CREG?

Wy yoo do dat Creg? Yoo bin comin roun, comin roun atakin ma combreah?

Cornbread

Old Wine in New Wineskins

"CHAMPAGNE that spent 82 years on the ocean floor will surface at a swank dinner in Melbourne tomorrow night.

Eight bottles of Heidsieck & Co Monopole 1907 vintage, a sweeter style known as Gout Americain, will be sipped and admired at a sold-out dinner for 88 guests at Crown's Number 8 restaurant.

That the wine survived at all is extraordinary. On November 3, 1916, about 3000 bottles of the champagne, along with 17 barrels of burgundy and 21 barrels of cognac, were on a Swedish schooner, the Jonkoping, heading for Finland where, the cargo was destined for the thirsty Russian Imperial Army in St Petersburg"


I hope its not corked!

The story from the Age here

Official Warns Against Idolizing Nature

Cardinal Renato Martino, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, said this last Friday

"Nature is for the human person and the human person is for God," Cardinal Martino said. "In considering the problems associated with climate change, one must look to the social doctrine of the Church," which "neither supports the absolutization of nature, nor the reduction of nature to a mere instrument."

"Nature is not an absolute, but a wealth that is placed in the person's responsible and prudent hands," he added.

Read more here

It was good to read this article.

Though climate change is an issue at the moment (whether liegitimatley or not is another matter) it is worth reminding that it is not the greatest and most important issue in our society. This is true of all things in a sense.

There is an underlying and sinister feel to the media's current obsession with climate change.

I do find, however, a paradox in climate change. Environmentalists believe that we are the ultimate cause of problems in the world and thus are the ultimate beings on earth, i.e: we cause problems and we are in charge of solving them because a frog cannot.

But at the same time they believe that we are simply animals and have no special place (except to save other animals).

Its kind of a twisted mirroring of the incarnation.

New Chancellor, New Bishops

I just noticed that there is to be a new Chancellor for the University of Sydney.
I'm not really sure of Bashir's ideology so wouldn't want to commen there.

I do wonder if this is covert 'affirmative action' as she is after all, the University's first female Chancellor (and first female Govenor of NSW). I also wonder if there is actually a female quivalent of the word Chancellor. Before our PC times she would have been termed 'Governess' for her role at government house. Then again, in pre-PC times she probably would have been overlooked because she is a woman.

MEANWHILE and probably more meaningfully, check out www.coo-eesfromthecloister.blogspot.com for the news on Australia's new Bishops.

I know one of them is absolutely brilliant- don't know the other and don't particularly like his tie .

BXVI BIRTHDAY AND ERMINE

Apparently the Pope has lacked Christian Charity by wearing fur on his Camuro and Mozetta. Its probably fake fur anyway. In any event I'm sure the rabbits or whoever gave up their skin would be happy to see it on the Pope's head and shoulders.


Ermine is cool! Popes have worn the emine trimmed mozetta and camuro for centuries, though Paul VI, JPI and JPII scrapped it.

Check out Benedict XIV.



If the Pope is an animal killer then what can we say about this Cathedral Canon from Germany?



I like Ermine too!