Day: June 28, 2010

  • Collect Interruptions

    I’ve become interested lately in the syntax and word order of the Collect (=Opening Prayer =Prayer of the Day).

  • From the land of Mozart, Haydn, Bruckner, Schubert…

    80% of Austrian clergy favor the abolition of mandatory celibacy, 51% favor the ordination of women. More than half believe that Rome’s handling of the sex abuse scandal has been “poor.”80% believe that the sex abuse scandal should be taken as the occasion for a fundamental rethinking of the Church’s approach to sexuality.

  • Any day now…

    …could be soon… perhaps by Friday…

  • Quote of the Day

    “If we resolve the problems posed by faith exclusively by means of authority, we will of course possess the truth – but in empty heads!”