Daily Archives: 10 October 2012

The Unconsoled

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I wasn’t sure what I was getting into once I began turning pages of Kazuo Ishiguro’s 1995 novel. Soon it became clear that I was reading very fine prose soaked in a surreal melancholy. But I was also caught in a … Continue reading →

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Built of Living Stones 98-99: The Area Surrounding the Church Building

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The following section, while not footnoted, contains some common sense advice for how the Church is presented to the neighborhood. § 98 § When constructed and maintained well, the outside of a church can proclaim the Gospel to the city … Continue reading →

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Sarah To Orbit

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Jodie Foster’s character conceded, “They should have sent a poet.” Will a singer do? I wonder if they’ll dispense with the missoin control wake-up music and have Ms Brightman sing for her supper. Can she sing it like Diana?

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Evangelii Nuntiandi 49: New Testament Universality

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Are there boundaries which we may not cross? Apparently not, according to the Gospel and the bishops: 49. Jesus’ last words in St. Mark’s Gospel confer on the evangelization which the Lord entrusts to His apostles a limitless universality: “Go … Continue reading →

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Built of Living Stones 95-97: Gathering Space or Narthex

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More than a social area, and a bit more than a transition space between the world and the realm of liturgy … § 95 § The narthex is a place of welcome—a threshold space between the congregation’s space and the … Continue reading →

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