{bits & pieces}
Well that was sudden.
Yesterday evening, after a full day of snow:
This morning:
We really need to rake leaves and plant garlic, not shovel snow! But God’s ways are not our ways!
bits & pieces
Last week we celebrated the commemoration of Bl. Emperor Karl I of Austria. He and his wife Zita are amazing figures of fidelity and dignity whom all Christians could learn from and emulate. Here is an article about them and a bit about their position in history. One can find films online of various weddings in the family and they are magnificent, but not to be missed is this clip of Zita’s funeral. And here is another article from the perspective of Bl. Karl’s great-grandson, who, not to namedrop, has slept on LMLD’s own Joseph’s apartment floor back in the day, and married an LMLD friend, Katie!
Dorothy Sayers on the other deadly sins.
Excellent article: Gay “marriage” is just as wrong as abortion. Actually, I have argued that it’s worse:
Roe allows a woman to seek an abortion, which is a terrible assault on the principle that all human life is sacred.
Obergefell places the child directly under the control of the state. The family is no longer the guardian of the child under law, even if the long arm of the law has not yet reached into your sphere to make you — force you — to acknowledge that fact.
Roe struck at the heart of the child, leaving his life up to the mother. Obergefell strikes at the heart of the child too, leaving his life totally under the control of the state, no matter what his mother wants. It makes trafficking in human flesh totally legal, and there is no reason in law that this will be restricted to the unborn.
I warned of this outcome at least 10 years ago.
David Clayton on the necessity of sacred art to the Faith.
Delightful little article about visiting the Swallows and Amazons island as an adult. The only thing to console us for not reading S&A is reading about S&A! (affiliate link)
If you love the Great British Baking Show (which full disclosure I have not kept up on as to the latest seasons), you will enjoy this heartfelt plea to stop Paul Hollywood with a five-point plan of action
from the archives
The Feast of St. Martin is coming!
A fairly wide-ranging post from the past that includes some encouragement for praying for the holy suffering souls in November… and cleaning the gasket in your dishwasher? Why so random, Auntie Leila? Also, wow, my garden is nowhere in that state right now…
liturgical living
The eve of the feast of All Saints (commonly known as Halloween)
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