John is out of town! For the next week this blog is mine, all mine! My plans for global Catholic blog domination can proceed unfettered! I will unmask Nihil Obstat! Rod Dreher will link to me on The Corner! Priests with blogs will refer to my insightful commentary on the Liturgy! Pez will be its own food group! The Tridentine Rite will be restored! Six years of both Latin and Greek will be required in public school! Everyone will buy several copies of ALL Mark Shea’s books and tapes! Ditto for Amy Welborn! The ACLU, the DNC, PETA and VOTF will close up shop and give all their money and mailing lists to Catholic Answers! Religious vocations will soar when Mattel launches “Carmelite Barbie” and “Jesuit Ken!” OCP will recall all their hymnals, cease publishing, and open up petting zoos in Guatemala! The French will declare English their national language! The next two episodes of “Lord of the Rings” will be in theaters next week! Dan Rather will begin the news saying “Dominus vobiscum!” No one will ever, ever play guitar or sing Marty Haugen tunes at Mass again! I will have my own primetime show on cable called “Cooking with the Bran Man!” The whole world will be regular thanks to me! All this will come to pass before John returns!
Actually things are going to be pretty much the same. I’ll have a few original thoughts, maybe humorous ones, and I’ll link to other more interesting blogs. Status quo.
Please pray for John, his wife Teresa and my dear mom and dad on their journey.