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Today Louder Fenn writes about a new term he’s heard for overweight people – “people of size.” May I also suggest one of the following:
people of girth
massive persons
fleshy ones
someone of corporeal abundance

Looks like park rangers and state employees are bad for the environment.

According to cnn.com, state biologists were using firecrackers to ward off an aggressive cow moose. The fire started last month and has burned 92,000 acres. You know what I think might be better at scaring aggressive cow mooses and less likely to start devastating forest fires? A gun. Or maybe an air horn if you don’t want to pack heat in the wilds of Alaska.

Here’s a press release from Catholics for Authentic Reform. Is the crisis as bad as we think it is? Is it worse? Is it going to get worse before it gets better? Is it going to get worse before it gets worse?

I first saw the link to these pictures on Ad Orientem. It’s the renovation of St Joseph’s Proto-Cathedral in Bardstown, KY. I was confused at first because I thought the “before” picture was on top while the “after” picture was on the bottom. I was mistaken. The top picture is what the church looks like now. It appears to be devoid of crucifixes or anything of the symbols that existed previously. What is the sacrifice of the Mass without the symbol of our Lord suffering and dying? It is still the sacrifice of the Mass, but the congregation does not see what earned our redemption. I believe they would not be as mindful of the price of our redemption without those symbols present.

Here’s something you don’t hear often: suffering matters. Christ’s suffering matters most of all. There is no rising without dying, no Glory without the Cross. For each one of us that means a true cross. I’m speaking of a “true cross” in the sense of the cross Christ gives each of us to bear, not a cross we build for ourselves. What a silly burden the planners of that renovation took upon themselves – the old sanctuary “was deemed unworthy of the ‘new liturgy’ and needed to be made adapted to ‘the spirit of Vatican II’…….”

What folly it is to remove the symbols of that which unifies the world in the love and mercy of God in the interest of being inclusive. I suppose that’s what they meant by “the spirit of Vatican II.” The world has known nothing more inclusive than Christ’s sacrifice. That is the spirit of Vatican II. That is the Good News.

First-class postage is set to go up at the end of the month to 37 cents. This stamp is funny on so many levels. It’s as though Porky Pig is saying “I can bring home the bacon if you buy more stamps!” Or he could symbolize the bloated bureaucracy that employs the rank and file who sort and deliver the mail. Maybe the original stamp said “That’s all Folks! Until the next rate hike!”

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