[Magdalen] Lent Madness?

Jay Weigel jay.weigel at gmail.com
Thu Feb 25 19:31:34 UTC 2016


OK, I can't help admitting that on first glance I read "Saren" (who I'm not
familiar with anyway) as "Sauron".

Jay, g/d/r

On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 2:12 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just recently, we had Søren versus Sojourner.  Now *that* produced a lot of
> very thoughtful and thought-provoking comments.
> I was a bit more than casually involved since Isabella, AKA Sojourner,
> hails from this area, and the library at the State University of New Paltz
> is named after her.  I can't help wondering if that would not get a chortle
> from the old abolitionist and suffragist. I was thinking, having a
> *library*
> at a college named after you sure beats having a high school named after
> you, but on inquiry, I find Sojourner has two high schools named after her
> in NY State alone, and several study programs named after her in various
> other places.
>
> This was one matchup I could not really pick, because they both have great
> reasons to vote for them.
>
> And picking between two of god's superheroes is indeed the point, not a
> drawback. The choice is the thing; after all, each saint has their reward
> already, and one has to be a standout, merely to be CONSIDERED for the LM
> in the first place. And, oh my, do we ever forget that all the time. Heck,
> I was so stuck on the incredible Birgid (the only saint who is older than
> the faith itself) I misremembered that she was the winner last year. She
> was finally bested by that Assisi guy (if one has to be knocked off, who
> better than the best loved of all saints).
>
> Hard to imagine how one can get sick of the LM, but as Sebastian used to
> say, "Chaconne a son gout."
>
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>
> On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 9:39 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Where was it we were discussing Helena vs. Monnica? Wasn't it here?
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 8:35 AM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Speaking of saints, the other day I ran across a church calendar I
> liked
> > > very much.
> > >
> > > Instead of the ordinary grid (seven days across, five or six weeks
> down),
> > > it was arranged in a circle, like the wheel of the year. Seasons
> printed
> > in
> > > litirgical colors. Both attractice and useful.
> > >
> > > And guess what? It had QR codes to link to stuff (like a recording of
> the
> > > Exultet).
> > > -M
> > >
> >
>


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