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which is why they cared abt the historical origins of the Roman rite, the relationships bw its various elements, etc thus also Missale Romanum, which establishes the new missal, justifies itself partly on basis of reform having corrected things in light of “ancient evidences”
example of what i mean it's an example of creative engagement w tradition (also embodied in a textual form by the liturgical press "rites of christian burial" booklet) which i fear was lost after the 60s
very beautiful triptych of St. Michael as a celestial leader of the Allied Forces against the Axis
Otoh it allows certain individuals to amass incredible amts of power over their fellow man so who is to say? /s
the rich ought to pay their fair share but nobody else thinks they're anything but paying danegeld and in reality the top 20% are paying more than before; the rest are not
I think that’s what he is getting at in Discourse 11 (Faith and Doubt), tho he puts on it a spin not sure I would
apparently these are what the new Siena polls say hmmmmm suppose DSA will have to do a lot more swing-state work to get pull
think this is also aspect abt "traddening" and one reason why trads become radicals bc of difficulty they perceive in meeting this great need in regular parish they get radicalized
It has two of them, and this scene is spiritually the equivalent of the ending of The Exprcist
somehow I got Starmer honestly prob my hardest choice obv the ultradevelopmentalist agenda of the Party has been in many ways vindicated by history - this achievement ranks w those of Wen and Jing of Han, w Tang Taizong and Song Taizu but they are also repressive
there is this meditation of St Nicholas of Flüe that has an image of Christ a little similar
the genesis of the Special Editions in one sentence (George Lucas, "The Wizard of Star Wars")
how do you say “enjoy it but feel super guilty abt it and then deny yourself in other ways”