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Who ever countedour myriad passagesthrough silent confinesof corridors and hallsin ordered rhythmic trafficon porous yellow tiles?
Thursday, July 12, 2018
Notes of a Young Seminarian ~ 1947
Sunday, July 01, 2018
Thursday, June 28, 2018
Weighty Distractions ~
American monks cannot keep their thoughts on things spiritual nowadays because their minds are distracted by the plaguing question so many are asking: What kind of a country are we becoming?
Tuesday, June 05, 2018
Notes of a Young Seminarian ~ 1947
85We had all the orderof the Parthenonwithin those walls,for You hewedinto our dimensionsthe pillarsof Your presence.How could we have ever seenthat our poor yellow brickswere crumbling?
Sunday, May 27, 2018
Words Written on a Dilapidated House ~
Yipee! Wir sind am Ziel unserer Träume.
Translation:
Translation:
Yipee! We have reached the goal of our dreams.
Monday, March 26, 2018
Friday, March 23, 2018
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Cardinal Karl Lehmann ~ Bishop of Mainz, Germany
† March 11, 2017
In an interview with SWRadio this extraordinary, fearless bishop stated that when all is said and done he would believe neither in the Church nor in Christianity, but in God alone. For God will always exist -- the Church, on the other hand, perhaps not.
Wednesday, March 07, 2018
Revving Up~
When will he be advocating that pastors and priests start toting a pistol?
Monday, February 05, 2018
A Measure of Power ~
. . . and none of the players kneeled or remained on the bench during the National Anthem at the Super Bowl . . .
Sunday, January 28, 2018
Winter Morning at Sunrise ~
I look out over the wide field covered with snow and imagine it will one day be green with grass, or brown with wheat swaying in the breeze. Ah--I must be dreaming.
Friday, January 12, 2018
A Measure of Power ~
. . . when in the presence of six senators he could say "Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?" . . . and no one reacts.
Thursday, January 11, 2018
They All Do It ~
Here in Germany the Volkswagen bosses are breathing a sigh of relief and gleefully clapping their hands on hearing that Ford USA has been caught cheating with diesel emissions.
Saturday, December 30, 2017
Climate Change ~
It has warmed up so much that the snowman the grandchildren made sunk down on its knees and lost its carrot nose.
Wednesday, December 13, 2017
Wednesday, December 06, 2017
American Future? ~
I am beginning to see States breaking away from the Union as a result of growing division due to viral political convictions.
Thursday, November 23, 2017
Thanksgiving 2017 ~
What will the topic of conversation be today when families sit down to enjoy a Thanksgiving meal?
Monday, November 13, 2017
Playing the Piano ~
I am beginning to feel something new going on with my hands when playing. It seems as if they are no longer two separate instruments. I can feel them as one, giving the feeling I am gently throwing balls, like a juggler, from one to the another.
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