by Eric Sundrup, SJ | Jan 22, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1 min
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. This cookie recipe based on the new mass translation is no exception. I shared the YouTube video with several relatives over the Christmas break, but it seems Commonweal doesn’t like parodies of their parody. Isn’t...
by James T. Keane | Jan 22, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 8 mins
I have a theory. I consider it impossible to read for more than twenty minutes in the academic fields of American literature or Catholic theology without encountering a quote from Flannery O’Connor. Go ahead, try it — pick a book or article from the last 15 years in...
by Jeff Johnson, SJ | Jan 22, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 7 mins
Poetic Diction and the New Translation of the Roman Missal I, too, dislike it. Reading it, however, with a perfect contempt for it, one discovers in it, after all, a place for the genuine. – Marianne Moore, “Poetry” Poets do not like words. Oh, sure, once the words...
by Michael Rozier, SJ | Jan 22, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 8 mins
It’s not the economy, stupid. I know most of the pundits say that the November election will pivot on the state of the economy. But their I-can-only-see-the-story-right-in-front-of-me groupthink forgets what is coming this summer. The dominant issue of the 2012...
by Tony Lusvardi, SJ | Jan 22, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 5 mins
If you listened carefully to the new edition of the Roman Missal rolled out this Advent, you might remember hearing mention of a strange menagerie of heavenly creatures. The Advent Prefaces to the Eucharistic Prayer—the part that begins “It is truly right and just”...
by Brendan Busse, SJ | Jan 22, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 2 mins
Sometimes I feel like the confused rat Emile in the animated film Ratatouille whose brother Remy waves a piece of stinking cheese passionately in front of his nose wondering if he can “detect a certain oaky nuttiness” in its aroma; Emile responds to Remy’s inquiry...
by Michael Rossmann, SJ | Jan 22, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 6 mins
Writing about Tim Tebow was so two weeks ago. Even though the 2011 NFL season will soon be over (leaving me to distract myself with poorly edited YouTube videos of Lob City and the greatest Spanish import since paella), just like driving past a highway accident, I...
