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  1. Hamlet7768

    They. Off Topic, Sort of

    The singular "they" is neither new nor unusual--it's older than Shakespeare at a cursory lookup, and eminently useful when the gender of the antecedent is not known, eg: "Someone left their book here." It isn't until the mid-1700s that grammatical prescriptivists tried to suppress it, first with...
  2. Hamlet7768

    Anthony Hopkins’ powerful reminder to all after LA fire destroyed home

    Huh, I had no idea he was Herod. Makes me want to check the movie out now--I've heard it was alright, and I'll enjoy Hopkins in basically anything. More than a great actor, he seems like a good man.
  3. Hamlet7768

    Pope Francis appoints first-ever woman to head Vatican dicastery

    And the population overall has gone up, so the same absolute number is relatively fewer. Happy that my diocese has many vocations.
  4. Hamlet7768

    Pope Francis appoints first-ever woman to head Vatican dicastery

    Okay, religious sister. Nun sounded snappier in my head. The point stands: are we really going to call this "modern feminism", appointing a religious sister to head a dicastery related to religious life? Sounds like she's qualified in one front, at least. And it's worth noting that the...
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    Pope Francis appoints first-ever woman to head Vatican dicastery

    Really? She's a nun.
  6. Hamlet7768

    Sagrada Familía basilica in Barcelona inaugurates the towers of the Evangelists

    Let's go! Those towers look awesome. I went to the basilica a couple years ago and can only describe it as astonishing. Admittedly, after seeing all the magnificent retablos behind the old high altars of other Spanish churches, the altar in the Sagrada Familia is...pretty underwhelming...
  7. Hamlet7768

    Diocese reverses hymn ban in favor of ‘synodal’ selection of sacred music

    I wouldn't play an organ, either! I used to be very opposed to guitar at Mass, but I've moderated my stance somewhat. Still not a fan, mind you, but given that it's my parents' parish and the other points in its favor, I'm not going to say it's a bad parish simply because their music isn't to my...
  8. Hamlet7768

    Help me to understand this biblical (seeming) contradiction.

    The typical Catholic answer to this is to obey your parents unless they command you to commit sin. As Riley said, Jesus comes first--trusting in Him will give you the discernment to apply the principle I mention to more delicate situations.
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    Diocese reverses hymn ban in favor of ‘synodal’ selection of sacred music

    I love "O Come O Come Emmanuel"--the tune is actually from the original medieval chant! If you want an actually more upbeat hymn with similar lyrics, Steve Angrisano wrote a nice one called "Emmanuel," which I'll embed below. Necessary caveat: this is much more contemporary in arrangement...
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    Medium density Eco-cities as an answer to suburban sprawl and climate change?

    It's a great idea, but I think there are few places that could be developed from the ground up with this in mind. We may have to think in terms of repairing/condensing the sprawl that exists. Though I am blessed to be moving to a place that was established along similar philosophical lines back...
  11. Hamlet7768

    Catholics To Battle Satanic Mass

    A new update from Twitter: while I'm not in Atlanta and can't verify this personally, it seems that it's not an "actual Black Mass" with a consecrated Host. Just a Satan-themed concert/burlesque. Still bad, but not as bad as a true Black Mass. Still could use a good ol' Rosary outside, maybe.
  12. Hamlet7768

    Has AI generated an accurate image of the man on the Shroud?

    Very skeptical of anything AI—the hype is hollow and the cost is immense. This particular finishing reminds me of the pictures I've seen that are taken from the Shroud, though. I still don't know what to make of it. It feels like for everything I read in favor of it, I read something else...
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    No, There is No Technology to Contorol Hurricanes

    True. At least HAARP also gave us the name of a rockin' Muse album.
  14. Hamlet7768

    No, There is No Technology to Contorol Hurricanes

    At least HAARP is a real thing—though it's just for looking at aurorae, not even anything do to with weather observation, much less control.
  15. Hamlet7768

    Some advice on a girl I’m taking to?

    Sometimes what someone most needs in their journey to holiness is someone else who can be Christ for them. Faith doesn't guarantee perfection in our human frailty. As a priest friend of mine likes to say, the struggle is the victory. What does she mean when she says she doesn't consider herself...
  16. Hamlet7768

    Latin Patriarchate condemns reported raid by Israeli forces on Gaza Catholic school

    Can't say I'm surprised. It's sickening how blatant Israel's contempt for human life seems to have become. Once, it seemed like a much more complex situation. Now it's just a greater evil against a lesser evil that it created, a desecration of the Holy Land.
  17. Hamlet7768

    Abp Vigano: Has Pope Francis now ‘disavowed’ being Vicar of Christ?

    Who purchased them? Just curious. I haven't trusted LSN for a while and wasn't inclined to start, but I didn't know it could have been linked to someone buying the site. I know at some point it changed from being about the pro-life movement to being something like the cable news of Catholic media.
  18. Hamlet7768

    DRIVE THRU CONFESSION???

    The way I put it is this: It is conceivable that there are people who are not Catholic and still will be saved by the grace of God. However, they are saved in spite of their error, not because they weren't in error at all. That is one reason why it's so important to pray and work for real unity...
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    DRIVE THRU CONFESSION???

    Ask and you shall receive: https://sophiainstituteforteachers.org/curriculum/lesson/six-early-church-fathers-on-confession/print Though Tertullian and Origen aren't saints, their testimony as Fathers is still valuable (and I personally think Origen got the shaft, but that's off-topic)...
  20. Hamlet7768

    DRIVE THRU CONFESSION???

    A cursory look found quite a few quotes from Church Fathers about the importance of confessing sins, but we can leave this aside, since I sense it's not really important. Never heard this. Infant baptism is biblical and it's been defended by Fathers since Origen. "Confession of desire" is a...
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