the purpose of a system is what it does
Luff up and touch
where can that Floris board be found? Using futo but it needs a lot of work yet. great for speech to text.
Estoy sentado
en el suelo
de una habitaciΓ³n desocupada,
el retrato de una joven
no deja de mirarme
mientras una vela se consume
dando vida a la estancia.
Ignoro el tiempo transcurrido,
menosprecio el que vendrΓ‘.
Es fΓ‘cil sentir cerca la muerte
admirando el pΓ‘bilo doblegado
especulando de manera vaga
cuando reinarΓ‘ la noche.
(Javier SolΓ©, poema βEstancia en penumbraβ
Del libro de poemas βLas hilanderasβ)
#espaΓ±ol #poesia #poemas #catolico 
"It's always good to get some new data about just how fragile a good archive really is."
Perhaps Jesus was not actually concerned about his followers being so impenetrably thick that they couldnβt tell the difference between a weak human being born to die, and the βimmortal invisible God only wiseββ¦ I would suggest that using words like βholy fatherβ in analogous senses about two such radically different orders of being is so commonplace as to not require comment or defense, and certainly creates no confusion on the part of anyone older than the age of three.
I get called Jesus and God all the time β¦ by three year olds. Everyone else just chuckles.
I also work regularly with evangelical, Bible-only Christians who want nothing to do with calling me Father. I explain to them that itβs more a reminder to me that I am called to lay down my life, as fathers must, rather than to demand blind obedience from Godβs flock. My parishioners certainly donβt obey me blindly. I invite the Sola Scriptura Christians to use the title, in that sense, as an act of charity. They always decline, so there are a few terms I suggest as alternatives. In the end, if they call me Nick, Iβm not worried about it, but I pray for an increase in brotherly love on the part of my fellow believers. π
A birthday blessing to you, gratitude for the gift of life, and hope of heaven!
Pope?
Or, Nope?
#catholic #pope
Pope?
Or, Nope?
#catholic #catholicism #pope #vatican
Basically, the plot of Revenant, no? π
On the phone with the police to file a report for theft on the property. Officer ends the call with "Have a better day"
I will man, I will.
How to not binge watch a series:
Never try to tear yourself away at the END of an episode. They have you on tenterhooks. Roll with it... and then pick some B roll a third of the way through the episode. Way easier to walk away. #lifehack #plebchain #grownostr
This is the way π«‘
Clean that rifle π and tune that bow πΉ
A PIECE OF THE PUZZLE - homily for the 22nd Sunday
(Still looking for a better way to embed podcasts than Spotify. Open to suggestions.)
A PIECE OF THE PUZZLE - Homily for the 22nd Sunday
#ivf #catholic #sundaysermon
Google camera can be downloaded from the play store. Easy to remove permissions.
I enjoyed listening to Michael Palinβs Erebus, about the polar explorations conducted by the ship of that name, and its companion ship HMS Terror. They were bomb ships created at the end of the Napoleonic era, present at the shelling of Baltimore (?) during the war of 1812. Whatever battle the Star-Spangled Banner commemorates.
They were retired from naval service not long after being launched, almost being obsolete as soon as they were built, but their reinforced hulls were ideal for plowing through sea ice. Incredibly, they did so under sail alone. HMS Erebus was discovered in the Arctic in 2016 or so and HMS Terror not long after. Their voyages all sound harrowing but particularly the last, of course. Conrad mentions them in Heart of Darkness. There are all sorts of lively characters and of course the usual preening superiority towards past attitudes and practices.
I think one of the favorable qualities of the historical books I most enjoy is that they do not allow a contemporary perspective to intervene and attempt to demonstrate βourβ superiority to the people of the past. The author's voice is totally subsumed into the charactersβ. I find the interjection of authorial voice so irritating as to cause me to stop reading the second I detect it. I tried listening to Erik Larsenβs new book on the start of the civil war but made the mistake of starting with the Introduction and had to return it.
A new rule Iβm considering putting into place is to never, ever, ever read introductions, and perhaps even avoid books that contain them entirely.
Iβm scratching my head here:
My Nostr profile loads just fine on nostr:npub1n0stur7q092gyverzc2wfc00e8egkrdnnqq3alhv7p072u89m5es5mk6h0 and nostr:npub142gywvjkq0dv6nupggyn2euhx4nduwc7yz5f24ah9rpmunr2s39se3xrj0 but when I open Nostr on desktop, my profile wonβt load. Doesnβt matter what clientβ¦ nostr:npub13myx4j0pp9uenpjjq68wdvqzywuwxfj64welu28mdvaku222mjtqzqv3qk nostr:npub1wyuh3scfgzqmxn709a2fzuemps389rxnk7nfgege6s847zze3tuqfl87ez nostr:npub1sn0rtcjcf543gj4wsg7fa59s700d5ztys5ctj0g69g2x6802npjqhjjtws
#asknostr
The sepulcher of the great Carmelite Teresa of Avila secured in a 10-of-10 multisig vault #catholic #bitcoin #multisig 