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The Stone Owl: Joe Connelly on Anxiety
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Since October 18, 2003 (but we changed the name). Wednesday, April 22, 2015. Joe Connelly on Anxiety. There's a remarkable description of anxiety and it's role in illness and medical trauma from Joe Connelly in his novel. Bringing out the Dead. The novel is told in the first person by the main character, a paramedic in Manhattan in the 1980's. Here's the quote:. Posted by Samuel J. Howard. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Samuel J. Howard. New York City, United States. View my complete profile.
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The Stone Owl: November 2013
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Since October 18, 2003 (but we changed the name). Sunday, November 03, 2013. From Robert Hugh Benson. Discussion of papal primacy and particularly infallibility from Robert Hugh Benson's memoir of his conversion, Confessions of a Convert. Posted by Samuel J. Howard. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Samuel J. Howard. New York City, United States. View my complete profile. Follow Me on Twitter. Shrine of the Holy Whapping. Society of St. Hugh of Cluny. Fr Hunwicke's Liturgical Notes.
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The Stone Owl: January 2013
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Since October 18, 2003 (but we changed the name). Tuesday, January 22, 2013. Kimball on Kramer on Modernism and Postmodernism. Roger Kimball, "Hilton Kramer and the critical temper,". Posted by Samuel J. Howard. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Samuel J. Howard. New York City, United States. View my complete profile. Follow Me on Twitter. Shrine of the Holy Whapping. Society of St. Hugh of Cluny. Fr Hunwicke's Liturgical Notes. In Light of the Law. John L. Allen, Jr.
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The Stone Owl: The Gospel Shatters Our Expectations
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Since October 18, 2003 (but we changed the name). Friday, August 09, 2013. The Gospel Shatters Our Expectations. Orthodox priest and theologian David Bentley Hart writes in the most recent. August /September 2013) about how we should look at Christian civilization in its historic glories, with its historic flaws, and considering its current "exhausted" state. The article is titled " No Enduring City. And while I don't agree with every one of his judgments, the conclusion is luminous:. Samuel J. Howard.
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The Stone Owl: September 2012
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Since October 18, 2003 (but we changed the name). Saturday, September 08, 2012. I was reading the Wikipedia article about ultramarathoner Pat Farmer. Who did a Pole-to-Pole run, departing the North Pole on April 8, 2011 and arriving at the South Pole January 19, 2012. As I'm reading I say, "Oooh, he's Catholic." This being the post- Seigenthaler incident. Wikipedia, there's a reference footnote. I click it. Up pops the citation:. Posted by Samuel J. Howard. Links to this post. Thursday, September 06, 2012.
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The Stone Owl: August 2013
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Since October 18, 2003 (but we changed the name). Wednesday, August 14, 2013. Temptations on Feast Days. Was asked, "Geronta, why do temptations often occur on feast days? Don’t you know? On feast days, Christ, the Panagia, and the Saints are joyful. They treat people, giving blessings and spiritual gifts. If parents give gifts when their children celebrate their namedays and kings release prisoners when a prince is born, why shouldn’t the Saints care for us on special occasions, too? Links to this post.
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The Stone Owl: Temptations on Feast Days
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Since October 18, 2003 (but we changed the name). Wednesday, August 14, 2013. Temptations on Feast Days. Was asked, "Geronta, why do temptations often occur on feast days? Don’t you know? On feast days, Christ, the Panagia, and the Saints are joyful. They treat people, giving blessings and spiritual gifts. If parents give gifts when their children celebrate their namedays and kings release prisoners when a prince is born, why shouldn’t the Saints care for us on special occasions, too? Samuel J. Howard.
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The Stone Owl: September 2013
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Since October 18, 2003 (but we changed the name). Tuesday, September 10, 2013. Neo-Latinity in Early America. James Raven writes about neo-Latinity in early America in his review of Roger E. Stoddard's A Bibliographical Description of Books and Pamphlets of American Verse Printed From 1610 Through 1820. In the July 19 Times Literary Supplement. 1997), quoted a poem by John Seccomb (1728):. At Ten this Morn. Dear Friend, Your Most. Receiv'd your Packet by the Post,. Kiss'd the out-side, broke up the Seal-o.
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The Stone Owl: July 2013
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Since October 18, 2003 (but we changed the name). Sunday, July 07, 2013. Modern Myths and Dissipated Ones. William Logan writing about Sylvia Plath and modern myths:. From "You Must Not Take It So Hard, Madame," originally published in Salamagundi. Summer-fall, 2002 and republished in The Undiscovered Country: Poetry in the Age of Tin. Posted by Samuel J. Howard. Links to this post. Saturday, July 06, 2013. The Boston Press in '68 . and Every Year. In " The Short Season. A 1968 New Yorker.
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The Stone Owl: October 2012
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Since October 18, 2003 (but we changed the name). Sunday, October 28, 2012. Fr Aidan (Alvin) Kimel the Russian Orthodox, formerly Roman Catholic. Formerly Anglican priest who was behind Pontifications. Back in the day is back with a new blog, Eclectic Orthodoxy. Over at the Byzantine Forum. He humbly writes, "I don't know if it will prove of interest to anyone but myself." Hah, very unlikely that no one would be interested. Posted by Samuel J. Howard. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
