tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post2864847436226690321..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: The TriduumFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-35323667565232040542016-03-29T12:27:30.552-04:002016-03-29T12:27:30.552-04:00"The Triduum is a difficult interval for me. ..."The Triduum is a difficult interval for me. Though it might seem paradoxical, it compels me to revisit the years I spent away from God: to muse over those of my faults and personality quirks that led me to leave faith behind, and also over the series of events and private experiences that caused me to return to it."<br />Yes. Additionally, Holy Week always makes me comtemplative about my current life and the ways I have failed (and always will in some form) to reflect Jesus in my life. But always, always, always is the wonder that He would lay down His life for mine. That is a thought always knocking around but during Holy Week takes center stage.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-5997251994510805522016-03-25T07:04:53.803-04:002016-03-25T07:04:53.803-04:00I have to disagree with you about 1984 being a wel...I have to disagree with you about 1984 being a well-known novel. It USED to be - in the 60's, 70's, even into the 80's, it was generally taught in high schools in the USA.<br /><br />No more - the English departments used other dystopian novels, many of them. The kids like the novels, relate to the bleak stories.<br /><br />I have a hypothesis about 1984 - it's too real, too close to reality. As a result, it has to be suppressed. In a time of tight school budgets, there is no logical reason why such a wide-available, and - frankly - cheap novel would not be preferred to the more modern - and expensive - novels that replaced it.<br /><br />Except one reason - the readers might come to understand the tyranny of a Socialist, benevolent overlord, and begin to question their own overlords.Linda Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15024201252345608291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-43061875847718692862016-03-24T23:56:23.847-04:002016-03-24T23:56:23.847-04:00Uhhh, Fran, "Hoc Est Enim Corpus Meum" i...Uhhh, Fran, "Hoc Est Enim Corpus Meum" is still heard in the Church tonight, but not tomorrow.doubletroublehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04378163493817522427noreply@blogger.com