catholic tastes.CANA'S KEN "In this magnificent demonstration of his deity"--and a new twist in the Christian kitsch market--"Christ transforms clear water into the finest red wine." For 100 bucks, Ashton-Drake Galleries offers you this Jesus doll cum clay pots and plastic resin miracle. "We see in His gentle face serene concentration.... And as his strong hands Strong Hands 1. The intention of futures-contract holders to receive delivery of the underlying commodity. 2. A futures-contract holder that is a well-financed speculator. Notes: 1. cradle the clay jug, Jesus summons heavenly power to come to his aid." (Homespun Charm Catalog 2000) QUO VADIS Quo Vadis novel of Rome under Nero, describing the imprisonment, crucifixion, and burning of Christians. [Pol. Lit.: Magill I, 797] See : Persecution HODIE? "The classically minded among us may have noted a new TV ad for Microsoft's Internet Explorer Microsoft's Web browser, which comes with Windows starting with Windows 98. Commonly called "IE," versions for Mac and Unix are also available. Internet Explorer is the most widely used Web browser on the market. It has also been the browser engine in AOL's Internet access software. program," notes an anonymous chain e-mail forwarded to us by author Jim Forest from the Netherlands. It "uses the musical theme of the `Confutatis Maledictis' from Mozart's Requiem. "`Where do you want to go to-day?'" the cheery line on the screen, while the chorus sings `Confutatis maledictis, flammis acribus addictis.' "In case your Latin is rusty, this mean: `The damned and accursed are convicted to the flames of hell.' "Perhaps this isn't really where you want to go today...." "IT'S TRUE, I SWEAR TO GOD!" "Did you hear about the scientists who drilled into the earth's crust, broke straight through to hell, and recorded the screams of the damned before their microphone melted?" asks Kathy Shaidle Kathy Shaidle (born 7 May 1964) is a Canadian Roman Catholic author, columnist and poet. Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Shaidle studied at Sheridan College. Since the mid-1980s she has worked in Toronto, eventually talking up a post at the Catholic New Times magazine. in the Toronto Star The Toronto Star is Canada's highest-circulation newspaper, though its print edition is distributed almost entirely within Ontario. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd., a division of Star Media Group, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation. . "Rich Buhler, a Christian talk radio host, said he received so many calls about this one that he decided to investigate it himself." He dialed the overseas phone number listed on press releases about the story and got "a bemused Norwegian fellow" on the line who admitted he had made the whole thing up. "On a trip to the U.S. he'd been so appalled by how gullible Americans seemed that he sent a `news story' about the diabolical discovery to Christian media outlets. Just as the prankster predicted, dozens of sermons, articles, Web pages, and talk shows earnestly reported the `hole into hell' before anyone bothered phoning him to corroborate To support or enhance the believability of a fact or assertion by the presentation of additional information that confirms the truthfulness of the item. The testimony of a witness is corroborated if subsequent evidence, such as a coroner's report or the testimony of other the `facts.'" (Reprinted in The Door, May/ June 2000) NOT LOST "What we have today is not a secular culture for us to denounce, but a spiritually interested culture for us to dialogue with." --John Shea (quoted in Call to Action News, Spring 2000) NOT SURPRISED "God is not disillusioned dis·il·lu·sion tr.v. dis·il·lu·sioned, dis·il·lu·sion·ing, dis·il·lu·sions To free or deprive of illusion. n. 1. The act of disenchanting. 2. The condition or fact of being disenchanted. with us. He never had any illusions to begin with." --Evangelist Luis Palau (quoted in Current Thoughts & Trends, March 2000) NOT IMPRESSED "I used to think priests knew everything. Now I worry because you are a priest and I know anything." --What Father Lorenzo Albacete's mother told him on his ordination day (according to Albacete, in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times Magazine, May 7, 2000) |
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