Orthodixie

There are sceptical thoughts, which seem for a moment to uproot the firmest faith; there are blasphemous thoughts which dart unbidden into the most reverent souls; there are unholy thoughts, which torture with their hateful presence the fancy that would fain be pure. Against all these some real mental work is a most helpful ally. That “unclean spirit” of the parable, who brought back with him seven others more wicked that himself, only did so because he found the chamber “swept and garnished,” and its owner sitting with folded hands: had he found it all alive with the “busy hum” of active work, there would have been scant welcome for him and his seven!

— Deacon Charles Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll), taken from Lewis Carroll – A Biography.

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Be very afraid.

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Oh, and, Happy Feast.

Until I saw these two pics I thought maybe Fr John Whiteford was pulling our leg about being in the Official Delegation over in Russia.

Here’s proof. (He’s the tall one with the beard — under the light, and in front of the column.)

UPDATE: David Stone provides a wonderful picture — Fr John, shall we say, has the cooler head …

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S’prazdnikom!

Okay, so here’s where I always get labeled a kook by those who are really really big time smart, but …

Astronomers have used a unique process to determine that a star in our galaxy is nearly as old as the universe itself.

Pray tell, how old is the universe?

The star is 13.2 billion years old, while the universe dates back 13.7 billion years, according to the European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (ESO).

Which brings up the question, at least in my mind: What preceded the universe?

The organisation said “this star very clearly formed very early in the life of our own galaxy,” which is believed to itself have formed soon after the Big Bang.

Ah, yes. Which begs the question: “If a universe is born of a big ol’ bang, and there’s no one there to hear it, does it make any noise?”

The story.

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