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Let Us Now Praise Minor Players
Candlemas At the center of Covent Garden in London lies St. Paul’s Church. Known as the “Actor’s Church,” it lies close to Drury Lane, the Royal Opera House, and the West End Theater District. The church’s portico features in both Shaw’s Pygmalion and My Fair Lady, (although in the movie it’s actually a Hollywood set, not the building itself.) Inside the church one finds … Read More Let Us Now Praise Minor Players
Duly Noted
Confession of St. Peter When the Cleveland / Los Angeles / Anaheim / St. Louis / Los Angeles Rams eliminated the Dallas Cowboys from Super Bowl contention, the holiday season officially closed in Texas. (It ran a couple of weeks longer than usual this year.) The presents have been opened, the roast beast carved and devoured, families kissed goodbye and sent on their way, … Read More Duly Noted
The Word Made Flesh
Feast of the Epiphany, 2019 Anne and I spent this holiday season in the most holy of ways – with a house joyously filled with our son and his wife, our daughter, and, for the first time, our grandson Ryan, all visiting from the north. We planned a coming out party of sorts for baby Ryan the Friday after Christmas – the 28th, as … Read More The Word Made Flesh
Word of the Year
Holy Name Day, 2019 The publisher Merriam-Webster announced last month that it had selected “justice” as the 2018 “word of the year.” The announcement said: The concept of justice was at the center of many of our national debates in the past year: racial justice, social justice, criminal justice, economic justice. In any conversation about these topics, the question of just what exactly we … Read More Word of the Year
justice and mercy 