Proclamation of the Incarnation

The whole life of Christ
was a continual passion;
      others die martyrs,
          but Christ was born a martyr.
He found a Golgotha
    (where he was crucified)
             even in Bethlehem,
where he was born;
   for, to his tenderness then,
      the straws were almost as sharp
          as the thorns after;
      and the manger as uneasy at first,
                as his cross at last.
His birth and his death
       were but one continual act,
          and his Christmas Day
             and his Good Friday
               are but the evening
                 and morning
                   of one and the same day.














                                                       JOHN DONNE
















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intentional cause and effect

“Each nation
that has ‘liberal’ abortion laws
has rapidly become,
 if it was not already, a nation of murderers”.
























                                                Elizabeth Anscombe




















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Lemaitre's ontological riddle

As far as I can see,
 such a theory remains
entirely outside any metaphysical or religious question . . .
 It is consonant with Isaiah speaking of the hidden God,
 hidden even in the beginning of the universe.






                                              Fr.  George Lemaitre












.......upon an egg exploding in a microwave
















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visual poem

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_bison#mediaviewer/File:Muybridge_Buffalo_galloping.gif














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facing freezing frost

Winter is not a season, it's an occupation.












                                  —Sinclair Lewis








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the parameters of government

Voltaire wrote,


 "If you want to know who rules over you
 just ask yourself who cannot be criticized."




















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most observations reflect some form of truth

There's nothing more desperate than the sound of DJ music playing in an empty bar.
















                               .......overheard while sipping wine in a helena dive


















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