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We’re a nation of puss cakes…

May 8, 2012 by JOB at 1:46 pm

Walt knows it.

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May 7, 2012 by Jonathan Potter at 12:35 am

Speaking of Gioia(s)

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Eating is a morel act.

April 30, 2012 by JOB at 8:19 am

Discuss.

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Anvil or Hammer

April 29, 2012 by Angelico Nguyen, Esq., OP at 10:45 pm

On one side of my family: Huguenot refugees, who settled in America to escape the power of Catholic France.

On the other side: Minh Mang, aka the ‘Nero of Indochina’, scourge of Vietnamese Catholic converts and missionaries.

Gives a certain frisson to the singing of ‘Faith of Our Fathers’, let me tell you.

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‘… Still With You.’

April 8, 2012 by Angelico Nguyen, Esq., OP at 12:00 am

From the Armadio degli Argenti of Blessed John of Fiesole, OP (Fra Angelico), c. 1450

‘… I rose up and am still with you.’

Psalm 139: 18

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‘… His Sepulchre Shall Be Glorious.’

April 6, 2012 by Angelico Nguyen, Esq., OP at 3:25 pm

From the Armadio degli Argenti of Blessed John of Fiesole, OP (Fra Angelico), c. 1450

‘In that day the root of Jesse, who stands for an ensign of the people, him the Gentiles shall beseech, and his sepulchre shall be glorious.’

Isaiah 11: 10

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‘Let Him Not Lose What He So Dear Hath Bought.’

April 6, 2012 by Angelico Nguyen, Esq., OP at 3:00 pm

From Cell 25 of the Convent of San Marco, by Blessed John of Fiesole, OP (Fra Angelico), 15th Century

Think on the very làmentable pain,

Think on the piteous cross of woeful Christ,

Think on His blood beat out at every vein,

Think on His precious heart carvèd in twain,

Think how for thy redemption all was wrought:

Let Him not lose what He so dear hath bought.

–Pico della Mirandola (translated by St Thomas More)

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‘… Wounded for Our Iniquities …’

April 6, 2012 by Angelico Nguyen, Esq., OP at 12:00 pm

From the Armadio degli Argenti of Blessed John of Fiesole, OP (Fra Angelico), c. 1450

‘… he was wounded for our iniquities, he was bruised for our sins….‘

Isaiah 53: 5

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‘They Parted My Garments Among Them….’

April 6, 2012 by Angelico Nguyen, Esq., OP at 11:50 am

From the Armadio degli Argenti of Blessed John of Fiesole, OP (Fra Angelico), c. 1450

‘They parted my garments amongst them; and upon my vesture they cast lots.’

Psalm 22: 19

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‘… He Shall Be Led as a Sheep to the Slaughter …’

April 6, 2012 by Angelico Nguyen, Esq., OP at 10:00 am

From the Armadio degli Argenti of Blessed John of Fiesole, OP (Fra Angelico), c. 1450

‘He was offered because it was his own will, and he opened not his mouth: he shall be led as a sheep to the slaughter, and shall be dumb as a lamb before his shearer, and he shall not open his mouth.’

Isaiah 53: 7