"I say he's innocent of the charge. If you say he's guilty, then we'll fight and God will decide the truth of it" "My German friend is a close student of the law..."

Þe Wonys und Futur Troubadour

Cold be hand & heart & bone, & cold be sleep under stone: never mare to wake on stony bed, never, till the Sun fails & the Moon is dead. In the black wind the stars shall die, & still on gold here let them lie, till the dark lord lifts his hand over dead sea & withered land.

And, of course, the good Cardinal is wrong.

Haben Sie den guten Weihbischof gefragt, wie dies zur Erlösung der Seelen führt? Das haben Sie nicht? Faszinierend.

Those drawings contained the plan for a Grand Tour, perhaps Brendan's own unfulfilled mission. These designs remained with the Holy Office until JFK assumed the US Presidency, and introduced the plans to NASA. Those sketches were the blueprint for the Voyager Program.

Sadly, Brendan would not make a recovery from the impact that had claimed his companion. Having received Extreme Unction and Viaticum from the Holy Father, Brendan provided one final series of sketches for the Brothers to maintain until the time was right.

The Far Traveler provided assistance in the Galileo affair, giving empirical evidence that Copernicus and Galileo were not quite right, and helping the Holy Office keep to reason in the face of pompous attacks.

At peace, Brendan (of course), surprised himself to find Finnish a common language between him and the Brothers, would tell them in his moments of easy speech tales of his journeys. He showed them things in drawings, like how to move cannons up a mountain.

Inspired by the Word and tales of other voyagers like himself, he requested baptism and confirmation, and, as no impediment was found, received the Sacraments and was admitted to Holy Communion.

One of the travelers had perished. The other received care for his wounds though remained on the brink of death. To lift his spirit, the Brothers regaled him (in Finnish, who would have guessed?) with the Lives of the Saints and preached to him the Good News

Remilitarize the Catholic Orders

Remilitarize the Catholic Orders

Attend well, this is likely to end up as some of the most important work on this topic for this era in our lifetime. Hopefully it paves the way for more serious and reflective takes on 1970.

The number of kids abused by school staff, in just the last decade, dwarfs, by an order of magnitude at least, the number of kids who were harmed by the clergy abuse scandal of the 20th century. The Church at least has tried to correct this, schools not so much.

And of course, the good Cardinal is wrong. Remilitarize the Catholic Orders.

Of course, a much more sensible solution would be to take Oma's old Buick and drape upon it the colors of the Doppeladler while regaling said protestors with the anthem of a true leader: Gott ehralte Franz den Kaiser The recent feast of Bl. Karl would have been a good day for it

A local "No Kings" protest took place at one of the few intersections served by a roundabout in this area. Brother-in-law, a good, solid Pole in his own right, had the idea of rigging his 4x4 to display emblems of the british monarchy while blaring "God Save the King" on repeat

When you're actually talking about other (full) humans, every other description that mentions their appearance comments solely on their actions - like the Men long in Sauron's service who didn't surrender on the Pelennor after it was apparent they lost.

"He wondered what the man's name was & where he came from; & if he was really evil of heart, or what lies or threats had led him on the long march from his home; & if he would not really rather have stayed there in peace..." - Sam Only time LOTR opines on "people of color"

Ah, it gets worse! This reprobate was caught doing triple digits in a 55 mph zone, and got off rather easy with a community service sentence. The only problem is the community service was for his own campaign... That is an even more egregious ethical violation. Disbar him