tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37222179.post1465270688363920091..comments2023-06-20T07:19:44.412-04:00Comments on The Four Mass'keteers: Divine Mercy Sunday +David Nybakkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13172189118334371454noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37222179.post-86562168635283008572007-04-15T21:22:00.000-04:002007-04-15T21:22:00.000-04:00But just at that moment, there comes a great rende...But <EM>just</EM> at that moment, there comes a great rendering, smiting, smoting, and <EM>crashing</EM> asunder. Lo! it be the harrowing of the netherworld --<BR/><BR/>"Come unto Me, all ye who toil and are heavy laden. For my burden is light, and my yoke it is light" saith He who <EM>is</EM> Light and Life.<BR/><BR/><EM>BLAST AND DAMN!</EM> saith the Darkness.<BR/><BR/>"All manner o' things shall be most well," saith Lady Julian of Norwich.<BR/><BR/>Aye, now, gentle reader. Aye.Athoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09158421880497827083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37222179.post-34349550909745545182007-04-15T17:08:00.000-04:002007-04-15T17:08:00.000-04:00That's harsh. What if it's just . . . overdue?Some...That's harsh. What if it's just . . . <EM>overdue</EM>?<BR/><BR/>Something Monty Python-esque, John Cleese-ish, methinks, Porthos.<BR/><BR/>His Darkness scans the curse in light of this development:<BR/><BR/>"Well, I say. It <EM>doesn't</EM> say a thing about overdue books here. Let's straighten in all out by a teensy-weensy change in the final clause, shall we? Try to make <EM>everybody</EM>, what?<BR/><BR/>How about this: ...and when at last he goeth to his final punishment,<BR/>let the flames of Hell consume him for ever minus a <EM>day</EM>. There! Everyone happy now? (Not waiting for an answer) Good! Now, back to work in the cesspool with you! Off you go! There's a good chap.Athoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09158421880497827083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37222179.post-27433839286234076632007-04-15T16:38:00.000-04:002007-04-15T16:38:00.000-04:00That's harsh. What if it's just . . . overdue?Tha...That's harsh. What if it's just . . . <I>overdue</I>?<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the Divine Mercy word! I almost missed that (yesterday) was Divine Mercy Sunday, but was Providentially reminded in the waning hours of the day.Porthoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15068816321548529889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37222179.post-29949824707479526472007-04-15T13:58:00.000-04:002007-04-15T13:58:00.000-04:00On the other hand:A Curse Against Book StealersFor...On the other hand:<BR/><BR/>A Curse Against Book Stealers<BR/><BR/><EM>For him that stealeth a book from this library,<BR/>let it change into a serpent in his hand and rend him.<BR/>Let him be struck with palsy,<BR/>and all his members blasted.<BR/>Let him languish in pain crying aloud for mercy,<BR/>and let there be no surcease to his agony<BR/>till he sink to dissolution.<BR/>Let bookworms gnaw his entrails in token of the worm that dieth not,<BR/>and when at last he goeth to his final punishment,<BR/>let the flames of Hell consume him for ever and aye.</EM><BR/><BR/>- From the monastery of San Pedro, BarcelonaAthoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09158421880497827083noreply@blogger.com