[Kolokotronis]

"I don't know .... Sounds pagan to me ....


Heh heh heh"

Hey! Watch it there, Bubba.

I keep a bottle right here next to the computer, seriously. I use it occasionally too, on the computer. The screen hasn't sizzled yet, but I expect it will one day!

[Mad Dawg]

You know, I'm all over apophatic versus, uh, lotsandlots-o'-phatic, but one of my favorite phrases of Our Lord is "Shaken down, pressed together, running over". And I love the generousness we see in God's ways and means of providing "grace upon grace" to the faithful.

The austerity (not to say astringency) of my high Anglican liturgical background always makes me feel a little embarrassed at, say, genuflecting or kissing. I was asking my priest what the prescribed gesture of reverence was when one approaches the Blessed Sacrament, and in the US it is a bow from the waist. But my inclination (no pun) is to a prostration. So it's nice to be in a company with those who say "Let yourself go! You want a blessing? Here's some water! You want an efficacious window into the Divine? Here's an Icon! Enjoy! Use! Rejoice! Take heart!"

Feeling a little silly, I went to kneel before our church's icon of Dominic to ask his intercession in my current vocational adventure. I am unused to generosity, and must keep telling myself, "Shaken down, pressed together, running over."

[ArrogantBustard]

Bubba.

Interesting choice of names ... sprinkle some on "Bubba" (Clinton) ... then duck-n-cover!