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Looking for a good book for the Year of Mercy? Read Lord of the Rings
Catholic World Report ^
| April 26, 2016
| Elizabeth Anderson
Posted on 04/27/2016 4:25:23 AM PDT by NYer
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To: vladimir998
Not a comparison - just a prediction of what this Pope is capable of!!!
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posted on
04/27/2016 9:22:33 AM PDT
by
miss marmelstein
(Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Turks (Muslims))
To: SubMareener
great sign in the heavens will happen September 23-24, 2017. Or not.
Probably not.
Given the end-timers' God-awful prophecy track record, more likely not than so.
And if it's so (for once), not much you can do about it other than accepting Christ. It's not like it's a black tie affair. It's pretty much come as you are.
Meantime, it's nice to have a good book to read.
To: NYer
If I was feeling mischievous, I’d suggest Harry Potter.
But I’m not, so I won’t. :-0
To: Larry Lucido
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posted on
04/27/2016 10:17:35 AM PDT
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SubMareener
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To: NYer
I’ve never been drawn to read fantasy but recently began “The Fellowship of the Ring”.
It’s fantastic!
Tolkien is one of the very best writers I’ve read.
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posted on
04/27/2016 10:22:56 AM PDT
by
pax_et_bonum
(Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
To: SubMareener
And I’m sure on September 24th you’ll go on to your next prophecy.
To: pax_et_bonum
My mother rarely took me to church. But she read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings to me at an early age. My mind was ablaze with the story. I have loved it more than any work of fiction I have ever read. Later in life, after reading it several times, I realized how Tolkien was teaching the necessity of grace and trying to give a feeling for how even the most foul person needs and deserves it with the right attitude *repentance”. The author of this piece misses the most important moment of the Frodo, Gollum, Sam dynamic. I will let you discover it for yourself.
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posted on
04/27/2016 11:21:37 AM PDT
by
smaug6
(We can't afford to be innocent!! Stand up and face the enemy.)
To: SubMareener
Well, Free Republic isn’t “needed” either, but we still hope it will be an avenue of grace for some. Or else what are we doing here?
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posted on
04/27/2016 1:55:14 PM PDT
by
Mrs. Don-o
(Stone cold sober, as a matter of fact.)
To: SubMareener; Ken H
I think this is based on an astrological interpretation and thus discountenanced in terms of Christian faith. Christ recommended neither speculation about exactly when "the End" would some, nor astrology.
We are indeed in the End Times -- have been since Pentecost. The Time of the Church is the Time of the End.
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posted on
04/27/2016 1:58:50 PM PDT
by
Mrs. Don-o
(Stone cold sober, as a matter of fact.)
To: pax_et_bonum
Ive never been drawn to read fantasy but recently began The Fellowship of the Ring. Its fantastic! Yes!!! I read LOTR a long time ago and was so excited when Peter Jackson announced his plans to film it. Fantasy can be so difficult to translate to film. From the time the filming began, I followed Jackson's interpretation and was thrilled by the final product. In the end, though, the book remains far superior to any of the films. From the 1st page, Tolkien draws the reader into his world, leaving us captivated. The theme of good vs bad stares us in the face, challenging our recognition of it in our own world. LOTR is a masterpiece.
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posted on
04/27/2016 2:28:05 PM PDT
by
NYer
(Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy them. Mt 6:19)
To: smaug6
It is gorgeous!
Looking forward to the moment you refrained from describing. :-)
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posted on
04/27/2016 4:39:52 PM PDT
by
pax_et_bonum
(Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
To: NYer
I’ve seen one of the movies but have put the movie-watching on hold until I finish the books.
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posted on
04/27/2016 4:48:29 PM PDT
by
pax_et_bonum
(Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
To: miss marmelstein
I loved Surprised By Joy and gave to my atheist daughter; when I described it on the phone she said she’d like it; and admitted she has Screwtape!
I always hope for her.
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posted on
04/27/2016 4:48:45 PM PDT
by
little jeremiah
(Half the truth is often a great lie. B. Franklin)
To: NYer
Putting Amazing Back Into Grace
Fits the bill perfectly!
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posted on
04/27/2016 5:09:53 PM PDT
by
Gamecock
( Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul...Matthew 10:28)
To: little jeremiah
It’s a lovely book and the basis for that nice play Shadowlands. I never saw the movie which I hear is very good.
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posted on
04/27/2016 6:16:31 PM PDT
by
miss marmelstein
(Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Turks (Muslims))
To: miss marmelstein
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posted on
04/27/2016 7:05:47 PM PDT
by
Coleus
(For the sake of His sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.)
To: Coleus
We must whisper our opinion!
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posted on
04/27/2016 7:10:43 PM PDT
by
miss marmelstein
(Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Turks (Muslims))
To: NYer
Happen to be reading it now, a bit each night before falling asleep.
Found a like-new, hardcover copy at charity table and grabbed it.
It’s good to read once more before my inevitable departure.
I’m at, ‘The Passage of the Marshes’, in The Two Towers
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posted on
04/27/2016 7:23:37 PM PDT
by
kanawa
(Being an insider in a fight with other insiders does not make you an outsider.)
To: miss marmelstein
Surprised by Joy is lovely but I have to say that "A Grief Observed" is by far the best (IMHO) C.S. Lewis book.
If you are not in the middle of loss it is interesting to compare it to "The Problem with Pain" and watch the theoretical contrast with reality, the head and the heart.
If you are a Christian in the middle of loss then it is almost a relief to find that someone does understand what you are going though and the unanswerable questions that haunt you in the night.
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posted on
04/27/2016 7:30:00 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
To: Mrs. Don-o
Just be sure that you have confessed with your mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord and believe in your heart that God raise Him from the dead. Follow His commandments to you and pray that you will be found worth to escape the Wrath to come. Do that and the stars will take care of themselves.
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posted on
04/27/2016 9:02:03 PM PDT
by
SubMareener
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