Friday, August 6, 2010
Horse & Dog
Friday, July 30, 2010
Belloc - Modern Attack
The enemy which the Faith now has to meet, and which may be called "The Modern Attack," is a wholesale assault upon the fundamentals of the Faith, upon the very existence of the Faith. And the enemy now advancing against us is increasingly conscious of the fact that there can be no question of neutrality. The forces now opposed to the Faith design to destroy. The battle is henceforward engaged upon a definite line of cleavage, involving the survival or destruction of the Catholic Church. And all, not a portion, of its philosophy."
You can read the whole thing here, from chapter seven of The Great Heresies (pub. 1938).
I think his analysis is pretty much on target, whether his conclusions follow remains to be seen.
In the meanwhile, horse training proceeds apace, with Jeanne Belle (Thoroughbred mare) making excellent progress -- lunges well, gaits are becoming smoother, there's increased collection and all 'round improvement in manners. Still, a long way to go for the pair of us; I'll post some photos when the camera decides to work again/is replaced.
Cheers,
LSP
Unholy Communion
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Happy Independence Day!
training the horse (huge thanks to VS for training me...), working to some kind of deadline for the religious press, and reading Owen Chadwick's outstanding book, 'Spirit of the Oxford Movement.' Here's an excerpt, on Keble, who famously stated:
And Chadwick's commentary:
'The stance is so squared and so real that it takes a moment to see how cloud-capped are the towers he defended.'
I fear LSPland isn't so very far from the same battlements; with that in mind, have a blessed Independence Day and stand vigilant for freedom.
Off to clean guns now.
Cheers,
LSP
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Spurious Slice of Country Life
I galloped about on Be-Bop,
and had a shoot.
God bless,
LSP
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Space Alien Face-Off!
Monday, June 7, 2010
Horse Sunday
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Gone to the Dogs
Friday, June 4, 2010
Texas is Great
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Trinity Sunday
"We must conclude from all we have said that in the Godhead there is something threefold which is not opposed to the unity and simplicity of the divine essence. We must acknowledge that God is, as existing in His nature, and that He is known and loved by Himself.
But this occurs otherwise in God than in us. Man, to be sure, is a substance in his nature, but his actions of knowing and loving are not his substance. Considered in his nature, man is indeed a subsisting thing; as he exists in his mind, however, he is not a subsisting thing, but a certain representation of a subsisting thing; and similarly with regard to his existence in himself as beloved in lover. Thus man may be regarded under three aspects: that is, man existing in his nature, man existing in his intellect, and man existing in his love. Yet these three are not one, for man's knowing is not his existing, and the same is true of his loving. Only one of these three is a subsisting thing, namely, man existing in his nature.
In God, on the contrary, to be, to know, and to love are identical. Therefore God existing in His natural being and God existing in the divine intellect and God existing in the divine love are me thing. Yet each of them is subsistent. And, as things subsisting in intellectual nature are usually called persons in Latin, or hypostases in Greek, the Latins say that there are three persons in God, and the Greeks say that there are three hypostases, namely, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit."
You can read the whole thing here if you like, or have a gaze at a nicely restored and ready to fire LMG (Bren) over at Boomers. Great weapon.
Cheers,
LSP
Saturday, May 29, 2010
New Horse
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Fruits of the Spirit
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Ride & Shoot
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
That Great Leviathan
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Good Sunday
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Ammo
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Hail the day that sees Him rise
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Ridiculously False Statement
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Roving About
Monday, April 19, 2010
Fire on the Mountain
Friday, April 16, 2010
Ordain Them All!
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Space Junk
According to the Sun newspaper, a British stargazer has taken an amazing video of a UFO crossing the face of the sun Anglican Communion.
a small asteroid the Anglican Church of Canada (ACoC).'
Malcolm said he had ruled out the possibility of a plane or a bird because of the strange shape and absence of any wings."
Head Astronaut +Michael Ingham
LSP
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Churches I Don't Like
Friday, April 9, 2010
Fish
Angling is an Art: and you know that Art better than others; and that
this is truth is demonstrated by the fruits of that pleasant labour which
you enjoy, when you purpose to give rest to your mind, and divest
yourself of your more serious business, and, which is often, dedicate a
day or two to this recreation." Compleat Angler