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I was being rushed from one basilica to the next in a cannonball run-esque pilgrimage over 850 miles of Italian countryside. Otherwise, I would have been happy to have sat and sipped limoncello with you on your (porch? veranda? what do they have over there to sit on and drink limoncello, anyway?)

Alora, I was just in Orvieto! Have you been to the duomo?

My Mom's Armpit is the name of my Leonard Cohen cover band.

Hoping to get back to the prayer intentions thread this week, now that I'm back in the states. I owe you a response on the holy doors, and indulgences will come up when I do.

Supplies!

I tend to agree although it has grown in me over the years. In the end better to make this sequel than a Blazing Saddles or Young Frankenstein sequel, which would tarnish the legacy of those classics.

Me too. The value of discussions like this is to make us think, and to help us understand each other, and your posts have accomplished both very nicely. Put another way: @bolzano , wait...

:goodposting: And you better believe that's the last thing it ever feels.

Life of Brian is a spoof of those old Cecil B. Demille and other bible movies and Holy Grail is a spoof of Camelot and other Arthurian movies, no?

Here's some thoughts from someone who hasn't studied philosophy or theology enough to make anything close to resembling a rigorous argument: If God exists and wants us to have independent (and individual) free will, it really can't be proveable. If it were, free will would not be possible...

Unless I'm mistaken, that's not at all what he's saying; rather, he's saying that God can be proven rationally. I have never found that compelling but I know I'm in the minority of Catholics that care about such things. It may interest you to know that the Church does not require belief in the...

The book more than redeems itself for Hugo's indulgent digressions imo. I also gave it bonus points for the joy that the musical has brought into my life.

I agree, not only are there too many digressions and they are too long, but they are relevant to the time period only. I read an abridged version once but it left out too much.

No, on the contrary. The road to Emmaus makes it clear that his followers knew who he was as soon as he blessed the bread. Likewise, his apostles knew who he was when he appeared to them in the upper room. He spent 40 days appearing to groups of believers, not skeptics trying to convince them...

I'm so sorry for your loss. May your friend rest in peace and may your spirit be comforted.