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"Doctor Faustus..." starts with a 194-word soliloquy. Sort of. It's delivered by Chorus, named last in Marlowe's "Dramatis Personae." Ancient Greek tragedies had a chorus, acting like today's narrators. Again, sort of. Aristotle said that chorus was a character, so maybe Marlowe saw it that way, too. Make that probably did, since his "Dramtis Personae" lists Chorus. Anyway, here's Marlowe's first whacking great chunk of soliloquy, whittled down considerably, in "Dr. Faustus." Assuming that what Chorus says is soliloquy.... More at A Catholic Citizen in America .

          El hecho de que el año de san José haya sido durante la pandemia puede parecer una pura coincidencia, pero no puede haber mejor protector y modelo en estos tiempos de adversidad como el que estamos pasando debido a la pandemia del COVID19. El Papa Francisco ha dirigido en forma especial la mirada de la Iglesia hacia su patrono protector, declarado así por el beato Pio IX en 1870.   “La confianza del pueblo en san José se resume en la expresión “ Ite ad Ioseph ”, que hace referencia al tiempo de hambruna en Egipto, cuando la gente le pedía pan al faraón y él les respondía: «Vayan donde José y hagan lo que él les diga» ( Gn 41,55). Se trataba de José el hijo de Jacob, a quien sus hermanos vendieron por envidia.” Papa Francisco (CARTA APOSTÓLICA PATRIS CORDE)     leer más...

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Kitchen Scene with the Supper in Emmaus Diego  Velázquez  [ Web Gallery of Art] Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread (Luke 24:35). Readings   (Jerusalem Bible: Australia, England & Wales, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, Scotland) Readings   (New American Bible: Philippines, USA) Gospel   Luke 24:35-48     (English Standard Version, Anglicised) Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread. As they were talking about these things, Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them,  “Peace to you!”   But they were startled and frightened and thought they saw a spirit.   And he said to them,  “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts?   See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me, and see. For a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.”   And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.   And wh

  I’m not big on talking about satan.   I don’t deny he exists, but I don’t like to give him space.   I do, however, think it is important to “go deep” from time to time and consider the ways our thoughts and actions are influenced by him.   Satan can work very subtly in our lives, and in fact, we might even work with him if we are unaware of his ways.   It is easy to miss satan’s interventions because they come veiled beneath our hidden pride. One way we can be sure he is working in a faith community is when well-intentioned people strike out at each other because of their conviction that their way must be the only way, even though they are working towards the same goal. Or, for example, one person’s adherence to a particular devotion becomes so rigid that they begin to place heavy burdens upon those who do not share it. If we just step back for a minute and look at the bigger picture, we will see that it is our own self-righteous pride that gets in the way.   This sin of pr

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Between Saturday's sunshine and today's patches of green grass, I've enjoyed this weekend. For the most part. I picked up a bottle from the first of this year's holy water last Sunday, following up with blessing the house on Tuesday. I hadn't done that for quite some time. More at A Catholic Citizen in America .

  En diferentes plataformas de entrtenimiento se está estrenando una pelicula unica que , por fin, presenta el hecho histórico que cambió la historia. El caso Roe vs wade de 1973 en Estados Unidos en donde se introdujo el aborto, para evitar el cambio de leyes, dentro de la jurisdicción de es pais.  Nos explica como los elementos de decisión del caso, que fueron la prevalencia del derecho a la mujer  a la privacidad sobre el embarazo y la falta de reconocimiento del bebe no nacido en el lenguaje de la Constitución del país Americano porque los derechos enunciados en esa Ley Magna son para los ciudadanos desde el nacieminto o naturalización. Una película obligada para enrtender el orígen de este quiebre cultural en la cicvilización occidental que ha proloferado desde entonces Netflix Prime video

Throughout the ages, Saints and sages have pondered the big questions. Who are we? What are we? Why are our lives so messed up? Storytellers and movie makers — these groups overlap — also reflect on human nature from time to time. Sometimes they use use space aliens as placeholders for ideas and ideals, strengths and failings. I'll be talking about that, and why I don't "believe in" space aliens: but think we may have neighbors. Then again, maybe we don't. Which hasn't kept folks from wondering "what if?"... More at A Catholic Citizen in America .

  I was reflecting on Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 3, under the verses titled “Peter’s Speech.” These passages, of course, come after the death and resurrection of Jesus and the Coming of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost, which is described in Acts 2. Anyway, in Peter’s speech, as he was proclaiming what God has done (the Kerygma), it struck me that it was through the sins of man that Jesus was crucified, yet Jesus stayed faithful to the Father and allowed himself to be crucified, for their sake . Do you see how remarkable that is? Scripture doesn’t tell us that Jesus died for them because they were repentant, or after they had turned away from their sins and sought forgiveness. No, Jesus died for them, even though they had sinned, in the midst of their sin, because clearly, they needed it—as do we. (See Luke 5:32, “Those who are healthy do not need a physician, but the sick do.”) Peter tells the crowd they were ignorant, just like their leaders.   Even the smart guys got it