I do love that Eucharistic prayer now, but the first time I encountered it as a deacon standing by the priest's elbow trying to figure out when to do my thing, that prayer has so many fake-outs before getting around to the Epiclesis

Cheese and/or chili are the only acceptable hot dog toppings

I learned to appreciate Medea vicariously through a college friend who was a Classics major. Herenthusiasm was infectious, though I think it kinda freaked out her boyfriend.

I've made a few attempts over the years, but at some point I always get annoyed at the Narrator for being so rudely belittling of DQ. And I get why Cervantes is writing it that way but it still annoys me.
Maybe taking it more episodically is the way to get through it.

And hopefully she realizes that when not in a barnyard, "Some Pig" is less frequently taken as a compliment

Always meant to check that out but haven't yet

I think Day's use of the sentiment reflects her personalist philosophy more than any rigorous theological notion. Her point I think is that beauty, and the human ability to appreciate beauty in the world and in our lives, is ultimately what gives us the hope to engage in God's plan of salvation.

Dorothy Day often quoted Dostoevsky's "beauty will save the world" and the quote came into greater prominence recently when one of her granddaughters made it the title of a biography.

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