I watched The Jane Austen Book-club at the weekend and quite enjoyed it. And it's nudged me into reading Jane again so I'm straight into Pride and Prejudice which I haven't read for many years.
One thing that's struck me is that as I read I see the scenes from the film in my head, and Lizzie Bennet has become Keira Knightley. A horror for some but I'm finding it helps me see the scene better now.
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You've got to feel a little pity for the poor sod who posted this tweet above.
Wishing all the Jews a happy Hanukkah - though for some reason he felt restrained from saying "Jews" instead opting for "those who celebrate". The problem is the image he picked is not happy Jews celebrating Hanukkah with a nice menorah, but Roman soldiers stealing it from the temple which they'd just ransacked. I wouldn't call it "anti-Semitic" as others have, just unfortunate and ill-informed, and a trifle funny. It's important we don't simply bury our heads in the sand and ignore real issues and I certainly won't do that.
But we're Catholics. We believe the church is the church of Christ. We believe the Pope is the successor of Peter, not just a random guy elected like the Taoiseach. We believe the apostles are successors of the apostles. So we cannot approach our problems the way, for example, Labour supporters try to deal with Corbyn, or Conservatives with Teresa May. Our first port of call must be prayer, and I think no better guide exist than St Teresa of Jesus. We could worse than praying her bookmark every day and trying to live it: ‘Be thou by naught perturbed, of naught afraid, for all things pass save God, who does not change. Be patient, and at last thou shalt of all fulfilment find. Hold God and naught shall fail thee, for he alone is all.’ |
Anastasia ZelatorMother of four children, I do some writing and teaching. Want to be part of Mary's heel that will crush the serpent. ArchivesCategories |