What the standard media reports about religion is generally ignorant down to the bone, and I gather that I cannot simply just trust Catholic social media either. I regarded some reported pronouncements askance (ignoring the political ones), but figured there was something I wasn't getting--sometimes the truth of what was actually said. I wished Francis well when he started, and wish him well as he goes before us--may the Lord have mercy on him and on us all. I gather he did a lot of good work, and that doesn't usually make news.
I am thankful that, despite the unhappy truth of Maxim 483 below, I don't recall ever joking about him being Catholic.
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Maxim 483: I thought of several people immediately and thought better of them. Arrogance and pride are deeply destructive. Vanity is a younger and less troublesome sibling to them.
Unfortunately it applies very well to me. I have trouble resisting a bon mot. Learning to keep my mouth shut is taking more years than it should.
"I have trouble resisting a bon mot."
Some of them have, however, been right on target:
"I further conclude that the monkey is at least as wise as Peter Singer, and rate their advice accordingly." And when a fire destroyed a collection of "art" that ranged from the merely tasteless to the out-and-out sociopathic, you properly called the accident a "disposal".
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