Friday Frivolity: Stephen Colbert Addresses The Nation
I only wish more speeches were this good…
(I love the responses of the two people sitting behind him)
"We are travellers…not yet in our native land" – St. Augustine
I only wish more speeches were this good…
(I love the responses of the two people sitting behind him)
This week in the JP2 Group we will be continuing our study of the letters of St. Ignatius of Antioch, an Early Church Father who died in about 107 AD.
Last week we read of his willingness to offer himself in sacrifice, imitating the Lord he loved so much. This week we move on to the letter he wrote to the Church in Magnesia in which Ignatius exhorts them to be united together in unity and to cling to the grace of the Gospel.
After looking at several different translations, I have, again, created my own abridged version so that we will be able to complete our study of this letter in a single evening. Here it is:
“St. Ignatius of Antioch’s letter to the Magnesians” PDF
“St. Ignatius of Antioch’s letter to the Magnesians” Audio
Mike Aquilina recently asked on his blog to make this video go viral. It is the trailer for Mike’s latest book, A Year With The Fathers: Patristic Wisdom For Daily Living. Well, since one of the aims of this blog is to introduce people to the Early Church Fathers, I could hardly refuse!
I’ve read most of Mike’s books – he really is the go-to guy for getting into Patristics. In his new book he “gathers the wisest, most practical teachings and exhortations from the Fathers of the Church, and presents them in a format perfect for daily meditation and inspiration”.
“Learn to humbly accept correction from St Clement of Rome. Let Tertullian teach you how to clear your mind before prayer. Read St Gregory the Great and deepen your love of the Eucharist. Do you suffer from pain or illness? St John Chrysostom’s counsels will refresh you. Do you have trouble curbing your appetite for food and other fleshly things? St John Cassian will teach you the true way to moderation and self-control”
This is one of my biggest reasons for loving the Fathers – they have so much practical wisdom to share with us in our day-to-day lives. Needless to say once I’ve finished this blog entry I’m going to Amazon to order a copy 🙂
I thought I would keep it simple this week:
This week in the JP2 Group we will be beginning our study of the letters of St. Ignatius of Antioch, an Early Church Father who died in about 107 AD.
We will begin with the letter which I think most clearly communicates Ignatius’ character, his inspiring letter to the Romans in which Ignatius pleads with that church not to try and get his death sentence changed.
After looking at several different translations of this letter, I have created my own abridged version so that we will be able to complete our study of this letter in a single evening. I have decided to make this abridged version, together with its audio, available on this blog:
“St. Ignatius of Antioch’s letter to the Romans” PDF
“St. Ignatius of Antioch’s letter to the Romans” Audio
Saw this today and couldn’t wait until next week…

For those of you who are too innocent to know why this is funny it’s probably best you stay that way, but if you really want to know, a definition of “WTF” can be found here.
The last set of Catholic Pick-Up Lines seemed to be rather popular so I thought I would do it again for this week’s Friday Frivolity 🙂
However, last time I could tell from the website statistics that an awful lot of people read the post but didn’t vote on their favourite pick-up line! Come on people! Vote!
Science, or rather, my love life, is depending on you!
Part 1 | Part 2