Thoughts and flashes of brilliance that enter my head from nowhere.
Enjoy. Or abhor, depending on the effect of my "wisdom".
The stock market as of this writing seems to be holding its own.
Way I see it, and per popular assumption, the world is going to be filled with all kinds of new items that need to be manufactured. So while some things are going to not be used as much, many items will be needed.
First thing we have to get all of our prescription meds out the hell from China and make them in America. That right there will be the spawn of a new industry for America.
If I was a stock speculator I'd be considering re-investing in manufacturers that make medical equipment.
MASKS! Every small crafts person can set up a sewing system because face masks are soon going to be something everybody will want and need.
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Pope Francis blames coronavirus on nature ‘having a fit’ over environmental damage
Seriously, I just don't think we need a Pope getting all involved with the environment. It's too close to politics and the Pope should stick to religion.
Pope Francis told a Spanish journalist on Sunday that he believes that the coronavirus pandemic is nature “having a fit” in response to environmental pollution.
Stating that “curiously the planet hasn’t been very clean for a long time,” the interviewer asked, “Is it possible that this is nature’s hour of reckoning with us?”
Pope Francis answered: “There’s a saying that you surely know: God always forgives, we forgive sometimes, [but] nature never forgives.”
“Fires, earthquakes . . . that is, nature is having a fit, so that we will take care of nature.”
The expression “having a fit” is a translation of the Spanish word used by Francis, “patalear,” which means to kick or stomp one’s feet, and is often used to refer to outbursts of rage or frustration, sometimes by children having a tantrum.
Pope Francis’ comments were made during an internet video interview with the Spanish journalist and comedian Jordi Évole on the coronavirus pandemic, in which Pope Francis made scant references to God, except to admit that he has sometimes doubted the existence of God in the past. (However, the video is edited, and parts may have been removed.)
“Pardon the question, but in a situation like this one, is it possible to have a crisis of faith?” asked Évole. “Can even a pope doubt the existence of God?”
“Clearly so,” responded Francis. “No one is exempt from existential temptations.”
“You have doubted the existence of God?” asked Évole.
“During my life, yes,” responded Francis. “At this moment no, but during my life, yes, a few times. I recall that in my life I have had my doubts regarding the faith, my crises of faith, but they have been resolved by the grace of God.”
Stating that “curiously the planet hasn’t been very clean for a long time,” the interviewer asked, “Is it possible that this is nature’s hour of reckoning with us?”
Pope Francis answered: “There’s a saying that you surely know: God always forgives, we forgive sometimes, [but] nature never forgives.”
“Fires, earthquakes . . . that is, nature is having a fit, so that we will take care of nature.”
The expression “having a fit” is a translation of the Spanish word used by Francis, “patalear,” which means to kick or stomp one’s feet, and is often used to refer to outbursts of rage or frustration, sometimes by children having a tantrum.
Pope Francis’ comments were made during an internet video interview with the Spanish journalist and comedian Jordi Évole on the coronavirus pandemic, in which Pope Francis made scant references to God, except to admit that he has sometimes doubted the existence of God in the past. (However, the video is edited, and parts may have been removed.)
“Pardon the question, but in a situation like this one, is it possible to have a crisis of faith?” asked Évole. “Can even a pope doubt the existence of God?”
“Clearly so,” responded Francis. “No one is exempt from existential temptations.”
“You have doubted the existence of God?” asked Évole.
“During my life, yes,” responded Francis. “At this moment no, but during my life, yes, a few times. I recall that in my life I have had my doubts regarding the faith, my crises of faith, but they have been resolved by the grace of God.”
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Analysis: The sacramental shutdown, coronavirus, and canon law
I don't much understand much of the below but there seems to be some confusion about shutting down the church.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/analysis-the-sacramental-shutdown-coronavirus-and-canon-law-63179
Washington D.C., Mar 26, 2020 / 02:01 pm (CNA).- The coronavirus pandemic has caused disruption around the world. To politics, economics, and to the life of the Church: most especially to the steady regularity of her sacramental life, which many Catholics see as the anchor of consistency amid a world of chaos.
“Stat crux dum volvitur orbis,” the Carthusians say— The cross is steady while the world turns.
But while the cross remains steady, restrictions on public liturgies and access to church buildings have made the sacramental life of the Church less visible to most Catholics, and less available.
The guidance of the Holy See has served as the framework for many liturgical restrictions: the Vatican announced its cancelation of public Holy Week liturgies before the Italian government could try to impose it, and signalled to local ordinaries that they could do the same.
The Holy See has also issued instructions on how to modify certain sacramental celebrations, among them the sacrament of penance, in light of the global effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
But in the U.S., some bishops have announced policies that extend beyond the guidance of the Holy See, and have left canonical experts, and some clerics, wondering about their legality.
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[Catholic Caucus] Priest's faculties revoked by bishop for offering Mass
A priest has had his ability to conduct mass removed because he was told not to but did anyway.
https://www.sanignacioabq.org/
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TIME FOR A SMILE
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Crime is not normally funny. These short stories are.Analysis: The sacramental shutdown, coronavirus, and canon law
I don't much understand much of the below but there seems to be some confusion about shutting down the church.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/analysis-the-sacramental-shutdown-coronavirus-and-canon-law-63179
Washington D.C., Mar 26, 2020 / 02:01 pm (CNA).- The coronavirus pandemic has caused disruption around the world. To politics, economics, and to the life of the Church: most especially to the steady regularity of her sacramental life, which many Catholics see as the anchor of consistency amid a world of chaos.
“Stat crux dum volvitur orbis,” the Carthusians say— The cross is steady while the world turns.
But while the cross remains steady, restrictions on public liturgies and access to church buildings have made the sacramental life of the Church less visible to most Catholics, and less available.
The guidance of the Holy See has served as the framework for many liturgical restrictions: the Vatican announced its cancelation of public Holy Week liturgies before the Italian government could try to impose it, and signalled to local ordinaries that they could do the same.
The Holy See has also issued instructions on how to modify certain sacramental celebrations, among them the sacrament of penance, in light of the global effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
But in the U.S., some bishops have announced policies that extend beyond the guidance of the Holy See, and have left canonical experts, and some clerics, wondering about their legality.
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[Catholic Caucus] Priest's faculties revoked by bishop for offering Mass
A priest has had his ability to conduct mass removed because he was told not to but did anyway.
https://www.sanignacioabq.org/
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TIME FOR A SMILE
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