Nota Bene: One, after many moons of persistent pleading petitions, has finally deigned to "blog". Therefore, as an informal initiation, one reproduces an introductory "e-pistle" from a few years ago.
Salutations, felicitations and welcome to another annoyingly alliterative silly semester of Screwtape’s Select Seminary for the Sanctification of Souls. This humble little e-postolate originated as little zany zingers for a small group of pretty pious daily communicants so-called and styled as “Angels”; soon it expanded to others who were neither particularly prayerful nor pulchritudinous such as presbyters. As an aside, one has been told that these e-pistles have even been enjoyed by eminent ecclesiastical eyes in the Eternal City . Described delightfully (or is it, denounced decidedly) by some as “Saturday Night Live from the Vatican”, this little altar boy simply labors to share the treasures and beauties of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church outside of which there is no salvation, which was founded by Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, the Eternally Begotten Second Person of the Blessed Trinity Incarnate for our Redemption and shepherded by the Vicar of Christ, our Holy Father, the Pope, with the treasures and beauties (that is, guys and gals) who are members of that same Mystical Body of Christ, the Church.
So therefore, in our own souls, of those close to us either by duty or devotion, of those Divine Providence so disposes to disclose, let the Kingdom of God daily be built and even rebuilt. “Quaerite autem primum regnum et iustitiam eius et omnia haec adicientur vobis. Nolite ergo esse solliciti in crastinum crastinus enim dies sollicitus erit sibi ipse sufficit diei malitia sua” “Seek ye therefore first the kingdom of God , and his justice, and all these things shall be added unto you. Be not therefore solicitous for tomorrow; for the morrow will be solicitous for itself. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.”
Or, as someone once said, “Carpe Diem!”
Mr. Screwtape
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