These are photos of the former residence of Bishop Rodger Moran in New Orleans. He lived across the street from Notre Dame Seminary on Carrolton Ave. His house was looted and set ablaze in the aftermath of Katrina. He lost everything in the fire except his chalice, which he was able to retrieve when combing through the wreckage. I wonder if those bishop's vestments come in handy in some way to the looters.
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It takes people giving in to the worst of their animalism
Come on Knuck, you're giving animals an unfair rap. They never do things like this.
We are both animal and human and the fundamental human relationship is to the sacred, whether the sacred that is at the root of human significance and consciousness be originally a man-made creation, or a gift from God. And being fundamental, it is reducible to some basic terms, albeit paradoxical ones: the sacred is both alienating and attractive; it creates a basic choice between love and resentment for the central being to which our lives are inextricably bound, but which we cannot assimilate and own.
This is the essential human choice. It is not reducible to reason or any utilitarian principle. A lot of people simply choose resentment. That's irrational, a lot of the time, but there it is.
What a waste. I wonder which was the most destructive...Katrina or the people? I would guess Katrina, but not by much.
Sorry Knuck, I misread you.
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