tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post5345211340128589145..comments2023-10-17T14:31:52.102-04:00Comments on Est Quod Est: Rod, dedicate your Benedict Option book proceeds to NorciaPaulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17506171638613025839noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post-84806404207119359662017-03-16T20:43:39.326-04:002017-03-16T20:43:39.326-04:00Much as I hate to admit it, this is unfair to Rod....Much as I hate to admit it, this is unfair to Rod. He is a professional writer. Not only his, but his wife's and kids' welfare depend on his writing income. Sure, it would be a nice and fitting gesture for him to give some cash to the monastery he purports to love so much, but to ask him to donate ALL of the proceeds of a book that took him two years to write seems a bit much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post-18651245234018309742017-03-13T22:20:40.787-04:002017-03-13T22:20:40.787-04:00I'm thinking it's time to reactivate this ...I'm thinking it's time to reactivate this blog!Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15528066705030924413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post-47056299227509597372017-03-13T08:30:19.350-04:002017-03-13T08:30:19.350-04:00Apparently the BO is "The New Christian Parad...Apparently the BO is <a href="http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/benedict-option-new-christian-paradigm/" rel="nofollow">"The New Christian Paradigm"</a><br /><br />Funny, I've always been taught that Jesus Christ is the new Christian paradigm.<br /><br />Guess there's a new prophet in town.Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906931065030228473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post-32030556701962016512017-03-07T15:53:43.188-05:002017-03-07T15:53:43.188-05:00Very interesting! Thank you, Anonymous.Very interesting! Thank you, Anonymous.Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15528066705030924413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post-41266732324018961172017-03-05T08:20:38.155-05:002017-03-05T08:20:38.155-05:00http://democracyjournal.org/magazine/city-of-rod/http://democracyjournal.org/magazine/city-of-rod/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post-57306576586716100732016-12-14T08:52:32.244-05:002016-12-14T08:52:32.244-05:00Maybe Met Jonah will finally stop lyingMaybe Met Jonah will finally stop lyingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post-69142406403410300642016-12-02T06:47:39.672-05:002016-12-02T06:47:39.672-05:00It was shameful what DreRod did to father Matthew....It was shameful what DreRod did to father Matthew...Father Matthew was enticed to Louisiana and then dumbed like so much used goods.The " Mission" is dying and for some odd reason could not attract members other than DreRod's family...DreRod is a user and I have a feeling this book will fail..Father Matthew moved to Washington and is landing on his feet..You know things were creepy because DreRod didn't blather on and on about it..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post-24543676689247972212016-11-28T08:03:03.829-05:002016-11-28T08:03:03.829-05:00Managing expectations:
The Benedict Option will ...Managing expectations: <br /><br /><a href="http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/failsons-of-weimar-america/" rel="nofollow">The Benedict Option will never be a failsafe option, because it cannot be. To expect too much from it is to set oneself up for bitterness and disillusionment.</a><br /><br />I think we're safe from that over here at EQE.pikkumattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04929135762224920473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post-56049712831405952602016-11-08T01:47:51.625-05:002016-11-08T01:47:51.625-05:00"Publicly pledge that you will dedicate all p..."Publicly pledge that you will dedicate all proceeds from The Benedict Option to the rebuilding of Norcia and its churches."<br /><br />This assumes that Dreher will <i>have</i> and proceeds to donate... ;)<br />Joseph D'Hippolitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15571554907399914529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post-48103925164590247282016-11-07T15:49:26.171-05:002016-11-07T15:49:26.171-05:00That would be poetic justice, but I'd settle f...That would be poetic justice, but I'd settle for a very public spat with one of his "traveling companions".<br /><br />-The Man From K StreetAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post-53866579582958020862016-11-07T12:39:11.012-05:002016-11-07T12:39:11.012-05:00For those uncertain about my second link, this is ...For those uncertain about my second link, this is what thought-made-fetish, aka an <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/id%C3%A9e%20fixe" rel="nofollow"><i>idée fixe</i></a> - as with the Benedict Option - looks like in application.Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906931065030228473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post-73278881294602419922016-11-07T12:29:19.401-05:002016-11-07T12:29:19.401-05:00The Benedict Option is whatever its Dear Leader sa...<a href="http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/dies-irae-election-day/" rel="nofollow">The Benedict Option is whatever its Dear Leader says it is, whenever he says so:</a><br /><br /><i>We have it coming. We really do. America started the war in the Middle East that has destroyed so many lives. America is leading the world towards the destruction of the family, and calling it virtue. And on and on. As Livy said of the late Roman Republic, “We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.”<br /><br />Consider the sign of Norcia. The town is desolate now, depopulated because its people have fled in fear of further earthquakes. Its churches, including the basilica of St. Benedict, are ruins. Spiritually speaking, this is us. And yet, because the monks took the early warning signs seriously (e.g., the August quake) and relocated to the hills just outside the town, their lives were spared from the later quake that brought their basilica crumbling to the ground. In fact, not a single one of the Norcini lost his or her life, because they had all moved to safer ground, even though it meant embracing a harder way of living.<br /><br />Now the monks have survived, and are present to rebuild amid the ruins. And us? Let he who has eyes to see, see. People are going to laugh at Michael Brendan Dougherty for his column. I’m not laughing. He’s brave to say what a lot of us are thinking. And he’s right.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://voxday.blogspot.com/2016/11/no-shills-trolls-or-cucks.html" rel="nofollow">And those with eyes to see see things the way Dear Leader sees them.</a> Or it may be necessary for the loving Benedict Option community to reeducate those eyes.Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906931065030228473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post-62620298770541272862016-11-04T15:39:02.207-04:002016-11-04T15:39:02.207-04:00Still, always good for a profile-lifting Benedict ...Still, <a href="http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/the-word-from-norcia-fiat-fiat/" rel="nofollow">always good for a profile-lifting Benedict Option tag</a>. Someone has to sell the T-shirts at Golgotha, might as well be Rod.<br /><br />Those who keep clearly in mind that the Alt-Christian Benedict Option map is not the Christian terrain won't fall for this suggestive upward association. As for others, well, that's why God made free will, I suppose.Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906931065030228473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post-34043419894479695912016-11-04T09:34:13.624-04:002016-11-04T09:34:13.624-04:00"Publicly pledge that you will dedicate all p..."Publicly pledge that you will dedicate all proceeds from The Benedict Option to the rebuilding of Norcia and its churches." Do not hold your breath on this happening.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06518397645868942048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post-55308173608218546842016-11-03T21:59:18.751-04:002016-11-03T21:59:18.751-04:00and now despite the ravaging of Norcia he is back ...and now despite the ravaging of Norcia he is back to ranting about gays again .... God I wish someone would uncover the grindr profile or interview the rent boys from New Orleans or the college associate from his LSU days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post-36129412955617727912016-11-02T07:58:55.416-04:002016-11-02T07:58:55.416-04:00James C. says:
October 31, 2016 at 12:56 pm
Good L...<i>James C. says:<br />October 31, 2016 at 12:56 pm<br />Good Lord, Rod. Is there still time to add a new epilogue to your book?<br />[NFR: There is. I just did. — RD]</i><br /><br />And our working boy wonders why no one can comprehend his concept of the Benedict Option. Perhaps he should try not adapt it to every freaking current event that comes down the pike. Before he starting on the book he used to complain that people were criticizing something that was inchoate, pretty soon he will be complaining that his critics don't understand that the Benedict Option is protean. <br /><br />I can't think of any other writer who talks such a good game of stability and tradition yet, in their personal life, is so obviously ruled by whim, passion, desire, and their own personal prejudices. Miley Cyrus sleeps with anything that moves and she's a slut; David Bowie sleeps with anything that moves (including that pinnacle of masculine energy, Mick Jagger) and he's a transgressive artist who's really a conservative at heart. Why? Because Rod likes the "music" of one and not the other.<br /><br />-Anonymous Maximus<br /><br /><br /> <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post-27230231422842360672016-11-02T07:56:00.555-04:002016-11-02T07:56:00.555-04:00From Dreher's Every Church in Norcia is Gone p...From Dreher's <i>Every Church in Norcia is Gone</i> post: <br /><br /><i>Every church in the town is destroyed, but the monks survived because they headed for the hills outside of town when the first earthquake hit back in August. Our poor, brave, faithful monks of Norcia are a sign to the whole church in ways I did not anticipate.</i><br /><br />Yet, of course, Dreher keeps insisting that the BO is <i>NOT</i> a withdrawal from the world. I'm so confused...<br /><br />pikkumattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04929135762224920473noreply@blogger.com