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Saturday morning
Feb. 11th, 2006 10:02 amI did not sleep in very much, despite having the ability to do so. Rats.
Nothing too terribly exciting going on. Battlestar Galactica was quite a show last night.
Arrested Development was huge. Justine Batemen had a a guest appearance on the show. How cute to behold Jason and Justine acting together. ( Spoiler )
Today's Saint du Jour:
Saint Adolph, died in 1224. He was the Count of Teklenberg. One day, he visited a Cistercian abbey. Now, me being of limited knowledge in affairs of religion, this means nothing to me. But here's what Englebert writes:
This Cistercian abbey was still in its first fervour, and the influence of St. Bernard, who had recently died, was still making itself felt. In full chapter, old men and youths confessed their smallest faults and in expiation whipped themselves till the blood ran.
Apparently, St. Adolph was into this sort of thing. He left his old life and joined this community and, as Englebert writes, "quickly achieved great perfection".
Now, I don't know what the Cistercians mean by great perfection. Was it that St. Adolph beat himself the most for the smallest of faults? Or did he end up being so faultless that he avoided self-flogging and blood-letting? Furthermore, I want to know if Cistercians were monk-beaters at their onset, where do you go from there? How do you top beating yourself bloody for making the smallest faults? And what type of faults are we talking about? Late to Mass? Making a small transcription error? Also, did any of the Cistercian monks preface their beatings with, "Who's the naughty boy? I'm the naughty boy!"
But it's nice to know that the Cistercians can claim a part of the history of S&M.
Could OCD also stand for Obsessive Cistercian Disorder?
And finally, what was St. Bernard like to have this sort of influence on monks? He must have been a bad mutha. (Shut yo' mouth!) I'm only talkin' about St. Bernard!
Nothing too terribly exciting going on. Battlestar Galactica was quite a show last night.
Arrested Development was huge. Justine Batemen had a a guest appearance on the show. How cute to behold Jason and Justine acting together. ( Spoiler )
Today's Saint du Jour:
Saint Adolph, died in 1224. He was the Count of Teklenberg. One day, he visited a Cistercian abbey. Now, me being of limited knowledge in affairs of religion, this means nothing to me. But here's what Englebert writes:
This Cistercian abbey was still in its first fervour, and the influence of St. Bernard, who had recently died, was still making itself felt. In full chapter, old men and youths confessed their smallest faults and in expiation whipped themselves till the blood ran.
Apparently, St. Adolph was into this sort of thing. He left his old life and joined this community and, as Englebert writes, "quickly achieved great perfection".
Now, I don't know what the Cistercians mean by great perfection. Was it that St. Adolph beat himself the most for the smallest of faults? Or did he end up being so faultless that he avoided self-flogging and blood-letting? Furthermore, I want to know if Cistercians were monk-beaters at their onset, where do you go from there? How do you top beating yourself bloody for making the smallest faults? And what type of faults are we talking about? Late to Mass? Making a small transcription error? Also, did any of the Cistercian monks preface their beatings with, "Who's the naughty boy? I'm the naughty boy!"
But it's nice to know that the Cistercians can claim a part of the history of S&M.
Could OCD also stand for Obsessive Cistercian Disorder?
And finally, what was St. Bernard like to have this sort of influence on monks? He must have been a bad mutha. (Shut yo' mouth!) I'm only talkin' about St. Bernard!
