Dropping in for a Quick Word

 I resolved this morning to try and be a bit more regular in minding The Inn.  I even made some preparatory notes at breakfast.  And now as I sit here at the keyboard the notes go one-by-one into the waste paper basket.   Every one seems trite, not very original and every topic treated better elsewhere.  It seems I'm not cut out to be a topical commentator.

So far as Traditiones Custodes, that half-baked little exercise in bullying, goes, I suggest a visit to Fr Z's site  (say here or here or here) for useful treatment.  And he's a lot  nicer about the whole thing than I would be.  And don't overlook Rorate Cæli and 1Peter5 either.

And since we're being topical, can Afghanistan be avoided?  Not entirely, I suppose.  But instead of a diatribe of which there are plenty everywhere you look, I leave  you with a votive collect adapted from the Ordinariate Daily Office book:

Almighty and everlasting God, regard, we beseech Thee, the prayers of our persecuted brethren and afflicted Christians throughout the world, and especially in these times in Afghanistan:  Comfort those who suffer violence and intimidation and deliver them from their oppressors, console those who mourn the dead, convert those who have taken up arms against the faithful, and protect the peace-makers; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

So . . . is there going to be some regular posting going on here?  Possibly.  That's the plan.  But you've heard it before, haven't you.  But if I come across something that I find interesting, or funny, or relevant, or helpful . . . then,  possibly.