Posted on 04/17/2014 4:44:20 AM PDT by secret garden
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
recondite \REK-un-dyte\ adjective
1. hidden from sight; concealed
2. difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep
3. of, relating to, or dealing with something little known or obscure
Example sentence:
"We hear from mathematicians that bees have practically solved a recondite problem, and have made their cells of the proper shape to hold the greatest possible amount of honey, with the least possible consumption of precious wax in their construction."
— From Charles Darwin's 1859 book On the Origin of Species
Etymology:
While "recondite" may be used to describe something difficult to understand, there is nothing recondite about the word's history. It dates to the early 1600s, when it was coined from the synonymous Latin word "reconditus." "Recondite" is one of those underused but useful words that's always a boon to one's vocabulary, but take off the "re-" and you get something very obscure: "condite" is an obsolete verb meaning both "to pickle or preserve" and "to embalm." If we add the prefix "in-" to "condite" we get "incondite," which means "badly put together," as in "incondite prose." All three words have Latin "condere" at their root; that verb is translated variously as "to put or bring together," "to put up, store," and "to conceal."
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!
No buds here on the trees, but some daffodils stems are popping up.
it really hasn’t needed it until the end of last week. we had snow covering it recently, as you recall! we are on the schedule for mulching on the 25th i think he said. he asked about my invasive pink flower/weed, whether it was back. that appears to be gone, but there’s something else for him to get rid of. normally the azaleas would be blooming by now, but bc of the cold they aren’t yet flowering
Yep.I was going to do it Saturday, and didn’t...now its going to be a chore, because even with the snow, it shot up 4 more inches. Grrr.
i am reading tonight at Mass and the church secty emailed to ask if xshub would be coming also, because Father needs sufficient Apostles for the footwashing. i said xshub’s feet will be there. xsfiance would also be there, but the Flyers are on tonight so....
yinz gonna have live chicks to put in people’s easter baskets? ; ) remember how they used to dye them and sell them at easter back in the day? seems barbaric now!
At our church, you may line up to get your feet washed, they will wash any and all takers. RME Makes for a long service. I am attending, as our two RCIA candidates will be processing in with two of the oils. Fr. Brian set our schedule for the next few days. Church services tomorrow afternoon...culminating in the baptism/confirmation on Saturday night. It’s been a great year.
Paid in Full by the Blood of the Lamb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fyzYWDilMA
Enjoy, sorry no big graphic show, I’m just learning to up load. Give it a few seconds and turn up the sound.
women? yikes. Thankfully, Father Claudio was reassigned bc the first i heard of the Pope washing the muslim girl’s feet was from him, and he was somewhat gleeful at this break with tradition, which makes me think that he would have gone that route this year were he still there. Father Etsio is not likely to break with tradition. That fact about the Pope was the first inkling of unease that i had about him.
I am quite impressed with the church where I am going for the co-dependent group. They have us all together for the worship service prior to meetings. The pastor was speaking on Numbers 21 this week. He mentioned the whiners, ie Israel, and the serpents. Then he told them you have serpents nipping at you as well. They are named heroine, cocaine, pornography...OMGosh you should have seen some of the faces. This is all new to them. They had a baptism class for those they brought into their church from the last cycle of meetings. A number of them were baptized. This church goes directly after sinners, converts them and puts them in the pews next to their families. Very impressive ministry. As a Catholic, I don’t see this type of ministry up close and personal. If I did not have a church, I would be on board.
Men, women and children. Anyone. It has been like this for years and does comply with church rules. Fr. Brian said so, and he said he would not do it this way if it was his church, but this is the way it is done here. Fr. Bill, the top dog, has announced that he is leaving us. We will have a new priest next year. I have not gotten my feet washed, but back when they only did 12 men, they had my husband do it. When they started asking women, I was asked, but declined.
I would hope you would have at least 12 men show up for Mass.
our discussion was prompted by this article by Rod Dreher. I had sent it to my friend Paula who struggles between her faith and her son who is gay. the article is very thought-provoking. xshub disagrees with the article to the extent that he says gay marriage is where it is thanks to an activist judiciary. i said that is true, but i think the article more speaks to the inevitability of the tide of acceptance, bc the youth of today were really not "churched".
We may indeed have some fresh chicks this weekend.
twelve men willing to sashay up to the front and take their shoes and socks off.
Nice. Thank you.
The rubrics, in Latin, say “vir” which is “man.”
You are preaching to the choir.
i do believe your father Brian goes by the book, but i do think that there was a brouhaha with Pope Francis washing the feet of women last year, that it was traditionally male.
I wouldn’t have a huge problem if they changes the rubrics. But they should change it, not ignore it.
It’s not Obamacare.
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