What's surprising is .... their surprise. People are not fools ... they seek authentic teaching and recognize it when it is in their midst.
Posted on 09/21/2010 10:54:02 AM PDT by NYer
What's surprising is .... their surprise. People are not fools ... they seek authentic teaching and recognize it when it is in their midst.
I agree. This is not surprising. This is humanity as I’ve known it... generious, spiritual, humble people. It the squeeky radical left that has perverted this simple understanding.
How many divisions does Stalin have?
Well and wisely said.
PLEASE stop with that idiotic, meaningless collection of syllables already!
It must be a British thing.
gobsmacked [ˈgɒbˌsmækt]adjBrit slang astounded; astonished[from gob3 + smack2]Thesaurus
Adj.
1. gobsmacked - utterly astounded colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechBritain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdomsurprised - taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment; "surprised by her student's ingenuity"; "surprised that he remembered my name"; "a surprised expression"
Raymond Arroyo's group gave such historical accounts of the Church in Britain and my eyes welled up with the stories of the martyrs and the persecution of the Church in England. What sweet savor and balm to the soul of all Christians to hear the true voice of the Church gently calling all to come home to its mother. Tender words like kisses blown to children and arms open wide for the hugs that await. It was a sweet time — oh and the choir and musicians — cannot let their beautiful performance go without a Bravo! Of course my favorites — The Three Priests - had my heart soaring with the Benediction.
Britain, you did it up PERFECTLY. Hats off to you all!
"God is dead"
-Stalin
"Ummm ... well no, actually. Stalin is dead."
-God
“Gobsmacked” is a traditional English expression for astonishment, since “gob” is an English colloquialism for “face”. In the context of an article about the English, it is particularly appropriate. My thought is that when you write your own posts, you can use the language you choose, until the vocabulary impinges on the standards of this forum. Let us not criticize one another in our discussions of the Holy Father’s triumph.
As Arroyo pointed out, “England was Catholic BEFORE it was England”. The stamp of Christ was there way ahead of all else that followed.
It's idiotic, and essentially meangless. If it's olde englishe, it died for a reason. leave it buried. As for this...
Let us not criticize one another in our discussions of the Holy Father’s triumph.
...sanctimonious drivel, I wanna vomit.
It’s not dead olde englishe though, it’s pretty common. I watch an inordinate amount of UK TV and I hear it regularly. They have a wonderful collection of colloquialisms. There’s actually another word that starts with gobs that is far more useful but I can’t use it here. That’s a good thing now that I think of it.
Thus, "gobsmacked" derives from the act of slapping the palm of one's hand across one's open mouth when startled or surprised.
A "face" is sometimes referred to as a "dial" (as in clock face, or dial) and in Cockney rhyming slang is known as "a boat race".
Yes, I know..............too much information.
Anyway, last time I checked, this was the USA and we had so many of our own colloquialisms we didn't need to lift the prissy ones from across the pond to sound cosmopolitan.
It's a little like using the word "shedjewel" or maybe just dropping a little latin into your sentences as though it was something all the homeys do.
NO STOMACH for pretentious anything, esp. writing.
peace out.
ogawd. it’s like picking a scab. it just gets worse.
Watched some of it. Wish I could have seen it all. Thanks for posting this article. I can’t wait to share it.
I’m curious... does anybody here know how the muslims acted during the pope’s visit? Were there any demonstrations by them or statements by their imams? Or were most of the protests and noise from the leftists and secularists?
And it should be pointed out, for those who didn't hear Arroyo, that Christian legends abound regarding Britain. For example, it is reputed that Joseph of Arimathea was the first to evangelize Great Britain, having settled in Glastonbury. True? Who knows. But without a doubt interesting (at least to me).
There's a bit that comes after that normally...
The only time I've noticed gobsmacked on freep is when it was associated with a story from the UK or a UK blogger.
Obviously though someone needs a Python care package for Christmas...
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