tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post498639179714483452..comments2024-03-16T13:30:40.704-04:00Comments on Tea at Trianon: The Bride of Lammermoorelena maria vidalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-28456156494631310072011-03-24T13:32:16.838-04:002011-03-24T13:32:16.838-04:00Sorry, I guess I am just such a Puccini fan.Sorry, I guess I am just such a Puccini fan.elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-79263843832014917452011-03-24T13:27:01.147-04:002011-03-24T13:27:01.147-04:00"Let me begin by saying that I do not care fo..."Let me begin by saying that I do not care for Donizetti's opera. I am just not a big Donizetti fan."<br /><br />The only blot on your otherwise immaculate escutcheon, Mrs Vidal.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />-John-Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00621128117848925453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-83692873742160062852008-06-21T07:30:00.000-04:002008-06-21T07:30:00.000-04:00Thank you, Lucia. I think that constant prayer and...Thank you, Lucia. I think that constant prayer and giving alms generously to relieve the plight of the poor can help keep our priorities in their proper order.elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-62498311248112764422008-06-21T00:34:00.000-04:002008-06-21T00:34:00.000-04:00"We may think that such parental conniving and man..."We may think that such parental conniving and manipulation belonged only to the "old days" but even now there are many parents who care more about their children being materially successful than about their virtue or spiritual well-being."<BR/><BR/>How true this comment is to-day,Ms. Vidal. For, as Truth is timeless it also follows that the errors opposing Truth do not change either (though they may masquerade as something else). The age-old vice of prideful, materialistic avarice has not changed or been blotted out of existence, yet I wonder how can we, as Catholic men and women, combat this so virtue may prevail ?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14726123003219990626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-86081963685429110052008-05-28T07:03:00.000-04:002008-05-28T07:03:00.000-04:00The Edinburgh Sir Walter Scott Club www.eswsc.comThe Edinburgh Sir Walter Scott Club www.eswsc.comNot Givenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02991119321941545647noreply@blogger.com