Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.
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Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Oh man! I LOVE kung fu movies
For all the years I lived in Vancouver, I was the world's biggest Sinophile. I shopped in Chinatown all the time, and learned to eat all the weird stuff that none of the white people ever ate. I haunted Chinese bookshops with their mysterious red wax seals and chops, and scrolls, ink and brush paintings, the Sun Yat Sen gardens, the Chinese bakeries, the Chinese Catholic parish with its gorgeous paintings of the Virgin and Child in the traditional Chinese style.
I went to the kung fu and wushu demonstrations too, and went through a very long kung fu movie period with Vicky.
If only the Chinese had gone for Christianity instead of Communism...
Oh well...
Well, they almost did go for Christianity. the church blew it bigtime in the Chinese rites controversy.
ReplyDeleteIt's not hopeless yet. There is an interior city of some consequence that is almost entirely Catholic. The trouble and suffering undergone for the Falun Gong movement indicates that despite the Red Army, the people have not been turned into soulless consumers. They are looking for truth and meaning. When Europe fails, it may be that the Church will triumph in the East.
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