The Anti-Modernist

Well...something funny did kind of happen and it is building on my story from yesterday. It was a hard day and I was completely exhausted, but I still wanted to resume trying to pray the Liturgy of Hours. I was getting ready to go to bed and and invited my wife to come pray with me, which she reluctantly agreed to do because I told her it would not be too long, but what she did not count on was me being me. Okay, here is a bit of background. I have been praying the Divine Office, but according the 1960 New Calendar from http://divinumofficium.com/cgi-bin/horas/officium.pl which in my opinion is pretty awesome. I really enjoy praying this form of the hours, as opposed to the modern version, but this is not the funny part. The funny part is that I had been clowning around the with program earlier and had set it to Trident 1910, which is longer than the 1960 version of Compline, so my assurance to my wife that prayer would not be that long was not entirely true and I did not catch my m

I LOVE MY WIFE! For those of you who read this blog regularly, you know that I have mentioned that I am ill, and I must say that in this modern world I am quite blessed to have a woman who stands by me, despite my frequent sickness. When she first met me, I was not exactly the epitome of health; however, I was in great shape and had none of the medical conditions that I have today. As our relationship developed, I was diagnosed with a variety of problems to include hemiplegic migraine, chronic fatigue syndrome, and severe allergies. The allergies are so severe that they force me to carry around an Epi-pen. Still, my wife, then my fiance, remained by my side and married me, and I have to say that I am quite blessed, as I believe many would not have endured such a tumultuous relationship let along the distance that we had to endure, 10,000 miles (the distance from Singapore to New York). My wife has demonstrated to me the true gift of self-giving. She tirelessly prepares meals for