Please Pray for Stratford Caldecott and His Family
07/08/2014
Grumpy informs us in a comment that Stratford has just received last rites. Please pray for his soul and for the comfort of his family. Grumpy has included this prayer to St. Joseph as patron of departing souls:
Oh, St. Joseph, whose protection is so great, so strong, so prompt before the throne of God. I place in you all my interests and desires. Oh, St. Joseph, do assist me by your powerful intercession, and obtain for me from your devine Son all spiritual blessings, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. So that, having engaged here below your heavenly power, I may offer my thanksgiving and homage to the most loving of Fathers.
Oh, St. Joseph, I never weary of contemplating you, and Jesus asleep in your arms; I dare not approach while He reposes near your heart. Press Him in my name and kiss His fine head for me and ask him to return the Kiss when I draw my dying breath. St. Joseph, Patron of departing souls - Pray for me.
Leonie, Strats wife, is v grateful to everyone for praying
Posted by: Grumpy | 07/09/2014 at 07:13 AM
Will do.
Posted by: Rob G | 07/09/2014 at 07:19 AM
thanks so much Rob - his wife thanks you all.
Posted by: Grumpy | 07/09/2014 at 09:48 AM
I met him briefly, once about 20 years ago. Seemed very likeable and obviously he's brilliant as well. That thing that his daughter did a month or two ago, obtaining that movie that he really wanted to see and getting all those well-wishes from the stars, was very touching.
Posted by: Mac | 07/09/2014 at 10:14 AM
Please keep us informed, Grumpy. "The distinguished thing"
Posted by: Mac | 07/09/2014 at 07:40 PM
The family has gone completely silent for 48 hours. No one has heard anything. I'll let
Distinguished thing?
Posted by: Grumpy | 07/10/2014 at 09:58 AM
Supposedly Henry James's last words, referring to his approaching death.
Posted by: Mac | 07/10/2014 at 10:15 AM
Please continue to pray for Strat Caldecott. This morning his wife told someone that his condition is 'indescribable'.
Posted by: Grumpy | 07/14/2014 at 11:37 AM
Will do.
AMDG
Posted by: Janet | 07/14/2014 at 12:08 PM
thanks
Posted by: Grumpy | 07/14/2014 at 12:37 PM
So will I.
Posted by: Mac | 07/14/2014 at 01:17 PM
thanks very much. it must be harrowing.
Posted by: Grumpy | 07/14/2014 at 01:18 PM
Praying
Posted by: Louise | 07/14/2014 at 02:37 PM
Thanks Louise
Posted by: Grumpy | 07/14/2014 at 05:38 PM
I'm still praying for him and his family.
Posted by: Marianne | 07/15/2014 at 03:29 PM
Thanks. His wife posted the new issue of Second Spring on fb tday
Posted by: Grumpy | 07/15/2014 at 05:21 PM
I was just browsing at Amazon and I noticed this new book, which might be of interest to some here:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Beauty-Gods-House-Stratford/dp/1620324369
Without betraying anyone's pseudo-anonymity, let me say: well done! I'm going to get a copy.
Posted by: Craig | 08/28/2014 at 12:52 PM
Yeah, a friend of mine linked to a review of that on Facebook today--and my friend doesn't even know my friend.
AMDG
Posted by: Janet | 08/28/2014 at 01:08 PM
I had not heard of that till I saw your link on Facebook, Janet. I was planning to do a post about it later today or tomorrow. It looks really good.
Posted by: Mac | 08/28/2014 at 01:18 PM
I'm going to go home and read it.
AMDG
Posted by: Janet | 08/28/2014 at 01:23 PM
I didn't see it on Facebook, but I'll have a look.
Posted by: Craig | 08/28/2014 at 01:56 PM
How'd you get it so quickly, Janet? Kindle version?
Posted by: Mac | 08/28/2014 at 02:19 PM
Yes, although I'm thinking I might by the book. This is just the first night I've been free to read, and I thought I would treat myself.
AMDG
Posted by: Janet | 08/28/2014 at 02:38 PM
there's a review of it on facebook? I must look. It would be nice if the book doesn't just disappear
Posted by: Grumpy | 08/28/2014 at 04:12 PM
The book sounds very interesting. Grumpy. Well done. :)
Contrast this with Maclin's latest post about the nudey wrestling woman!
Posted by: Louise | 08/28/2014 at 05:31 PM
The review is in Crisis magazine. I linked to it.
AMDG
Posted by: Janet | 08/28/2014 at 06:13 PM
yes I found it by going to your facebook page. It still surprises me how little of one another's posts we see on fb. At first I thought I was seeing a collage of all my 'friends' posts. But actually they only show a tiny sample. And I have no idea what the criteria are. I have read that the criteria are called 'algorithms' but I could not define an algorithm.
Posted by: Grumpy | 08/28/2014 at 07:18 PM
There's a specific series of steps to define an algorithm.
Posted by: Craig | 08/28/2014 at 08:55 PM
I wonder if it's because you aren't following me. Do you see anything I post? Of course I don't post much.
AMDG
Posted by: Janet | 08/28/2014 at 09:11 PM
Can't remember if I mentioned it here, but not long before he passed away I had purchased his most recent book, the one on RC social teaching. I was in the middle of reading it when he died, which was kind of an odd feeling. It's an excellent book, btw.
Posted by: Rob G | 08/29/2014 at 06:10 AM
I think you did. Somebody did, anyway.
An algorithm is just a procedure, like the ones you were taught in school for adding with carry and subtracting with borrow and long division. When Facebook talks about their algorithms they just mean the rules implemented in software that determine what you see. They're constantly tweaking them, I think, so that's one reason why they don't seem consistent.
Posted by: Mac | 08/29/2014 at 08:16 AM