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Date: 19 Jun 2007 14:20:45
From: Cathy Kearns
Subject: The Vatican supports bicycling!
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"The Vatican on Tuesday issued a set of "Ten Commandments" for drivers,
telling motorists not to kill, not to drink and drive, and to help fellow
travelers in case of accidents."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070619/ap_on_re_eu/vatican_road_rage;_ylt=AilI6DekIL6XwfWbj72yi9Ss0NUE
Note commandment number 9:
"On the road, protect the more vulnerable party."
Can we just cite that law to drivers passing too close?
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Date: 22 Jun 2007 04:14:16
From: Luigi de Guzman
Subject: Re: The Vatican supports bicycling!
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On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:52:17 +0000, Ryan Cousineau wrote:
>
> Good heavens. Conversion by the sword I have heard of. But by the
> battle-axe?
Takes all kinds, evidently. For this act of faith Clovis (also latinized
as Lodovicus) is remembered as St. Louis.
>
> I can never recall: now that St. Christopher has been demoted to "didn't
> exist," who is the patron saint of travellers?
St. Raphael the Archangel.
> Or do we just pray to the Madonna del Ghisallo? Of course! Patroness of
> cyclists, so declared during the 1949 Giro.
You ask for the intercession and assistance of the Madonna del Ghisallo.
> The approach to the church of Ghisallo involves a 14% grade. Compelling
> evidence of the Lord's feelings about recumbents.
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> http://home-1.tiscali.nl/~edwinsel/misc_religie.htm
>
After a long 14% grade, there's every reason that a cyclist might be
wishing for the intercession and assistance of his own mother as well as
that of the Blessed Virgin.
--
Luigi de Guzman
http://ouij.livejournal.com
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Date: 20 Jun 2007 00:20:55
From: Luigi de Guzman
Subject: Re: The Vatican supports bicycling!
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On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:37:30 +0200, skaniusz wrote:
> Cathy Kearns napisaĆ(a):
>
>> Can we just cite that law to drivers passing too close?
>
> yeah.
> but only to catholics ;)
It's worth citing whether or not they're converted. The Spirit has a
funny way of acting on people sometimes.
Take Constantine, for instance. He had a vision of the cross before his
forces defeated those of Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge--afterwards, he
tolerated Christianity. He didn't convert until his deathbed, though.
Or Clovis, king of the Franks. One of his courtiers, in a drunken rage,
smashed a vase belonging to St. Remigius. Some months later, Clovis
himself saw the man at a military review and clove his head in two with
a battle-axe, saying "thus did you treat the vase of the archbishop at
Soissons!" The Franks quickly converted to Christianity.
-Luigi
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Date: 22 Jun 2007 01:52:17
From: Ryan Cousineau
Subject: Re: The Vatican supports bicycling!
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In article <Hp_di.204816$NU1.46483@newsfe13.lga >,
Luigi de Guzman <luigi12081@cox.net > wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:37:30 +0200, skaniusz wrote:
>
> > Cathy Kearns napisa©©(a):
> >
> >> Can we just cite that law to drivers passing too close?
> >
> > yeah.
> > but only to catholics ;)
>
>
> It's worth citing whether or not they're converted. The Spirit has a
> funny way of acting on people sometimes.
>
> Take Constantine, for instance. He had a vision of the cross before his
> forces defeated those of Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge--afterwards, he
> tolerated Christianity. He didn't convert until his deathbed, though.
>
> Or Clovis, king of the Franks. One of his courtiers, in a drunken rage,
> smashed a vase belonging to St. Remigius. Some months later, Clovis
> himself saw the man at a military review and clove his head in two with
> a battle-axe, saying "thus did you treat the vase of the archbishop at
> Soissons!" The Franks quickly converted to Christianity.
Good heavens. Conversion by the sword I have heard of. But by the
battle-axe?
I can never recall: now that St. Christopher has been demoted to "didn't
exist," who is the patron saint of travellers?
Or do we just pray to the Madonna del Ghisallo? Of course! Patroness of
cyclists, so declared during the 1949 Giro.
The approach to the church of Ghisallo involves a 14% grade. Compelling
evidence of the Lord's feelings about recumbents.
http://home-1.tiscali.nl/~edwinsel/misc_religie.htm
--
Ryan Cousineau rcousine@sfu.ca http://www.wiredcola.com/
"I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics
to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos
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Date: 20 Jun 2007 00:37:30
From: skaniusz
Subject: Re: The Vatican supports bicycling!
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Cathy Kearns napisał(a):
> Can we just cite that law to drivers passing too close?
yeah.
but only to catholics ;)
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