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Ora et labora et lege: St Benedict and the restoration of cult, culture and cultivation

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Here’s a little sketchbook piece 🌲

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The Canary in the Coal Mine

BREAKING: India has conducted raids at the offices of George Soros Open Societies Foundation in Bengaluru.

WOW.

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Did the Jews kill Jesus?

Literally speaking, no. The Romans performed the crucifixion. But the crowd and the leaders in Jerusalem were clearly baying for blood. Pilate gave them what they wanted, despite his better instincts (and those of his wife. Let that be a lesson to you, gentlemen).

The argument that “Jerusalem crowd + leaders ≠ Jews…

I was recently informed that it is antisemitic to believe that the Jews killed Christ*. When I pushed back, saying it should be a fairly non-controversial reading of the Gospels, I was told that it is “a common antisemitic trope”, as if that answered everything.

So, I guess I'm an antisemite now. Nice to know.

On the other hand, language i…