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Offline AGeorge

Re: Ex-Seminarian stories
« Reply #10 on: January 30, 2025, 12:52:11 AM »
Quote from: Ladislaus on January 29, 2025, 06:28:20 PM
Thank you for sharing.  When I started there, I too suffered from scruples, but Father Delaplace cured me of them almost instantly.  He just gave me a command that I was not to confess anything or to refrain from Holy Communion unless I could basically swear to him that I had committed a mortal sin.  He said that if I did happen to be wrong, it would be on him, since I'd have been acting from obedience.  That was like an instant cure, since I was very much committed to obedience at the time.

Interesting about the choice of music.  Bishop Williamson always referred to Beethoven as his "guilty pleasure", and I always considered mine to be Rachmaninoff 3 (as well as 2) ... with Van Cliburn my favorite performer thereof.  I didn't know His Excellency actually enjoyed Rachmaninoff 3 also.

And, yes, I was called in on some of those "secret" (shhh!) video-watching sessions, though one time it was about Garbandal ... though I knew nothing about it at the time.
Excellent advice. I was given some similar to this. 
He didn't really like the Rach 3, but he was kind enough to watch it with me. 
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Offline AGeorge

Re: Ex-Seminarian stories
« Reply #11 on: January 30, 2025, 12:53:31 AM »
Quote from: St Giles on January 29, 2025, 07:43:28 PM
Probably hard to see on a CRT screen, but I think those "veins" are tendons. This 2001 performance may have been the one you saw


Yes, that's precisely the one! I still have the DVD which he gave to me.🙂
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Offline Seraphina

Re: Ex-Seminarian stories
« Reply #12 on: January 30, 2025, 02:38:44 AM »
Quote from: St Giles on January 29, 2025, 07:43:28 PM
Probably hard to see on a CRT screen, but I think those "veins" are tendons. This 2001 performance may have been the one you saw


The pianist obviously didn’t have on enough clothes. Imagine that top in white, beige, or black, and it’s an undergarment.
I’ve noticed that many old liberal women wear clothes that show off their neck tendons, chin dewlap, and crepe skin. Have a look at Nancy Peℓσѕι, NY Governor Hochul, Hillary Clinton, the late Ruth Badger Ginsberg. My last boss, an ultra liberal of about 70 had the same thing. She “grew up Catholic” and married a Joo, but referred to herself as “non-denominational”  Christian.
The Bishop had a point. Rach Cadenza “sounds” masculine to me—based on my women’s intuition. 
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Offline Seraphina

Re: Ex-Seminarian stories
« Reply #13 on: January 30, 2025, 03:37:23 AM »
Another anecdote. I attended a celebration/conference in Virginia, +Bp. Williamson’s anniversary, in 2012, I think. The festivities concluded with a picnic at a public park. Everyone was asked to bring either a main dish, dessert, salad, etc. Somehow, I ended up sitting behind the dessert and snack table. There were all kinds of foods, most of them brought by health conscious people. His Excellency looked them over and began reading the labels aloud, “Gluten free, no GMO, fat free, low fat, tree nut free, low sodium, non-dairy, sugar free, gluten free, gluten free, gluten free, contains no gluten……” Having taken nothing, he looked up at me and queried, “Have you anything glutinous? I like gluten!” 
He chose a square of homemade thick, gooey brownie with a layer of confectioner's sugar on top!  
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Offline Seraphina

Re: Ex-Seminarian stories
« Reply #14 on: January 31, 2025, 11:57:04 AM »
Again, not a seminarian, but an amusing anecdote, previously shared in the women’s thread.

Oh my...  The things that come out of the mouths of children!  😅🤣

This reminds me of an incident that took place before I was married when I was visiting some friends...

Bishop Williamson was there for dinner and a 6 y.o. girl sitting near him asked him, "Excellency, why don't you have a wife?"

The Bishop looked taken aback the parents were aghast and horried and the poor inquisitive little girl got an answer that she did not understand very well. 😅🤣

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