#85: Mr Sponge’s Sporting Tour, Ch. 33, by R. S. Surtees

Mr Sponge’s Sporting Tour continues. Apparently, it is universally acknowledged that a man in possession of a pack and a good fortune requires a huntsman. Or at least, that’s what’s believed by the snobby huntsman whom Mr Puffington’s about to meet.
Ch. 33: A Swell Huntsman.
18:40

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#84: Mr Sponge’s Sporting Tour, Ch. 32, by R. S. Surtees

Continuing to take Mr Sponge’s Sporting Tour, we meet Mr Sponge’s new host-to-be as he is now — Mr. Puffington, a man of wealth, leisure, avoirdupois, and absolutely no interest in foxhunting. So why is he the Master of the Hanby Hounds?
Chapter 32: The Man of P-r-o-r-perty.
13:26

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#83: Mr Sponge’s Sporting Tour, Ch. 31, by R.S. Surtees

Mr Sponge’s Sporting Tour continues.
Chapter 31, “Mr Puffington; or, The Young Man about Town”, contains a flashback to the days of the Regency. (Even funnier if you read a lot of Regency romances and are familiar with the Corinthians, dandies, and Bond Street beaus.)
17:11

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#82: “How I Lost My Gravity” by Fitz-James O’Brien

“How I Lost My Gravity” is today’s cute little story from Fitz-James O’Brien. I know he’s not noted for cute little stories, but there you go.
18:17.

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#81: The Imitation of Christ, Part 22

The end of this week’s section of The Imitation of Christ.
Part 22 deals with what to do in times of trouble and temptation.
6:43.

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#80: The Imitation of Christ, Part 21

More of The Imitation of Christ.
Part 21 deals with the basis of Christ’s peace.
10:32.

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#79: The Imitation of Christ, Part 20

The Imitation of Christ continues some more.
Part 20 includes an invaluable list of four simple things that will bring peace to us. Unfortunately, it’s “a minute to learn, a lifetime to master”.
5:38.

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#78: The Imitation of Christ, Part 19

The Imitation of Christ continues. (I actually had this up on archive.org yesterday, but I was too tired to put it up on the podcast. Sorry.)
Track 19 talks about putting God first.
9:28.

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Blog Announcement

I’ve decided I don’t like numbering posts A, B, etc. So I’ll just number them separately. Sorry for the inconvenience.

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#76A: “Deus Caritas Est”: Introduction

Since there was recently some kerfuffle over Vatican copyright policy, I should probably talk about how this works. Basically, all papal documents (and stuff written by popes before they became pope) published during the last 50 years are under the copyright of Libreria Editrice Vaticana, the official Vatican publishers. You can always reprint official papal [...]

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#75B: “Lecture 1″ of the Catechetical Lectures by St. Cyril of Jerusalem

Part 1 continues.
“Lecture 1″ is on proper preparation for Baptism, particularly giving up sin and praying more.
15:03
Read it here.

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#75A: “Procatechesis” by Cyril of Jerusalem

I’ve decided to read Cyril of Jerusalem’s Catechetical Lectures, because they are by far the coolest RCIA lectures ever. But because back then they were given three a week for the six weeks before Easter, and that’s a bit of a heavy schedule unless you really are a candidate, I’ll mostly just be doing two [...]

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#74C: Ch. 30 of Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour by R.S. Surtees

Part 6 continues.
In “Chapter 30: Bolting the Badger”, Mr. Sponge accedes to the dictates of Necessity, but not without a little struggle.
15:55.

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#74B: Ch. 29 of Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour by R.S. Surtees

Part 6 continues.
In “Ch. 29: The Cross-Roads at Dallington Burn”, Lord Scamperdale attempts to go hunting far enough away on a bad enough day that Mr. Sponge won’t attend. Ooooops.
19:14.

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#74A: Ch. 28 of Mr Sponge’s Sporting Tour by R.S. Surtees

Part 6 of Mr Sponge is up, which includes…
“Chapter 28: The Faithful Groom.” Mr. Sponge commits a slight error in his labor relations with Mr. Leather.
13:53.

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