It is fun to create something that has amused other people and I was pretty happy with the notice given by the trifecta of Catholic blogging Kathy Shaidle, Amy Welborn, and Mark Shea. It is quite another surprise to receive the massive avalanche of hits from The Corner via Jonah Goldberg. So while my head is still below the mass of planetary systems I would also like to give thanks to those bloggers above and also to others that have linked to my avazon.com parody. Kat Lively, Dale Price, Gregory Popcak, John Betts, The Meandering Mind of a Seminarian, Fr. Bryce Sibley, David Ancell, Peppermint Patty, TS O’Rama, Jeanetta, Victor Lams, Confessions of a Recovering Choir Director and anybody else that I might have missed.
Special thanks to Michelle of And Then? whose satire suggestion this time and in the past have born fruit.
Here is something I wrote on a previous occasion which seems appropriate now
The Litany of Blog Humility
From the desire of my blog being read
Deliver me dear Jesus
From the desire of my blog being praised
Deliver me dear Jesus
From the fear of my blog being despised
Deliver me dear Jesus
From the fear of my blog being forgotten
Deliver me dear Jesus
From the fear of no page views
Deliver me dear Jesus
That other blogs may be loved more than mine
Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it
That Nihil Obstat may find all my grammatical and spelling errors
Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it
That Google may never list my blog
Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it
That comments always be negative and abusive
Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it
That my commenting system always say “commenting temporarily unavailable”
Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it
That Mark Shea may notice every blog but mine
Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it
That others may be pithier than I, provided that I may become as pithy as I should
Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it
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Believe it or not I needed that prayer, seriously! The fact that it was funny was the second gift – thank you
I am currently seriously thinking about starting my own blog and now I have the prayer I need to ensure that it remains a saintly opus Dei – I humbly thank you (from Melbourne, Australia)
You did a superb job, Jeff. I had a rough day yesterday at work and when I saw your amusing page it really made me laugh. Thanks again. Besides, I’m a sucker for those who like Blessed Miguel Pro someone a true saint.
Pax Christi!
Thanks for the laughs!! I’m happy to have discovered your blog!!
By the way, what is ‘The Corner’?
My daughter is going to repo her iMac if I do one more hot cocoa spit-take on the keyboard. And this may have been the deciding moment…. 🙂 )
Man! Linked by The Corner! You managed to get outside the “Catholic Ghetto”. Congrats!
I know I couldn’t handle it. I’d end up with carpal tunnel from constant refreshing SiteMeter.
The Corner is the site on NRO (www.nationalreview.com, link to The Corner) where they post short items.
“I am currently seriously thinking about starting my own blog…”
Get that Blog going, Ronald. Send me a link when you have it up and running.
That litany isn’t finished. Where are the Beginning and ending prayers? I’ve got to finish it.
Oh, that’s right. The litany of Humility doesn’t have an ending prayer. I’m an ignoramus.
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