Diligite iustitiam: August 2014

Byzantine New Year's Eve.

Another Divine Liturgy at the same location for the same feast…

I'm not sure... Yanshui Catholic Church Maybe too Sinofied in its painting.

For the East...

Aristotle on Method and Metaphysics edited by Edward Feser is apparently print on demand. It can be purchased on Amazon.

Greek church, so there are unfortunately some Western practices that have been adopted.

But they are not a substitute for true prayer, which begins in the heart.

Post by Orthodoxy and the World.

Articulating Medieval Logic by Terrence Parsons (via Thomistica.net)

On Free Will By Edward O. Wilson
And how the brain is like a colony of ants

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Little inculturation in the music as far as I can tell - the melody is Russian/Slavonic in origin...

Why pews?

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A critique of Aristotle’s physics in Aristotle’s terms

Are we really justified in eliminating the distinction between agent and patient (and teleology)?

Thanks to Pater Edmund on Facebook

Marcus Berquist, "Learning And Discipleship"
Hugh Barbour, O. Praem, "Bonum Communis Ente: A Friendly Challenge To Personal Thomism"

James Chastek replies to Michael Hannon regarding marital friendship.

The Chant Café: The World Vernacular Is English, Korean Edition by Kathleen Pluth

NLM: Burial Rites of the Theotokos by Kyle Washut

Has he gone too far in being accommodating to "Christian" feminists? If so, would this discredit his open-mindedness to Latin Christianity and ecumenical endeavors in the minds of those who are more traditional?

The Pope and Proselytism By Dr. Adam A. J. DeVille

How to differentiate between an unhelpful proselytism and a healthy evangelism?

James Chastek: From feminine to divine perfections

While Aquinas does make the claim that the mother's love for her child is one ideal, is it disputed which sex has the better capacity for love that is tempered by justice? Some perfections pertain to the intellect and the will, some pertain to the operation of the intellect and the will in so far as the soul is the form of the body and thus we have to consider the influence of the emotions. It is not so controversial among Catholics to claim that there are sex differences. But to claim that such differences ground a hierarchy within the family and society at large?

India: in renewing the Church, Pope Francis 'has woken up' the Society of Jesus

"He has also reminds us that the Church cannot remain closed in on itself (one possible reason why the Society of Jesus was suppressed was because the Society became closed in on itself), but must reach out not only to the whole world but to the whole of creation."

Lest the Jesuits forget... Anamnesis, Not Amnesia: The 'Healing Memories' and the Problem of 'Uniatism'

Byzantine, Texas: Pan-Oriental Orthodox Council proposed: Beirut ( OCP ) - Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II of Antioch and All East received high level Oriental Orthodox prelates at his residence on 5t...

A New Generation of Mosaicists in the Holy Land

Post by Vatican Radio - English Section.

The CWR Blog: Cardinal Mueller's book-long interview emphasizes indissolubility of marriage

"The Hope of the Family" (Ignatius Press) responds to mistakes in understanding marriage in society.