Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Sunday, December 28, 2014
Saturday, December 27, 2014
Friday, December 26, 2014
Thursday, December 25, 2014
The Bishop of Rome, Christmas
Christmas: "God is in love with our smallness"
“More so,” the Pope went on to ask, “do we have the courage to welcome with tenderness the difficulties and problems of those who are near to us, or do we prefer impersonal solutions, perhaps effective but devoid of the warmth of the Gospel? How much the world needs tenderness today! The Christian response cannot be different from God’s response to our smallness. Life must be met with goodness, with meekness. When we realize that God is in love with our smallness, that he made himself small in order to better encounter us, we cannot help but open our hearts to him, and beseech him: “Lord, help me to be like you, give me the grace of tenderness in the most difficult circumstances of life, give me the grace of closeness in the face of every need, of meekness in every conflict.”
I'll take Athanasius...
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Community of Bose
It does have its own website.
Even Bose Has Had Its Visitor
But this decided and managed by Enzo Bianchi, the all-powerful founder and prior of the monastery, as well as a favorite of Pope Francis. To shore himself up against his opponents
by Sandro Magister
A 2006 blogpost at Commonweal.
Something by Richard McBrien
Even Bose Has Had Its Visitor
But this decided and managed by Enzo Bianchi, the all-powerful founder and prior of the monastery, as well as a favorite of Pope Francis. To shore himself up against his opponents
by Sandro Magister
A 2006 blogpost at Commonweal.
Something by Richard McBrien
Monday, December 22, 2014
Sunday, December 21, 2014
Saturday, December 20, 2014
Friday, December 19, 2014
More Different Interpretations of Pope Francis
Chiesa: Bergoglio’s Pendulum, Between Capitalism and Revolution
Marxist, libertarian, Peronist. They have applied the most disparate labels to him. The contrasting judgments of the Acton Institute and the “Friends of Pope Francis”
by Sandro Magister
Marxist, libertarian, Peronist. They have applied the most disparate labels to him. The contrasting judgments of the Acton Institute and the “Friends of Pope Francis”
by Sandro Magister
Overstepping His Authority?
Or does the good of the Church universal require that all Christians celebrate Pascha on the same date?
Shameless Popery: Pope Victor and the Second-Century Papacy
Shameless Popery: Pope Victor and the Second-Century Papacy
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Liturgy - Source of Missionary Life of the Church
NLM: EWTN Interview with Cardinal Burke and Bishop Rey - Sacra Liturgia - VIDEO
And yet one can ask whether conservatism of hieratic Latin as the language of the liturgy (for non-Latin speaking peoples) is compatible with the missionary spirit.
And yet one can ask whether conservatism of hieratic Latin as the language of the liturgy (for non-Latin speaking peoples) is compatible with the missionary spirit.
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Monday, December 15, 2014
More Than Polemic
How the Traditional Latin Mass Fosters More Active Participation than the Ordinary Form by Peter Kwasniewski
The contributors and readers of Pray, Tell could write a response but I don't know if they would risk giving "validation" by engaging the arguments.
I still think the physical postures of the faithful for the EF were reduced over the years but it might be difficult to convince Latin traditionalists (or Latins in general) to get rid of pews to allow greater mobility. There's nothing in the piece about vocal or sung responses by the faithful (a need to preserve the Low Mass as a legitimate option?).
The contributors and readers of Pray, Tell could write a response but I don't know if they would risk giving "validation" by engaging the arguments.
I still think the physical postures of the faithful for the EF were reduced over the years but it might be difficult to convince Latin traditionalists (or Latins in general) to get rid of pews to allow greater mobility. There's nothing in the piece about vocal or sung responses by the faithful (a need to preserve the Low Mass as a legitimate option?).
Who are you calling a Pharisee?
“Rigidity is a sign of a weak heart”
At this morning’s mass in St. Martha’s House, Francis spoke about the “discipline” of the doctors of the law that is “rigid on the outside”, recalling how some were scandalised when Pius XII freed faithful from the Eucharistic fast
At this morning’s mass in St. Martha’s House, Francis spoke about the “discipline” of the doctors of the law that is “rigid on the outside”, recalling how some were scandalised when Pius XII freed faithful from the Eucharistic fast
And sometimes, I confess something to you, when I have seen a Christian, a Christian of that kind, with a weak heart, not firm, not fixed on the rock—Jesus – and with such rigidness on the outside, I ask the Lord: ‘But Lord, throw a banana peel in front of them, so that they will take a good fall, and feel shame that they are sinners, and so encounter You, [and realize] that You are the Saviour. Many times a sin will make us feel shame, and make us encounter the Lord, Who pardons us, as the sick who were there and went to the Lord for healing.What happened to "Who am I to judge?"
Well, Maybe Not Every Profession
It may be encouraging at the pastoral level but it does need some elaboration...
Metropolitan Kallistos Granted Honorary Doctorate
Ceremony of awarding degree of Doctor Honoris Causa to Metropolitan Kallistos of Diokleia takes place at Ss Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Post-Graduate Studies
Address by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk on awarding a degree of Doctor Honoris Causa of Ss Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Post-Graduate Studies to Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) of Diocleia
Address by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk on awarding a degree of Doctor Honoris Causa of Ss Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Post-Graduate Studies to Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) of Diocleia
Sunday, December 14, 2014
Mereology
How underdeveloped is mereology (the study of parts) by neo-Thomists and neo-Aristotelians in their physics and metaphysics and their understanding of substance?
Saturday, December 13, 2014
Friday, December 12, 2014
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Festival of Lessons and Carols
FB event - 8:00 pm, December 20, 2014 at St. Albert the Great Priory
The Schola Cantorum of St. Albert's Priory and the Women's Antique Vocal Ensemble (WAVE) will present their annual Christmas concert following the traditional format of a Festival of Lessons and Carols which has been the customary Christmas Eve service at King's College in Cambridge, England since 1918. The performance includes early music from England and France, selections from Llibre vermeil de Montserrat, and music composed by Adam de St. Victor, Heinrich Schütz, Francisco Guerrero, and William Billings. The concert will also include a sing-along of popular Christmas carols. Please join us for an evening of ancient and traditional holiday music.
$20 ($15 for students/seniors)
The Schola Cantorum of St. Albert's Priory and the Women's Antique Vocal Ensemble (WAVE) will present their annual Christmas concert following the traditional format of a Festival of Lessons and Carols which has been the customary Christmas Eve service at King's College in Cambridge, England since 1918. The performance includes early music from England and France, selections from Llibre vermeil de Montserrat, and music composed by Adam de St. Victor, Heinrich Schütz, Francisco Guerrero, and William Billings. The concert will also include a sing-along of popular Christmas carols. Please join us for an evening of ancient and traditional holiday music.
$20 ($15 for students/seniors)
Tuesday, December 09, 2014
More on the Norcia Refectory
NLM: New Sacred Art: The Monastic Refectory in Norcia by Peter Kwasniewski
Monday, December 08, 2014
Jennifer Fulwiler
Part of this year's wave of Catholic chick books?
Books by recent converts? How long did Augustine wait after his conversion before writing Confessions? And did he do it on his own initiative or was he asked to do it by others?
Sunday, December 07, 2014
A Borrowing from the Byzantine Tradition?
Or part of the "common" iconographic tradition of East and West up into the late middle ages; an earlier example would be the San Damiano Crucifix?
Rorate Caeli: Sacred beauty in the 21st Century - it is possible
Rorate Caeli: Sacred beauty in the 21st Century - it is possible
Friday, December 05, 2014
Confusing Enough?
Sandro Magister: In the Synod on the Family Even the Pope Emeritus Is Speaking Out (via Fr. Z)
Thursday, December 04, 2014
Wednesday, December 03, 2014
Tuesday, December 02, 2014
Approaching the Divine: A Primer for Iconography
Hope and Life Press: NEW RELEASE – Approaching the Divine: A Primer for Iconography by Fr. Richard G. Cannuli, OSA
"Displaying icons of Christ, the Eternal Father..."
Say what?
"Displaying icons of Christ, the Eternal Father..."
Say what?