Sunday, July 09, 2017
CWR: Eamon Duffy’s “Reformation Divided” revises assumptions, offers deep historical insights by Michael B. Kelly
Among the very significant contributions in Reformation Divided are the three chapters devoted to Thomas More, who has suffered from much hagiographical treatment, both good and ill.
Among the very significant contributions in Reformation Divided are the three chapters devoted to Thomas More, who has suffered from much hagiographical treatment, both good and ill.
Saturday, July 08, 2017
Thursday, July 06, 2017
A Two-Tier Spirituality?
CWR: Spiritual direction and the role of the laity by Russell Shaw
In the writings of Saint Teresa of Avila we have a glimpse of the two-tier spirituality that has been taken for granted by most spiritual writers for a long time. It might be put like this: The goal for priests and religious is to be holy, the goal for lay people is to be good.
In the writings of Saint Teresa of Avila we have a glimpse of the two-tier spirituality that has been taken for granted by most spiritual writers for a long time. It might be put like this: The goal for priests and religious is to be holy, the goal for lay people is to be good.
Wednesday, July 05, 2017
Tuesday, July 04, 2017
Monday, July 03, 2017
Sunday, July 02, 2017
CWR: Why did Robert Cardinal Sarah decide to devote a book to silence?
The Introduction to Cardinal Sarah’s The Power of Silence, by French journalist Nicolas Diat, reveals the book could never have existed without a young French monk who was paralyzed and unable to speak—and yet formed a deep and abiding friendship born in silence, that grew in silence, and continues to exist in silence.
The Introduction to Cardinal Sarah’s The Power of Silence, by French journalist Nicolas Diat, reveals the book could never have existed without a young French monk who was paralyzed and unable to speak—and yet formed a deep and abiding friendship born in silence, that grew in silence, and continues to exist in silence.
Saturday, July 01, 2017
A Jesuit Now in Charge of the CDF
A good Jesuit or a bad one? Will he be a Jesuit first and a Catholic second when advising the Jesuit Pope? What would Malachi Martin have to say about this latest development (and the newest superior general of the Society of Jesus)?
Pope names Archbishop Luis Ladaria as Müller’s successor to head CDF The Spanish Jesuit has served as second-in-command at the CDF since 2008.
Pope names Archbishop Luis Ladaria as Müller’s successor to head CDF The Spanish Jesuit has served as second-in-command at the CDF since 2008.
Friday, June 30, 2017
Rorate Caeli: BREAKING - EXCLUSIVE IN ENGLISH: Pope dismisses Cardinal Müller from CDF
Just not a good fit for the Bergoglio papacy? Or is there more to it?
In difesa dei "dubia" dei quattro cardinali, messi in castigo dal papa
After the Academy for Life, A New Face for the Institute of the Family
Just not a good fit for the Bergoglio papacy? Or is there more to it?
In difesa dei "dubia" dei quattro cardinali, messi in castigo dal papa
After the Academy for Life, A New Face for the Institute of the Family
Thursday, June 29, 2017
Wednesday, June 28, 2017
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
Monday, June 26, 2017
Sunday, June 25, 2017
Saturday, June 24, 2017
Aristotle and the Garments of Skin
James Chastek: The Point of Sexual Desire
Aristotle's reflections on the end of reproduction, on the "natural" level remind me of what I read from St. Maximos the Confessor on the garments of skin and the fall of Adam and Eve and the consequences of that fall.
The intensity of our desire for coitus is a result of the fall?
Aristotle can be used to support a Patristic view on the 'garments of skin' rather than John Paul II's Theology of the Body?
Aristotle's reflections on the end of reproduction, on the "natural" level remind me of what I read from St. Maximos the Confessor on the garments of skin and the fall of Adam and Eve and the consequences of that fall.
The intensity of our desire for coitus is a result of the fall?
Aristotle can be used to support a Patristic view on the 'garments of skin' rather than John Paul II's Theology of the Body?
Friday, June 23, 2017
A Forgotten Devotion in the West?
The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (EWTN)
Fr. Tim Finigan: The healthy notion of reparation
That we can seek to make up for our sins is only possible because of our participation in Christ and the satisfaction of God's righteousness that He is able to make -- and the latter part is meant not in a Latin/legalistic way but an Eastern one.
Fr. Tim Finigan: The healthy notion of reparation
That we can seek to make up for our sins is only possible because of our participation in Christ and the satisfaction of God's righteousness that He is able to make -- and the latter part is meant not in a Latin/legalistic way but an Eastern one.
Thursday, June 22, 2017
Looks Like Latin Legalism
Fr. Z's answer: Must a Latin Church Catholic going to an Eastern Church still obey Latin laws?
What's an Eastern Catholic response?
What's an Eastern Catholic response?
Red Bull Music Academy Daily: Devotion: The Architecture of Medieval Churches
Emma Warren explores the transcendent impact and contemporary relevance of medieval acoustic treatments
Emma Warren explores the transcendent impact and contemporary relevance of medieval acoustic treatments
A New book from Fr. Thomas Joseph White
With a Western image of the Transfiguration on the front cover...
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
Pretty Please?
CWR Dispatch: Four cardinals to Pope Francis: “Faced with this grave situation…”
“…[we] ask humbly and respectfully for an Audience.” But they likely aren’t going to receive an audience or an answer.
Original blog post by Edward Pentin.
“…[we] ask humbly and respectfully for an Audience.” But they likely aren’t going to receive an audience or an answer.
Original blog post by Edward Pentin.
Monday, June 19, 2017
Sunday, June 18, 2017
Saturday, June 17, 2017
Way Behind...
Still haven't caught up.
The snippet offered below could be understood as a defense of patriarchy (in conjunction with what St. Paul wrote), but I don't think that's how it will work out.
The snippet offered below could be understood as a defense of patriarchy (in conjunction with what St. Paul wrote), but I don't think that's how it will work out.
Friday, June 16, 2017
Thursday, June 15, 2017
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
The Proposed Trinity Dome Mosaic
for "America's Catholic Church," the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Apparently, there was a special collection held on Mother's Day 2017 in Roman Catholic dioceses in the United States to help fund the dome.
It is a product of its time but it does represent an attempt by the Latin churches in the United States to re-write American history and re-define American [Catholic] identity.
Is there a single political entity that is the United States? That is the nationalist myth that arose 1865. Then again, only a basilica built in the seat of the Federal Government would pretend to be a national Catholic symbol. And then there is the inclusion of two modern popes...
As for the quality of the mosaic itself -- I don't think it looks very good, but it goes well with what else has been installed in the upper basilica. The depiction of the Most Holy Trinity is uncanonical; did the artist not consult anyone traditional authority on this question? The figures themselves look like the "naturalistic" representations of saints that are done in modern stained glass windows -- they don't look like mosaics at all. Maybe it's because of the distance and the resulting resolution, but I think the mosaic loses something as a result. As for the representation of the "Immaculate Conception," I find that I cannot relate to Western depictions of the Theotokos these days.
Then again, that sort of ambition and desire to create such a large mosaic for a very large temple reflects the triumphalistic hubris of the American [Latin] Catholic Church, which didn't go away with Vatican II. "This was the best they could do, and they thought it was great?"
Perhaps it is a good thing that the Greeks didn't attempt to recreate a version of Hagia Sophia on American soil.
It is a product of its time but it does represent an attempt by the Latin churches in the United States to re-write American history and re-define American [Catholic] identity.
The procession of saints includes, among others, St. Juan Diego (the first canonized male Native American), St. Kateri Tekakwitha (the first canonized female Native American), St. Teresa of Calcutta (an honorary American citizen), St. Francis Cabrini, M.S.C. (the first U.S. citizen to be canonized), St. John Paul II (the first pope to visit the National Shrine), and St. Junípero Serra (declared a saint by Pope Francis at the National Shrine in 2015 for the first canonization ever to take place on American soil).
Is there a single political entity that is the United States? That is the nationalist myth that arose 1865. Then again, only a basilica built in the seat of the Federal Government would pretend to be a national Catholic symbol. And then there is the inclusion of two modern popes...
As for the quality of the mosaic itself -- I don't think it looks very good, but it goes well with what else has been installed in the upper basilica. The depiction of the Most Holy Trinity is uncanonical; did the artist not consult anyone traditional authority on this question? The figures themselves look like the "naturalistic" representations of saints that are done in modern stained glass windows -- they don't look like mosaics at all. Maybe it's because of the distance and the resulting resolution, but I think the mosaic loses something as a result. As for the representation of the "Immaculate Conception," I find that I cannot relate to Western depictions of the Theotokos these days.
Then again, that sort of ambition and desire to create such a large mosaic for a very large temple reflects the triumphalistic hubris of the American [Latin] Catholic Church, which didn't go away with Vatican II. "This was the best they could do, and they thought it was great?"
Perhaps it is a good thing that the Greeks didn't attempt to recreate a version of Hagia Sophia on American soil.
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Christopher West
will be in the area in August; time to finally do some extended reading of his work and the original catechetical series by John Paul II? His workshop will be based on his 2013 book Fill These Hearts. (I have probably forgotten he was here back in 2014.)
part 2
part 2
Monday, June 12, 2017
Sunday, June 11, 2017
Saturday, June 10, 2017
What Future for Russian Catholics?
RISU: Feeling Abandoned, Russian Catholics Appeal to the Pope
How much new Russian blood are the Russian Catholic parishes receiving? What is the alternative to "uniatism" for the Russian Catholics?
Then there is the Latin trad perspective on Russia...
De Mattei's double article: "Russia will be Catholic"
How much new Russian blood are the Russian Catholic parishes receiving? What is the alternative to "uniatism" for the Russian Catholics?
Then there is the Latin trad perspective on Russia...
De Mattei's double article: "Russia will be Catholic"
Friday, June 09, 2017
Thursday, June 08, 2017
Wednesday, June 07, 2017
Tuesday, June 06, 2017
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