Pertinacious Papist: The best account of women and the priesthood I have ever seen
Monday, April 29, 2013
Jacques Maritain’s Service to Truth by Christopher Shannon
Without minimizing the importance of his writings, Maritain initially exerted his most powerful influence at a personal level through his Thomistic Study Circle, which he founded in 1914. Although placed under the spiritual direction of Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P., renowned as the leading guardian of Thomistic orthodoxy, the Circle nonetheless attracted a broad range of avante-garde, modernist intellectuals in various degrees of association with the Church. The appeal of the meetings was as much spiritual as intellectual, for Maritain intended his circle to pursue both sanctity and study. He understood the work of the Circle as in part making reparation for the sins against the intellect committed in the modern period. This aspect of the Thomistic revival was often lost on those who knew Maritain only through his writings, and continues to elude many. For Maritain, as for Thomas and the best of the Thomistic tradition, the truths of philosophy and theology were guides for a spiritual journey toward a deeper personal encounter with Jesus Christ. Bloy had directed Maritain toward the lives of the saints and the writings of Catholic mystics well before he began his study of St. Thomas. Maritain’s turn to scholastic rationality in no way entailed an abandonment of the more experiential and existential approaches that first drew him to the Church.
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Politicizing the Papal Transition: A Retrospective by Jeffrey Tucker
My own thoughts, as we are still in the early days of the new pontificate - things may not be as dire, especially with respect to liturgical matters, as some traditionalists might fear. We may pray that much good be done and that there will be many reforms but it remains to be seen whether those in authority have a sufficient grasp of reality and the complexities of our trials.
My own thoughts, as we are still in the early days of the new pontificate - things may not be as dire, especially with respect to liturgical matters, as some traditionalists might fear. We may pray that much good be done and that there will be many reforms but it remains to be seen whether those in authority have a sufficient grasp of reality and the complexities of our trials.
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Traditionalist vs. Conservative
Jeff Mirus, OK, so what sort of renewal did Vatican II prescribe?
Christopher Ferrara responds to an earlier piece by Mirus, Pope Francis: Tough Talk About Vatican II
Some traditionalists (especially Americans) may deny that some problems pre-existed the council. But was the council itself a necessary part of the solution? (Especially given that it did not define any dogma in opposition to a heretical opinion?) How many of the previous councils can be considered to be of the same importance as Trent when it came to reforming the Latin churches?
Christopher Ferrara responds to an earlier piece by Mirus, Pope Francis: Tough Talk About Vatican II
Some traditionalists (especially Americans) may deny that some problems pre-existed the council. But was the council itself a necessary part of the solution? (Especially given that it did not define any dogma in opposition to a heretical opinion?) How many of the previous councils can be considered to be of the same importance as Trent when it came to reforming the Latin churches?
Photos of Archbishop Jorge Maria Bergoglio Concelebrating the Divine Liturgy
(via ByzCath) - here, here, here, here, and here
Was there no Byzantine-rite mitre? Or was he uncomfortable wearing one? I am not sure if he was concelebrating - he is not wearing some of the other episcopal liturgical vestments as well - maybe they had only one set. It looks like he is wearing a mantiya instead.
Was there no Byzantine-rite mitre? Or was he uncomfortable wearing one? I am not sure if he was concelebrating - he is not wearing some of the other episcopal liturgical vestments as well - maybe they had only one set. It looks like he is wearing a mantiya instead.
Friday, April 26, 2013
CNA: Church must evangelize humbly, Pope Francis reflects
In humility and in charity... the homily was addressed to "members of the Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops at Casa Santa Marta," and not to lay people in general.
"Also present at the Mass were Archbishop Nikola Eterovic, Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops, and police from the Vatican Gendarmerie, Vatican Radio reported."
Zenit: Pope Francis: Prepare Your Hearts For the Heavenly Homeland
Wednesday's audience: Pope Francis: “The Church is not a bureaucratic organization, but a love story”
From earlier this week: Pope's Homily on Feast of St. George
More from Sandro Magister on the need to reform the Curia: Vatican Diary / Future curia, old project
John R. Quinn, archbishop emeritus of San Francisco, has an opinion, one which he voiced before the conclave as well: American archbishop advocates new power-sharing structures in the Catholic Church - John R. Quinn advocates the expansion of the patriarchal structure in the Catholic Church and the attribution of decision making power to the synod of bishops, to remedy excessive centralization and strengthen communion
More from Bishop Quinn:
THE CLAIMS OF THE PRIMACY AND THE COSTLY CALL TO UNITY (alt)
The Reform of the Papacy
In humility and in charity... the homily was addressed to "members of the Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops at Casa Santa Marta," and not to lay people in general.
"Also present at the Mass were Archbishop Nikola Eterovic, Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops, and police from the Vatican Gendarmerie, Vatican Radio reported."
Zenit: Pope Francis: Prepare Your Hearts For the Heavenly Homeland
Wednesday's audience: Pope Francis: “The Church is not a bureaucratic organization, but a love story”
From earlier this week: Pope's Homily on Feast of St. George
More from Sandro Magister on the need to reform the Curia: Vatican Diary / Future curia, old project
John R. Quinn, archbishop emeritus of San Francisco, has an opinion, one which he voiced before the conclave as well: American archbishop advocates new power-sharing structures in the Catholic Church - John R. Quinn advocates the expansion of the patriarchal structure in the Catholic Church and the attribution of decision making power to the synod of bishops, to remedy excessive centralization and strengthen communion
More from Bishop Quinn:
THE CLAIMS OF THE PRIMACY AND THE COSTLY CALL TO UNITY (alt)
The Reform of the Papacy
I have a post on beatitude of the blessed in heaven, but haven't had the time to finish it, even though it will be a rather short post. I've been busy trying to do other things.
Rethinking Religious Liberty by Benjamin Wiker
Why religious liberty cannot mean the right to believe whatever we want.
If the National Government is committed to enforcing secularism, then how should Catholics respond?
Also of note: Germain Grisez and Patrick Lee continue to defend the use of "brain death" to judge when a person is dead: Total Brain Death: Valid Criterion of Death
by Patrick Lee and Germain Grisez
I found this while doing a search for an argument against this, from a Thomistic pov. It appears to be such an attempt: A Thomistic understanding of human death by Jason T. Eberl (If you have the relevant subscription or institutional access, here is the article online.)
Rethinking Religious Liberty by Benjamin Wiker
Why religious liberty cannot mean the right to believe whatever we want.
If the National Government is committed to enforcing secularism, then how should Catholics respond?
Also of note: Germain Grisez and Patrick Lee continue to defend the use of "brain death" to judge when a person is dead: Total Brain Death: Valid Criterion of Death
by Patrick Lee and Germain Grisez
I found this while doing a search for an argument against this, from a Thomistic pov. It appears to be such an attempt: A Thomistic understanding of human death by Jason T. Eberl (If you have the relevant subscription or institutional access, here is the article online.)
Thursday, April 25, 2013
At Christendom College: Dr. Ken Grasso to Deliver Lecture on Church and State Relations
Perhaps a version of this will be published somewhere (if it hasn't been already).
His faculty page.
Dr. Ken Grasso will deliver a lecture entitled “The Freedom of the Church and the Taming of the State: The Christian Revolution, Western Liberty & the Rise of the New Leviathan” to the students and faculty of Christendom College at 4 p.m. in St. Kilian’s Café on April 29. This lecture will be part of the college’s Faith & Reason Lecture Series.
Perhaps a version of this will be published somewhere (if it hasn't been already).
His faculty page.
"Pascha"
Pascha: The New Passover
V. Rev. Fr. Anastasios Gounaris
Dean, Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, New York City
V. Rev. Fr. Anastasios Gounaris
Dean, Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, New York City
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Fr. Z: Theologian responds to Archbp. Marini’s less than helpful comment on same-sex unions
CNA interviewed Fr. Rhonheimer --
“Conferring legal equality to same-sex unions signifies to publicly establish, in the law system, the principle of dissociation of sexuality and procreation,” he explained in an April 22 telephone interview with CNA.
Archbishop Piero Marini explicitly denied that same-sex unions should be equal to marriage between a man and a woman. So the CNA article is a bit misleading, as it sets up a strawman argument... the question is, rather, whether same-sex civil unions should be recognized as such at all. (Or whether one can be conferred certain rights, without any sort of legal recognition of a sexual relationship. While liberals or individualists might think so, one can ask whether the rights of others, e.g. family members, are prior to that of someone who is not related by blood, a friend, or a same-sex "lover.")
CNA interviewed Fr. Rhonheimer --
“Conferring legal equality to same-sex unions signifies to publicly establish, in the law system, the principle of dissociation of sexuality and procreation,” he explained in an April 22 telephone interview with CNA.
Archbishop Piero Marini explicitly denied that same-sex unions should be equal to marriage between a man and a woman. So the CNA article is a bit misleading, as it sets up a strawman argument... the question is, rather, whether same-sex civil unions should be recognized as such at all. (Or whether one can be conferred certain rights, without any sort of legal recognition of a sexual relationship. While liberals or individualists might think so, one can ask whether the rights of others, e.g. family members, are prior to that of someone who is not related by blood, a friend, or a same-sex "lover.")
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Monday, April 22, 2013
To Promote In Order to Remove
It may "save face," but maybe it isn't such a wise idea. Then again, maybe turning the papacy into a bureaucracy isn't a wise idea, either.
Fr. Z: Former papal MC comes out for same-sex unions, trashes Benedict XVI’s pontificate
Fr. Z: Former papal MC comes out for same-sex unions, trashes Benedict XVI’s pontificate
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Holy Mass on the occasion of Priestly Ordinations
From yesterday...
Re: the use of Latin - if the bishop of the Church of Rome, which should pride Latin above all other churches, does not think that the continued use of Latin in the liturgy is worthwhile, then why should anyone else care about it?
Re: the use of Latin - if the bishop of the Church of Rome, which should pride Latin above all other churches, does not think that the continued use of Latin in the liturgy is worthwhile, then why should anyone else care about it?
Saturday, April 20, 2013
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