Saturday, February 27, 2010

Rahner on Mt 27:52 ff.

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"The heart of the earth has accepted and received the Son of God; and it is from a womb so consecrated, this womb of the 'hellish...
Thursday, February 25, 2010

We go to prepare a place for you

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"the idea of Jesus being bodily in heaven in complete bodily solitariness is probably not a coherent conception, certainly not fitting;...
Sunday, February 21, 2010

"One by one they were all becoming shades"

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"A few lights taps on the pane made him turn to the window.  It had begun to snow again.  He watched sleepily the flakes, silver and da...
Saturday, February 13, 2010

Yes, but are those later generations ever the more superficial?

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"it is one of the ironies of history that those issues which once seemed so important as to justify their defence with the sacrifice of...
Saturday, February 6, 2010

"In Heaven There Is No Beer," as sung by Aquinas and Pesch

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"The Bavarian has in heaven no beer to expect, the Briton no Guinness, the Frenchman and the Italian and the Rhenish Hessian as well as...
Friday, February 5, 2010

Pseudo-Melito on the Assumption

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"Then the Saviour spake unto them, saying: . . . this woman did I choose out of the tribes of Israel by the commandment of my Father, t...
Thursday, February 4, 2010

Colón-Emeric on the Methodist house and the Thomist cathedral

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"The Methodist house of religion is no English manor but a simple dwelling with a porch, a door, and an interior.  The porch of this ...