Saturday, May 21, 2016

"In rendering obedience as He does, He does something which . . . only God can do."

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The Son of God "shows Himself the One He is by the obedience which He renders as man. And His unconditional, self-evident, natural and ...

"without a capacity for personal prayer, are Christians capable of a true 'active participation' in the liturgy of the Church and above all the regular Sunday assembly?"

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     André Haquin, "Sacrement et sacramentalité:  une evolution en cours,"  Revue théologique de Louvain 32, no. 4 (2001):  526 ...
Tuesday, May 17, 2016

An ancient collect for Pentecost

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"O God, Who by the mystery of this day’s festival dost sanctify Thy universal Church in every race and nation, shed abroad throughout ...
Sunday, May 15, 2016

St. Leo on the "one good"

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"suppose that there are some rich people who, though they are not in the habit of helping the poor in the Church [(pauperes Ecclesiae)]...
Thursday, May 5, 2016

"what with recollection we run through"

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Sacramentarium Veronense, fol. 132r (ed. Mohlberg, pp. 161-162). Bibliotheca Capitularis Veronensis "Grant, almighty God, that w...
Sunday, May 1, 2016

"provided that we repent them sincerely"

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"The mercy of God lies in the fact that he is always ready to forgive us when we repent our sin sincerely. Jesus himself told Peter whe...
Friday, April 29, 2016

Barth on the modern κένωσις κτήσεως (kenosis of possession)

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The intention of the "'modern kenotics'" "was good. They wanted to clear away the difficulties of the traditional tea...