Sunday, October 21, 2018

Hanby on the disastrous de-Hellenization of Christianity

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"Christianity cannot be de-Hellenized . . . without being de-Christianized at the same time, and Christianity cannot be de-Christianize...
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Saturday, October 20, 2018

"a gauzy mercy without justice or truth"

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"the idea of a gauzy mercy without justice or truth appears suspiciously self-serving for a Church that has so much to confess." ...

SALVE, FESTA DIES

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A moonset at sunrise by Tracie Hall "'Does not a good man consider every day a festival?'  And a very splendid one, to be s...
Wednesday, October 17, 2018

The study of spirituality as spiritual discipline

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Catholic Theological Union "the [academic] study of spirituality is necessarily a self-implicating discipline.      " In s...
Sunday, October 14, 2018

"there is one Jesus Christ our Lord, who came by means of the whole economy".

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"there is one Jesus Christ our Lord, who came by means of the whole economy and who has recapitulated all things in himself." ...
Saturday, October 13, 2018

"a work of Thine own hands, a sheep of Thine own fold, a lamb of Thine own flock, a sinner of Thine own redeeming"

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"Into your hands, O merciful Savior, we commend your servant N.  Acknowledge, we humbly beseech you, a sheep of your own fold, a lamb o...

"In the Catholic tradition, it is the dignity of the human person—not its denial—that undergirds the legitimacy of capital punishment."

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     Steven A. Long, "Magisterial irresponsibility," First things no. 286 (October 2018):  43 (41-45).  Great article.