Thursday, August 19, 2021

"orientation, tendency, disposition and activity"

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Zephyr Institute "the expression used in official Roman documents and in Papal addresses on the issue . . . is  not  'orientation...
Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Theology 101 from the prominent Scottish philosopher John Haldane

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Zephyr Institute "In general it is a mistake to infer from the principle of creation that God made everything to be as it is.  God crea...

omissione

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"Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter. If you say, 'Behold, we did no...
Tuesday, August 17, 2021

"What you hold, may you [always] hold. What you do, may you [always] do and never abandon."

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"What you hold, may you [always] hold.  What you do, may you [always] do and never abandon.  But with swift pace, light step, [and] uns...

PSEUDO St. Clare of Assisi: "We become what we love and who we love shapes what we become," etc.

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"We become what we love and who we love shapes what we become. If we love things, we become a thing. If we love nothing, we become noth...

Mary full by grace: It was given to her to be made holy.

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     "To put it another way, how could the Angel have addressed her as full of grace if any, even a little, of these virtues [(si quidp...
Sunday, August 15, 2021

Mercifully grant that, saved like her by the mystery of your redemption, we may, through her prayers and in imitation of her humility, merit to be exalted by you on high.

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Fra Angelico, Gardner Museum "O God, who, looking on the lowliness of the Blessed Virgin Mary, raised her to this grace, that your Only...