Saturday, January 8, 2022

"the voice in the presence of the Word"

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Wikimedia Commons ἡ φωνὴ τῷ Λόγῳ the voice by the Word      "The Baptist protests; Jesus insists. Then John says: I ought to be baptiz...
Tuesday, January 4, 2022

"year after year, with our thousand graces, multiplied resolutions, and fair promises, . . . a circle of misery and imperfections"

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". . . we know certainly that our God calls us to a holy life, that he gives us every grace, every abundant grace; and though we are so...
Monday, January 3, 2022

Kierkegaard in thought mainly?

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"A man prayed, and at first he thought that prayer was talking. But he became more and more quiet until in the end he realized prayer i...
Sunday, January 2, 2022

"I will extol thee, O God my king: and I will bless thy name, Jesus, for ever; yea, for ever and ever."

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Fra Angelico "Exaltabo te, Deus meus, Rex:  et benedicam nomini tuo, Jesu, in saeculum, et in saeculum saeculi. Alleluja."      Ps...
Saturday, January 1, 2022

The transhumanism of nature and grace

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      "Beatrice was standing with her eyes all fixed upon the eternal wheels, and I fixed mine upon her, withdrawn from there above.  G...
Wednesday, December 29, 2021

"in our days many evils . . . have come to be openly and habitually practiced, so that we are afraid not only to excommunicate a lay person for them but even to degrade a cleric."

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"sic nostris temporibus ita multa mala, etsi non talia, in apertam consuetudinem iam uenerunt, ut pro his non solum excommunicare aliqu...

"To distinguish between trivial and serious sins is a matter for divine, not human, judgment."

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"quae sint autem leuia quae grauia peccata, non humano sed diuino sunt pensanda iudicio."       St. Augustine, Enchiridion on fait...