In Rome, at the consistory! This is the procession for Mass last Sunday, when the 24 new cardinals were presented with their rings. I’ll blog about this in due course. But for now, a short video shot by yours truly! Read more
In Rome, at the consistory! This is the procession for Mass last Sunday, when the 24 new cardinals were presented with their rings. I’ll blog about this in due course. But for now, a short video shot by yours truly! Read more
Part VIII The Word and the Spirit in creation, Reveal the love of Divine Sophia for us. Participation in the divine life, our destination: Once we take on the savior’s poultice. In Jesus and Mary, the Word and Spirit, Accomplish the plans of Divine Sophia. They are an inseparable doublet, And prove the truth of the filioque. “For he has made known to us in all wisdom and insight the mystery of his will, according to his purpose which he... Read more
Thou art an impregnable wall and a source of miracles enabling us to subdue enemy attacks, O Mother of God. Wherefore we pray thee, grant peace to the world and great mercy to our souls. We celebrate the venerable Icon of the Sign, most holy Mother of God, whereby thou didst grant thy city a wonderful victory over its enemies. Wherefore we cry to thee with faith: Rejoice, O Virgin, thou boast of Christians. (more…) Read more
I have to admit it. I thought Benedict was hedging his bets when he chose the example of a male prostitute to make his point that, if someone is engaging in dangerous sexual activity (which is and remains contrary to Church teaching), they are better to use a condom to prevent the spread of infections than not. Much has been made of translation issues and the consensus seemed to be that Benedict meant to indicate homosexual prostitution in particular because... Read more
In your opinion and in light of the Pope’s recent musings on illicit relations with a person infected with AIDS, do you believe a) The Vatican is moving toward a more practical role (pastoral theology so to speak) that seeks direct engagement with practical difficulties as contrasted with the principled light stand we found quite prominent with John Paul II that attempted to stay above the political difficulties of various controversies. b) We are seeing an aberrational situation that is... Read more
Several of the authors at the Distributist Review have been writing on how we can begin a distributist society within the home and at our community level. Being sympathetic to the project of distributism, I thought I would offer my own thoughts. A caveat I offer up front is that I generally consider myself a socialist rather than a distributist. The previous statement is not a conflation of distributism with socialism, because their differences are rather significant. In brief, the... Read more
Part VII-1 Part VII-2 What was wounded by sin, human unity, Did not overcome the plan of Divine Sophia: Seeds of truth sowed by the divinity, Brought forth the greatest of fruit: Holy Maria. Sophia is entirely justified in her children. The righteous of humanity, such as Abel, Job, Moses, Jeremiah, Siddhartha, Socrates, and John, All point to the coming of Christ on the earthly globe. Created Sophia has continuously sought for the holistic unity and perfection of creation. Sin... Read more
At Mass today, the deacon noted that Saint Dismas, one of the two criminals crucified along with Jesus, is the only individual in the Gospels who Christ says is going to heaven. This struck me powerfully. Dismas, “the good thief,” makes his confession, as it were, to Christ Himself, seeming to examine the sins of his life in the briefest of moments before admitting that he has been “condemned justly,” and then professes, in another brief moment, Christ’s kingship. And... Read more
The internet, it is safe to say, is now abuzz with the news that, according to the Associated Press title, Pope Benedict has suggested that “condoms can be justified in some cases.” (Heck, I couldn’t even win the race here at Vox Nova.) I feel some responsibility to weigh in here, and with some haste. Every time this kind of story breaks, we are inundated with the same tired misconceptions about Catholic teaching. This one, in particular, will give the... Read more
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