Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) - April 4, 2015
Partial umbral begins: 3:15am. - April 4th
Total eclipse begins: 4:58 a.m.
Greatest eclipse: 5:00 a.m.
Total eclipse ends: 5:03 a.m.
Partial umbral eclipse ends: 6:45 a.m.
Saturday, 28 March 2015
Deserts Posts for Lent
16 Dec 2014
This means that God calls us into the desert, and a desert has few colors, few delights. St. John writes this: IT now remains to be said that, although this happy night brings darkness to the spirit, it does so only to give it light in .
03 Nov 2013
The name El was the title of the desert god of many of the ancient religions. El was also the god of the storms. However, the One, True God took the name and made it His Own, the God of all Creation, the Father of all Mankind, ...
16 Dec 2014
St. Angela writes that Christ's entire life was one of penance. This seems obvious after one points this out. God on earth must have suffered constantly. I was thinking last night, as I was suffering intensely, of the great Desert .
19 Feb 2013
The desert is hard. It is very hot in the day and very cold at night. Sand gets into one's skin, eyes, hair. It is full of dangerous animals. Water is scarce. One has to rely on God totally in the desert. He is our Guide, as we cannot ...
21 Dec 2014
Going into silence and the desert which God gives us give us opportunities to see the predominant faults and get rid of these. When the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity became Man, He entered into a life of suffering, not ...
11 Oct 2014
14 And they coveted their desire in the desert: and they tempted God in the place without water. 15 And he gave them their request: and sent fulness into their souls. 16 And they provoked Moses in the camp, Aaron the holy ...
19 Dec 2014
And, that is God's plan in allowing me to walk around for hours in drenched clothing on a cold day. It is practice....the practice of the virtues and the dying to comfort and vanity. God knows what He is about. The desert can also ...
02 Jul 2014
When Moses had to flee from Egypt , into Sinai, he was not seeking God. He was being drawn to God by God. God was calling him to purgation and perfection. Purgation came in the long weeks in the desert, before he came ...
Because of a conversation with a friend, two re-posts
Sunday, 24 February 2013
On St. Peter and the Transfiguration-- a lesson in not being afraid of the future, not holding on to the past
Continuing my thoughts today on the readings of the day, I am grateful to my excellent grade school, high school and college teachers, who taught me how to read the Bible. I was fortunate in that "us kids" had our own and I loved mine, done by the Maryknoll Sisters with gorgeous illustrations. My son used it until I got him another one and now it is with some home schooling family.
Another beautiful Bible I lovesd when young was the Taize Bible(Jerusalem Bible translation, but I just would look at the paintings), as the illustrations were so hauntingly symbolic and beautiful. Children and young adolescents, as well as teens, learn through art, just as we all do, if we take the time.
That is one reason I use art in my posts, as I cannot write everything a reader can see.
St. Peter made a huge mistake today in the reading. It is comforting that the Evangelist let us see that Peter grew into his perfection, as we must, and was not automatically "with it".
Peter states, “Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters—one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah” Luke 9:33
Luke notes that Peter did not know what he was saying. Duh.
However, I think Peter was trying to do three things, which we try to do to avoid the road to perfection.
Peter was fighting the New Covenant and wanting to hold on to the Old Covenant. A sign of God's Presence in the desert had been the Tent with the Law and the Ark of the Covenant. Now, Peter was smart enough about his Scripture, as all Jewish men were at the time, but he missed the point.
He did not want something new. He wanted to hang on to the familiar.
How many times do we do this? We want to play god and plan out every detail of our live, based on past experiences. We are afraid to try some new way.
Peter wanted his old way of religious worship. The temple, the tent, etc.
He understood that he was witnessing a Theophany, but he wanted to keep it, save it in the old and not move on into the new.
He was frightened of the Cross. What does the Scripture say that Elijah and Moses and Christ were discussing? The Gospel today states clearly that "they were speaking of his passing". That means, the man who symbolized the Law and the great prophet, and Christ, the Son of God, were discussing Christ's Passion-the New Covenant.
Peter got this part, but he was scared. Surely, Christ was not going to suffer? Surely, Christ was not the Lamb of God? As a man who knew his Scripture, Peter was getting worried. Why?
Peter, like all Jewish men, knew this passage: Peter knew that Elijah was going to bring in a new age.
Malachi 4:5
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD,
6: And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
Peter also knew that John the Baptist was not Elijah. This had been settled.
John 1:19
And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
20: And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.
21: And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not.
Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.
Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?
23: He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
So, Peter might think that this Elijah appearance was the real deal. And, he would have remembered the famous story of Elijah raising the widow's son from the dead.
1st Kings 17:17 to 1st Kings 18:40
Poor Peter was being forced out of his comfort zone.
He had to understand that Christ was the promised Messiah, that Christ was the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets.
Other ideas of suffering from Isaiah 53 may have creeped into Peter's consciousness.
No wonder he wanted to hang on to the old and not face the new.
How many times do we want to hang on to what is known to us in religion instead of being open to the unknown? Peter had not known Christ like this. But, Christ wanted these three apostles to see Him in order to strengthen them before the Crucifixion.Christ revealed Himself at the Transfiguration in His Glory, but not with the marks of His Passion.
His Glorified Body was yet to be revealed.
Obviously, when Peter denied Christ, this denial was serious sin, as he has seen Christ as the Son of God.
Thankfully, he repented and was forgiven and went on to rule the Church in wisdom and grace (with a little help from St. Paul).
Peter was a man who seemed to have had to learn things the hard way.
Let us cooperate with grace.
Let us pursue perfection.
The Law, the Prophets, the Love-a personal mediation
I have been told recently by some priest friends, that the Sunday Gospels for Lent are among the oldest liturgically scheduled readings in the Church. Today's and last Sunday's on the Temptation have been read on these respective Sundays for over a thousand years according to two priest friends. How wonderful.
The Transfiguration was always a mystery to me until I saw it in terms of Love. Christ, Who is about to walk to Golgotha and endure pain for us, is giving his disciples a glimpse of His Glory, so as not only to encourage them for the days to come (and is this not timely today?) but also to show how much God loves them by sending His Only Son for this purpose.
Moses and the Law and Elijah and Prophecy point to Christ as the Messiah, the Fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets, the One, True Prophet and One, True Priest, as well as being the Son of God.
How these monotheists must have been shocked at this revelation, that Christ is God, as well as the Father, and the Holy Spirit. We have been given The Trinity in baptism and we walk in God. So, too, Peter, James and John walked in the Trinity, two to death and one to exile. So, we are warned, as well as loved today. Christ in His Glory points to our own final glorified bodies united with our souls at the end of time, but only after sufferings and trials.
Love is always the answer. Love. And, why did the disciples keep silent? Were they afraid? No, I think it is that when we have a love experience, we cannot find the words to describe this. And, love is so sacred, it really is hard to discuss it, or, rather, Him. Silence protects the Love in our hearts. The monastic orders know this. Silence is like a protective shield guarding the Love of Christ in our beings. Let nothing dilute that Love today.
The paintings show turmoil and fierce movement. Why? When the Divine, when God reveals Himself in our lives, He interrupts the doldrums the ordinariness of our lives. We are thrown into the happy, yet disturbing chaos of love. Those of us who have experienced this interruption have been changed. How happy we are when love changes our lives..........how wonderful to have this glimpse of immortality. Listen to Love.
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Jesus took with him Peter and John and James and went up the mountain to pray. As he prayed, the aspect of his face was changed and his clothing became brilliant as lightning. Suddenly there were two men there talking to him; they were Moses and Elijah appearing in glory, and they were speaking of his passing which he was to accomplish in Jerusalem. Peter and his companions were heavy with sleep, but they kept awake and saw his glory and the two men standing with him. As these were leaving him, Peter said to Jesus, ‘Master, it is wonderful for us to be here; so let us make three tents, one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.’ – He did not know what he was saying. As he spoke, a cloud came and covered them with shadow; and when they went into the cloud the disciples were afraid. And a voice came from the cloud saying, ‘This is my Son, the Chosen One. Listen to him.’ And after the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. The disciples kept silence and, at that time, told no one what they had seen.
Today in 1566 Malta Day on The Blog
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| Our Lady of Valletta |
On March 28th, 1566, Grandmaster, Jean de Valette laid the foundation stone of the great siege city of Valletta, Malta. Today, Valletta remains one of the most intriguing cities in Europe, and will be the European Capital of Culture in 2018. The entire city is a World Heritage Site, and may God protect her from her enemies, even those within the city walls.
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Today, as I sit a long way from the sea, I think of this old, venerable place of 25 churches, each one beautiful in its own right, but some stunning, and, perhaps, among the most beautiful in the world. I miss my favorite places there to sit and blog, as well as the gorgeous weather. It will be 63 degrees F today.
I miss "my" chapel of Adoration, Christ Redeemer Sacramentini. I miss daily Mass.
As noted on the official city website, Valletta is only 900 metres by 630 metres, or for Americans, .56 miles by .39 miles, a little jewel in the crown of Malta. Here is the list of churches, some of which have been featured on this blog. May Valletta stand for another half-century in all her beauty and age.
• St John’s Co-Cathedral - St John’s Square
• St. Francis of Assisi – Republic Street
• Parish Church of St. Augustine – Old Bakery Street
• Sanctuary Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
• Carmelite Church – Old Theatre Street
• Anglican Cathedral of St. Paul – Independence Square
• Church of Christ Redeemer
• Church of the Jesuits
• Collegiate Church of St. Paul's Shipwreck – St Paul Street
• Church of St. Mary of Jesus
• Scots Church of St. Andrew
• Church of Our Lady of the Pilar – West Street
• Church and Monastery of St. Catherine
• Parish Church of Our Lady of Fair Heavens and St. Dominic
• Church of St. Mary Magdalene
• Church and Chapel of St. Anne
• Chapel of Sacra Infermeria – Mediterranean Conference Centre
• Church of St. Nicholas
• Church of St. Roque – St Ursula Street
• Church and Monastery of St. Ursula – St Ursula Street
• Church of Our Lady of Damascus
• Church of St. James
• Church of St. Barbara – Republic Street
• Church of St. Catherine of Italy – Victory Square
• Church of Our Lady of Victories – South Street
• Church of the Blessed Virgin of Notre Dame De Liesse – Liesse Hill
• Church of the Holy Family's Flight from Egypt
• Church of St Lucy
http://www.cityofvalletta.org/content.aspx?id=46663
Matthew 25:23 His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and trustworthy slave; you have been trustworthy in a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master
Some people never think if death or the four last things, then, suddenly, death comes upon them. In the past few weeks, I have had discussions with three men who believe that many people are facing eternal death, that is, hell, and are blithely not realizing that their time could be short.
In a conversation, one of the gentlemen noted that more and more he is noticing how many people are living their lives as if God did not exist. A second gentleman noted that people do not understand how serious sin actually is. The third expressed the view that, to be honest, most people he knew never thought about heaven or hell.
We are all given an allotted time on this earth to live out our salvation.
Some great saints lived to be very old indeed. One thinks of the saints of the Old Testament, who lived considerably longer than a hundred and in some cases almost into a second century. The closer one lived to the First Parents, the longer one lived. Abraham died at 175 years of age. SS. Alphonsus (90), Augustine (76), Robert Bellarmine (78), Hildegard of Bingen (81), Maximus the Confessor, (82), and John Paul II (84), are some of the many older saints who graced this earth for a long time, relatively. These are the lodestars.
We are aware of many saints who died in their adolescent years, and some in their early twenties, like St. Therese, the Little Flower, Elizabeth of Hungary, and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati (all 24). These are the meteors.
Or, one thinks of the saints who died in their thirties, such as SS. Catherine of Siena (33), Anthony of Padua (35), and Faustina Kowalska, (33), called to God early, yet making a huge imprint on the daily life of Catholics.
Then we have the middle-aged saints, like SS. John of the Cross, (49), Thomas Aquinas (49), Francis of Assisi, (44) and Bonaventure (53).
Some saints lived into late middle-age, early old, as we say today, like SS. Angela Merici (66), Teresa of Avila, (67) and Bernard of Clairvaux (63).
All of these excellent people answered a call by God to do something and to be something in the City of God. Each one had a task and a character to mark the history of the Church with a special charism.
No two saints are alike. All are unique individuals who did not procrastinate or put-off holiness. They, like the faithful servant in the parable, cared about little things and, therefore, were trusted with big things.
Our lives may be short, or long. We do not know the day of our death, except for the chosen few to whom God gives this particular grace. Each Catholic should live each day as if it is his last, be he 24, 33, 67, or 90.
Presumption is the sin which puts off purgation and perfection.
Do not wait for age to become holy....you may not have another day.
Friday, 27 March 2015
Busy Day = Short Post on Knowledge of Divine Things Twenty-Nine Caritas in Veritate Four
Today, I worked with a maintenance person who was taking out old skirting boards and putting in new ones; then, I cleaned the entire house after he left. After that, I showed the house to someone who was interested.
Also, I did some spiritual direction and finish cleaning the patio, which I stated yesterday by raking leaves and pruning the rose bush. I also did my regular prayers and ordered groceries, as a reader sent me a gift card to buy food, (thankyou, R.).
In other words, I did not have time to work on Caritas in Vertitate, but I shall tomorrow. Let me just quote this section, showing the great need for Catholics to regain a foothold in the larger society, a foothold which they have removed in order to pursue either American values, which are not those of the saint necessarily or the values of certain "isms". The problem is that Catholics do not know how to love, or to think or to believe in an objective manner. Truth must be approached in faithfulness and with rigor.
Also, I did some spiritual direction and finish cleaning the patio, which I stated yesterday by raking leaves and pruning the rose bush. I also did my regular prayers and ordered groceries, as a reader sent me a gift card to buy food, (thankyou, R.).
In other words, I did not have time to work on Caritas in Vertitate, but I shall tomorrow. Let me just quote this section, showing the great need for Catholics to regain a foothold in the larger society, a foothold which they have removed in order to pursue either American values, which are not those of the saint necessarily or the values of certain "isms". The problem is that Catholics do not know how to love, or to think or to believe in an objective manner. Truth must be approached in faithfulness and with rigor.
9. Love in truth — caritas in veritate — is a great challenge for the Church in a world that is becoming progressively and pervasively globalized. The risk for our time is that the de facto interdependence of people and nations is not matched by ethical interaction of consciences and minds that would give rise to truly human development. Only in charity, illumined by the light of reason and faith, is it possible to pursue development goals that possess a more humane and humanizing value. The sharing of goods and resources, from which authentic development proceeds, is not guaranteed by merely technical progress and relationships of utility, but by the potential of love that overcomes evil with good (cf. Rom 12:21), opening up the path towards reciprocity of consciences and liberties.
The Church does not have technical solutions to offer[10] and does not claim “to interfere in any way in the politics of States.”[11]She does, however, have a mission of truth to accomplish, in every time and circumstance, for a society that is attuned to man, to his dignity, to his vocation. Without truth, it is easy to fall into an empiricist and sceptical view of life, incapable of rising to the level of praxis because of a lack of interest in grasping the values — sometimes even the meanings — with which to judge and direct it. Fidelity to man requires fidelity to the truth, which alone is the guarantee of freedom (cf. Jn 8:32) and of the possibility of integral human development. For this reason the Church searches for truth, proclaims it tirelessly and recognizes it wherever it is manifested. This mission of truth is something that the Church can never renounce. Her social doctrine is a particular dimension of this proclamation: it is a service to the truth which sets us free. Open to the truth, from whichever branch of knowledge it comes, the Church's social doctrine receives it, assembles into a unity the fragments in which it is often found, and mediates it within the constantly changing life-patterns of the society of peoples and nations[12].
Very Special Intention
Please pray for a very special intention for a young reader. This is a turning point in his life and he needs prayer.
Thanks, STM
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Thanks, STM
Chapel Update
I have not received any offers for altar linens, but I am getting some statues and more icons. The person who own the property is very pleased with a chapel in his house and has given me permission to add kneelers, benches and eventually a proper altar. I shall also need some type of proper light, as the candelabra will not work out as the owner and I have discussed.
At this time, I am the only one using it but I trust that if God want His Presence in the Eucharist here under authority of the local bishop, this will happen.
The house has been empty for a year and on the market but not selling. I, of course, do not have the money to buy this, but am grateful for its use and the support of prayer for the owner, until it sells.
Anything which is bought or donated can be moved to another location, if this is God's Will.
In the meantime, I am encouraged by several people who have prayed for me but cannot afford to help.
If you think you want to do so, and if there is another woman interested in a fairly strict and simple life of adoration, let me know. I go on.
Again, if anyone feels called to help furnish this room for Jesus, let me know in the combox.
It is a real joy for me to have this "sacred place"
The entire name for this little chapel is "St.Mary of the Angels and Martyrs, in Ephesus. Of course, benefactors will be on the daily prayer list.
STM
At this time, I am the only one using it but I trust that if God want His Presence in the Eucharist here under authority of the local bishop, this will happen.
The house has been empty for a year and on the market but not selling. I, of course, do not have the money to buy this, but am grateful for its use and the support of prayer for the owner, until it sells.
Anything which is bought or donated can be moved to another location, if this is God's Will.
In the meantime, I am encouraged by several people who have prayed for me but cannot afford to help.
If you think you want to do so, and if there is another woman interested in a fairly strict and simple life of adoration, let me know. I go on.
Again, if anyone feels called to help furnish this room for Jesus, let me know in the combox.
It is a real joy for me to have this "sacred place"
The entire name for this little chapel is "St.Mary of the Angels and Martyrs, in Ephesus. Of course, benefactors will be on the daily prayer list.
STM
Another Video To Watch
Video on the persecution of Christians in Iraq and other Middle East nations.
You must watch this baby in the womb
http://elitedaily.com/news/world/baby-claps-during-ultrasound-video/979809/
My son when in the womb kicked more when I played Mozart. I was never sure whether that meant he liked the composer or not! I assumed "like".
There can be no doubt of a fetus being a "real person". Please watch this.
My son when in the womb kicked more when I played Mozart. I was never sure whether that meant he liked the composer or not! I assumed "like".
There can be no doubt of a fetus being a "real person". Please watch this.
Entering the Holiest Week of The Year
As a child, growing up in pre-Vatican II, pre-Novus Ordo Catholic culture, this coming week was clearly special. Even in the home, things began to be "different".
Of course, we had all fasted and abstained during Lent-even those under age-a good habit which should be done in all Catholic families.
But, beginning the Saturday before Palm Sunday, new and exciting preparations for Holy Week and Easter began.
First of all, we went to confession on the Saturday before Palm Sunday, but then we went as a family once a month.
Second, mother and one grandmother took us to the clothing stores for new Easter outfits, to wear for the first time on Easter day and keep for Sundays. This was a yearly event-buying new Easter clothes, when was an old custom in the family. I would be given a new hat, new dress, new spring coat, new socks with little lace at the top, new shoes and so on. My brothers would get a new shirt, new trousers, and a new jacket. As children grow, they need new clothes and this was the time for the spring buy.
Third, cooking would begin for Easter Sunday. Breads and cookies would be baked and set aside. Later in Holy Week, more food would be prepared and saved for the Pasch. Holy Saturday, kept in low key, almost silent observance, would be the day we colored eggs, but I get ahead of myself.
My mother's great gift, among many, was cake decorating and the baking of cakes "from scratch". She still does this, at 87 and last week she told me on the phone that she made a coffee cake for Dad.
Fourth, we would clean the house from top to bottom. Lent was coming to an end, and the winter clothes were packed, (except for a few in case of a late snowstorm), curtains and rugs washed, windows cleaned, and so on. Easter day would find a house clean and bright.
Fifth, the garden would be put in order. March is the time for pruning rose bushes, especially before the cold weather broke, and we did that. Leaves were cleaned away. Lilies appeared in the house on the dining room and kitchen tables. but only on Holy Saturday.
Sixth, Palm Sunday saw special visits to the grandmothers and the talk of more Easter food prep.
(For me, no more perogies!!!!!!!!!)
As the week progressed, the house fell into a quiet mode of preparation so that all could attend the Triduum. Simple foods for dinner meant that Mom could go as well. When I was much older, many of us in our thirties would get together for a great meal on Holy Thursday, more solemn than Easter, but a gathering of friends to celebrate Holy Thursday before the Triduum began. We would not have a feast such as on Easter, but it was a symbol of the gathering of the apostles in the Upper Room with Christ, and then we would go to Holy Thursday Mass together.
Seventh, when I grew up, Catholic schools let out on Wednesday afternoon and we had Thursday, Friday, and Easter Monday off. I am not sure what the school systems do now. But, this meant we could help Mom get the house ready and be in a proper attitude for the Triduum.
Eighth, Good Friday was a serious day. Mother made us go to our rooms before we went to Church and be quiet. We could not play music, but were encourage to pray or sit and think of the Passion. Even as a young child, I was encouraged to do this We never, never shopped on Good Friday.
Ninth, Saturday was also a quiet day, preparing the Easter dinner with the dishes we could do ahead of time. When I was married, our dinner was, of course, lamb, with Greek dishes, as I love to cook.
Our typical Easter meal was lamb, spanakopita, dolmathes, baklava, some amazing lemon muffins I would make which were a family favorite, and blueberry cheese cake for desert or a bunny cake.
In my family, we had special wines set aside for different feast days or holidays. For example, Gewurztraminer is and was always our Thanksgiving wine at dinner, port and burgundy for Christmas, along with whiskey for Dad, and for Easter, a Spatlese, Auslese, and Eiswien for desert.
Tenth, visiting the grandmothers was an absolute on Easter Sunday, if one did not come for dinner, which she usually did with one uncle, who lived in the same city. (My family tends to spread out across the entire USA). She would bring something for us all as well, little gifts, usually religious. We would look for our Easter baskets before Mass, (our family went to two Masses after the babies grew up, as Mom and Dad were in the choir), which were hidden around the house in rather obvious places. If we found someone elses, we were not allowed to share the secret.
Eleventh, we attended all the Triduum, especially after the Easter changes of Pope Pius XII.
I have more memories, but these are shared to encourage families to start seeing this week coming up as different, solemn, special.
Calendars in the Church
I have four possible calendars to follow on this blog. The first is the one most of us follow daily, and from where I get my daily readings for meditation for you. That is the Novus Ordo calendar. Home schoolers could buy the liturgical calendar poster I did for my son for years and have it on the home school wall.
The second calendar is that of the 1962 Missal, that of the Extraordinary Form.
The third is the Byzantine Catholic calendar, with the Eastern saints honored, and which has different holydays of obligation.
The fourth is the Benedictine calendar, which I follow daily in my breviary, which is the order of the Monastic Diurnal.
Those who read my blog know I use a mix of these, so do not get confused, go with the flow, and enjoy the riches of the liturgical heritage of our beautiful Church.
The third is the Byzantine Catholic calendar, with the Eastern saints honored, and which has different holydays of obligation.
The fourth is the Benedictine calendar, which I follow daily in my breviary, which is the order of the Monastic Diurnal.
Those who read my blog know I use a mix of these, so do not get confused, go with the flow, and enjoy the riches of the liturgical heritage of our beautiful Church.
Re-posts for the feast of St. John Damascene, Doctor of the Church
04 Dec 2013
As readers know, I am putting the series on again with different numbering. As today is the Feast of St. John Damascene, I am putting his entries on the blog. I hope this helps for people still confused about invincible ignorance ...
10 Mar 2013
I shall look at Basil, Peter Chrysologus, Gregory Nazianzus, Hilary of Poitiers Athanasius, the two Cyrils, and John Damascene, John Chrysostom, and Isidore of Seville before moving on to others closer to our own time.
25 Sep 2013
IX. St. Anselm's Proof of the Existence of God. X. The Cosmological Argument of St. John Damascene. XI. The Argument from Intuition. XII. Aspects of Modern Pantheism. XIII. Christian Idealism. XIV. Malebranche and Fénelon.
19 Feb 2014
So the soul must strike out toward the open sea, into the infinite ocean of being, says St. John Damascene, borne up by the divine will as made known there and then and abandoning itself to that divine will upon which all ...
17 Aug 2014
... tabernacles.... It was fitting that she who saw her Son die on the cross, and received in her heart the sword of pain which she had not felt in childbirth, should gaze upon Him seated next to the Father." John Damascene ...
04 Aug 2014
THE PASSIONS FROM THE PSYCHOLOGICAL POINT OF VIEW St. Thomas, who follows Aristotle and St. John Damascene, defines passion thus: "A movement of the sensitive appetite when we imagine good or evil.
03 Jan 2015
He gives to each, says St. Thomas, [1456] more than strict justice requires. It is thus that St. Thomas harmonizes God's antecedent will, of which St. John Damascene speaks, with God's omnipotence. The Supreme Principles.
21 Nov 2014
357-358; Hesychius of Jerusalem, Homilia de sancta Maria Deipara: PG 93, 1464; Chrysippus of Jerusalem, Oratio in sanctam Mariam Deiparam, 2 PO 19, p. 338: St Andrew of Crete, Oratio V: PG 97, 896: St John Damascene ...
06 Mar 2014
of St. Augustine but of St. John Chrysostom, of Origen, of St. Gregory the Great, and of St. John Damascene,. since they say that Peter was deprived of help, a statement which cannot apply to sufficient grace, for without this ...
16 Mar 2013
Albert the Great Ephraim the Syrian Gregory the Great John of Avila Lawrence of Brindisi Anthony of Padua Bernard of Clairvaux Thomas Aquinas Basil the Great Francis de Sales Bede the Venerable John of Damascus
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