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Category Archives: Religion
The Temptation.
06-Feb-10Paulus, the first hermit.
20-Jan-10In Latin first (from the breviary), then my free translation after. “Paulus, eremitarum auctor et magister, apud inferiorem Thebaidem natus, cum quindecim esset annorum, orbatus parentibus est. Qui postea declinandae causa persecutionis Decii et Valeriani, et Deo liberius inserviendi, in eremi speluncam se contulit: ubi, palma ei victum et vestitum praebente, vixit ad centesimum et […]
Stopped me in my tracks when I read it…
20-Jan-10“The most coveted gift of the Devil is the power of revenge.” – Helen Luke Ugh. How terrible it is that so few of us have lives short enough not to know the meaning of this.
Humor and Proportion.
15-Jan-10I was speaking to a friend recently, in the presence of his wise wife, and the topic of conversation turned to the successes or failures of our high school education. We went to the same Jesuit school, and complaining about Jesuits is a traditional theme for learned conversation. My friend lambasted the education he received. […]
Four Minutes With Richard Rohr.
29-Dec-09Related to the Sullivan video I posted a few months ago about learning he had HIV.
Inner and Outer.
25-Dec-09If an alien de Tocqueville came to a Christian church to write a “Religion on Earth” book, he would probably conclude that two major tenets of Christianity are dressing up and showing up. And the holier the occasion, the more the commandments “thou shalt dress up” and “thou shalt show up” are followed. For a […]
Christmas with Fyodor.
25-Dec-09“You asked just now if there is in the whole world a being who could and would have the right to forgive. But there is such a being, and he can forgive everything, forgive all and for all, because he himself gave his innocent blood for all and for everything…and it is to him that […]
Simple Living.
07-Dec-09You’re off toward the edge of the bell curve when you tell strangers about your life and they say you remind them of anti-money crusaders living in caves. So it happened to me on Saturday night, when I was told to investigate a Moab man who calls himself Suelo (article in the link). I am […]
Some Donatist Musings.
01-Dec-09It’s good to move away from the idea that the priesthood has to be made up of pure, near-perfect men: no matter who you put up on a pedestal, he will be found unworthy at some point or other. But the priesthood has been so wrapped in this idea – this is God looking for […]
Solving the Humanity Problem with the Criminal Code.
03-Feb-10direly It is tried over and over again – and it fails every time. The Law, as says Paul, “is powerless to oppose the flesh.” But still the temptation remains to fix it all with a law. The most effective mode of practicing this heresy, of course, is to pick a minority and enforce the law […]