Here is a good review, again, pointing out the fundamental orthodoxy of Meditations on the Tarot.
Hans Urs von Balthasar and the Tarot: A Review of "Meditations on the Tarot" by Anonymous (Valentin Tomberg) | Stratford Caldecott
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Friday, November 16, 2012
‘No Religion’ on the Rise: 19.6% Have No Religious Affiliation - Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
Why are so many people not affiliating with a religion?
‘No Religion’ on the Rise: 19.6% Have No Religious Affiliation - Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
‘No Religion’ on the Rise: 19.6% Have No Religious Affiliation - Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
Friday, November 2, 2012
Why Pray for the Dead?
Lincoln's Log
11-11-12
“Therefore he [Judas Maccabeus] made atonement for the dead, that
they might be delivered from their sin.” (2 Mac 12:45)
“Let us not hesitate to help those who have died and to offer our
prayers for them.”
St. John Chrysostom
This
week we celebrated the feast of All Soul's day, a day when we pray
for all those who have died. At our parishes we have “Remembering
Services” and spend time thinking about our loss, our mortality,
and our eternal destiny.
Why
do we pray for the dead? On one level, it is simply instinct. When
someone we love has died, we miss them and long to talk to them.
There is a void in our soul. Something is missing and we are
incomplete, so we reach out with our thoughts and words to connect
with the person who is gone.
Sometimes
we are afraid. The reality of death comes home to us when we are
confronted personally by the death of someone we love. This fear can
move us to cry out to God. We don't know exactly what happens after
death. It is a mystery to us so we try to reach out beyond the
mystery and connect.
On
a purely human level, fear and loss lead us to pray for the dead.
But
there is more to it than that. There is more than psychology. The
fundamental reason that Catholics pray for the dead is because of
love. We know that “neither death, nor life, nor any other
creature will be able to separate us fro the love of God in Christ
Jesus our Lord” (Rom. 8:38). Love conquers all. Death does not
have the power to end a relationship of love.
Just
as we would pray for someone during their lifetime, we can pray for
them after death. We are motivated by love. The mystery of death is
conquered by the mystery of love.
This
month, as we continue to pray for the dead in a special way, let's
always remember that it is love's victory over death that is at the
root of all of our prayers for the dead.
Peace,
Lincoln
A. Wood
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Home : Institute of School & Parish Development, Inc.
Home : Institute of School & Parish Development, Inc.
Resources for development and engagement. These folks were used by the Diocese to create our Catholic Schools Initiative.
Resources for development and engagement. These folks were used by the Diocese to create our Catholic Schools Initiative.
Friday, October 26, 2012
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Day 3 #2 View From the World | Synod 2012
Day 3 #2 View From the World | Synod 2012:
Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay, spoke for the Asian Bishops’ Confederation at the recent Synod on the New Evangelization. He emphasized that “For us religion is more a discipleship of a person than an adherence to a doctrine or obedience to a set of rules. The person of Jesus is deeply attractive: His message and His life, His passion, death and resurrection. Adherence to doctrine comes as fruit of discipleship of a master.”
Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay, spoke for the Asian Bishops’ Confederation at the recent Synod on the New Evangelization. He emphasized that “For us religion is more a discipleship of a person than an adherence to a doctrine or obedience to a set of rules. The person of Jesus is deeply attractive: His message and His life, His passion, death and resurrection. Adherence to doctrine comes as fruit of discipleship of a master.”
Monday, December 5, 2011
From VIS 12-2-2011
These time periods and their delineation are very interesting to me.
BENEDICT XVI ATTENDS FIRST SERMON OF ADVENT
VATICAN CITY, 2 DEC 2011 (VIS) - At 9 a.m. today, the Pope and the pontifical family attended the first sermon of Advent delivered by Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa O.F.M. Cap., preacher of the Pontifical Household, on the theme: "Go into all the world and proclaim the good news".This year's sermons, which are taking place in the "Redemptoris Mater" chapel of the Vatican Apostolic Palace, focus on the general topic of evangelisation, in view of next year's Synod of Bishops on the same subject. Particular attention will be given to four historical periods in which missionary efforts accelerated or resumed: (1) The second half of the third century when vast sectors of the Roman empire were converted thanks to the efforts of bishops. (2) The sixth to ninth centuries during which the monks worked for the re-evangelisation of Europe following the barbarian invasions. (3) The sixteenth century with the discovery and conversion of the peoples of the New World through the apostolate of the friars. (4) Our own day, when the Church is committed to re-evangelising a secularised West though the commitment of the lay faithful.
These time periods and their delineation are very interesting to me.