[Benedict XVI] had rather a philosophical voice, and made his commentary from the crossroad of faith and reason, expounding that strange and miraculous historical triad — the intermingling of the Hebrew Scriptural inheritance, with the vivid fact of Greek reason, with the coalescence of Roman law. All the three strands were woven together in actual human history, and came to maturity as complement to the revelation of Jesus Christ, as BC intersected with AD. (David Warren, Towards … [Read more...]
On To The Final Shore
You must forgive me for insisting one more time on the same theme. This post was inspired by a conversation with a good man who humbly asked me about certain things going on in this Catholic Church of 2022. I hesitated a little bit but then I explained to him my point of view. This is of course, my point of view. It is not doctrine that has to be followed or believed, it is no less, no more than the thoughts of one man trying to understand what happens in the midst of the horrible confusion that … [Read more...]
Drowned in Darkness
Then from his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river, to overtake the woman and sweep her away with the torrent. But the earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. (Revelation 12:15-16)The first century was drawing to an end when Saint John the Apostle wrote those words. He describes in symbolic language the final, desperate efforts of the enemy of mankind to prevent the establishment of the Kingdom of Christ. I … [Read more...]
