tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post3422370860231393698..comments2024-03-25T11:09:41.538-04:00Comments on a minor friar blog: Theology of HistoryBrother Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-54627031309914249882011-03-15T19:58:43.199-04:002011-03-15T19:58:43.199-04:00Excellent post. A virtual road map of the past tha...Excellent post. A virtual road map of the past that sets the tone for charting a future course. <br /><br />I, too, have found reading the Documents of Vatican II greatly clarifies issues. Brilliant writing in many places... and in only a couple places, one finds the sudden appearance of a different "voice." Would be fascinating to learn about the process, as it does seem a few, a very few, ideas were inserted out of left field.<br /><br />I wrote a blog post this weekend that is narrower in scope but perhaps more radical in its call for an immediate conversation that sheds light on toxins that have accumulated in the public square. It is a response to an editorial by a Franciscan who I felt took a wrong turn.<br /><br />http://tamingthewolf.com/blog/detoxification/Greghttp://tamingthewolf.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-43441148256273664032011-03-15T08:37:57.285-04:002011-03-15T08:37:57.285-04:00Just looking at it again, I found this:
'The s...Just looking at it again, I found this:<br />'The sad fact is that we often see the older moral, spiritual and religious values give way without finding any place in the new scheme of things. ...In such troubled times some people are strongly tempted by the alluring but deceitful promises of would-be saviors. Who does not see the concomitant dangers: public upheavals, civil insurrection, the drift toward totalitarian ideologies?' (So relevant!)<br /><br />I'm thinking here more of the 'dictatorship of relativism' than what is happening in the Middle East ('civil insurrection'?), which seems to be inspired by the aspiration for democracy (a commendable desire for more of a say in one's own life).<br /><br />Taken in that light, I see a continuity there with what our present Pope is saying about that dictatorship.RJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13871618901190898384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-51589959465032246282011-03-15T08:17:27.437-04:002011-03-15T08:17:27.437-04:00Yes! My experience was the same. It's parallel...Yes! My experience was the same. It's parallel to actually reading the documents of Vatican II and discovering that they didn't say what everybody always said they did.Brother Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-75889706691482322032011-03-15T08:16:02.329-04:002011-03-15T08:16:02.329-04:00Talking about the progress of the peoples, I notic...Talking about the progress of the peoples, I noticed when studying Paul VI's encyclical "Populorum Progressio" that he does not neglect the spiritual side but presents a balance with the right priorities (as you would expect). I found this a corrective to my own approach, which had unconsciously slipped into a materially-focussed concept of development.RJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13871618901190898384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-81397928658654351382011-03-14T12:27:00.822-04:002011-03-14T12:27:00.822-04:00Ben-a brilliant connection.
I first came into con...Ben-a brilliant connection.<br /><br />I first came into contact with the writings and example of Fr. Seraphim early on in my Catholic life, via the <i>Death to the World</i> zine and the 'Punks to Monks' group associated with the Herman of Alaska brotherhood. I found therein certain parallels to my own entrance into Roman Catholic Christianity.<br /><br />Probably there is influence in what I wrote; I have to go back and read again. Thanks!Brother Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-82143103489178597872011-03-14T12:13:14.660-04:002011-03-14T12:13:14.660-04:00Are you familiar with Seraphim Rose?
You may want...Are you familiar with Seraphim Rose?<br /><br />You may want to have a look at this, if you haven't before:<br /><br />http://www.columbia.edu/cu/augustine/arch/nihilism.htmlben in denvernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-56820089135733430402011-03-14T09:06:20.697-04:002011-03-14T09:06:20.697-04:00Addendum: In Portugal, they're finding out tha...Addendum: In Portugal, they're finding out that <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/12/AR2011031202958.html" rel="nofollow">Government As God hasn't worked</a>. They're about to discover that salvation and cooperation are individual, not collective.K T Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-30422059089958818402011-03-13T11:15:13.522-04:002011-03-13T11:15:13.522-04:00A brilliant post. My thoughts go along similar li...A brilliant post. My thoughts go along similar lines, but are a bit more on the economic side. Allow me to suggest that hedonism is a luxury good. Libertines earn less (look at single mothers) and cause us to spend more (social pathologies link to such lifestyles). The money is starting to run out. We've borrowed just as much as we can, as has Europe and definitely Japan. What does this mean for the Church?<br /><br />I'm thinking it's a pretty good time to be a Catholic.K T Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.com