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Spirituality, Finding the Full Voice of Our Nature
Over lunch one day an elderly cleric, an erudite and cultured man, confided in me that he was uncomfortable with eating for the act of ingestion reminded him that he was an animal. I admit I can be a wee … Continue reading
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Concrete Grace
Aristotle’s epistemology, and by extension that of his disciples, particularly Aquinas, is a wonderment of detail. It provides us a theoretical landscape that moves from the receptivity for sensation to the actualization of the concept. It might be compared to … Continue reading
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on Memory and Things Past
The feasts of Easter and Christmas invariably excite news magazines to bring forward an article or two on Jesus. This Paschaltide, Maclean’s, Canada’s preeminent weekly, featured an article by Brian Bethune on two recent works: Bart Ehrman’s Jesus Before the … Continue reading
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on Principles and People
The burden of moral theology is to pose questions, and ascertain answers—considered, principled unravelings of the items quizzed. As fertile for the church such exercise can be, it is a logic, a study in abstraction, a piece of academia. While … Continue reading
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on John, Reflections on a Vision
I—A Gospel There took place at Cana in Galilee a wedding. The mother of Jesus was there, and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited. When the supply of wine was nearly depleted, Jesus’ mother said to him: “They … Continue reading
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The Serpent and the Symbol
Sacred texts and tales frequently tell of a serpent. The serpentine symbol carries varied understandings for it is the nature of a symbol to stand as portal to an unfathomable well of meaningfulness, the subconscious intimacy with the primal forces … Continue reading
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on the Virginity of Mary
Regarding the virginity of Mary, there are some who argue that this is a latter day notion, the result of a gospel reference to the prophet Isaiah wherein he claims a “young woman” in the royal household will give birth, … Continue reading
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