id rather someone believe in magic crystals or sentient rocks than deny the immaterial altogether
atheists are at the very rock bottom of intellectual respectability
atheists are at the very rock bottom of intellectual respectability
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Haydock, commenting on Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem, points out that the donkey and the colt the Apostles were instructed to bring to Jesus represent the Jews and Gentiles, respectively
The colt, not having been ridden on before, represents the Gentiles, who have yet to receive the Divine Revelation entrusted to the Jews
The fact that the Apostles are the ones instructed to retrieve both the donkey and colt for Christ to sit on signifies the dominion the Church is to have over Jews and Gentiles alike, all under the yoke of Christ
The colt, not having been ridden on before, represents the Gentiles, who have yet to receive the Divine Revelation entrusted to the Jews
The fact that the Apostles are the ones instructed to retrieve both the donkey and colt for Christ to sit on signifies the dominion the Church is to have over Jews and Gentiles alike, all under the yoke of Christ
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to conceive of a limit precisely as limit is necessarily to transcend that limit, at least in potency
this phenomenon should not be possible under eliminative materialism, as this regress can only terminate in the Infinite
this phenomenon should not be possible under eliminative materialism, as this regress can only terminate in the Infinite
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If you live in such a way that manifests a state of being out of communion with God, then so long as you persist in that state unrepentantly, you will abide in that state on the other side of eternity too, but without the fleeting pleasures of this tangible world
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someone like skojec has absolutely zero excuse for not understanding this
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when we commit a mortal sin, the will has union with evil in a manner somewhat analogous to conjugal intimacy (as St Thomas says, the intellect/will in some way *becomes* or has union with the object known/willed)
this is ultimately why mortal sin is so incompatible with living in the state of God’s grace, a state that is itself analogous to nuptial union with the Divine Himself
this is ultimately why mortal sin is so incompatible with living in the state of God’s grace, a state that is itself analogous to nuptial union with the Divine Himself
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The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ According to John https://youtu.be/hRoh_Ui5FJQ
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The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ According to Saint John
It was hard for me to make this video, but it was also hard for Jesus.
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“O my people, what have I done to thee, or in what have I grieved thee? Answer Me.
Because I brought thee out of the land of Egypt, thou hast prepared a cross for thy Savior.
What more should I have done to thee, and have not done? I have planted thee for My most beautiful vineyard: and thou hast proved very bitter to Me, for in My thirst thou gavest Me vinegar to drink; and didst pierce the side of thy Savior with a spear.
I led thee out of Egypt, having drowned the Pharoah in the Red Sea; and thou hast delivered Me up to the chief priests.
I opened the sea before thee; and thou hast opened My side with a spear.
I went before thee in a pillar of cloud; and thou hast brought Me to the court of Pilate.
I fed thee with manna in the desert; and thou hast beaten Me with buffets and stripes.
I gave thee a royal scepter; and thou hast given to My head a crown of thorns.
With great might I raised thee on high; and thou hast hanged Me on the gibbet of the cross.”
Because I brought thee out of the land of Egypt, thou hast prepared a cross for thy Savior.
What more should I have done to thee, and have not done? I have planted thee for My most beautiful vineyard: and thou hast proved very bitter to Me, for in My thirst thou gavest Me vinegar to drink; and didst pierce the side of thy Savior with a spear.
I led thee out of Egypt, having drowned the Pharoah in the Red Sea; and thou hast delivered Me up to the chief priests.
I opened the sea before thee; and thou hast opened My side with a spear.
I went before thee in a pillar of cloud; and thou hast brought Me to the court of Pilate.
I fed thee with manna in the desert; and thou hast beaten Me with buffets and stripes.
I gave thee a royal scepter; and thou hast given to My head a crown of thorns.
With great might I raised thee on high; and thou hast hanged Me on the gibbet of the cross.”
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“The whole earth keeps silence because the King is asleep.
The earth trembled and is still because God has fallen asleep in the flesh and he has raised up all who have slept ever since the world began.
God has died in the flesh and hell trembles with fear.
He has gone to search for our first parent, as for a lost sheep. Greatly desiring to visit those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, he has gone to free from sorrow the captives Adam and Eve, he who is both God and the son of Eve.
The Lord approached them bearing the cross, the weapon that had won him the victory. At the sight of him Adam, the first man he had created, struck his breast in terror and cried out to everyone: 'My Lord be with you all.' Christ answered him: 'And with your spirit.' He took him by the hand and raised him up, saying:
'Awake, O sleeper, and rise from the dead, and Christ will give you light.”
The earth trembled and is still because God has fallen asleep in the flesh and he has raised up all who have slept ever since the world began.
God has died in the flesh and hell trembles with fear.
He has gone to search for our first parent, as for a lost sheep. Greatly desiring to visit those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, he has gone to free from sorrow the captives Adam and Eve, he who is both God and the son of Eve.
The Lord approached them bearing the cross, the weapon that had won him the victory. At the sight of him Adam, the first man he had created, struck his breast in terror and cried out to everyone: 'My Lord be with you all.' Christ answered him: 'And with your spirit.' He took him by the hand and raised him up, saying:
'Awake, O sleeper, and rise from the dead, and Christ will give you light.”
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there are few things on this side of heaven more beautiful and sublime than the Latin Rite’s Exsultet for the Easter Vigil
https://youtu.be/NEs4d3cCX9s
https://youtu.be/NEs4d3cCX9s
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Easter Proclamation - Exsultet in Latin (English Translation) | Paschal Proclamation Traditional
Salve Maria!
Here is a beautiful video of the Easter Proclamation, also known as the "Exsultet", with Lyrics in English and in Latin. This version has been rendered by Deacons of the Heralds of the Gospel in 3 voices. The Paschal Proclamation is a lengthy…
Here is a beautiful video of the Easter Proclamation, also known as the "Exsultet", with Lyrics in English and in Latin. This version has been rendered by Deacons of the Heralds of the Gospel in 3 voices. The Paschal Proclamation is a lengthy…
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Mark points out very explicitly that the women approached the empty tomb at the time of the “sun being now risen”, as if to mystically signify that in Christ alone the distinction between symbol and reality completely and utterly breaks down
the timeless, and cross-cultural universal symbolism inherent in the cosmic icon of the rising sun dispelling the darkness of night becomes definitively manifest, concrete, and fully reified once and for all in the one, true Eternal Light of Light dispelling the darkness of sin and death solely and exclusively in Christ’s historical and bodily Resurrection from the dead
the timeless, and cross-cultural universal symbolism inherent in the cosmic icon of the rising sun dispelling the darkness of night becomes definitively manifest, concrete, and fully reified once and for all in the one, true Eternal Light of Light dispelling the darkness of sin and death solely and exclusively in Christ’s historical and bodily Resurrection from the dead
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in light of classical theism’s understanding of God as the pure, unconditioned Act of Existence itself, not even the word “is” can be considered theologically neutral
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To say multiple things “are” such and such, this implies a metaphysical category of existence which transcends particular modes of participation in existence
And if “existence” is something that has to be received and participated in, then there must be some reality in Whom existence is not received or partaken of in any respect, ie, the pure, unconditioned act of Existence itself upon Whom everything else must depend for its participated mode of existence
Were this not the case, existence would be purely derivative along an infinite chain of beings that do not have existence in virtue of what they are, and therefore existence could’t “get” to anything in the first place, and nothing would exist
And if “existence” is something that has to be received and participated in, then there must be some reality in Whom existence is not received or partaken of in any respect, ie, the pure, unconditioned act of Existence itself upon Whom everything else must depend for its participated mode of existence
Were this not the case, existence would be purely derivative along an infinite chain of beings that do not have existence in virtue of what they are, and therefore existence could’t “get” to anything in the first place, and nothing would exist
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the existence of the average kino casino viewer presents a greater emotional challenge in reconciling God’s infinite goodness with evil than war, famine or plague
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Robert Grosseteste’s beautiful exposition on the Papacy, given to Pope Innocent IV on 13 May, 1250
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