DOCSLIB.ORG

October2005screen.Pdf

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
October2005screen.Pdf THE WAY a review of Christian spirituality published by the British Jesuits October 2005 Volume 44, Number 4 SPIRITUALITY, TRADITION AND BEAUTY a Special Number in honour of Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905-1988) … if God wishes to reveal the love that He harbours for the world, this love has to be something that the world can recognise, in spite of, or in fact in, its being wholly other. The inner reality of love can be recognised only by love. Hans Urs von Balthasar, Love Alone Is Credible THE WAY October 2005 Introduction 5-6 The Beauty of Christ 7-20 Gerald O’Collins A meditation on a sermon of Augustine’s about the beauty of Christ in every phase of his existence: his eternal generation; his incarnation, his cross and resurrection; his return to heaven. Caravaggio and the Resurrection of the Body 21-35 Thomas J. McElligott How three great paintings by Caravaggio convey and nourish Christian faith in the resurrection of the body and soul—faith which involves commitment as well as assent. Responding to Beauty’s Call: The Shape of an Aesthetic 36-47 Spirituality Christine Valters Paintner When we awaken to the call of beauty, we become aware of new ways of being in the world. Christine Valters Paintner considers how beauty, both natural and artistic, can nourish the spiritual life. Hans Urs von Balthasar—Theologian of Beauty 49-63 Joan L. Roccasalvo An introduction to the life of the great theologian whom this collection celebrates, and an exploration of beauty’s role in his thought. On Pilgrimage to Chartres: Honouring the Centenary of 65-80 Hans Urs von Balthasar’s Birth Leo J. O’Donovan How one great building, the cathedral in Chartres, can open our hearts and spirits to prayer. THE WAY October 2004 ‘Blessed Tension’: Barth and Von Balthasar on the 81-95 Music of Mozart Philip McCosker Both von Balthasar and the great Reformed theologian, Karl Barth, lived in Basel. They became friends, and Barth was a major influence on von Balthasar’s work. Philip McCosker looks at the shared love of Mozart’s music that contributed much to their friendship. Von Balthasar and the Office of Peter in the Church 97-114 John McDade How von Balthasar developed a vision of the Church as the interplay of different charisms, each of which contributes to the richness of the whole. Hans Urs von Balthasar and Ignatius Loyola 115-130 Werner Löser Von Balthasar thought of himself as a dramatic theologian. A long- standing friend and editor of von Balthasar’s work looks at what this dramatic theology owed to the Ignatian Exercises and at how it can help us understand better the Contemplation to Attain Love. The Divided Self, the Encounter with Christ, and the 131-145 Journey of Commitment: Ignatius, Von Balthasar and the Human Condition Erhard Kunz In the Spiritual Exercises, sinful humanity confronts a God whose will is to save the whole human race, and who draws us into the implementation of that project. Erhard Kunz shows how this vision shapes not only Ignatius’ writing, but also von Balthasar’s massive theology. Tradition and the Icon 147-159 Andrew Louth Icons have become familiar well beyond the boundaries of Orthodox Christianity. Andrew Louth here explains the rich sense of Tradition which they express, and explores how the practice of icon painting has changed over time. THE WAY October 2005 Sex, Death and Melodrama: A Feminist Critique of Hans 160-176 Urs von Balthasar Tina Beattie A look at the problems raised by von Balthasar’s richly symbolic theology for many feminists, particularly when people use it to support restrictive positions about women’s vocations. FOR AUTHORS The Way warmly invites readers to submit articles with a view to publication. They should normally be about 4,000 words long, and be in keeping with the journal’s aims. The Editor is always ready to discuss possible ideas. Further details can be found on The Way’s website, www.theway.org.uk. In 2006 the special number, marking jubilees for Ignatius and for his first two companions, Pierre Favre and Francis Xavier, will be about Ignatian spirituality and growth in relationships. Contributions for this project will be especially welcome. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Translations: Philip Endean SJ. Illustrations: Peter Brook SJ; Cornelia Capol at Johannes Verlag; Philip McCosker; www.visipix.com. INTRODUCTION N HIM WE SEE OUR GOD MADE VISIBLE, and so are caught up in love ‘Iof the God we cannot see.’ Hans Urs von Balthasar quotes the Latin original of this sentence as he articulates what he means by a ‘theological aesthetics’.1 From within the beautiful form of Christ, a new light breaks forth, transforming us. The Word of God appears to us as something beautiful. For all that God’s own life in grace transcends any created reality, we can nevertheless draw on our experience of beauty, both natural and artistic, to help us understand the life of faith. This special number of The Way honours Hans Urs von Balthasar’s centenary, and focuses chiefly on one theme in his work: what Gerald O’Collins refers to as the beauty of Christ. But the essays range far more widely in their explorations of beauty and God. Thomas J. McElligott considers some late paintings of Caravaggio; Philip McCosker looks at why both von Balthasar and his great Protestant contemporary and fellow Swiss, Karl Barth, were fascinated by the music of Mozart; Leo O’Donovan explores the architecture of Chartres cathedral. Christine Valters Paintner presents a more general account of a spirituality centred on beauty, while Joan L. Roccasalvo introduces us to von Balthasar’s life and to the theme of beauty in his work. One can only be selective with Von Balthasar. His achievement is massive, and it is only now, as we go to press, that English translations of the final volumes of his major three-part work are being announced. Probably no one is yet in a position fully to appreciate how his work as a whole holds together. His legacy appears at present as a set of fascinating, controversial fragments, often pointing in different directions. An immensely learned man, von Balthasar nevertheless attributed his theology in large part to the revelatory experiences of Adrienne von Speyr. Some reactionary forces in the Church may have adopted von Balthasar as their court theologian, particularly as regards 1 Hans Urs von Balthasar, The Glory of the Lord: A Theological Aesthetics: Volume I: Seeing the Form, translated by Erasmo Leiva-Merikakis (Edinburgh: T. and T. Clark, 1982 [1961]), 119- 120. The whole section (pp.117-127) has influenced this introduction. The Way, 44/4 (October 2005), 5-6 2 Introduction women and vocation (a theme explored trenchantly here by Tina Beattie). Nevertheless, von Balthasar’s theology of Church and authority was rich, nuanced and pluralist, as John McDade admirably shows. Moreover, von Balthasar’s belief that we may at least hope for universal salvation (one that Erhard Kunz’s essay suggests may be prefigured in Ignatius), leads some authoritarian figures to be highly suspicious of him. In focussing on the themes of tradition and beauty, this collection in no way summarises von Balthasar’s achievement as a whole, nor resolves the questions it raises. The apprehension of divine beauty is only the beginning of the Balthasarian process, one that continues through the drama of God’s engagement and culminates in a reflection on divine logic. If beauty leads us to God, then our sense of what is beautiful cannot remain merely conventional, as Andrew Louth’s rich and subtle essay on the traditions of icon painting vividly reminds us. Christian tradition inevitably expands our sense of the beautiful, until it includes, like the creative love of God, the whole cosmos: … it embraces the most abysmal ugliness of sin and hell by virtue of the condescension of divine love, which has brought even sin and hell into that divine art for which there is no human analogue. We may begin with Mozartian elegance, with the kind of writing that T.S. Eliot evoked at the end of ‘Little Gidding’: The common word exact without vulgarity, The formal word precise but not pedantic, The complete consort dancing together. But such easy graciousness eventually breaks down; the Incarnation we only half understand confronts us with the more mysterious beauty that Eliot evokes in ‘The Dry Salvages’: … music heard so deeply That it is not heard at all, but you are the music While the music lasts. Philip Endean SJ THE BEAUTY OF CHRIST Gerald O’Collins N THE WEST FRONT of the thirteenth-century cathedral of OAmiens, there is a carved stone figure of Christ standing on evil beasts in serene majesty, and it is called ‘le Beau Dieu’. The idea of presenting Christ as both beautiful and sovereign may typify the sensibility of the Middle Ages. But the theme of Christ’s beauty goes back to sermons by St Augustine of Hippo, to the awesome and victoriously beautiful Christ in the Book of Revelation, and to his identification elsewhere in the New Testament with the radiantly beautiful Lady Wisdom of the Jewish Scriptures. Augustine provides one of the finest statements of this theme when commenting on a love song, on the royal wedding song that we know as Psalm 45: He then is beautiful in heaven, beautiful on earth; beautiful in the womb, beautiful in his parents’ arms; beautiful in his miracles; beautiful under the scourge; beautiful when inviting to life … beautiful in laying down his life; beautiful in taking it up again; beautiful on the cross; beautiful in the sepulchre; beautiful in heaven.1 This eloquent passage from Augustine takes one ‘from heaven to heaven’—that is to say, from Christ’s pre-existent life ‘before’ the incarnation to his ‘post-existent’ life when risen from the dead.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Chronology of the Martin and Guérin Families***
    CHRONOLOGY OF THE MARTIN AND GUÉRIN FAMILIES*** 1777 1849 April 16, 1777 - The birth of Pierre-François Martin in Athis-de- father of Louis Martin. His baptismal godfather was his maternal uncle, François Bohard. July 6, 1789 - The birth of Isidore Guérin, Sr. in St. Martin- father of Zélie Guérin Martin. January 12, 1800 - The birth of Marie-Anne-Fanie Boureau in Blois (Loir et Cher). She was the mother of Louis Martin. July 11, 1805 - The birth of Louise-Jeanne Macé in Pré- en-Pail (Mayenne). She was the mother of Marie-Louise Guérin (Élise) known in religion as Sister Marie-Dosithée, Zélie Guérin Martin and Isidore Guérin. April 4, 1818 - Pierre-François Martin and Marie-Anne- Fanie Boureau were married in a civil ceremony in Lyon. April 7, 1818 - Pierre-François Martin and Marie-Anne- Fanie Boureau were married in Lyon in the Church of Saint-Martin- Abbé Bourganel. They lived at 4 rue Vaubecourt. They were the parents of Louis Martin. July 29, 1819 - The birth of Pierre Martin in Nantes. He was the oldest brother of Louis Martin. He died in a shipwreck when still very young. September 18, 1820 - The birth of Marie-Anne Martin in Nantes. She was the oldest sister of Louis Martin. August 22, 1823 - The birth of Louis-Joseph-Aloys- Stanislaus Martin on the rue Servandoni in Bordeaux (Gironde). He was the son of Pierre-François Martin and Marie- Anne-Fanie Boureau. He was the brother of Pierre, Marie-Anne, Anne-Françoise- Fanny and Anne Sophie Martin. He was 1 the husband of Zélie Guérin Martin and the father of Marie, Pauline, Léonie, Céline and Thérèse (St.
    [Show full text]
  • 1 Introduction David Moss, Edward T
    Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-89147-9 - The Cambridge Companion to Hans Urs von Balthasar Edited by Edward T. Oakes and David Moss Excerpt More information 1 Introduction david moss, edward t. oakes At least among professional theologians, Hans Urs von Balthasar tends to perplex more than he manages to inspire. To be sure, he can inspire. For example, the journal he founded, Communio, now appears in twelve languages (including Arabic). But subscribers never exceed the number – itself already quite small – usual for most other professional theological journals. More to the point, few Catholic departments of theology in Europe or North America consider it essential to have a Balthasarian expert on their respective faculties (a similar attitude towards liberation theology, transcendental Thomism, or feminist theology, by comparison, would seem vaguely revanchist). To some extent, however, this situation has begun to change. In fact, this volume in the Cambridge Companion series testifies to what seems to be an incipient sea change in attitudes towards this unusually productive, subtle, and complex theologian.1 For that reason, the editors wish to stress that this collection of essays by a wide array of scholars wishes not so much to inspire as to address the perplexity that seems to be an inherent part of everyone’s reaction to Balthasar’s thought. We make no claim to have resolved the perplexity that so many readers feel upon encountering his theology for the first (or even umpteenth) time. Perhaps, after all, perplexity is but the reader’s inevitable response to an author’s complexity. Thus, all that the following chapters can realistically hope to accomplish is to address that perplexity through a careful exposition and critique of his complex thought.
    [Show full text]
  • From the Garden of Eden to the New Creation in Christ : a Theological Investigation Into the Significance and Function of the Ol
    The University of Notre Dame Australia ResearchOnline@ND Theses 2017 From the Garden of Eden to the new creation in Christ : A theological investigation into the significance and function of the Old estamentT imagery of Eden within the New Testament James Cregan The University of Notre Dame Australia Follow this and additional works at: https://researchonline.nd.edu.au/theses Part of the Religion Commons COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA Copyright Regulations 1969 WARNING The material in this communication may be subject to copyright under the Act. Any further copying or communication of this material by you may be the subject of copyright protection under the Act. Do not remove this notice. Publication Details Cregan, J. (2017). From the Garden of Eden to the new creation in Christ : A theological investigation into the significance and function of the Old Testament imagery of Eden within the New Testament (Doctor of Philosophy (College of Philosophy and Theology)). University of Notre Dame Australia. https://researchonline.nd.edu.au/theses/181 This dissertation/thesis is brought to you by ResearchOnline@ND. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses by an authorized administrator of ResearchOnline@ND. For more information, please contact [email protected]. FROM THE GARDEN OF EDEN TO THE NEW CREATION IN CHRIST: A THEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE SIGNIFICANCE AND FUNCTION OF OLD TESTAMENT IMAGERY OF EDEN WITHIN THE NEW TESTAMENT. James M. Cregan A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, Australia. School of Philosophy and Theology, Fremantle. November 2017 “It is thus that the bridge of eternity does its spanning for us: from the starry heaven of the promise which arches over that moment of revelation whence sprang the river of our eternal life, into the limitless sands of the promise washed by the sea into which that river empties, the sea out of which will rise the Star of Redemption when once the earth froths over, like its flood tides, with the knowledge of the Lord.
    [Show full text]
  • The Salmon of Knowledge, the Cloud of Unknowing, and Other Accounts of Instant Knowing
    Studies in Spirituality 26, 217-248. doi: 10.2143/SIS.26.0.3180809 © 2016 by Studies in Spirituality. All rights reserved. MICHAEL MCGLYNN THE SaLMON OF KNOWLEDGE, THE CLOUD OF UNKNOWING, AND OtHER ACCOUNts OF INstaNt KNOWiNG SUMMARY – This article considers the fourteenth-century treatise The Cloud of Unknowing as a description of instant, non-sensory cognition. The text has an ostensibly particular function as an instruction manual in Christian contemplation, but bears on a universal experience, that of quickly knowing without knowing how we know. To demonstrate the universality of quick knowing, the literary motif of instant knowing is briefly considered, and a survey of intuition and non-sensory cognition in cognitive science is sustained throughout. A case is made that the author-mystic’s experience of unknowing is not unrelated to some aspects of everyday cognition. A corollary argument is made that early religious and literary texts provide new meaning when viewed as ethnographically and empirically valuable (as opposed to recursive and indeterminate). 1. NOWHERE BODILY There is a robust and continuous tradition in the mythical and mystical texts of medieval Europe which posit, implicitly or explicitly, a theory of cognition beyond sensation, of knowing beyond physicality. This robust tradition stretches from the oldest mythical narratives of Europe through the present-day West, operating under a scientific paradigm. Toward the beginning of our chronology, or at least the beginning of the medieval period, the legendary Irish hero
    [Show full text]
  • Mater Dei Community
    Legion of Mary — Feasibility Study COURTESY ANNOUNCEMENTS “The Legion of Mary is an Association of Catholics who with the sanction of the Church and under the powerful Mater Dei Community leadership of Mary Immaculate, Mediatrix of all Graces FSSP Ordination Invitation Staffed by the have formed themselves into a Legion for the service in Rev. Mr. William G. Rock, a Deacon of the Priestly Fra- the warfare which is perpetually waged by the Church ternity of St. Peter, is to be ordained to the Holy Priest- Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter against the world and its evil powers” (Legion of Mary hood on Saturday, October 26, 2019, by His Excellency Handbook- pg. 9) Athanasius Schneider at St. Mary’s Church in Provi- dence, Rhode Island. Rev. Mr. Rock, along with the pas- tor of St. Mary’s, Fr. John Berg, would like to extend to “The object of the Legion of Mary is the glory of God St. Lawrence Chapel through the holiness of its members, developed by prayer the parishioners of Mater Dei an invitation to the ordina- tion. and active co-operation, under ecclesiastical guidance in 110 State Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101 Mary’s and the Church’s work of crushing the head of the serpent and advancing the reign of Christ” (Legion of Winter Pilgrimage to Italy with Fr. Gismondi ~Home of Harrisburg’s Traditional Latin Mass~ Join Fr. Carl Gismondi, FSSP, on a winter pilgrimage to Mary handbook- pg. 11) Italy, February 10th-20th, 2020. The trip features a six- We are planning an information meeting about the Le- day tour program throughout Rome and an additional Fr.
    [Show full text]
  • After the Aftermath As Oriens Went to Press, Reports As of Writing, We Do Not Know When from Rome Indicated That the the New Directive Will Be Published
    Oriens Journal of the Oriens Foundation January-March 2008 Volume 13, Number 1 $4.00 After the aftermath As Oriens went to press, reports As of writing, we do not know when from Rome indicated that the the new directive will be published. Vatican will issue a new document clarifying the terms of Summorum The jugglers This Issue Pontificum in which Pope Benedict A few weeks before Christmas, XVI liberated the traditional Latin a close observer of current Church Page 1 Mass. affairs, and one well informed about Editorial The Vatican Secretary of State, the quality of ecclesiastical manpower, Page 2 Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, told Italian suggested to Oriens that, when it Here and there magazine Famiglia Cristiana that the came to implementing a liturgical By Oriens staff Ecclesia Dei Commission will issue “reform of the reform,” bishops had to instructions to “clarify the criteria for confront the fact that many, perhaps Page 6 Some Catholics just don’t get it the application of the motu proprio.” the majority, of their clergy were By David Kehoe The reason for the new document, “ecclesiologically challenged.” Page 9 Cardinal Bertone said, was “confused This was a kindly way of saying that The Old Mass: news from France reactions” by the bishops to the much of present generation of clergy, for the most part trained in the period Page 10 1965 to 1995, is so compromised by The return of the tonsure, contemporary styles of manhood and wimple and soutane Catholic priesthood, that it lacks the cultural By Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis aptitude for a sympathetic response Page 13 cultural to Pope Benedict XVI and his call for In search of a merciful God teaching and worship to be anchored By Fr Paul Stenhouse MSC literacy in in the whole tradition of the Church.
    [Show full text]
  • Pilgrimage, Spatial Interaction, and Memory at Three Marian Sites
    University of Denver Digital Commons @ DU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Graduate Studies 1-1-2016 Pilgrimage, Spatial Interaction, and Memory at Three Marian Sites Katherine Rousseau University of Denver Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd Part of the History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology Commons, and the Religion Commons Recommended Citation Rousseau, Katherine, "Pilgrimage, Spatial Interaction, and Memory at Three Marian Sites" (2016). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1129. https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd/1129 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate Studies at Digital Commons @ DU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ DU. For more information, please contact [email protected],[email protected]. Pilgrimage, Spatial Interaction, and Memory at Three Marian Sites __________ A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of the University of Denver and the Iliff School of Theology Joint PhD Program University of Denver __________ In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy __________ by T.K. Rousseau June 2016 Advisor: Scott Montgomery ©Copyright by T.K. Rousseau 2016 All Rights Reserved Author: T.K. Rousseau Title: Pilgrimage, Spatial Interaction, and Memory at Three Marian Sites Advisor: Scott Montgomery Degree Date: June 2016 Abstract Global mediation, communication, and technology facilitate pilgrimage places with porous boundaries, and the dynamics of porousness are complex and varied. Three Marian, Catholic pilgrimage places demonstrate the potential for variation in porous boundaries: Chartres cathedral; the Marian apparition location of Medjugorje; and the House of the Virgin Mary near Ephesus.
    [Show full text]
  • The Strange Witness of the Saints: Hans Urs Von Balthasar's
    THE STRANGE WITNESS OF THE SAINTS: HANS URS VON BALTHASAR’S EMBODIED THEOLOGY OF MISSION Thesis Submitted to The College of Arts and Sciences of the UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for The Degree of Master of Arts in Theological Studies By Carmel Klein UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON Dayton, Ohio December 2017 THE STRANGE WITNESS OF THE SAINTS: HANS URS VON BALTHASAR’S EMBODIED THEOLOGY OF MISSION Name: Klein, Carmel F. APPROVED BY: _____________________________________________ William L. Portier, Ph.D. Thesis Advisor _____________________________________________ William Johnston, Ph.D. Reader _____________________________________________ Sandra Yocum, Ph.D. Reader ii ABSTRACT THE STRANGE WITNESS OF THE SAINTS: HANS URS VON BALTHASAR’S EMBODIED THEOLOGY OF MISSION Name: Klein, Carmel F. University of Dayton Advisor: Dr. William L. Portier The thesis surveys Hans Urs von Balthasar’s theology of mission as presented within the context of the first two parts of his trilogy: The Glory of the Lord: A Theological Aesthetics; and the Theo-Drama. Primary characteristics of his theology of mission are highlighted regarding his assessment of the state of the discipline of theology and its ability to apologize for the faith and to dialogue with contemporary culture. Balthasar envisions the transcendentals of beauty, goodness, and truth, as vital for reimagining the faith and the aggiornamento proposed by Vatican II. Balthasar identifies beauty as the transcendental that has been marginalized by an acquiescent academy deferential to modern pragmatism. For Christianity, the form of beauty that reconciles existential tensions is Jesus Christ. The crucified Christ is the concrete, awe-inspiring, counter-intuitive beauty that demands a response.
    [Show full text]
  • Is This Operation Suicide?
    Is this Operation Suicide? An Analysis of the evidence relating to an agreement between the Society of Saint Pius X and the Conciliar Church of Rome With material compiled by Stephen J. Fox 1 In this book I seek to analyse the evidence relating to a possible agreement between the Society of Saint Pius X and the Conciliar Church. I conclude that many of the Superiors of the Society are prepared to enter into an agreement with the Conciliar Church, where that agreement is a practical agreement (only), without a doctrinal resolution and the terms of which would mean that the Society would be subject to the Conciliar Church. I conclude that the conduct of many of the Superiors of the Society in relation to a possible agreement with the Conciliar Church represents a staggering change from the Society's principles and direction. I conclude that the position adopted by many of the Superiors of the Society in relation to such an agreement is contrary to the position of the Society's founder, Archbishop Lefebvre. Archbishop Lefebvre said the following words on 6 September 19901: "Some people are always admiring the grass in the neighbour's field...they look to our enemies on the other side. "After all, we must be charitable, we must be kind, we must not be divisive, after all, they are celebrating the Tridentine Mass, they are not as bad as everyone says" —but THEY ARE BETRAYING US —betraying us! They are shaking hands with the Church's destroyers. They are shaking hands with people holding modernist and liberal ideas condemned by the Church.
    [Show full text]
  • Spirit and Truth
    Gunnar Innerdal Spirit and Truth A Systematic Reconstruction of Hans Urs von Balthasar’s Doctrine of the Spirit of Truth and Its Connections to the Philosophy and Theology of Truth by the Theoretical Framework of Lorenz B. Puntel Dissertation submitted for the degree PhD (Philosophiae Doctor) MF Norwegian School of Theology 2014 © Gunnar Innerdal ii Outline of contents INTRODUCTION Part I: TRUTH IN PHILOSOPHY Part II: TRUTH IN SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY Part III: THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH CONCLUSION EPILOGUE iii iv Detailed table of contents Outline of contents .................................................................................................................... iii Detailed table of contents ........................................................................................................... v Preface ....................................................................................................................................... xi Thanks ..................................................................................................................................... xiii Abbreviations etc. ..................................................................................................................... xv INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................... 1 § 1. Prelude: Truth, Spirit, Philosophy and Dogmatics .................................................. 1 § 2. Research Question: A Systematic Theology of the Spirit of Truth ........................
    [Show full text]
  • Forming Intentional Disciples of Jesus Understanding the Mystery of Holy Week Presented By: Rev
    FORMING INTENTIONAL DISCIPLES OF JESUS UNDERSTANDING THE MYSTERY OF HOLY WEEK PRESENTED BY: REV. FR. BRIAN R. SATTLER Page | 1 To understand Holy Week it is worth remembering the Lenten Season in order to understand where have we come from and where are we going: In his book, “The Liturgical Year Lent/Holy Week,” Adrian Nocent writes, “The essence and purpose of Lent is…for the Christian to become like the crucified Christ, to overcome the devil, and to reestablish a proper state of soul through union with God in prayer and with ones neighbor by means of charity that leads to almsgiving and generous forgiveness.” 1 Disciples of Jesus focus on becoming like Jesus and believe that you can make Jesus present to all the people you encounter. This can happen if you put your mind and heart to the task through prayer and discernment. ASH WEDNESDAY Return to me with your whole heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning Rend your hearts, not your garments and return to the Lord your God.” (Joel 2:12…), “When you pray, go into your inner room, close the door and pray to your Father in secret.” (Matthew 6:1…). Disciples of Jesus focus on a complete transformation of heart using the gifts of their intellect. 1ST SUNDAY IN LENT “I am establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you, and with every living creature that was with you…I set my bow in the clouds as a sign for you.” (Genesis 9:8-15). “A few persons, eight in all, were saved through water.
    [Show full text]
  • Changing Images of Purgatory in Selected Us
    FROM PAINFUL PRISON TO HOPEFUL PURIFICATION: CHANGING IMAGES OF PURGATORY IN SELECTED U.S. CATHOLIC PERIODICALS, 1909-1960 Dissertation Submitted to The College of Arts and Sciences of the UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for The Degree Doctor of Philosophy in Theology By Timothy G. Dillon UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON Dayton, Ohio December, 2013 FROM PAINFUL PRISON TO HOPEFUL PURIFICATION: CHANGING IMAGES OF PURGATORY IN SELECTED U.S. CATHOLIC PERIODICALS, 1909-1960 Name: Dillon, Timothy Gerard APPROVED BY: __________________________________________ William L. Portier, Ph. D. Faculty Advisor __________________________________________ Patrick Carey, Ph.D. External Faculty Reader __________________________________________ Dennis Doyle, Ph.D. Faculty Reader __________________________________________ Anthony Smith, Ph.D. Faculty Reader __________________________________________ Sandra Yocum, Ph.D. Faculty Reader ii ABSTRACT FROM PAINFUL PRISON TO HOPEFUL PURIFICATION: CHANGING IMAGES OF PURGATORY IN SELECTED U.S. CATHOLIC PERIODICALS, 1909-1960 Name: Dillon, Timothy Gerard University of Dayton Advisor: Dr. William L. Portier Prior to 1960, U.S. Catholic periodicals regularly featured articles on the topic of purgatory, especially in November, the month for remembering the dead. Over the next three decades were very few articles on the topic. The dramatic decrease in the number of articles concerning purgatory reflected changes in theology, practice, and society. This dissertation argues that the decreased attention
    [Show full text]