EX LATEREWoman: Her Nature & CHRISTIVirtues THE PONTIFICAL NORTH AMERICAN COLLEGE WINTER 2020 - ISSUE 1 1 11 First Feature 32 Second Feature 34 Third Feature 36 Fourth Feature EX LATERE CHRISTI EX LATERE CHRISTI Rector, Publisher (ex-officio) VERY Rev. PETER C. HARMAN, STD Academic Dean, Executive Editor (ex-officio) Rev. JOHN P. CUSH, STD Editor-in-Chief Rev. RANDY DEJESUS SOTO, STD Managing Editor MR. AleXANdeR J. WYVIll, PHL Student Editor MR. AARON J. KellY, PHL Assistant Student Editor MR. THOMAS O’DONNell, BA www.pnac.org TAble OF CONTENTS A WORD OF INTRODUCTION FROM THE EXECUTIVE EDITOR 7 Rev. John P. Cush, STD EX LATERE CHRISTI 10 Msgr. William Millea, STL, JCD SAlve, AEDES MATER! 11 Rev. Randy DeJesus Soto, STD WOMAN: HER NATURE & VIRTUES 13 Sr. Mary Angelica Neenan, O.P., STD AS THE PERSON GOES, SO GOES THE WHOLE WORLD 39 Aaron J. Kelly, PHL BEING IN THE RIGHT 51 Alexander J. Wyvill, PHL HANS URS VON BALTHASAR AND DIALOGICAL PHILOSOPHY 91 Rev. Walter R. Oxley, STD JESUS CHRIST: WORD, PREACHER AND LORD 101 Rev. Randy DeJesus Soto, STD HOMILY FOR THE MASS OF THE PASSION OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST 131 Rev. Adam Y. Park, STL LOGOS, CREATION AND SCIENCE 135 Rev. Joseph Laracy, STD HOLINESS 163 Msgr. James McNamara, M.Div., MS, PA CATHERINE PICKSTOCK’S EUCHARISTIC THEOLOGY 167 Rev. John P. Cush, STD CONTRIBUTORS 211 6 Rev. JOHN P. CUSH, STD A WORD OF INTRODUCTION FROM THE EXecUTIve EDITOR As the college’s academic dean, it is a joy to present to you Ex Latere Christi, the first academic journal published by the faculty, alumni, and friends of the Pontifical North American College. In honor of the College’s 160th anniversary of its foundation, Fr. Randy Soto had the inspiration to create this journal, the first of its kind in our history, to feature and celebrate the intellectual life and its application to the pastoral and spiritual life at the College. I am immensely grateful to Fr. Soto for his leadership in this project as well as to our Rector, Fr. Peter Harman, for his permission to proceed with this journal and for his kind encouragement as well to Bishop Robert Deeley and the College’s Board of Governors. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Program of Priestly Formation, Fifth Edition, states: The first task of intellectual formation is to acquire a personal knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ, who is the fullness and completion of God’s revelation and the one Teacher. This saving knowledge is acquired not only once, but it is continuously appropriated and deepened, so that it becomes more and more a part of us…At the same time, this knowledge is not simply for personal possession but is destined to be shared in the community of faith (PPF #137) Studying, in the life of the priest and the seminarian of the College is not solely one’s own spiritual development. It is also an act of pastoral charity for the People of God. Gerhard Cardinal Müller opines: “If the ultimate concern of theology is bringing people into the living dynamic of Revelation and the response of faith, then this concern must burn all the more in the hearts of priests who have been ordained for the Church and are sacramentally configured to Christ the bridegroom who laid down his life for his bride the Church.” This journal hopes to offer some contribution to the life of the College, 7 the life of the Church in the United States, and the intellectual life of the Church. Its contributors are from the faculty, alumni, and friends of the College, and we aim to offer both an academically rigorous and pastorally engaging approach to theology, philosophy, and related fields. I thank Msgr. William Millea, a loyal son of Alma Mater for his Latin introduction to the work of his journal. In “Woman: Her Nature & Virtues: Thoughts Taken from Saint Edith Stein & Saint Thomas Aquinas,” we are pleased to offer some insights into a great 20th-century saint and into the feminine genius. Sister Mary Angelica Neenan, OP, is a great friend to so many of us at the College and her love of the Church and her fine pedagogical skills shine forth in this article. We are grateful to Mother Anna Grace Neenan, OP, Prioress of the Congregation of the Dominican Sisters of Saint Cecilia in Nashville, Tennessee, for permitting Sister Mary Angelica’s work to be published in this first edition of Ex Latere Christi. Aaron Kelly and Alexander Wyvill, two of our second theologians who possess licentiates in philosophy from the Catholic University of America, have graciously contributed to this volume, demonstrating not only the depths of their knowledge, but also their pastoral hearts. Fr. Walter Oxley in “Hans Urs Von Balthasar and Dialogical Philosophy: Convergence and Reciprocity” offers a comparative analysis of Balthasar and his contemporaries. Fr. Oxley’s theological precision offers an important contribution to Balthasar studies. In “Jesus Christ: Word, Preacher and Lord: Model of the New Evangelization,” Fr. Randy Soto demonstrates the proper use of Lectio Divina as well as a useful spiritual reflection. Fr. Adam Park kindly permitted us to publish a fine homily he offered at the conclusion of our new students’ orientation period. Fr. Park is a masterful homilist and I believe that his words will resonate with all. Fr. Joseph Laracy in “Logos, Creation and Science: Insights from Benedict XVI” offers a fascinating study on the relationship between scientific 8 research and the theology of creation. Fr. Laracy, a recent alumnus of the College, is well on his way to becoming one of the more important theologians in the U.S.A. in the field of fundamental theology. In “Holiness,” Msgr. James McNamara graciously permits us to hear his wise and gentle words of encouragement to our new seminarians upon their arrival at the College in August 2019. Given as a spiritual conference in Assisi in their fraternity weekend, I believe that all alumni of the College can relate to and appreciate Msgr. McNamara’s contribution. In “An Introduction to and Appreciation of Catherine Pickstock’s Eucharistic Theology in her work: After Writing: On the Liturgical Consummation of Philosophy (1998): A Study in Radical Orthodoxy,” I offer an introduction to one of the most influential theologians in Anglo- American theology, Dr. Catherine Pickstock. A founder of the Radical Orthodoxy movement in England in the 1990s along with John Milbank, Dr. Pickstock offers a unique perspective on Eucharistic theology. It is my hope that you might find this piece to serve as a contribution to both dogmatic and ecumenical theology. I invite each of you to read this first edition and also to please feel free to offer feedback by e-mailing us your comments at exlaterechristi@gmail. com. Information for those who might wish to submit an article can also be requested by email. Please know of my prayers for you and please pray for us here at the Pontifical North American College. Sincerely yours in Christ, REV. JOHN P. CUSH, STD ACADEMIC DEAN EXECUTIVE EDITOR, EX LatERE CHRISTI 9 MSGR. WIllIAM MIlleA, JCD, STL EX LATERE CHRISTI Refulget etiamnum in antiquissimis Urbis ecclesiis signum crucis Domini gemmis auroque coruscantis, unde erumpit flumen aquae salubris quae laetificat terram et Salve, Aedes Nobilissima! vivificat sanctam civitatem Dei. Sub hac sane figura ostenditur supernae mysterium In Urbe sedes dilectissima! gratiae, fons vitae olim a prophetis praefiguratus, in fluxu sanguine et aqua manante O, Lux praeclara filiorum ex latere Christi crucifixi tandem revelatus, et continenter saliens in cordibus fidelium Mater omnium studiorum. et in sacramentali Ecclesiae vita. Mater Immaculata et Regina, In hac salutiferi scaturigine cerni potest typus seu figura ipsius sacrae traditionis O Nobilis Patrona nostra Domina! Ecclesiae, de qua, ad instar fontis, haurire hortantur praesertim cultores sacrarum Fac nos Christum servire disciplinarum. Probe ergo constituerunt magistri theologi Pontificii Collegii et Verbum eius semper audire! Foederatorum Americae Borealis Statuum nomen Ex latere Christi hisce ephemeridibus imponere, in quibus, benigne lector, invenies fructus delectos studiorum, orationis et Tu, Christi cordis speculum, contemplationis eorum qui divitias illius traditionis investigant et sese accingunt ad Ex latere eius hauris fructum: praedicandum Evangelium Christi in patria nostra. Aquam, fulgorem salutis Theologiae; Merum, potum arcis Sapientiae. Respondeat hoc volumen auspicio Summi Pontificis Benedicti XVI ut in Ecclesia Americana foveatur “cultura” seu forma mentis “authentice catholica, innixa in alta Mater Immaculata et Regina, necessitudine fidei et rationis, et prompta ad illustrandas lumine fidei controversias O, Nobilis Patrona nostra Domina! quae vitam et sortem rei publicae Americanae hoc tempore tangunt” (Homilia Fac nos Christum servire Vasintoniae prolata, die 17 aprilis 2008). Quod quidem auspicatus est ipse Pius PP. et Verbum eius semper audire! IX, Collegii nostri parens et auctor, ita consulens ut iuvenes e longinquis Americae oris almam Urbem venientes experiri possent indolem catholicam Ecclesiae, sanam doctrinam ab Apostolica Sede usque servatam et propagatam, necnon urgens opus praedicandi veritatem salutarem Christi ubique in terris. Foveat Deus hoc inceptum et omnibus has paginas inspicientibus benigne concedat ut, duabus alis fidei et rationis elevati, ex latere Domini crucifixi inenarrabiles divitias sapientiae, scientiae et caritatis ibi absconditas altius in dies haurire valeant. 10 Rev. RANDY SOTO, STD SAlve, AedeS MATER! 160TH ANNIVERSarY OF THE PNAC Salve, Aedes Nobilissima! Tu Scientiae sanctuarium In Urbe sedes dilectissima! Et amoris relicarium; O, Lux praeclara filiorum Pharus flammae inextinguibilis, Mater omnium studiorum. O, Fidei oleum inevulsibilis! Mater Immaculata et Regina, Mater Immaculata et Regina, O Nobilis Patrona nostra Domina! O, Nobilis Patrona nostra Domina! Fac nos Christum servire Fac nos Christum servire et Verbum eius semper audire! et Verbum eius semper audire! Tu, Christi cordis speculum, Mater pia! Oh, nutrix eximia ave! Ex latere eius hauris fructum: Seminarii altrix magistra, salve! Aquam, fulgorem salutis Theologiae; Semper magna cum humilitate, Merum, potum arcis Sapientiae.