Fr. Stephen at Glory to God for All Things has an excellent post on the necessity of communion with God for our existence, and not only so that He won’t be angry with us. Fr. Sergius Bulgakov, as a young man who returned to the faith following a flirtation with Marxism, came to an understanding [...]
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“Existence and Truth”
Posted by Molly on September 25, 2010
http://mollydodd.wordpress.com/2010/09/25/existence-and-truth/
More on Sacramental Theology
A beautiful post by Father Stephen: We do not have a “neutral zone” where we live apart from God. Instead, we have zones of ignorance, where believing Christians live as unbelievers, awaiting their next attendance at a “God permitted” zone. No, the truth is that God has united Himself not only to humanity in the incarnation, [...]
Posted by Molly on July 24, 2010
http://mollydodd.wordpress.com/2010/07/24/more-on-sacramental-theology/
“Glorify God by Your Life”
First Things: On the Square has a lovely article up today by (the Catholic) Archbishop Chaput of Denver on the meaning of Liturgy in our present world. And excerpt: Sacrosanctum Concilium says this: “The liturgy is the summit toward which the activity of the Church is directed; at the same time it is the font [...]
Posted by Molly on June 30, 2010
http://mollydodd.wordpress.com/2010/06/30/glorify-god-by-your-life/
The Fear of the Lord
In seminar we’ve been reading Genesis, Exodus, and Job these past two weeks, and something that often comes up is the meaning of the “fear of the Lord.” When people do good things it’s usually explained that they do so because they fear the Lord, as when Abraham is about to sacrifice Isaac, or Moses [...]
Posted by Molly on June 25, 2010
http://mollydodd.wordpress.com/2010/06/25/the-fear-of-the-lord/
Thy Cup of Intoxication (Psalm 22)
I’ve been going to a Tuesday night Bible study with Mr. D__ and whoever else ends up being able to come. First we looked at Jonah, and are now going through the life of David interspersed with Psalms. It’s usually small, but Mr. D__ is knowledgeable and I like the other people, so it’s generally [...]
Posted by Molly on February 3, 2010
http://mollydodd.wordpress.com/2010/02/03/thy-cup-of-intoxication-psalm-22/
Outer-inner Man
Man is dual: exterior and interior, flesh and spirit. [...] Training, then, must also be twofold, outer and inner: outer in reading books, inner in thoughts of God; outer in love of wisdom, inner in love of God; outer in words, inner in prayer; outer in keenness of intellect, inner in warmth of spirit; outer [...]
Posted by Molly on January 23, 2010
http://mollydodd.wordpress.com/2010/01/23/outer-inner-man/
Iconoclasm, reprise
Fr. John clarified the teaching of the Seventh Council a bit today. But first: it’s the saints’ day of the Apostle Philip and of Sts. Theophonus and Theodore the Branded. That is, they had a verse branded on their faces by some wicked Byzantine emperor or other for defending icons. After icons were re-instated St. [...]
Posted by Molly on October 11, 2009
http://mollydodd.wordpress.com/2009/10/11/iconoclasm-reprise/
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