A Treasure To Be Shared

Faith is not philosophy, in other words. It is not something on which we reflect, but rather Someone we receive, and upon whom we are blessedly free to repose the whole weight of our understanding and trust. “It is not a matter of learning and cleverness,” Hans Urs von Balthasar advises, “but the courage to put oneself at risk.” - Regis Martin (Aquinas says), “Actus autem credentis non terminatur ad enuntiabile sed ad rem” [The believer’s act (of faith) does not terminate in the propositions, but in the realities [which they express].” While it is true to say that the ultimate term of faith is not a set of theological formulas that we confess, but rather God himself, it is also the case that for Aquinas articles of faith are necessary for knowing God. Aquinas explains: “We do not form statements except so that we may have apprehension of things through them. As it is in knowledge, so also in faith.” In other words, one knows primarily God Himself but as mediated in and through determi...

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Augustus Welby Pugin In pure architecture the smallest detail should have a meaning or serve a purpose. Nothing can be more dangerous than looking at prints of buildings, and trying to imitate bits of them. These architectural books are as bad as the Scriptures in the hands of the Protestants. The two great rules for design are these: First, that there should be no features about a building which are not necessary for convenience, construction, or propriety; second, that all ornament should consist of enrichment of the essential construction of the building. The neglect of these two rules is the cause of all the bad architecture of the present time. It is alright to decorate construction but never construct decoration. Let then the Beautiful and the True be our watchword. - The True Principles of Christian or Pointed Architecture , 1841. About Pugin He was an extraordinary and prolific inventive genius, one of those figures who only appear every few hundred years, like a Leonardo or a ...

For a moment, imagine that temple is you. Imagine that temple is another person - the unborn and the elderly, the sick and the dying, the healthy and happy, the distraught and the despairing and the destitute. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's. Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God? You are not your own; you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body. Where do we find Jesus? The Holy Eucharist is the very Body and Blood of Jesus Christ! The Catechism reminds us: 1406 Jesus said: "I am the living bread that came down from heaven; if any one eats of this bread, he will live for ever; . . . he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life and . . . abides in me, and I in him" (Jn...

Nicolas Poussin - L'Adoration du Veau d'or Those who believe in Christ do not walk in darkness. They know where they came from, where they are going and what they must do in the meantime,” he said. “But most of all, they know they are loved by one who, in order to demonstrate it, died on a cross. -  https://www.catholicsun.org/2021/03/12/jesus-wasnt-just-good-he-is-god-papal-preacher-says/ Every idol, however exalted, turns out, in the long run, to be a Moloch, hungry for human sacrifice. - Aldous Huxley I was in misery, and misery is the state of every soul overcome by friendship with mortal things and lacerated when they are lost. Then the soul becomes aware of the misery which is its actual condition even before it loses them. - St. Augustine of Hippo, Confessions If you're too confident in assuming that America's and God's purposes are one, you tiptoe toward idolatry. - Ross Douthat The opposite of Christianity is not atheism, but idolatry. - Peter Kreeft H...

Dr. Cliff Mass, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Washington, is a scholar of fact-based climate and weather science. https://sites.uw.edu/cmass/ Cancel Climate Dr. Mass was fired from his position at KNKX Radio, formerly KPLU, for a critical review in his personal blog which "discusses current weather, weather prediction, climate issues, and current events." His response to the firing: The leaders of KNKX justified my firing based upon my August 5th blog post that criticized violent individuals in downtown Seattle, criticized the City Council, supported Chief Best, and noted some similarities to what happened in Germany in the 1930s. The leaders of KNKX terminated me the next day without speaking to me before they made the decision. They also did not discuss the matter with the KNKX Advisory Council. KNKX put out a statement that was factually untrue and easily can be proven false. Activist groups have been trying to get me dismissed from KNKX for over a...

All around the world, everywhere I go No one understands me No one knows what I'm trying to say Everywhere I go no one understands me They look at me when I talk to them And they scratch their head They go, "What's he trying to say?" But you… you speak my language But you… you speak my language Yeah! Yes! All around the world, everywhere I go No one understands me No one knows what I'm trying to say Even in my home town My friends make me write it down They look at me when I talk to them And they shrug their shoulders They go, "What's he talking about? But you… you speak my language... . - lyrics from You Speak My Language by Morphine At Thesaurus.com, a simple search for synonyms of the words 'liberal' and 'conservative' yields results that are telling, though not surprising. Of course, Thesaurus.com is not alone in its sin-onymic contortions. Other sites parrot the same newspeak. Under liberal, do note the synonym in position four in co...

God delights in our joys. How can we not take delight in the joys of others? Let them shout for joy and be glad that favor my righteous cause; yea, let them say continually, “Let the Lord be magnified who hath pleasure in the prosperity of His servant.” - Psalm 35:27 Are we able to delight in other people's successes? Here successes refers to virtuous or at least morally neutral achievements. Or, are we given to envy, jealousy and hatred? Are we angered by a colleague's promotion? It may be that we are more deserving in many respects of a promotion, but are we able to celebrate our colleague's win? Are we able to celebrate the achievement of someone who is, how does one say, blatantly full of him/herself and aggressively self-serving? The Catechism (CCC): 2551 "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also" (Mt 6:21). 2552 The tenth commandment forbids avarice arising from a passion for riches and their attendant power. 2553 Envy is sadness at the sight of...