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2022-12-23T03:14:25-05:00

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Pride And Judgment

Last updated on: December 23, 2022 at 3:14 am By Henry Karlson

In the Systematic Collection of the Sayings of the Desert Fathers, there are many apophthegms which offer us anonymous pearls of wisdom. While someone remembered what was said, they did not remember, or at least did not record, who said it. While some might think this represents a slight to the speaker involved, in reality, we should understand it is not. Rather, it follows the kind of spirituality many such speakers had, where they did not seek fame or prestige... Read more

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2022-12-21T03:05:20-05:00

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We Must Not Become Like Frank Pavone

Last updated on: December 21, 2022 at 3:05 am By Henry Karlson

When a particular, limited good, is treated as or turned into the absolute good, those who embrace it in this fashion level off or deny all other goods which they believe interfere with or deny the promotion of that particular good. In this fashion, they enter into an idolatrous relationship with that particular good; they treat it as the absolute good which it is not. And, as the absolute good is holistic, integrating and engaging all particular goods, purposefully ignoring... Read more

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2022-12-20T03:45:58-05:00

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Two Kinds Of Goodness

Last updated on: December 20, 2022 at 3:45 am By Henry Karlson

Scripture appears to offer us contradictory statements about who or what is good. Some passages, such as found at the beginning of Genesis, show us that God finds all things are good: “And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day” (Gen. 1:31 RSV). Other passages, however, suggest that nothing in creation can or should be said to be good, for only God is... Read more

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2022-12-18T03:46:39-05:00

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Abraham: History, Myth, And The Incarnation

Last updated on: December 18, 2022 at 3:46 am By Henry Karlson

Abraham, following the directions given to him by God, left his homeland, and his extended family, to go out into the world at large: Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who... Read more

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2022-12-16T03:44:31-05:00

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Some Thoughts Concerning The Use And Value Of Translations

Last updated on: December 16, 2022 at 3:44 am By Henry Karlson

Translations serve an important purpose. They help people engage texts which are written in a language they cannot read. But this comes with a caveat. All translations are adaptations of the original text. All translators have to interpret the original text in order to render it into a new language. In doing so, no matter how careful they are, they modify the text. Possible meanings or interpretations are excluded as a result of translation, even as new meanings or interpretations... Read more

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2022-12-14T03:48:39-05:00

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Law, Order, And The Common Good

Last updated on: December 14, 2022 at 3:48 am By Henry Karlson

If we are not careful, law and order can be used as a tool to promote tyranny. This happens, for example, when we try to use the rule of law to undermine the common good, to find ways to lift ourselves up above others, or to protect our standing in society, through the establishment of laws which do not cause us any trouble but will cause others all kinds of difficulties, difficulties which will make it next to impossible for... Read more

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2022-12-24T06:27:17-05:00

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Poemen, The Good Shepherd

Last updated on: December 24, 2022 at 6:27 am By Henry Karlson

Abba Poemen, whose name means, “shepherd,” was well regarded and remembered in the Alphabetical Sayings of the Desert Fathers, as can be seen in the fact that one seventh of the sayings in that collection are those attributed to him. It should not be surprising that this was, in part, because of how good a spiritual director he was; he could be said to have been a good shepherd, who helped and cared for all the monks who came to... Read more

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2022-12-11T03:42:57-05:00

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All Are Called To The Eschatological Feast

Last updated on: December 11, 2022 at 3:42 am By Henry Karlson

While the great eschatological feast is yet to come, it is also something which we can participate in, now, in our present, temporal existence, thanks to the incarnation and the way it immanentized the eschaton. The liturgical celebration of the eucharist has us partake of the immanent eschaton. We will fully awaken to and realize all that we have experienced and participated in only when we find ourselves drawn beyond our own temporal existence, beyond time itself, that is, drawn... Read more

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2022-12-14T04:48:10-05:00

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Pride And Temptation

Last updated on: December 14, 2022 at 4:48 am By Henry Karlson

We have been warned, many times, not to let pride get the best of us, for it often makes us think we are capable of doing things which we really can’t do. “Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall” (Prov. 16:18 RSV). Thus, for example, just because someone only drives in a sparsely populated area, in the middle of the night, and does not get into an accident, this does not mean they are a good... Read more

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2022-12-07T03:45:09-05:00

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Love And Worship

Last updated on: December 7, 2022 at 3:45 am By Henry Karlson

Because God’s activity can be said to be not other than the divine essence, even if we apprehend the activity in a way which is less than the essence itself. saying God is love means God loves just as much as saying God loves means God is love. God’s love is a perfect love. God’s love is eternal. For God’s love to be perfect in eternity, it needs an eternal, as well as a temporal, subject who can experience and... Read more

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