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Text of NCR Condemnation: Bishop Helmsing charges Heresy
National Catholic Reporter | October 16, 1968
Following is the text of a statement issued by Bishop Charles H. Helmsing of Kansas City – St. Joseph (Mo) Diocese. The statement pertains to the National Catholic Reporter, which is published in the diocese and is an outgrowth of its diocesan newspaper
The Catholic Reporter, formerly the official newspaper of the Kansas City – St. Joseph, was begun by my predecessor under a policy of editorial freedom. That policy of editorial freedom [I] endorsed on my appointment as bishop of Kansas City – St. Joseph. When the National Catholic Reporter was launched, that original policy of editorial freedom was announced as basic to the new publication.
At all times it was presumed that the policy of editorial freedom was none other than that legitimate liberty declared and defended by the Second Vatican Council in its Declaration on Religious Liberty, further defined in the conciliar Decree on Communications, and, likewise, defended in the Constitution on the Church in the Modern World. It could not imply that pseudo-freedom from man’s obligations to his Creator, Redeemer and Sanctifier in vogue under the standard of the 19th century liberalism. It could not imply, as a conciliar declaration on religious liberty clearly states, freedom in the moral order. As Cardinal Koenig pointed out in his recent address to editors, there is a legitimate freedom of opinion to be exercised by the Catholic press so long as it is absolutely loyal to the Church’s teachings. If an editor is to merit the name “Catholic,” he must remember “to think with the Church.”
As long as the Catholic editor carries the name Catholic, he can never forget that he is a teacher of Christ’s revelation. What he writes necessarily touches on faith — that gift of the Holy Spirit which “we carry in earthen vessels” and by which we accept Christ, the Word of God Incarnate, and His revelation.
The Catholic editor must manifest a reverence which must shine through in his attitude and in his every expression. The Gospel is clear on the destructive effects of ridicule, for example, in recounting of the taunts hurled at Simon Peter: “You also were with Jesus of Nazareth,” and their effects on him who, once converted, was to confirm his brethren.
As the editors of the National Catholic Reporter know, I have tried as their pastor, responsible for their eternal welfare, and that of those whom they influence, to guide them on a responsible course in harmony with Catholic teachings. When private conferences were of no avail, as is well known, I had to issue a public reprimand for their policy of crusading against the Church’s teachings on the transmission of human life, and against the Gospel values of sacred virginity and dedicated celibacy as taught by the Church.
NOW, AS a last resort, I am forced as bishop to issue a condemnation of the National Catholic Reporter for its disregard and denial of the most sacred values of our Catholic faith. Within recent months the National Catholic Reporter has expressed itself in belittling the basic truths expressed in the Creed of Pope Paul VI; it has made itself a platformfor the airing of heretical views on the Church and its divinely constituted structure, as taught by the First and Second Vatican Councils. Vehemently to be reprobated was the airing in recent editions of an attack on the perpetual virginity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the virgin birth of Christ, by one of its contributors.
Finally, it has given lengthy space to a blasphemous and heretical attack on the Vicar of Christ. It is difficult to see how well instructed writers who deliberately deny and ridicule dogmas of our Catholic faith can possibly escape the guilt of the crime defined in Canon 1325 on heresy, and how they can escape the penalties of automatic excommunicationentailed thereby.
In fairness to our Catholic people, I hereby issue an official condemnation of the National Catholic Reporter. Furthermore, I send this communication to my brother bishops, and make known to the priests, religious and laity of the nation my views on the poisonous character of this publication.
As a bishop, a member of the college of bishops, and one in union with the head of the college, Christ’s Vicar on earth, I proclaim with my brother bishops that the Church is, indeed, always in need of reform. This reform is a matter of putting on the mind of Christ, as St. Paul declared, through our contemplation of Christ in His teachings and through our loyalty to the teachings of the Church so painstakingly expressed in recent years in the constitutions, decrees and declarations of the Second Vatican Council.
The status of the world when our Lord came was a deplorable one. We are not surprised that the status of man, wounded by original sin, remains deplorable as long as he does not heed the voice of Christ and his authoritative teacher, his Church. Sociological studies, according to modern techniques, can help us appreciate the status quo — the exact thinking and acting and attitudes of our people. For this we are grateful. But it is a total reversal of our Divine Lord’s policy to imagine for a moment that the disclosure of attitudes through such surveys becomes the norm of human conduct or thinking.
Christ and His apostles preached first and foremost penance, metanoia, the change of mind and heart. The Church continues to do so today, but it finds itself increasingly more frustrated in its teaching of the ideals of our Lord by the type of reporting, editorializing and ridicule that have become the week-after-week fare of the National Catholic Reporter.
IN AS MUCH as the National Catholic Reporter does not reflect the teaching of the Church, but on the contrary, has openly and deliberately opposed this teaching. I ask the editors in all honesty to drop the term “Catholic” from their masthead. By retaining it they deceive their Catholic readers and do a great disservice to ecumenism by being responsible for the false irenicism of watering down Catholic teachings.
I further ask the editors and the board of directors, for the love of God and their fellow men, to change their misguided and evil policy; for it is evident to me that they havealready caused untold harm to the faith and morals not only of our laity, but of too many of our priests and religious.
I make this statement with apostolic freedom as given by our Lord to His followers; I make it conscious of the heavy burden that is mine as a bishop, as one enjoined by the Holy Spirit through the pen of St. Paul: “Reprove, entreat, rebuke in all patience and doctrine; for there will come a time when they will not endure the sound doctrines; but having itching ears, will heap up to themselves teachers according to their own lust, and they will turn away their hearing from the truth and will turn aside rather to fables.” (2 Tim. 4:2-4)
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Notes:
The underline and bold attributes have been applied to the text for emphasis.
A single underline denotes a capitalization not in the original copy.
The [I] is what probably was under a small (2 space) blank spot on the original copy.
The original had “II Tim. 4.” instead of “(2 Tim. 4:2-4)”
Bishop Charles H. Helmsing Hierarchy info here
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Kansas City bishop condemns N.C.R., asks change of name
National Catholic Reporter | October 16, 1968 | Volume 4 Number 50
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Bishop Charles H. Helmsing of Kansas City-St. Joseph has issued an “official condemnation” of the National Catholic Reporter.
The bishop accused the paper of denying “the most sacred values of our Catholic faith” and of making itself “a platform for the airing of heretical views on thechurch.”
After citing material published in recent months, the bishop said: “It is difficult to see how well-instructed writers who deliberately deny and ridicule dogmas of our Catholic faith can possibly escape the guilt of the crime defined in Canon 1325 on heresy, and how they can escape the penalties of automatic excommunication entailed thereby.”
The statement continued:
“In fairness to our Catholic people, I hereby issue an official condemnation of the National Catholic Reporter. Furthermore, I send this communication to my brother bishops, and make known to the priests, religious and laity of the nation my views on the poisonous character of this publication.”
Later in the statement the bishop said the paper does not reflect the teaching of the church but openly opposes it. Therefore, he said, “I ask the editors in all honesty to drop the term ‘Catholic’ from their masthead. By retaining it they deceive their Catholic readers and do a great disservice to ecumenism by being responsible for the false irenicism of watering down Catholic teachings.”
John J. Fallon, president of the board of directors of the National Catholic Reporter Publishing Co., said there would be no immediate response, pending a forthcoming meeting of the board.
The statement was distributed to press, radio and television media for release Friday. The N.C.R. obtained its copy from a reporter for the Kansas City Star.
Material from the paper cited by the bishop as the basis for his stand included an editorial (N.C.R., July 10) on the “Creed of the People of God” proclaimed by Pope Paul at the close of the Year of Faith, a column by Rosemary Ruether on the perpetual virginity of Mary (N.C.R., Sept. 18) and an essay by Daniel Callahan on the papacy (N.C.R., Oct. 9). The bishop said the editorial was guilty of “belittling” the Creed. On the other articles he said: “Vehemently to be reprobated was the airing in recent editions of an attack on the perpetual virginity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the virgin birth of Christ, by one of its contributors. Finally, it has given lengthy space to a blasphemous and heretical attack on the Vicar of Christ.”
The bishop recalled also his earlier reprimand to the Reporter (N.C.R., Jan. 18, 1967) for its policies on birth control and celibacy.
The bishop said the policy of editorial freedom under which the paper was launched should be understood in terms of Vatican II declarations on the subject. “There is a legitimate freedom of opinion to be exercised by the Catholic press,” he said, “so long as it is absolutely loyal to the church’s teachings. If an editor is to merit the name ‘Catholic,’ he must remember ‘to think with the church.’
“As long as the Catholic editor carries the name Catholic, he can never forget that he is a teacher of Christ’s revelation. What he writes necessarily touches on faith — that gift of the Holy Spirit which ‘we carry in earthen vessels’ and by which we accept Christ, the word of God incarnate, and his revelation.”
In an apparent reference to a news story (N.C.R., Oct. 9) reporting a survey of priests’ opinions on contraception, the bishop said sociological studies can provide information on the attitudes held by people. “But it is a total reversal of our divine Lord’s policy,” he added, “to imagine for a moment that the disclosure of attitudes through such surveys becomes the norm of human conduct or thinking.”
He said also that the church’s effort to preach the ideals of Christ and the spirit of penance is increasingly frustrated by “the type of reporting, editorializing and ridicule that have become the week-after-week fare of the National Catholic Reporter.
The National Catholic Reporter was established in 1964 with the blessing of Bishop Helmsing as an offshoot of the diocesan newspaper but under control of its own board of directors. Besides Fallon, who is a Kansas City attorney and president of the Missouri Chamber of Commerce, the other directors are:
Dan Herr, vice president, president of the Thomas More association, Chicago;
Robert E. Burns, secretary, executive editor, U.S. Catholic, Chicago;
Frank E. Brennan, treasurer, insurance executive and member of the city council of Kansas City, Mo.;
Joseph E. Cunneen, editor with Holt, Rinehart and Winston and managing editor of Cross Currents, New York; the
Rev. Joseph H. Fichter, S.J., sociologist and author, Cambridge, Mass.; the
Rev. Martin E. Marty, Lutheran theologian, associate editor of the Christian Century and a member of the faculty at the University of Chicago;
Donald J. Thorman, publisher, and
Robert G. Hoyt, editor.
Canon 1325, cited by Bishop Helmsing in his statement, reads as follows:
“The faithful are bound to profess their faith publicly whenever silence, subterfuge or their manner of acting would otherwise entail an implicit denial of their faith, a contempt of religion, an insult to God or scandal to their neighbor.
“Any baptized person who while retaining the name of Christian obstinately denies or doubts any of the truths proposed for belief by the divine and Catholic faith is a heretic; if he abandons the Christian faith entirely he is called an apostate; if finally he refuses to be subject to the supreme pontiff or to have communication with the members of the church subject to the pope he is a schismatic.
“Catholics shall not enter into any disputes or conference with non-Catholics — especially public ones — without the permission of the Holy See or in urgent cases of the local ordinary.”
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Notes:
The underline and bold attributes have been applied to the text for emphasis.
A single underline denotes an unexpected NON-capitalization.
The above Canon Law was prior to the 1983 Code.
– Daniel Hawkenberry (dlm@catholic.org), February 25, 2005
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Catholic Leadership: Stephanie Gray
How many have done more for the pro-life cause? Or been this successful? Not many.
Be inspired. Support her. Aid in the success of her efforts: www.unmaskingchoice.ca.
Do not be left behind.
“Unplanned pregnancy is a social problem and demands social solutions. It is as inappropriate to cope with this particular social problem with destructive surgical means as it would be to ‘treat’ violent criminals with lobotomies or rapists with surgical castration. Vexing social problems call for imaginative and humane social responses, not surgical holocausts.”
-Dr. B. Nathanson, MD
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From Ottawa: the Sacred Colours
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Off to London to see the Queen
We packed our rain coats and umbrellas and jumped on the train bound for King’s Cross, ready to join the country in celebrating Our Queen’s Diamond Jubilee..
Once we arrived the crowds were thick and it kept threatening rain but Joseph you had the best seat in the house on your daddy’s shoulders…..
and saw the whole flotilla parade from up there. Including the passage of HRH Queen Elizabeth II:
Leo, you and I spent the whole time in the Tate Britain museum as outside you kept wanting to go down and roam around, which obviously wasn’t possible with the other million people lining the bank of the Thames…so we went into the empty museum and sat on some comfy sofas for the entirety of the parade! (although we did meet up with another family friend of ours).
And then back on the underground and back to King’s Cross to catch the train home!
Joseph, you had a great time! Best bit for you? The huge escalators on the undergound!
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Where to Study Theology?
If you want to study the theology of the Church, then move to Ottawa and study here:
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The Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies at Saint Paul University in Ottawa
is where you will learn. The Eastern Rite priests who teach here, I can vouch, are some of very finest.
One of the finest courses I took in Rome was on Maximus the Confessor. We must return to the Greek Fathers. And to their Byzantine ways of prayer.
One of the most useful instruments (weapons) against heresy and evil are the Eastern Fathers and the Byzantine Rite. In short, the big guns.
In the top photo is Fr. Peter, one of the most successful priests I have seen. He is pictured with a man from Ukraine who actually met and knew Metropolitan Archbishop Andrey Sheptysky.
In fact, His Beatitude the Patriarch actually saved this man’s life. The world was at war. This man was a Jewish boy. The Metropolitan hid him and saved him during World War II. Fr. Peter’s eyes fill with tears in the photo. It was a joyous moment.
Sheptytsky the Great. Magnus! Santo subito!
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Football (international) and Frisbee at Maybury
Football (international) and Frisbee at Mayburyby Paul S on June 9, 2012On Saturday, June 9th, more than a dozen young adults gathered for sport and fellowship at Maybury State Park, while preparing to serve at the Archbishop’s Corpus Christi procession.Share this:
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2012 Letter# 20: Pray with the Holy Father
June 9, 2012 — Pray not only for, but also with, the Holy Father…
“The Holy Rosary is not a pious practice banished to the past, like prayers of other times thought of with nostalgia. Instead, the Rosary is experiencing a new Springtime.” –Pope Benedict XVI, May 3, 2008, a Saturday, at the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome; he prayed the Rosary in the Basilica on the first Saturday of May that year
“In the current world, so dispersive, this prayer helps to put Christ at the center, as the Virgin did, who meditated within all that was said about her Son…” –Ibid.
“May Mary help us to welcome within ourselves the grace emanating from these mysteries, so that through us we can ‘water’ society, beginning with our daily relationships, and purifying them from so many negative forces, thus opening them to the newness of God. The Rosary, when it is prayed in an authentic way, not mechanical and superficial but profoundly, brings, in fact, peace and reconciliation.”—Ibid.
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An invitation to join with Pope Benedict as he prays the Rosary each evening at 6:45 p.m. (Rome time)
Catholics around the world are being invited to not only pray for the Pope, but also with him, starting now, as he faces some of the greatest challenges of his pontificate.
This initiative originated among German Catholics in Rome, and is not something sponsored by Pope Benedict himself.
But the Pope has been informed that the initiative has been launched, and is said to be heartened by the thought that others around the world will start to pray with him.
The German lay Catholics who are sponsoring the initiative believe the knowledge that others are praying with him will lessen the Pope’s sense of isolation and vulnerability in these days, after the privacy of his own household has been betrayed by one of his closest collaborators (the “Vatileaks” affair, with documents being taken without his knowledge from his own apartments).
The initiative began on June 7 with an article by German writer Paul Badde, editor of Vatikan magazine (the German-language monthly magazine which Inside the Vatican helped to launch in 2006, shortly after Pope Benedict’s election).
No one else is present; the Vatican Gardens are closed off to other visitors. (If it rains, they pray the Rosary in the papal apartments.)
But now others are being invited, wherever they are, at that hour, to pray the Rosary with the Holy Father.
On the east coast of the United States, this will be at 12:45 p.m. — in other words, shortly after noon. On the west coast, it will be at 9:45 a.m.
If one prays the Rosary daily at this time, there will not be any direct physical connection with the Holy Father, but there can be a spiritual one.
I asked Badde if the Pope and his secretary know about this initiative.
“They know about it and appreciate it, of course,” Badde told me. “But the initiative was all ours. Websites will join in, of course, but without registration. That’s the beauty of this initiative: its complete freedom.”
I asked whether the Pope and his secretary pray the Rosary in German, Latin or Italian.
“They pray in German, basically, but switch easily to Italian or Latin,” Badde told me.
English-speaking people who wish to join this initiative should therefore pray in whichever language they feel most comfortable, whether English, or Latin, or another language, he said.
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The Rosary Initiative like Juliana’s Vision
In his article announcing the initiative “to strengthen the Holy Father” but not only “to pray for the Pope, but to pray with him,” Badde begins by referring to St. Juliana of Liege’s famous vision of a “spot” on the full moon — something missing in the liturgical life of the Church.
Her vision served as inspiration for the introduction of the Corpus Christi celebration in the mid-1200s.
Badde argues that there is a shocking “spot” on the face of the Church today: the isolation and loneliness of Pope Benedict.
“The loneliness of the Pope is particularly shocking,” Badde writes. “Therefore, we want to call on this feast of Corpus Christi to immediately pray not only for the Pope, but to pray with him.”
He continues: “This can be done in the family, among couples, in twos, in threes, in fours, in groups, in orders and congregations, and in all of the new gathering places on the social networks and websites. It can be done anywhere, loudly or quietly — at home, at church, on the street, in cars, in gardens. And all free. Without Secretaries, without control, steering, no organization, no postage, no dues, no stopwatch, no address lists, but in the simplest way in the world: with a Sign of the Cross at 6:45 in the evening, and then the prayer of the Rosary with the Holy Father.”
(The original German article may be found here, at the kath.net web site: http://kath.net/detail.php?id=36871)
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How Does One Pray the Rosary?
The usual Rosary contains five “mysteries,” events from the life of Christ to reflect upon. The reflection continues through the praying of five “decades” of Hail Marys for each mystery — a “decade” (from the Latin word for 10) is made up of 10 Hail Marys.
The mysteries are the Joyful Mysteries, the Sorrowful Mysteries, the Glorious Mysteries and now the Luminous Mysteries, introduced by Pope John Paul II.
Begin with a Sign of the Cross and an Apostles’ Creed.
Say an Our Father and three Hail Marys then a Glory Be to the Father.
Announce and meditate on the first mystery and say an Our Father.
Say 10 Hail Marys, and end the decade with a Glory Be.
Begin the cycle again with an Our Father, meditateon the second mystery according to the same schema, and so on for the third, fourth and fifth mysteries.
End with the Prayer After the Rosary and a Sign of the Cross.
Sign of the Cross
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, Our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into hell; the third day He arose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, sits at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and life everlasting. Amen.
Our Father
Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Hail Mary
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Glory Be to the Father
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Prayer After the Rosary
Hail! Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To you do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To you do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, O most gracious advocate, your eyes of mercy toward us; and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of your womb, Jesus.
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.
Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God.
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
O God, whose only-begotten Son, by His Life, Death, and Resurrection has purchased for us the rewards of eternal life; grant, we beseech You, that, meditating on these mysteries of the most holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we may imitate what they contain, and obtain what they promise. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
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Why Pray the Rosary?
More than a century ago a proud university student boarded a train in France and sat next to an older man who seemed to be a peasant of comfortable means. The brash student noticed that the older gentleman was slipping beads through his fingers. He was praying the rosary.
“Sir, do you still believe in such outdated things?”, the student inquired.
“Yes, I do. Don’t you?” the man responded.
The student laughed and admitted, “I do not believe in such silly things. Take my advice. Throw the rosary out the window, and learn what science has to say about it.”
“Science? I do not understand this science. Perhaps you can explain it to me,” the man said humbly, tears welling in his eyes.
The university student noticed that the man was deeply moved. To avoid hurting further the older person’s feelings, he said, “Please give me your address and I will send you some literature to explain the matter to you.”
The man fumbled in the inside pocket of his coat and pulled out his business card. On reading the card, the student lowered his head in shame and was speechless. The card read: “Louis Pasteur, Director of the Institute of Scientific Research, Paris.” The brash science student had unknowingly been speaking with his country’s leading chemist and bacteriologist.
(Link: http://campus.udayton.edu/mary/rosarymarkings12.html)
Run With Life: Abortion incrementalism: the series
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Crazy man, crazy!
Hahahahahahaha. Your obeservation made me laugh out loud. Then I read the story: “like the neutral public servant” hahahahahahahaha. Oh, and as for the phrase “public servant,” why don’t they just shorten that to one word: OXYMORON?
One final snippet:
“And Corbett said he probably won’t be wearing the grey square. He said there are so many “ribbons, squares and patches, red, green, black, pink around” that they are losing their impact.”
Periwinkle for “acid reflux” awareness… Mark Steyn, call your office.
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CATHOLIC NEWS WORLD : SATURDAY JUNE 9, 2012
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Communications, Sydney Archdiocese,
8 Jun 2012
Pakistani cuisine with a difference at cooking
classes
hosted by newly arrived refugees
Cooking classes hosted
by asylum seekers and refugees from Sydney’s House of Welcome not only
introduced locals to the delights of Congolese and Ugandan cuisine as well as
delicious dishes from Pakistan and Sri Lanka, but proved such a success that
North Sydney Community Centre has already booked a second series of classes for
later in the year.
“We had big waiting lists for each of the three classes
and could easily have filled another two classes,” says Joanna Juin. “The
response was fantastic and so was the feedback.”
Billed as “A Welcome Feast –
Meet, Learn and Eat,” the community cooking classes were the brainchild of the
House of Welcome at Carramar. A project of the Franciscan Friars with the
Archdiocese of Sydney as one of the main funders, the House of Welcome is one of
just two agencies offering accommodation, financial and other assistance to
refugees and asylum seekers awaiting visas and final clearance, as well as
offering a range of support and help during their transition to life in
Australia.
Ugandan and Congolese cuisine is
delicious
and goat curry a favouirite
“A small amount of money was
raised from those who enrolled in the classes but the object wasn’t to raise
funds, but instead to give the refugees an opportunity to share their stories,
cuisine and culture with the wider community,” says Jo Lee, volunteer and
funding co-ordinator with the House of Welcome. “It was also a wonderful chance
for the refugees to grow in confidence, have their skills acknowledged and
realise just how much they have to offer.”
But most of all it was an
opportunity for everyday Australians to see refugees not through the prism of
‘illegals’ and politically-created stereotypes but instead as people who have
been disenfranchised but are no different from you or me. It was a chance to put
a human face on refugees and change perceptions, not just among those who took
the classes but through word of mouth with their friends and
communities.”
Home cooking Sri Lankan and Pakistani-style proved a big hit
but it was the third class in the Welcome Feast series, offering an introduction
to Ugandan and Congolese cooking that intrigued with most of those who enrolled
in this class unsure what to expect.
“Most people have no knowledge of
Congolese or Ugandan cuisine,” Jo says and describes the delicious goat curry
that was cooked and later shared with everyone, along with the East African dish
of Ugali which is known as “fufu” in the Congo and “posho” in Uganda. A staple
starch it is made into a ball and dipped into stews and sauces much as Europeans
use dumplings with to sop up juices.
Substituting certain vegetables for
Chinese
vegetables available here one of the refugees
demonstrates the
best in Ugandan
and Congolese cooking
The teachers chosen for
each class were all current or former clients at the House of Welcome. Two of
the classes were given by married couples and the one was taught by a married
woman whose husband was unable to accompany her as he was working.
“Some of
those teaching began the class with their own personal stories while others were
more shy but as the class went on and they relaxed and passed on their
stories.”
For one of the couples their story only came out after someone in
class asked them how the pair had met and married. That’s when the class learned
how shortly after the wedding the couple had been forced to flee their homeland
which was caught up in a bloody civil war.
“The classes were filled with
warmth and laughter and at the end of a class, one of those there welcomed the
refugee teachers to Australia and asked them to come and visit. It was a lovely
moment,” says Jo.
To Now the North Sydney Community Centre has pencilled in
dates in early October for the next series of Welcome Feasts hosted by refugees
and asylum seekers from the House of Welcome.
To find out more about the
House of Welcome log on to
www.houseofwelcome.com.au
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Saint Ephraem was born in Mesopotamia in the fourth century and grew up
under the leadership of Jacob, the second bishop of Nisibis. He became a
respected deacon and teacher and composed works as apart of his
educational office. Saint Ephraem’s earnest love for Christ is evident
in the volumes he wrote; as thousands of sermons, commentaries, poems
and hymns were penned. Saint Ephraem is endeared titles such as ‘the
Harp of the Spirit’ and ‘the Sun of the Syrians.’ Pope Benedict XV elevated him to Doctor of the Church in 1920.
Collect of the Day
Pour out on us, O Lord, that same
Spirit by which thy deacon Ephrem rejoiced to proclaim in sacred song
the mysteries of faith; and so gladden our hearts that we, like him, may
be devoted to thee alone; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and
reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
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Act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart
Composed by St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
Painting by Corrado Giaquinto in 1765.
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, to Thee I consecrate and offer up my person and my life, my actions, trials, and sufferings, that my entire being may henceforth only be employed in loving, honoring and glorifying Thee. This is my irrevocable will, to belong entirely to Thee, and to do all for Thy love, renouncing with my whole heart all that can displease Thee.
I take Thee, O Sacred Heart, for the sole object of my love, the protection of my life, the pledge of my salvation, the remedy of my frailty and inconstancy, the reparation for all the defects of my life, and my secure refuge at the hour of my death. Be Thou, O Most Merciful Heart, my justification before God Thy Father, and screen me from His anger which I have so justly merited. I fear all from my own weakness and malice, but placing my entire confidence in Thee, O Heart of Love, I hope all from Thine infinite Goodness. Annihilate in me all that can displease or resist Thee. Imprint Thy pure love so deeply in my heart that I may never forget Thee or be separated from Thee.
I beseech Thee, through Thine infinite Goodness, grant that my name be engraved upon Thy Heart, for in this I place all my happiness and all my glory, to live and to die as one of Thy devoted servants.
Amen
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National "Catholic" Reporter Readers Comment on the Pope & Eucharistic Adoration
Benediction is largely Romish
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Jun. 07, 2012.
Benediction is largely Romish tokenism. The east never adopted this practice and for good reason. It’s so typical of the western pre-occupation with substitutes for the Real Presence found in Jesus’s Word and the eucharistic oblation. Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, unfortunately. reduces the honoring of the presence to collecting trophies of Jesus, specimens of the angelic bread carried about in a grand display of golden and jeweled vessels. Grand displays and pageants can never be substituted for eating and drinking the Lord’s Body and Blood in the Sacred Banquet.
I fear Benedict’s Vatican is moving rapidly toward adopting a Jansenist approach to the Holy Eucharist. Only the worthy few receive, while the unworthy masses can be content to gaze upon an inert token of Jesus–the host only. The idea of participating in the Sacred Banguet, where Jesus Word has been proclaimed int he language and culture of the people, and the Banquet of Life is where He is more fully present in our lives, begins to fade more and more into the background.
I hear verbal support for Vatican II, but the Pontiff’s actions bely any real support for the liturgical principles of the Council. We see retrenchment, archaism, and retrogression as the principles to be followed in his vision of the Church and its liturgy.
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“an inert token of Jesus–the
Submitted by Johannes de Silentio (not verified) on Jun. 07, 2012.
“an inert token of Jesus–the host only.”
Yikes.
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While I in no way disrespect
Submitted by C.Lewis (not verified) on Jun. 07, 2012.
While I in no way disrespect adoration with the Blessed Sacrament (I’ve spent a kazillion hours in a darkened church over my long lifetime), I can’t wait for the following headlines over the next year:
Vatican II says: Latin Mass is the only true way to worship and immediate changes will be made.
Vatican II says: Eating meat on Friday is a mortal sin for everyone over seven years of age.
Vatican II says: Our Eucharistic fast from both food and water must begin at midnight for all.
Vatican II says: All women must wear appropriate head coverings inside the doors of every Carholic church.
Vatican II says: Only the pipe organ is appropriate musical accompaniment for the Sacred Liturgy.
Vatican II says: Collegiality and subsidiarity are inappropriate concepts for true Catholics.
Vatican II says: All religious women will revert to wearing of their Founders’ habits and to their original charisms, even though Rome herself is rumored to have asked them to review these issues (you misunderstood).
Vatican II says: The official calendar for the whole world will revert to 1955 as of 12/31/2012.
Vatican II says: All saints in the calendar erroneously removed due to lack of historical authenticity will be immediately restored.
Vatican II says: Indulgences go on half-price sale at midnight, 12/31/1955, the same time Limbo is restored.
Vatican II says: Ecumenism is a mortal sin, period.
Personally, I can’t wait for this. Although I’m 70 now, in 1955 I was only 13…I’ll look SO much younger.
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I can imagine Vin Scully
Submitted by Max Lindenman (not verified) on Jun. 08, 2012.
I can imagine Vin Scully shouting: “Mantle swings — a scorching liner up the third-base line. Wait — St. Philomena knocks it down, whips it to Campanella, and that’s the end of the inning! Ladies and gentlemen, what a Series!”
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St. Theresa of Lisieux: “Our
Submitted by Jay (not verified) on Jun. 07, 2012.
St. Theresa of Lisieux: “Our Lord does not come down from heaven every day to lie in a golden ciborium. He comes to find another heaven which is infinitely dearer to Him – the heaven of our souls.”
Jesus didn’t say, “Take this and adore.” He said, “Take this and eat.”
There is absolutely no evidence in scripture of eucharistic adoration. It developed in the Middle Ages when clergy had convinced laity that they were unworthy to receive communion. At one point, communion for the people was not even offered during the Mass. Even members of religious communities refrained from communion.
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I do not believe this was the
Submitted by Chris Smith (not verified) on Jun. 07, 2012.
I do not believe this was the “intent” for the elements of the Eucharist. Using the body of Christ in a staged expression that some would even say borders on “sick” theology. It should be dropped entirely but since we have a Fundamentalist Pope he will promote it until people just walk away out of embarrassment. We need to move far away from this imperial form of being Church. It is not working.
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We are in the constant
Submitted by Chris Smith (not verified) on Jun. 07, 2012.
We are in the constant presence of Jesus without a monstrance and consecrated host. These practices have nothing to do with the discipleship of Jesus. If anything, many rightly believe “Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament” could be seen as an “abuse of the Eucharist” in that this is not the way Christ directed his apostles to gather in his name to break bread and drink wine, which are His body and blood.
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If you won’t ordain women to
Submitted by BrooklynCatholic (not verified) on Jun. 07, 2012.
If you won’t ordain women to have enough priests to celebrate the liturgy, I guess benediction will be a good second best. Will women be allowed to touch the sacred monstrance?
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Will women be allowed to
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Jun. 08, 2012.
Will women be allowed to touch the sacred monstrance?
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Touch the eucharist? The reactionary weirdos flocking to sit around Benedict’s throne don’t even want young girls or any women to serve as acolytes for his precious Tridentine Mass, or any other form of the liturgy.
People in my parish, some of the wealthiest and best educated, have left taking their girls and boys with them. That’s how popular this pope’s crackpot ideas are right now.
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“Will women be allowed to
Submitted by Henry (not verified) on Jun. 08, 2012.
“Will women be allowed to touch the sacred monstrance?”
God forbid. Didn’t he? (Cf. St. Paul)
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No, women will not be
Submitted by Rev. W.T. Suarez (not verified) on Jun. 08, 2012.
No, women will not be permitted to touch the sacred monstrance! Once the SSPX sets up shop we will have more than enough priests–everyone–each and everyone male of course.
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I was not aware of Vatican II
Submitted by Joseph Jaglowicz (not verified) on Jun. 07, 2012.
I was not aware of Vatican II downplaying eucharistic adoration.
On the other hand, I know that Catholics since Vatican II have not participated in this practice to the degree they did before this council.
Times change, however, and no pope is going to be able to revive widespread adoption of a practice that “came into its own”, so to speak, during the Middle Ages when the sacred liturgy finally became the virtually exclusive domain of the “priest” and the laity became passive spectators (indeed, it reached the low point of the laity not receiving holy communion during the liturgy itself but only — if at all — afterwards).
One can only hope that Catholics are beginning to see the consecrated bread as spiritual food rather than as religious bread in the pantry.
The first eucharists, after all, were meals of thanksgiving to God, not formal religious services with “priests” and lay spectators.
Good try, Pope.
But no cigar.
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What makes the Eucharist
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Jun. 07, 2012.
What makes the Eucharist displayed in a monstrance any different than the Eucharist present in the person who has just participated in the Mass? Why is it so important to worship the Eucharist? Shouldn’t we be celebrating and pondering what reception of the Eucharist does for us and demands from us?
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Sacrosanctum Concilium:
Submitted by Craig B. McKee, Hong Kong (not verified) on Jun. 08, 2012.
Sacrosanctum Concilium: #48
48. The Church, therefore, earnestly desires that Christ’s faithful, when present at this mystery of faith, should not be there as strangers or SILENT SPECTATORS; on the contrary, through a good understanding of the rites and prayers they should take part in the SACRED ACTION conscious of what they are doing, with devotion and full collaboration. They should be instructed by God’s word and be nourished at the table of the Lord’s body; they should give thanks to God; by offering the Immaculate Victim, not only through the hands of the priest, but also with him, they should learn also to offer themselves; through Christ the Mediator, they should be drawn day by day into ever more perfect union with God and with each other, so that finally God may be all in all.
http://www.intratext.com/IXT/ENG0037/_IDX003.HTM
CORPUS CHRISTI is a Medieval liturgical accretion (aberration?) based on popular piety designed to centralize the POWER of the priest, as well as being highly symbolic of a greater and greater OBJECTIFICATION of the Eucharist as THING to be worshiped from afar with heads down, on your knees, please! It remains to this day, not “the result of a certain SECULARIZING MENTALITY of the 1960′s and 70′s” your holiness, but rather a ceremonial disassociation (RUPTURE?) with the foundational ACTIONS of BREAD, blessed, broken and shared along with WINE, blessed poured and shared which were re-emphasized once Vatican II opened the windows and blew the dust of the Middle Ages and Renaissance off the books in an attempt to get back to the REAL basics of Roman Catholic sacramental life.
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/pope-says-vatican-ii-did-not-reje…catholicnewsagency/dailynews
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Arguing that His Holiness
Submitted by ChildofGod (not verified) on Jun. 08, 2012.
Arguing that His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI is moving towards a Jansenist approach seems unfounded. The Holy Father is not placing new impositions on who can receive the Eucharist, rather it seems he is enforcing rules that have been in place since the time of Christ, to preserve and perhaps to some extent restore the dignity due to the Sacred Species. It has always been required that one must be must be in a state of grace and prepare spiritually (e.g. fasting) to receive the Eucharist. Thank God for the holy ones who defend the glory of our Lord!
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I think there is much value
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Jun. 08, 2012.
I think there is much value in “Being Present” to the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. The word “Adoration” may have inappropriate connotations. That is, I don’t believe Jesus is hovering over us saying “Adore Me! Adore Me!”. Rather the opportunity to sit /kneel quietly in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament is a great gift and a wonderful occasion for “heart to speak to heart”. I believe it was the Cure of Ars who is imputed to have made the famous quote about what goes on when being in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament: “I just look at Him and He just looks at me.” I for one welcome opportunities for that kind of contemplative presence in the whirlwind of our busy world. Unfortunately, in most communities today, the church doors are typically locked except at the time of mass. The days of stopping in for a visit, both before the tabernacle or before the exposed Blessed Sacrament, are long gone… and missed.
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I believe it was the Cure of
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Jun. 08, 2012.
I believe it was the Cure of Ars who is imputed to have made the famous quote about what goes on when being in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament: “I just look at Him and He just looks at me.” I for one welcome opportunities for that kind of contemplative presence in the whirlwind of our busy world.
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What you propose here never goes beyond mere bread worship. A rite for worshiping the inert and a token of a larger Christian Presence which transcends the mere adoration of an earthly species. The mature Catholic needs to move beyond these childish gestures and embrace Jesus’ Word, see Jesus in others, and throughout humanity. The eucharistic species were given to us for eating and drinking not for adoration. Melt down the golden and jeweled monstrances and give the money to the poor, the uneducated, the aged, and to the sexually abused and their families. There you will find Jesus amongst us.
Those who see themselves as unworthy to receive the holy eucharist may satisfy some deeper longing by viewing the host, but those who receive Him regularly should have no reason to be satisfied with Jesus propped up in a display case.
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I believe it was the Cure of
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Jun. 08, 2012.
I believe it was the Cure of Ars who is imputed to have made the famous quote about what goes on when being in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament: “I just look at Him and He just looks at me.” I for one welcome opportunities for that kind of contemplative presence in the whirlwind of our busy world.
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What you propose here never goes beyond mere bread worship. A rite for worshiping the inert and a token of a larger Christian Presence which transcends the mere adoration of an earthly species. The mature Catholic needs to move beyond these childish gestures and embrace Jesus’ Word, see Jesus in others, and throughout humanity. The eucharistic species were given to us for eating and drinking not for adoration. Melt down the golden and jeweled monstrances and give the money to the poor, the uneducated, the aged, and to the sexually abused and their families. There you will find Jesus amongst us.
Those who see themselves as unworthy to receive the holy eucharist may satisfy some deeper longing by viewing the host, but those who receive Him regularly should have no reason to be satisfied with Jesus propped up in a display case.
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How about just looking at
Submitted by Helen Welter (not verified) on Jun. 08, 2012.
How about just looking at your neighbor and recognixing God? It appears to me that eucharistice doration is “cheap grace” because it is easier and less demanding to look at a monstrance rather than to look at your neighbor and have to be aware of that neighbor’s needs.
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Most curious it is that the
Submitted by Petrus Romanus (not verified) on Jun. 08, 2012.
Most curious it is that the pope did not mention the prace in his homeland (and elsewhere) of the “Aussetzungskirche” — typically a former parish church whose congregation had moved, died or joined another church, which was kept open as a “perpetual adoration” church for the “convenience” of the faithful.
Actually, the “Aussetzungskirche” prevented the stats for closed churches from appearing as large as they really were, and thus were intended as well to reassure the faithful that “all was well” even as the bottom was beginning to fall out of church life.
This practice, not of recent origin, was already occuring during Vatican II, and in some of Germany’s most Catholic areas, such as Westphalia. While it had the merit of avoiding intense public outrage (at least in theory), the deeper significance spoke of a hierarchy already in denial about the state of their church. Thus, popular piety and devotion is but one edge of the two-edged sword, the other being the bald-faced lie about the church’s deteriorating health.
Papst Ratzinger has reopened some old wounds with his sword. Surely he was not ignorant of what was going on in Catholic Germany during his priesthood and ministry there.
Or was he?
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The question I hear most
Submitted by Chris Smith (not verified) on Jun. 08, 2012.
The question I hear most often from Lay Catholics in my community are: How do we depose a Bishop of Rome and the College of Cardinals when they are doing every possible thing that moves us away from hearing the voices of The People of God? People really feel this is a “rogue” Pope and Cardinals who are declaring themselves “The Church” and ignoring the voices of the vast population of women, the glbt communities and the disenfranchised. This is not the Church Jesus had in mind. This is an imperial Church that ignores its’ members. It must have radical reform, including the doctrine of Papal Infallibility.
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The way you depose the pope
Submitted by Rev. W.T. Suarez (not verified) on Jun. 08, 2012.
The way you depose the pope is by turning your back on him. Do what you want. Ordaine your own priests and bishops, celebrate your own masses, set up your own structures and never look back. Heck get together and elect your own pope if you like. Nothing is stopping anyone from turning away from Benedict XVI. But what I suspect you really want is to deprive those who love the pope of the pope. Some of us want to be subject to Pope Benedict–we love him, and see in him not a problem to ecclesial union but the principle authenticity to Christian discipleship, and that drives you crazy. Be good to yourself and to us folk who love the Pope–move on to something else. What you seek is not here. Take the money and the buildings if that’s what is holding you back, but please just shut-up and move on. We will do just fine without you, in fact we will do better.
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Of its nature, the question of God cannot be forcibly be made an object of scientific research in the strict sense of that term, and this means that the declaration of ‘scientific atheism’ is an absurd claim—yesterday, today, or tomorrow.
Christianity and the Crisis of Cultures, 85-6
Reflection – OK, so after wading into the thickets of genuinely difficult controversy two days ago, and ascending to the heights of spiritual contemplation yesterday, today I get to relax and bit and play around in my comfort zone. Today I get to do some philosophy.
The above statement of Ratzinger’s may seem a bit insulting to the atheist, depending on what kind of atheist he or she is. If ‘science’ is the only mode of knowledge one accepts than of course Ratzinger’s claim that scientific atheism is absurd is insulting. First, then, we have to be clear that those of us in the Catholic intellectual tradition do not accept the experimental sciences as the sole means of obtaining truth.
We also need to grant a proper and legitimate understanding of the role of atheism in science. This would be methodological atheism. In other words, the Church in its intellectual tradition has never favored the ‘god of the gaps’ approach to analyzing phenomena. For purposes of scientific method, we bracket God and his action out of the equation. Scientific research and experimentation must proceed ‘as if’ there were no God, strictly as a methodological necessity. Natural phenomena have natural causes, and those causes can be studied, discovered, and (perhaps) harnessed by the human intellect.
For this reason (and, oh darn, here comes controversy knocking at my door again!) theories of intelligent design are of limited value to us. Intelligent design (ID) argues that that living organisms show such a degree of irreducible complexity that they look like designed objects, not results of random processes. While the science of all this is a bit beyond me, the philosophy of it is not. Even if ID proponents are right, all this means is that we do not yet fully understand the processes whereby complex living systems emerge in the world. It is a scientific question still, not a theological one.
In other words, it is a ‘gap’ into which ID wants to put ‘a god’. Those of us committed to a Christian doctrine of God and creation should be wary of wedding ourselves to the ID position. An old saying goes that the religion that marries today’s science is tomorrow’s widow. In other words, some clever scientist may come up with a naturalistic ‘designer’ that meets the objections of ID, and where will our god (lower case intentional) be then?
The Christian doctrine of God and creation (which again is not to be confused with the literalist reading of Genesis 1 that has emerged only in the past century or so) is of a different order. Rather than a ‘god of the gaps’, theistic philosophy in the Christian intellectual tradition posits a God who holds the entire process in existence and who is the guarantor of its solidity, intelligibility, meaning and goodness.
I don’t want to go too far beyond Ratzinger’s point in the above passage. He is actually confining himself in this quote to a very modest observation, namely that science itself cannot prove or disprove God’s existence, and so ‘scientific’ atheism is absurd. At best, science should confine itself to agnosticism, at least insofar as its own scientific research and task goes. Of course, we have to remember that there is no such thing as ‘science’, actually – there are scientists, who are men and women with lives to live and the same existential questions to answer that we all have.
And in that light, scientists and the rest of us have to answer deep questions like – how do we know that our intellects are telling us the truth about reality? How does it come about the three pounds of meat behind our eyeballs are able to perform this miracle of consciousness and intellection? What are these realities that are as intimate to us as our own selves—love, freedom, justice, friendship—and where do they come from? If there is more to reality that materialism, then what is the nature of this ‘more’ and where did it come from?
All of these are not questions we can duck out of. Well we can, but only at the expense of any real depth of thought and engagement with the world. And all of these are questions that at least raise the possibility of God—not of the gaps, but of the whole picture.
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