the lord's promise "know that i am with you always, until the end of the world" (mt. 28:20) is fulfilled in the sacramental celebration and the mystery of the eucharist and "through the experience that is offered to us in the adoration of his real presence under the sacred species". he invites us to contemplate the "eucharist as the source of holiness and spiritual nourishment for our mission in the world".
this is our faith.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Monday, October 13, 2008
HOPE AND THE CULTURE OF DEATH
hope should never be confused with the natural attempt to achieve perfection which has been perpetrated in the name of social, political and technological progress.
contemporary theories on politics have been frequently based on the belief that freedom, human dignity and justice are shifting cultural values or man-made ideas created to meet particular needs at various points in history.
materialist assumptions lead to the belief that man's hope and meaning is found in material things - from political movements to the latest video games.
yet, all these end with death. in the face of death the riddle of human existence grows acute.
why do we hope beyond death?
we hope because there is a source: the god who has conquered death by death. he gives us life after death.
contemporary theories on politics have been frequently based on the belief that freedom, human dignity and justice are shifting cultural values or man-made ideas created to meet particular needs at various points in history.
materialist assumptions lead to the belief that man's hope and meaning is found in material things - from political movements to the latest video games.
yet, all these end with death. in the face of death the riddle of human existence grows acute.
why do we hope beyond death?
we hope because there is a source: the god who has conquered death by death. he gives us life after death.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
THE EVOLUTION OF DOGMA IN THE CHURCH
public revelation ended with the death of the last apostle.
thus, there are no new truths added to the deposit of faith in the church.
but what about the dogmas on the immaculate conception and assumption? are they not an addition to the dogmas we have? is there an evolution of dogma?
nothing has changed, only the evolution of the material object that can happen in three ways:
1. the clearer and more accurate of truths by the invention of precise scientific formulas
and terms
2. the explicit affirmation of an implicit truth contained in a more general truth
3. the specific and express proposal of a truth taught and believed from the beginning in
practice
the church is simply the custodian and transmitter of this deposit of faith.
thus, there are no new truths added to the deposit of faith in the church.
but what about the dogmas on the immaculate conception and assumption? are they not an addition to the dogmas we have? is there an evolution of dogma?
nothing has changed, only the evolution of the material object that can happen in three ways:
1. the clearer and more accurate of truths by the invention of precise scientific formulas
and terms
2. the explicit affirmation of an implicit truth contained in a more general truth
3. the specific and express proposal of a truth taught and believed from the beginning in
practice
the church is simply the custodian and transmitter of this deposit of faith.
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