Has God given us Christianity with a “masculine” feel? Or has Christianity created a God with a masculine feel?
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Nice chalice. Is the Pepsi logo a reflection or part of the design?
“Hilaire Belloc wisely wrote that the grace of God is in courtesy. Nobody likes being ignored, ridiculed, insulted or otherwise abused. Everybody appreciates being treated with respect and listened to as if his ideas matter. And while not everyone has good ideas, everyone’s ideas do matter.” – Jeff Mirus at Catholic Culture
So the ideal god is magical enough to make him interesting and worthy of our special attention as something that could just about be real. But not so magical as to be utter nonsense!
The Catholic Truth Society (CTS) has blocked attempts by bookshops and parishes to buy chapel editions of the new English translation of the Missal from America after its own supplies sold out.
I find myself intrigued by the rich rituals that have emerged to mourn the loss of Steve Jobs, the cultural icon of our media-savvy, technology-driven times.
Manhattan
Sep 9
by Chris McDonnell
The effect Summorum Pontificum has had on the Church should not be underestimated (nor overestimated, I suppose, by some). The theological and ritual tensions that would naturally arise with the coexistence of two forms of the one Roman rite will not dissipate because of this instruction. But we can hope that greater clarity of SP will be attained through this instruction so that as parishioners, bloggers, and usages ordinary and extraordinary coexist they may do so with mutual understanding and enrichment.