tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192580971664762668.post772612284491930816..comments2023-06-01T09:22:18.917+01:00Comments on Liturgiae Causa: Boredom...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192580971664762668.post-88831714272458027232010-07-29T14:19:59.105+01:002010-07-29T14:19:59.105+01:00You know I think you're right Leutgeb, thanks....You know I think you're right Leutgeb, thanks...:)Patrick Sheridanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995907911415177074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192580971664762668.post-75937466443745484762010-07-29T08:58:18.966+01:002010-07-29T08:58:18.966+01:00Patricius, change of scenery can take one's mi...Patricius, change of scenery can take one's mind off things and give one a bit of a rest from life's woes.leutgebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15566408268292424147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192580971664762668.post-62691467256973528682010-07-28T17:04:45.394+01:002010-07-28T17:04:45.394+01:00I'm thinking of writing something for my own r...I'm thinking of writing something for my own record-which perhaps you could use: <br /><br />distinguish between patristic/magisterial/liturgical/monastic/political, etc, trends of catholic traditionalism. In what are they similar, dissimilar,on what do they agree, etc. Again i'm thinking of sketching something like 'The Phenomenology of the Catholicism'. Bishop Lefebvre as a proponent of magisterial traditionalism and Charles Maurras as that of the political trend. <br /><br />Compare/contrast the influence of Plato's distinction intelligible and sensual on Aristotle's theory of motion. And its impact on catholic theology, namely Augustine and the Aquinate. It goes without saying this last approach would require serious work - also compare/contrast Nyssa/Aquinas's handling of the Areopagite. <br /><br />Yes analytical method and then a synthetic 'proposition'- if such a thing can exist.Osmund Kilrule https://www.blogger.com/profile/07031929350172992367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192580971664762668.post-40705529454255931062010-07-28T14:44:57.530+01:002010-07-28T14:44:57.530+01:00I now have to write a blog for work too, which has...I now have to write a blog for work too, which has entirely taken all the fun out of blogging.ex_fidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11966214834164246079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192580971664762668.post-31901394153153315812010-07-27T22:59:41.330+01:002010-07-27T22:59:41.330+01:00Regarding my current employment, this quote from T...Regarding my current employment, this quote from The Lord of the Rings seems apposite:<br /><br />''A shadow passed over Saruman's face; then it went deathly white. Before he could conceal it, they saw through the mask the anguish of a mind in doubt, loathing to stay and dreading to leave its refuge.'' (The Lord of the Rings, Book III, Chapter X).Patrick Sheridanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995907911415177074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192580971664762668.post-23122445757255261622010-07-27T22:51:31.325+01:002010-07-27T22:51:31.325+01:00"When the holy Abba Anthony lived in the dese..."When the holy Abba Anthony lived in the desert, he was beset by accidie, and attacked by many sinful thoughts. He said to God, 'Lord, I want to be saved, but these thoughts do not leave me alone; what shall I do in my affliction? How can I be saved?' A short while afterwards, when he got up to go out, Anthony saw a man like himself sitting at his work, getting up from his work to pray, then sitting down and plaiting a rope, then getting up again to pray. It was an angel of the Lord, sent to correct and reassure him. He heard the angel saying to him, 'Do this, and you will be saved.' At these words, Anthony was filled with joy and courage. He did this, and he was saved."Anagnostishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03706938507885553293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192580971664762668.post-25849717059795684832010-07-27T22:41:15.990+01:002010-07-27T22:41:15.990+01:00Patricius
Jesus takes things away from us when we...Patricius<br /><br />Jesus takes things away from us when we need reminding to look only for Him. He's taken loads from me, over the years, and then given it back, all sparkling and new. I don't think this ever stops. Going into the desert from time to time is essential.Anagnostishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03706938507885553293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192580971664762668.post-49651629258242979542010-07-27T22:26:50.387+01:002010-07-27T22:26:50.387+01:00Thanks all for your comments and prayers etc. I ha...Thanks all for your comments and prayers etc. I had second thoughts about posting this...that is until a few moments ago my mother asked me how I was, I was frank, and she gave me the now hackneyed: ''you've failed at everything you've ever tried'' speech, and my parents moaning (very audibly) about how it's all my own fault etc. This is why I never tell them anything in the first place! When I feel depressed, I don't want to hear a lecture about how everyone else is worse off than I am.<br /><br />Paul, I shall be mindful of you when I am next at Liturgy (probably Sunday). Leutgeb, I think I'll pass your kind offer of G & T on Thursday - I am sure nobody wants to sit and listen to my depressing life all evening.<br /><br />Moretben, for most of my life I have read the same books over and over and I liked that - just like Liturgy, it was something constant, rhythmic and ''safe'', and I genuinely find characters in books more interesting than real people (for the most part anyway). Hopefully this boredom will pass in time. I shall take your advice though and read the Psalms - certainly more liturgical of me than to sit at this computer all day!Patrick Sheridanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995907911415177074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192580971664762668.post-42555677789440256282010-07-27T22:09:10.831+01:002010-07-27T22:09:10.831+01:00This boredom is good! It's telling you not to...This boredom is good! It's telling you not to become a "hobby Christian", perennially exercised over sterile controversies, and therefore perennially dyspeptic. Forget the filioque. Forget the blog for a week. Do something kind and generous without anybody knowing. Forgive all your foes, and ask somebody to forgive you. Pray some psalms and pray for repentance. Read the Gospels - just the Gospels. Fast a little (or treat your hunger as fasting). Be quiet. See you in a little while.<br /><br />Prayers from me, too, and for you, Paul.Anagnostishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03706938507885553293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192580971664762668.post-16917587057653758122010-07-27T20:55:03.699+01:002010-07-27T20:55:03.699+01:00Sorry to hear you are so fed up.
Happy to buy y...Sorry to hear you are so fed up. <br /><br />Happy to buy you a G'n'T on Thursday, if only to relieve the monotomy.<br /><br />Breakfast (Brunch), is, to quote the cliche, the most important meal of the day.leutgebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15566408268292424147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192580971664762668.post-22940778865918974552010-07-27T19:23:41.855+01:002010-07-27T19:23:41.855+01:00There is no easy answer. From personal experience ...There is no easy answer. From personal experience I am a naturally despondant person myself and therefore easily discouraged. I am going through such a period right now, and my heart is troubled. It is true, "perspective" does not make it any easier. All I can do is remember you in my prayers.Paul Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18013703547416529122noreply@blogger.com