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The Way of Heaven and Earth: From Either/Or to the Catholic Both/And:
"While division has always marked the human experience, "the speed, frequency and intensity with which we can now share ideas has brought us to a crisis of polarization - one that more and more threatens the future of civilization." The Way of Heaven "
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"I decided to purchase The Way of Heaven and Earth because I was intrigued by Becklo’s proposition that the world suffers from an “either/or” mindset, and the solution is the Catholic “both/and”. Becklo does a fantastic job expanding on this premise a"
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Wow, thank you so much for this thoughtful review Collin. I couldn't have asked for a better first written analysis of this book (and I believe yours
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“Might we follow the prompts of Lumen Gentium, one of the most striking of the documents of the Second Vatican Council, and speak of the possibility that non-Christians, even nonbelievers, across the ages, can be saved? If they are, Lumen Gentium argues, they are saved through some participation in the grace of Christ, some light that comes from Jesus, though they might not be aware of it. In the case of nonbelievers, it would happen through following, honestly and courageously, the dictates of the conscience, which John Henry Newman helpfully described as the “aboriginal Vicar of Christ” in the soul. The great English master was anticipating the teaching of Vatican II by insisting that the voice of conscience is, in point of fact, the voice of Christ, though anonymously so.”
― The Paschal Mystery: Reflections for Lent and Easter
― The Paschal Mystery: Reflections for Lent and Easter
“In light of temple practice and these extraordinary texts, it is not difficult to see why the first Christians reached for sacrificial language when attempting to explain the significance of Jesus’ terrible death. They saw an innocent man, their sinless Lord, indeed someone who, even in the midst of the agony of crucifixion, uttered not a curse but a blessing on those who were killing him, taking upon himself a thoroughly undeserved punishment. Like the lamb of sacrifice, they thought, his blood was being poured out as a substitute for our blood; like the scapegoat, he was being driven into the wilderness to die, as by rights we should.”
― The Paschal Mystery: Reflections for Lent and Easter
― The Paschal Mystery: Reflections for Lent and Easter
“Thomas Merton The Wisdom of the Desert The simple men who lived their lives out to a good old age among the rocks and sands only did so because they had come into the desert to be themselves, their ordinary selves, and to forget a world that divided them from themselves. There can be no other valid reason for seeking solitude or for leaving the world. And thus to leave the world, is, in fact, to help save it in saving oneself. . .”
― The Paschal Mystery: Reflections for Lent and Easter
― The Paschal Mystery: Reflections for Lent and Easter
