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But all the while a question nagged at me: Why were these churches built? There are simple answers—for the glory of God, the vanity of bishops, and so on—but those were not enough for me. The building of the medieval cathedrals is an
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“Death ends a Jew’s obligations under
the Torah. When Jesus rose from the dead, He began celebrating the
Holy Sacrifice of the Mass instead, as He had in the Upper Room.
But the Church Fathers tell us that He now celebrated it on the
“eighth day” of the week, what we now call Sunday, the day He rose
from death.
The eighth day! In ancient Hebrew gematria seven represented
God’s completion of His natural creation. And so Jewish apocalyptic writings describe the eighth day as a new day,”
― Souls at Rest: An Exploration of the Eucharistic Sabbath
the Torah. When Jesus rose from the dead, He began celebrating the
Holy Sacrifice of the Mass instead, as He had in the Upper Room.
But the Church Fathers tell us that He now celebrated it on the
“eighth day” of the week, what we now call Sunday, the day He rose
from death.
The eighth day! In ancient Hebrew gematria seven represented
God’s completion of His natural creation. And so Jewish apocalyptic writings describe the eighth day as a new day,”
― Souls at Rest: An Exploration of the Eucharistic Sabbath
“We shall have gone deeper than the deeps of heaven and grown older than the oldest angels before we feel, even in its first faint vibrations, the everlasting violence of that double passion with which God hates and loves the world. ”
― Manalive
― Manalive
“The early Jewish Christians, seeing themselves as Jews, continued
with Sabbath worship in the Temple and breaking bread in their
homes. But by ad 60 they had become visibly different. Following
Jesus’ example, they began to celebrate the Holy Sacrifice of the
Mass on the eighth day, Sunday. And in ad 70 God allowed the
Temple to be destroyed.”
― Souls at Rest: An Exploration of the Eucharistic Sabbath
with Sabbath worship in the Temple and breaking bread in their
homes. But by ad 60 they had become visibly different. Following
Jesus’ example, they began to celebrate the Holy Sacrifice of the
Mass on the eighth day, Sunday. And in ad 70 God allowed the
Temple to be destroyed.”
― Souls at Rest: An Exploration of the Eucharistic Sabbath
“Sometimes I long for a convent cell, with the sublime wisdom of centuries set out on bookshelves all along the wall and a view across the cornfields--there must be cornfields and they must wave in the breeze--and there I would immerse myself in the wisdom of the ages and in myself. Then I might perhaps find peace and clarity. But that would be no great feat. It is right here, in this very place, in the here and the now, that I must find them. ”
― An Interrupted Life: The Diaries of Etty Hillesum 1941-43
― An Interrupted Life: The Diaries of Etty Hillesum 1941-43
“Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, "Do it again"; and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead. For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony. But perhaps God is strong enough to exult in monotony. It is possible that God says every morning, "Do it again" to the sun; and every evening, "Do it again" to the moon. It may not be automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike; it may be that God makes every daisy separately, but has never got tired of making them. It may be that He has the eternal appetite of infancy; for we have sinned and grown old, and our Father is younger than we.”
― Orthodoxy
― Orthodoxy
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