Lorica of Saint Patrick
On this day when the whole world is Irish, we need to join together in this wonderful prayer of Patrick. It is called a "Lorica", meaning in the Catholic tradition, it is recited for protection. Patrick knew that Christian missionary activity was, in its essence, spiritual warfare. It still is. May his example and his prayer guide all of us in our missionary work in the Thrid Millennium.
How I Will Evaluate the Presidential Candidates
The Election of 2008 is one of the most important in our history. The Presidential election of 2008 is in full swing because the primary system is so front -loaded. It is also because there is a growing dissatisfaction in the American people concerning the state of our Nation. This has fed a sincere hunger for new direction and new leadership. I offer "first principles" to assist in evaluating the Candidates.
Jesus, the “Yes” of God
Jesus Christ is the "Yes" of God and we are called to live that "Yes" for others. One of the obstacles that I find in giving Jesus, God's "Yes", to others is a wall that is often built around human hearts and minds. There are so many misconceptions about religious faith. So often in ministry, one finds oneself not being asked to actually respond to someone’s heartfelt hunger for God, but rather, being subjected to automatic replay messages from the past, laden with misconceptions concerning who - or even if - God truly is. Jesus Christ alone is able to quench the desperate thirst that still drives men and women into the desert. He is the Good News of God.
The Starting point for our Social Mission: The Compendium
Christian Social teaching is our guide to political participation. The Social Teaching of the Church provides “principles for reflection, the criteria for judgment and the directives for action which are the starting point.” It is a guide for Christian Citizen Activism. As the next campaign season unfolds in earnest, we have a resource available that has never been available before, “The Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church.” We need to turn first to Christian teaching and take back our prophetic and servant role in culture.
3 comments:
Jack writes...
David - I'm fairly new to this site (6 months), but very interested in (and very thankful for) what is posted here. I'm a Protestant who is working on his PhD in nouvelle theologie at a Catholic university (obviously I'm equally interested in ecumenism!). Since I'm still learning about more contemporary catholic theologians, can you help me understand a bit of the background to this site? I see names like Fr. John Saward, Dean Fournier, and the likes, but I'm not sure how to place them or why these particular people show up on this site. If you could give me some background, bigger picture info to help me along, I would be grateful. Thank you, sir!
Brother,
Christ is in our midst!
Sorry about my delayed response - I've been on vacation the last few days.
The reason why I began this website (blog) was to provide on-line resources of the Ressourcement/Communio movement. No one else had ever really collected these links together and provided them in one place - the sites that did have mostly went off-line. With the help of several friends (who are much smarter than I could ever claim to be) we began this project a few years ago and have been rolling along ever since then.
The best dead theologians of Ressourcement/Communio movement are listed under Great Thinkers - De Lubac, Balthasar, Giussani...
Some of the best living Ressourcement thinkers/writers are:
Lorenzo Albacete
David L. Schindler
Fr. John Saward
Erasmo Leiva-Merikakis
Glenn W. Olsen
Regis Martin
Others listed under Contemporary Thinkers might have some connection with the movement and others do not but are interesting fellows who thought should be considered.
Deacon Fournier has a great love of Patristics and Pope JPII. He's currently a Ph.D. candidate as well. His writings serve as a great model for all Catholics. Deacon Fournier is fully Catholic in every sense of the word and someone that I am proud to call my friend. In fact we just wrote each other the other day and that prompted me to link to some of his recent articles. Does he consider himself to be a Ressourcement theologian? Good question, I shall ask him and let you know his response.
Jack - I shall write you and hopefully call you to introduce myself.
Dear David
Imagine my shock to turn to your wonderful site (one of my very favorites), only to find that you had posted a few of my recent popular pieces. That shock turned to utter amazement when one of my fellow pilgrims asked you whether I consider myself a "Ressourcement theologian"? Wow!I am not worthy to be numbered among the. All I can say is that they are among my favorite sources as I try to live out the beauty of our Catholic faith in this Third Millenium. Thank you for your kindness. Deacon Fournier
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