Thursday, June 9, 2011

theme for the day

at the beginning of his great tome
catholicism henri de lubac sj
invites the reader into the mental world of the
generation just after the apostles
that of clement of A athanasius
basil gregory gregory nazianzens
hilary and cyril d jerusalem not to mention augustine a little later on
the precise insight sustained through 500 yrs of church teaching and revived in a vital way today

what is this insight
for gods' sake

god created human kind with the inherent understading of unity
that our awareness of our likeness to everyother human
is the context for our understanding our likeness to god

something militates against this inherent knowledge
what

when we find out
perhaps we could begin to build something
that looks like a community

the plaster that holds community together
is often cracked and crumbling
patch work is no mean craft

amen

5 comments:

  1. i've noticed that the theme of unity
    is prevalent in the gospel readings
    at this time of year
    from John 17

    buddhists seem to claim
    that our apparent separateness
    is an illusion

    i don't even know what they mean by that

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  2. skrewwed again

    discombobulation
    and community
    a devastation at work

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  3. trying on thsi pentecost to say soem words that sound uniting

    i read further in de lubac and discern his emphasis of the understanding amongst the first disciples adn the next few generations what kept them attuned to the effort to convey christ to the world it was the pentecost experience of unity that they were seen adn understood by themselves as being united to a same powerful cause

    what gets in the way
    today
    ethnicity
    cultural preoccupation with individuality and independence
    counter claims of economic importance
    misundrstanding of shared tradition
    bad talkers
    vehement reactors

    same old shit different day

    lady humility would expect that
    it wont be our efforts but those of
    some strange god and his angels
    working to heal and educate
    and tell jokes after dinner

    guitar music will unite the world

    jh

    i think that's most of what i wanted to say
    before getting nearly tossed out
    of my own blog

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  4. having missed church this morning
    i had forgotten today is pentecost
    thanks for the reminder

    maybe i should read this de lubac
    his work sounds interesting

    my mind has been drawn these past
    few days to the ancient hymn
    of christ's humility
    ... being found in human form
    he humbled himself

    i think a blog post may be fermenting

    &

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  5. the pentecost theme
    all throughout the early writers on christian topics is
    prevalent and tends to be restorative the effort made by the holy spirit to ]
    redeem to heal to put salve on
    all the wounds of all humanity and to speak in every tongue now
    that's sort of fascinating or

    at least it should be
    poetry is
    primarily sacred words
    and
    words that register commonly
    in all tngues

    the brotherhood of mankind
    is a given
    wounded of course
    but a given

    jh

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