tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199569135564129670.post8633605988638982382..comments2023-12-15T18:28:39.112-05:00Comments on The Food Which Endures: Living a Eucharistic Life: All Creatures Great and SmallPete Caccavarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17454406800958606929noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199569135564129670.post-13088970286524923042009-05-08T00:03:00.000-04:002009-05-08T00:03:00.000-04:00You're not being a pest at all, Booklady. Thanks ...You're not being a pest at all, Booklady. Thanks for bringing my attention to this passage from St. Mark. I hadn't thought about that, but that directly relates to what I was talking about. You are right, too, about the paradoxical nature of Christianity and Truth in general. I have long admired Zen Buddhism's emphasis on paradox. Actually, it was in reading Zen Buddhist texts that I first came to appreciate paradox. It was not until later that I came to see how vital paradox is in Catholicism. As you rightly point out, paradox helps us to see our limitations and God's infiniteness. Paradox shows us the limits of reason but also the interconnectedness of reason and faith. It helps to humble us and to enlighten us.Pete Caccavarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17454406800958606929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199569135564129670.post-54046257609141946952009-05-04T02:16:00.000-04:002009-05-04T02:16:00.000-04:00Forgive me being a pest, but when I read this line...Forgive me being a pest, but when I read this line from St. Mark's Gospel tonight and saw the word, "creature", I immediately thought of your post and wanted to share it w/you, <br /><br />'Go into the whole world and proclaim the gospel to every creature.' Mark 16:15 <br /><br />So much about Christianity -- about Truth -- exists in paradoxes of seemingly contradictory concepts, like what you describe above, which I suppose further reaffirms the creaturely-ness of us and Divinity of Him. Ah!<br /><br />Now, unworthy creature that I am, I am off to proclaim Him in everything I do and all by <B>His Grace!</B> Thanks again for the inspiration Pete! <br /><br />God bless you!the bookladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11263580845211880738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199569135564129670.post-7624727271636281282009-05-03T20:26:00.000-04:002009-05-03T20:26:00.000-04:00That is a prayer I'd heard of but had never read (...That is a prayer I'd heard of but had never read (although I know David Haas' version, the hymn, "Canticle of the Sun"). It is indeed a beautiful prayer. You're right that it is so easy to think we did something to deserve our good fortune, forgetting that all good comes from God. When we are truly practicing Christianity, we are holding in mind several, seemingly contradictory, things simultaneously: we are made in the image of God and therefore fundamentally good; we are wounded by original sin and therefore inclined toward sin; we are lowly creatures unworthy of God's love but in need of it; we are adopted sons and daughters exalted by His love for us. Lord, I am not worthy to receive you, but only say the word, and I shall be healed.Pete Caccavarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17454406800958606929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199569135564129670.post-10690066885220753082009-05-03T17:22:00.000-04:002009-05-03T17:22:00.000-04:00Beautiful Pete! I read that prayer out loud slowl...Beautiful Pete! I read that prayer out loud slowly <I>as</I> a prayer and it made me cry. Failure to turn to Him in humble supplication is my most pernicious sin as well--thanks for the gentle reminder. When all is going well, it's so easy to think it's because we somehow did something to deserve our good fortune, rather than that we receive ALL by His Loving Grace.<br /><br />God bless you!the bookladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11263580845211880738noreply@blogger.com