BarbTherese Posted June 19, 2023 Author Share Posted June 19, 2023 I am going to discontinue the daily postings from Universalis etc. They can take up a fair portion of my available time in a day - and I think that the information they contain are not difficult to find. Over and above that there does not seem to be particular interest, although that is not easy at all to discern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BarbTherese Posted September 7, 2023 Author Share Posted September 7, 2023 I am just starting to feel a bit better. Physical mobility and eyesight are still very poor. My computer has been down as well, now fully back up again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BarbTherese Posted September 7, 2023 Author Share Posted September 7, 2023 It has been a bit of a harrowing time for me and in some ways still is. It is late here at 11.39pm and I am heading off to bed. I hope to write about my absence perhaps tomorrow. Desiderata: Original Text This is the original text from the book where Desiderata was first published. Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, it is as perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be. And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy. by Max Ehrmann ©1927 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbTherese Posted September 8, 2023 Author Share Posted September 8, 2023 Not going to write about my absence. Best leave it were it is - past tense. And just keep on walking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BarbTherese Posted September 8, 2023 Author Share Posted September 8, 2023 sedevacantist https://cdn.catholic.com/wp-content/uploads/COT100322B.mp3 "The term “great apostasy” does appear in scripture, but it’s used in more than one context. And some of the uses refer to events that are already in our past, but—or actually, “great tribulation” is the term I’m thinking of there. The term “great apostasy” is really a theological term that’s based on some passages that indicate there will be a great falling-away from the faith towards the end of the world. And that’s something the Catholic Church accepts and recognizes, and it’s mentioned in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. But what I find problematic with a lot of these sedevacantist claims is they don’t understand what an apostasy is. Apostasy is defined as—and you can read this in the Code of Canon Law, including the 1917 Code of Canon Law, if I recall correctly, it’s certainly in the 83 Code and it’s in the Catechism—apostasy is defined as the total repudiation of the Christian faith. So in order to be an apostate, you have to say “I was a Christian and I’m not anymore.” https://www.catholic.com/video/the-errors-of-sedevacantism Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BarbTherese Posted September 15, 2023 Author Share Posted September 15, 2023 Atheism and the God is Dead theory cannot see the wood for the trees. The trees being the actual existence of God is. God is the totally unknown and unknowable. MYSTERY Yet, we have built up all sorts of thoughts around the trees or God, i.e. the wood of our finite thoughts about infinite reality. The mystic does not get caught up in the trees. Rather, the mystic knows the wood and bypasses what are mere incidentals, yet essential, the essence of, the wood. Even the athiest thinks wrongly of God, as does organised religion to some degree or other.......l am proposing. Athiesm and religion are in the same file, the same group, the same genre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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