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now if you are deaf to that in your heart, there's not much either the liturgy or catechesis or preaching or admonitions will do to help you
November 27, 2025 at 5:52 AM
now if you are deaf to that in your heart, there's not much either the liturgy or catechesis or preaching or admonitions will do to help you
fwiw I think that can in *some* ways be meaningful if you approach the liturgy as it is meant to be approached: an act of prayer which, thru word and deed, teaches us the love of God and how we must respond to it (and which, in the sacraments, perfects us to be able to do this)
November 27, 2025 at 5:52 AM
fwiw I think that can in *some* ways be meaningful if you approach the liturgy as it is meant to be approached: an act of prayer which, thru word and deed, teaches us the love of God and how we must respond to it (and which, in the sacraments, perfects us to be able to do this)
all it shows imo is that we must pray harder for such souls
how manifold are the deceits of the Foe, how prone are we to err at every turn! may God deliver us, may the saints succor us, and may our angels be always at our aid!
how manifold are the deceits of the Foe, how prone are we to err at every turn! may God deliver us, may the saints succor us, and may our angels be always at our aid!
November 27, 2025 at 2:36 AM
all it shows imo is that we must pray harder for such souls
how manifold are the deceits of the Foe, how prone are we to err at every turn! may God deliver us, may the saints succor us, and may our angels be always at our aid!
how manifold are the deceits of the Foe, how prone are we to err at every turn! may God deliver us, may the saints succor us, and may our angels be always at our aid!
it is interesting bc I think the Talmud has similar critiques w its description of seven diff kinds of Pharisees
November 27, 2025 at 2:06 AM
it is interesting bc I think the Talmud has similar critiques w its description of seven diff kinds of Pharisees
it really is silly
no one who even reads the prophets can think this
“for I hate your sabbaths and your new moons”
no one who even reads the prophets can think this
“for I hate your sabbaths and your new moons”
November 27, 2025 at 1:08 AM
it really is silly
no one who even reads the prophets can think this
“for I hate your sabbaths and your new moons”
no one who even reads the prophets can think this
“for I hate your sabbaths and your new moons”
so we do have to bring our own creativity into the mix, but precisely *thru* embracing the existing discourse and absorbing it into ourselves
and I think this sort of engagement is *how* we are able to both refresh and preserve the tradition
and I think this sort of engagement is *how* we are able to both refresh and preserve the tradition
November 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
so we do have to bring our own creativity into the mix, but precisely *thru* embracing the existing discourse and absorbing it into ourselves
and I think this sort of engagement is *how* we are able to both refresh and preserve the tradition
and I think this sort of engagement is *how* we are able to both refresh and preserve the tradition
i think i basically agree that there isn’t really any discourse which can be replicated w/o modification
so tradition requires us to reimagine it—semper nova, semper antiqua
the way I see it it is a continual engagement w a particular discourse and its content
so tradition requires us to reimagine it—semper nova, semper antiqua
the way I see it it is a continual engagement w a particular discourse and its content
November 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
i think i basically agree that there isn’t really any discourse which can be replicated w/o modification
so tradition requires us to reimagine it—semper nova, semper antiqua
the way I see it it is a continual engagement w a particular discourse and its content
so tradition requires us to reimagine it—semper nova, semper antiqua
the way I see it it is a continual engagement w a particular discourse and its content
good ecclesiology is when the bishop of Rome and the bishops of a place join together in confronting the evils of the time
November 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
good ecclesiology is when the bishop of Rome and the bishops of a place join together in confronting the evils of the time
I can see that tho I like how character-focused ESB is
November 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I can see that tho I like how character-focused ESB is
sorry to disappoint prop but ESB is still obviously the superior movie, tho ANH is arguably *the* best
November 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
sorry to disappoint prop but ESB is still obviously the superior movie, tho ANH is arguably *the* best
not this skill yet!
November 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
not this skill yet!
and can hold forth in basic conversations, I am still too incompetent by my judgment
I can read Goethe and Heine, I can certainly read Shakespeare and Melville, and God as my witness I resolve to acquire such mastery of my fathers' language as to read the Odes and the Analects, and I rue that I have
I can read Goethe and Heine, I can certainly read Shakespeare and Melville, and God as my witness I resolve to acquire such mastery of my fathers' language as to read the Odes and the Analects, and I rue that I have
November 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
and can hold forth in basic conversations, I am still too incompetent by my judgment
I can read Goethe and Heine, I can certainly read Shakespeare and Melville, and God as my witness I resolve to acquire such mastery of my fathers' language as to read the Odes and the Analects, and I rue that I have
I can read Goethe and Heine, I can certainly read Shakespeare and Melville, and God as my witness I resolve to acquire such mastery of my fathers' language as to read the Odes and the Analects, and I rue that I have
yes, yangguizi is foreign devils
my nursery language was Chinese but I am neurodivergent and the doctors said I needed to have a monolingual education to learn to speak
I have since become very fluent in English, passable at German, and mildly incompetent at Latin - but while I can read some Chinese
my nursery language was Chinese but I am neurodivergent and the doctors said I needed to have a monolingual education to learn to speak
I have since become very fluent in English, passable at German, and mildly incompetent at Latin - but while I can read some Chinese
November 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
yes, yangguizi is foreign devils
my nursery language was Chinese but I am neurodivergent and the doctors said I needed to have a monolingual education to learn to speak
I have since become very fluent in English, passable at German, and mildly incompetent at Latin - but while I can read some Chinese
my nursery language was Chinese but I am neurodivergent and the doctors said I needed to have a monolingual education to learn to speak
I have since become very fluent in English, passable at German, and mildly incompetent at Latin - but while I can read some Chinese
somehow reminds me of the 青天白日 logo
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
somehow reminds me of the 青天白日 logo
most only have Catholic guilt; I have American-born-Chinese guilt too
fortunately as I get better at the language it disappears; unfortunately as I improve I see how little I've done and how far I must come so uhhhhhhh
fortunately as I get better at the language it disappears; unfortunately as I improve I see how little I've done and how far I must come so uhhhhhhh
November 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
most only have Catholic guilt; I have American-born-Chinese guilt too
fortunately as I get better at the language it disappears; unfortunately as I improve I see how little I've done and how far I must come so uhhhhhhh
fortunately as I get better at the language it disappears; unfortunately as I improve I see how little I've done and how far I must come so uhhhhhhh
I really don't care tbh
I mean the insults could always be worst - there's 洋鬼子 (foreign devils) in Chinese
or 香蕉人 （banana people）for people like me (ABCs)
I mean the insults could always be worst - there's 洋鬼子 (foreign devils) in Chinese
or 香蕉人 （banana people）for people like me (ABCs)
November 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I really don't care tbh
I mean the insults could always be worst - there's 洋鬼子 (foreign devils) in Chinese
or 香蕉人 （banana people）for people like me (ABCs)
I mean the insults could always be worst - there's 洋鬼子 (foreign devils) in Chinese
or 香蕉人 （banana people）for people like me (ABCs)
well if we're going by "everyone should use the preferred demonyms of a nation-state" we're as much Americans as Türkiye is Türkiye
November 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
well if we're going by "everyone should use the preferred demonyms of a nation-state" we're as much Americans as Türkiye is Türkiye
I think it’s even true of our doctrinal traditions
to some extent they are a perpetual dialogue
to some extent they are a perpetual dialogue
November 26, 2025 at 3:22 AM
I think it’s even true of our doctrinal traditions
to some extent they are a perpetual dialogue
to some extent they are a perpetual dialogue
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In other words the only true RETVRN is ressourcement and even then you can never go home again
November 24, 2025 at 11:44 PM
In other words the only true RETVRN is ressourcement and even then you can never go home again
That’s gratifying to hear
November 26, 2025 at 12:03 AM
That’s gratifying to hear
I feel like the Guardians movies might be a little better
As well as Iron Man
But Thunderbolts is one of their best
Says a lot that they’ve collapsed so much that it’s made a relatively small footprint
As well as Iron Man
But Thunderbolts is one of their best
Says a lot that they’ve collapsed so much that it’s made a relatively small footprint
November 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I feel like the Guardians movies might be a little better
As well as Iron Man
But Thunderbolts is one of their best
Says a lot that they’ve collapsed so much that it’s made a relatively small footprint
As well as Iron Man
But Thunderbolts is one of their best
Says a lot that they’ve collapsed so much that it’s made a relatively small footprint
and I think we can see, even in discussions around ressourcement and aggiornamento, how deeply established discourses and inherited conceptualizations condition the grounds for our ressourcement in the first place
Without what has gone before, we do not even have something to amend
Without what has gone before, we do not even have something to amend
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
and I think we can see, even in discussions around ressourcement and aggiornamento, how deeply established discourses and inherited conceptualizations condition the grounds for our ressourcement in the first place
Without what has gone before, we do not even have something to amend
Without what has gone before, we do not even have something to amend
this is particularly the case I think w ritual and artistic traditions, like athletic traditions or liturgical ones; a team's tradition is pretty much meaningless outside the concrete gestures and symbols which have come to characterize it, even if there is fluidity in how they are used
November 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
this is particularly the case I think w ritual and artistic traditions, like athletic traditions or liturgical ones; a team's tradition is pretty much meaningless outside the concrete gestures and symbols which have come to characterize it, even if there is fluidity in how they are used
inevitably seeks to inform and structure their intellectual method by Thomas' own approach, and will seek also to become conversant w/ his grammar of thought, even if they won't hold *blindly* to his particular Aristotleian scholasticism
November 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
inevitably seeks to inform and structure their intellectual method by Thomas' own approach, and will seek also to become conversant w/ his grammar of thought, even if they won't hold *blindly* to his particular Aristotleian scholasticism