Raising the sail
“God provides the wind, but man must raise the sails…”
– St. Augustine
(Now, I’m not saying St. Augustine copied me here, but this does sound awfully familiar…)
Author: pilgrim
What else is there?
Deus Caritas Est
A few weeks ago I recorded the Second Vatican Counsel document which concerns the Eastern Rite Churches, Orientalium Ecclesiarum. This weekend I completed recording Pope Benedict’s first encyclical God Is Love (“Deus Caritas Est”) onto MP3.
Introduction (Download)
Part I (Download)
Part II (Download)
Pre-Marital Prayer
“They wanted to pray together, but not see each other, before the ceremony”
Mawage
As a wise man once said, “Mawage. Mawage is wot bwings us togeder tooday”…
“Just as priests and religious lay prostrate as they make their vows to God, we felt called also to make this act of love during our wedding. As one of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal C.F.R. chanted the Litany of the Saints, both Cristina and I laid prostrate (Cristina with a little difficulty in her dress!) as we vowed to take on the cross that we had each previously carried as singles. Lying there defenseless, we both committed our lives and souls to God by entrusting them to our spouse. We committed our dreams and goals and our past and future in sacrifice to one another”
Beauty will save the world
I came across this great series on “Architectural Theology” by Denis McNamara:
They’re there for you…
Continuing on from this morning’s post… 😉
