#de lubac

[bogpopolsku]

"Zmniejszenie się antyklerykalizmu", z którego zazwyczaj się cieszymy, nie musi być wcale dobrym znakiem. Oczywiście, zjawisko to może świadczyć o zmienie obiektywnej sytuacji lub poprawie relacji między stronami. Ale z drugiej strony, może też oznaczać, że ludzie którzy pracują dla Kościoła i dają o nim świadectwo, choć nadal proponują światu pewne godne uznania wartości, w istocie przystosowali się do wyznawanych przez ten świat idei, konwencji oraz obyczajów, i tym samym przestali być dla niego kłopotliwi. Wszak już Ewangelia wyraźnie mówi, że sól może zwietrzeć. Zatem to oziębłości zawdzięczamy być może spokojne bytowanie większości z nas wśród tego świata.

Henri de Lubac, “Medytacje o Kościele”

[bustakay]

Nietzsche’s feelings with regard to Jesus always remained mixed, and so did his judgments on Christianity. There are times when he sees in it not so much a false ideal as one that is worn out. “It is our stricter and more finely tempered piety”, he says, “that stops us from still being Christians today.” Thus his animosity is against the Christians of our day, against us. The lash of his scorn is for our mediocrities and our hypocrisies. It searches out our weakness, adorn with fine names. In reminding us of the robust and joyous austerity of “primitive Christianity” he calls shame on our “present-day Christianity”, as “mawkish and nebulous”. 

Can it be contended that he is quite wrong? Should “everything that now goes by the name of Christian” be defended against him? When he says of us, for instance: “If they want me to believe in their Savior, they’ll have to sing me better hymns! His followers will have to look more like men who have been saved!”—are we entitled to be indignant? To how many of us does Christianity really seem “something big, something with joy and enthusiasm”? Do the unbelievers who jostle us at every turn observe on our brows the radiance of that gladness which, twenty centuries ago, captivated the fine flower of the pagan world? Are our hearts the hearts of men risen with Christ? Do we, in our time, bear witness to the Beatitudes? In a word, while we are full alive to the blasphemy in Nietzsche’s terrible phrase and in its whole context, are we not also forced to see in ourselves something of what drove him to such blasphemy?

Henri De Lubac, The Drama of Atheist Humanism  

[bergoglionate]

Ratzinger disse che la Chiesa non è "democrazia-sinodale", ma non l'hanno ascoltato

Ratzinger disse che la Chiesa non è “democrazia-sinodale”, ma non l’hanno ascoltato

“Siccome la Chiesa non è così come appare nei sogni, si cerca disperatamente di renderla come la si desidererebbe: un luogo in cui si possano esprimere tutte le libertà, uno spazio dove siano abbattuti i nostri limiti, dove si sperimenti quell’utopia che ci dovrà pur essere da qualche parte.” (Ratzinger 1990)

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[apesoformythoughts]

“Yesterday’s medieval heresy, [Henri] de Lubac knew, often prefigured the path of modern totalitarians—or, indeed, anyone inclined to locate the fullness of salvation in the here-and-now. In that regard, de Lubac believed that one medieval theologian had much to answer for.”

— “The Jesuit, the Monk, and the Malaise of the West”

[didascale]

La collection "Sources chrétiennes"

La collection “Sources chrétiennes”

Comme je l’ai souligné dans ma présentation, c’est au cours de ma deuxième année de licence que j’ai eu l’occasion de découvrir la collection « Sources chrétiennes ». Cette collection a eu un rôle important dans mon parcours personnel, puisque c’est grâce à elle que je me suis lancé dans la recherche et j’aimerai donc vous la présenter. Des débuts difficiles Cette collection est née dans un…

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[dreifachglauben]

Zwangsheirat mit dem Prüfungsstoff Wenn die Prüfungszeit kommt, gehe ich eine Zwangsheirat mit dem Prüfungsstoff ein. Er begleitet mich Tag ein, Tag aus und lässt mich das vergessen was mir wirklich wichtig ist. Die Freude über das neue Jahr hält bei mir nie sehr lange an, denn wie jeden Januar steht sie vor der Tür: Die allbekannte und immer herzlich begrüßte Prüfungsphase.

[cristianesimocattolico]

"Lectio magistralis" di mons. Livi: Unum est necessarium

“Lectio magistralis” di mons. Livi: Unum est necessarium

Conferenza di Mons. Antonio Livi tenuta a Livorno in occasione del IX Pellegrinaggio toscano a Montenero. (more…)

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[jtgrimm]

One does not possess charity if one does not want to spread it universally… If she [the Church] did not try to be everywhere, she would not be anywhere.

Henri de Lubac