Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
Again we have Bossuet's Elevations on the Mysteries, 1,8: It is said by a common proverb (Jeremiah 3) : If a husband leaves his wife and she, going away from him, marries another husband, will the first take her back? This woman, will she not be soiled and abominable? And you, sinning soul, you are …
Continue reading "God, His Unity and Perfection: Goodness and Love of God Around Penitent Sinners"
Another post from Bossuet's Elevations on the Mysteries, I, 7: It's a father, it's a mother, it's a nurturer. A mother, can she forget the child which she carried in her womb? And when she does forget it, I will never forget you, (Isaiah 49,15), says the Lord. The Lord your God has carried you …
Continue reading "God, His Unity and Perfection: The Goodness of God and His Love Around His Own"
Moving on, this from Bossuet's Elevations on the Mysteries, 1,6: (Isaiah 40, 41:14 and onward) Climb up to the top of a high mountain, you who evangelise, you who announce to Zion the good news of her salvation: raise up a powerful voice, you who announce to Jerusalem her happiness: raise your voice, do not …
Continue reading "God, His Unity and Perfection: The All-Powerful Protection of God"
A week ago the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga decided to cut the men's track and field program: The men’s indoor and outdoor track & field teams will no longer be programs, according to Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics David Blackburn. The Mocs are concluding their five-year Title IX process, which is aimed at …
Continue reading "When Title IX Backfires: Cutting the Men's Track and Field Program"
A new instalment in our series from Bossuet's Elevations on the Mysteries, 1.5: Who hath wrought and done these things, calling the generations from the beginning? I the Lord, I am the first and the last, (Isaiah 41:4 DRB) who in the centre of my eternity see all begin and all end. Babylon, assemble your …
Continue reading "God, His Unity and Perfection: The Foreknowledge and Providence of God"
I mentioned a short time ago that the "fives" were well equipped with anniversaries. I just realised that I have missed one: the 20 January 1965 visit of Belgian Prince Alexandre de Rethy to our business and home in Palm Beach, complete with a reception at the Colony. You can view the account of that visit …
Continue reading "A Royal Visit to Our Home, Fifty Years Out"
I'm briefly interrupting my posts from Bossuet's Elevations to deal with a subject that Matt Kennedy at Stand Firm takes up: the meaning of Mark 11:23-24.  I honestly think that Bossuet, "the Eagle", (who was very Augustinian) has a much more accurate and inspiring treatment of the passage. The following comes from Bossuet's Meditations on the …
Continue reading ""Man Clothed in the Omnipotence of God": Bossuet on Faith and Prayer"
Continuing in Bossuet's Elevations on the Mysteries, 1,4: Hear, Israel: the Lord your God is one God, because he is who is, he who is indivisible. Â All which is not perfect, degenerates from perfection. Â Thus the Lord your God being the perfect one is alone and there is no other God but him. Â All that …
Continue reading "God, His Unity and Perfection: The Unity of God"
Matt Kennedy at Stand Firm finds Archbishop John Sentamu's response about the propriety of women bishops disconcerting: His appeal is to the supreme authority of scripture. How does the Archbishop of York answer? Setamu calmly continued with the service, stating that the appointment of a female bishop was now “part of the law of the …
Continue reading "Women Bishops in the Church of England: The Chickens Are In the Roost"
Continuing on in Bossuet's Elevations on the Mysteries, in this case 1,3 (the previous one is here): I AM WHO AM. HE WHO IS, hath sent me to you. It is so that God defined himself. It is to say that God is he in which non-being has no place, who thus is always, and …
Continue reading "God, His Unity and Perfection: More on the Being of God and His Eternal Beatitude"
Positive Infinity 