tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post5181901179129071680..comments2024-03-25T17:14:03.066-07:00Comments on The New Theological Movement: Upon how many donkeys did Christ ride into Jerusalem?, or How Jesus saves both Gentiles and Jews. On the Gospel for the Palm Sunday ProcessionFather Ryan Erlenbushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07557817305024750902noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-70349330461500508802011-04-29T00:35:27.937-07:002011-04-29T00:35:27.937-07:00Funny, I was looking for a short remark from Sacre...Funny, I was looking for a short remark from Sacred page to the effect of, "oh, a colt and an ass, I get you're fulfilling the prophecy". Ideas I found this older, longer post<br /><br />http://www.thesacredpage.com/2010/03/why-palm-branches-and-why-donkey-jesus.htmlMartinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13750763393428404220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-37387085609865383872011-04-24T01:11:06.154-07:002011-04-24T01:11:06.154-07:00He sat upon both of them>>>>>>&g...He sat upon both of them>>>>>>>>>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-33283604092265511832011-04-17T14:50:24.356-07:002011-04-17T14:50:24.356-07:00Calixtus,
Those who love the Lord will read the Bi...Calixtus,<br />Those who love the Lord will read the Bible over and over, seeking to savor its sweetness and learn from its every word.<br />Those who believe that the Scriptures are the "Word of God" will consider each word carefully, with love and devotion.<br />This is the practice of the Fathers of the Church and the Scholastic Doctors -- it is a practice which has been lost (to some extent) in modern times.<br /><br />You will scoff and you will whine -- but if you had the love of God within you, the Spirit would have led you to cherish the Holy Books, to pray with them, to read them carefully, and to find in them your nourishment.<br /><br />Go back to the Fathers and read their commentaries ... perhaps there is still some small love in your soul ...<br /><br />[Here is my little ditty, in response: About that which we love, we speak most carefully; and to the one who loves the Scriptures, there is nothing tedious in the details, but these are jewels most precious.]Father Ryan Erlenbushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07557817305024750902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-22873115096414389032011-04-17T14:19:42.948-07:002011-04-17T14:19:42.948-07:00Oh? Hmm. How many theologians can dance on the hea...Oh? Hmm. How many theologians can dance on the head of a pin? With the exception of astronomy/astrology, virtually all of the sciences are relatively recent. The art of theology is older than Christianity. However, the 'science' of theology, as some are wont to see it, is of latter years, but in existence for centuries. I would seem that it is getting a bit harder to come up with something new, new enough to be able to call oneself a professional theologian. I appears to have reached the state where a principal goal is to simply meticulously dismantle the bible until there will be nothing left but a pile of letters on the floor. The scholarly books on theology that I have (doggedly) read only passingly mention such things as faith and the like, but rather, are essentially pseudo-science that is not particularly helpful for the faithful. Listen, I thought up this little ditty on my own: 'A PHd is (an intelligent and hard working)person who spends a lot of time learning more and more about less and less. A senior PHd is someone who knows very little about not very much. A truly successful theologian is one who knows a lot about nothing. Keep it coming Doctors.Calixtusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-54622097300691578322011-04-16T02:39:02.168-07:002011-04-16T02:39:02.168-07:00In Judaism, the donkey and the colt refer to Jews ...In Judaism, the donkey and the colt refer to Jews and Gentiles, but not in a nice way. Jews saw themselves as better than Gentiles and saw Gentiles as their slaves. That's what I got from the rabbinic writings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-26790353952610859502011-04-14T19:07:34.965-07:002011-04-14T19:07:34.965-07:00Dear Father,
If you are interested, St Francis de...Dear Father,<br /><br />If you are interested, St Francis de Sales has also written something on this topic of the ass and the colt. It is too long to quote here but it can be accessed on this site: http://www.oblates.org/spirituality/sundays_salesian/sermons_for_lent.php<br /><br />It is the sermon for Palm Sunday ("the Eleventh Sermon: Humility and Obedience") and the relevant section starts on page 9 of the Word document. (Sermons were long in those days!)Agnesnoreply@blogger.com