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A while back I wrote a speculative post for the Nicene Guys about the possibility of infant salvation. The point of the post was that many people--Catholic and Protestant alike, and the detractors of both in common especially--have this idea that all unbaptized infants must be hell-bound. Some have speculated on the existence of Limbo: Dante, for example,... Read More
Saint Catherine of Siena wrote:
"So that you receive the whole Divine Essence in that most sweet Sacrament concealed under the whiteness of bread; for as the sun cannot be divided into light, heat, and color, the whole of God and the whole o... Read More
Note: To participate in the "study" pillar of Dominican life, the Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati (North Austin/Round Rock) chapter of Lay Dominicans in the Southern (US) Province is currently reading The Dominican Tradition: Spirituality in History one chapter at a time, with one member presenting a reflection of the chapter du... Read More
Will we be bored in heaven after an eternity? I was asked this question by a friend yesterday after Mass--she was passing the question on after having been asked it by her brother (if I am properly recalling). Can we be blissfully bored? Can the state of infinite happiness exist alongside of infinite boredom? My instinctive answer is no. In order to give a better, answer, it's worth recounting a story about Saint Thomas Aquinas. Here is a saint whose philosophical writings are so formid... Read More
Note: The following reflection is excerpted from a presentation which I will tentatively be giving for the next meeting of North Austin chapter of the Lay Dominicans. It is as a part of our ongoing book study, The Dominican Tradition; the chapter which we are currently reading is about Saint Thomas Aquinas. As always, I will eventually post the whole thing, though probably on the Ni... Read More
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