[Askel5]

On the Feastday of St. Benedict.

[Askel5]

I'd appreciate a ping to the Catholics and a prayer our age is so fortunate as to have its own Saint Benedict.

God knows we are in desperate need of such a man.

[B-Chan]

B-chan Birthday Bump...

[Dumb_Ox]

It is always dangerous to draw too precise parallels between one historical period and another; and among the more misleading of such parallels are those which have been drawn between our own age ... and the epoch in which the Roman Empire declined into the Dark Ages. Nonetheless certain parallels there are. ... What they set themselves to achieve - often not recognizing fully what they were doing - was the construction of new forms of community within which the moral life could be sustained so that both morality and civility might survive the coming ages of barbarism and darkness. If my account of our moral condition is correct, we ought also to conclude that for some time now we too have reached that turning point. ... This time, however, the barbarians are not waiting beyond the frontiers, they have already been governing us for quite some time. And it is our lack of consciousness of this that constitutes part of our predicament. We are not waiting for Godot, but for another - and doubtless very different - St. Benedict.
-Alasdair MacIntyre, After Virtue

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[Salvation]

For we sense, in the year 1952, that we may stand closer to the year 410 than at any time in the centuries since.

And in the sunrise of the 21st Century we ALL need to stand close to these "pray and work" guidelines.

[patent]

>>>>I venture that it did something else as well. For those who obeyed it, it ended three great alienations of the spirit whose action, I suspect, touched on that missing something which my instructors failed to find among the cause of the fall of Rome. The same alienations, I further suspect, can be seen at their work of dissolution among ourselves, and are perhaps among the little noticed reasons why men turn to Communism. They are: the alienations of the spirit of man from traditional authority; his alienation from the idea of traditional order; and a crippling alienation that he feels at the point where civilization has deprived him of the joy of simple productive labor.

Very interesting article, thanks for the bump Askel.

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[nickcarraway]

St. Benedict, Pray for us.

[Frank Sheed]

Sorry, but I was tied up all day. Just wanted to make some notes.

The best precis anywhere is on EWTN's website which has a "book" to sign in to congratulate the new Pope.

Catholicity.com has a marvelous article on why Pope Benedict chose his name and the relationship of his given name, Joseph, to this. It has to do with saints who are feared by Satan. It may be tongue in cheek but it is marvelous.

The Ratzinger Fan Club website crashed as did the Catholic World News site. Only EWTN has sufficient bandwidth to handle the crush.

EWTN television has a 90-minute special tonight starting at 8:00 Eastern which is why I am typing quickly.

The press release from Reuters at about 3:00 was so biased as to be capable of inducing vomiting. I foresee more of this in the future which is why our "Papa" asked for prayers.

I would have loved to have seen Cardinal Arinze get the nod but this makes so much sense now. Pope Benedict will continue the policies of Pope John Paul II. I am dying to see who his appointments will be to Councils/Dicasteries.

Praise to God Our Father and the Lord, Jesus Christ+
Habemus Papam!
Frank

[vox_freedom]

Wonderful post/
Thanks!

[Salvation]

Great post!