What I learned From a Muslim about Eucharistic Adoration

CERC ^ | Peter Kreeft

[JMJ333]

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Early Christians on the Holy Eucharist

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

I teach philosophy at Boston College — one of the top Catholic universities in America.

If Kreeft honestly thinks that BC is one of the top "Catholic universities in America" then he's in as much trouble as his students.

[JMJ333]

Okay, but I think you're nit-picking a bit. His overall point about the Eucharist overshadows that one line in my opinion.

[sitetest]

Dear Smedleybutler,

"I teach philosophy at Boston College — one of the top Catholic universities in America.

If Kreeft honestly thinks that BC is one of the top 'Catholic universities in America' then he's in as much trouble as his students."

From an academic perspective, BC is very highly rated. A quick Internet search puts it in the top 5 Catholic schools in the country, at least academically.

sitetest

[narses]

Thank you.

[JMJ333]

You're welcome. =)

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

Academics aside, BC is a CINO outfit, just like Notre Dame. If they're going to claim to be Catholic then they better toe the Ex Corde Ecclesiae line, which they don't. Maybe Kreeft doesn't understand that. Apparently other people don't understand it either. A truly Catholic university wouldn't allow garbage like "The Vagina Monologues" to be performed on its campus. Both BC and ND, amongst many other CINO universities, did.

[JMJ333]

[sinkspur]

Kreeft makes a point you, no doubt, agree with, but you've still got to nit-pick him to death over something he didn't have a thing to do with and likely disapproved of.

Some of you trads, like some pro-lifers I know, make the good the enemy of the perfect.

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

Kreeft makes a point you, no doubt, agree with, but you've still got to nit-pick him to death over something he didn't have a thing to do with and likely disapproved of.

Some of you trads, like some pro-lifers I know, make the good the enemy of the perfect.

You don't know me well enough to be making assumptions and generalizations, so don't. Stick to banging the "I want married priests" drum and embalming the dead.

If this academic thinks that BC is a top Catholic university, he's an idiot and if you think that by pointing that out that I'm nitpicking him to death then you're more of an idiot than you lead people to believe you are.

[sinkspur]

If this academic thinks that BC is a top Catholic university, he's an idiot and if you think that by pointing that out that I'm nitpicking him to death then you're more of an idiot than you lead people to believe you are.

As sitetest has already pointed out, BC is a top Catholic university, your personal opinion notwithstanding.

You're a bit touchy. This is just a website, Smedley. We're not doing brain surgery here, of which you provide ample proof.

[sinkspur]

If this academic thinks that BC is a top Catholic university, he's an idiot and if you think that by pointing that out that I'm nitpicking him to death then you're more of an idiot than you lead people to believe you are.

As sitetest has already pointed out, BC is a top Catholic university, your personal opinion notwithstanding.

You're a bit touchy. This is just a website, Smedley. We're not doing brain surgery here, of which you provide ample proof.

[JMJ333]

I guess your just going to turn this post into something else other than glorification of the Eucharist. I wish you'd stop.

[sitetest]

Dear Smedleybutler,

I understand your point that BC may not effectively transmit the Catholic faith. To the degree that the school doesn't authentically live its Catholic identiy, you have a valid point.

However, though it may not meet your criteria of a "top Catholic university", it certainly meets such criteria as generally understood. Mr. Kreeft certainly isn't an idiot for saying what is true; that by generally-accepted standards, Boston College is one of the top Catholic universities in the country.

sitetest

[sitetest]

Dear JMJ333,

By the way, thanks for the article. Our parish has 24/7 Eucharistic Adoration. My understanding is that attendance is flagging, and my wife and I have been thinking that perhaps we might be called to an hour a week.

The timing of your post seems a little more than coincidental.

sitetest

[JMJ333]

You're welcome. My parish doesn't have 24/7 adoration, so I go to the only church in the city that does and give an hour each week. I recently used to do an hour at 2:00 AM and loved it because it was so silent and I could pray on my face without feeling self-conscious of others staring at me. Other times I sang out loud. I had to give it up though because I would sometimes oversleep and leave the person who came before me to pick up my slack. Now I do it on Saturday afternoon. =)

I think you will find that giving an hour a week is very satisfying spiritually.

Michelle

[sitetest]

Dear JMJ333,

Well, if we do it, it will likely be as a family, so no 2 am here. ;-)

sitetest

[livius]

What a good article! It always bothers me so much when I see a church where people treat the Blessed Sacrament like a piece of furniture: that is, they just sort of bop around, making no signs of reverence at all. I've all too often seen priests do this, as well. Of course, I guess at least having a visible Tabernacle counts for something, even if people don't know how to act. Churches where you can't even find the Blessed Sacrament are a sad but common feature of modern Catholicism.

This article should be published in its entirety in parish bulletins throughout the country!