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  • fireworks 3

    "The truth proper to the creature is not so much the possession of the absolute truth as the readiness to receive it again and again." -- Blathasar, Theologic I, Truth of the World "The in…

  • quotes and pictures

    Pictures, punctuated by thoughts about being. "Definition... entails the delimitation of one content over against others. Definition is the determination of a generic concept by the addition of a s…

  • quotes, and...

    Some quotes: "The one who embraces humanity will have to stand up to the force of reality, not by virtue of an omnipotence which from the outset unmans the power of reality, but from a position in which he could exp…

  • quotes

    "And our spirit does not desire to contain, but to be contained in you, and even in knowing, rather to be known by your Heart. When all wisdom collapses, it is not unknowing that we experience, but rather th…

  • quotes

    "Only in Christ are all things in communion. He is the point of convergence of all hearts and beings and therefore the bridge and the shortest way from each to each." Balthasar "I feel it deeply: I have never done …

  • man

    "All things can be considered in two ways: as fact and as mystery. Simple people, farmers, for instance, can often integrate both ways in a lovely harmony. In children it would for the most part be easy to develop …

  • quotes about God

    "We cease to perceive water that continually flows. We hear our innermost wellspring, which flows forth from God, only when we make a conscious effort." "God gives us everything in order that we may give everyth…

  • being found

    Our society stresses finding, taking, exposing. As an antidote, lets consider what it is to be found by our loving God. "Being Found stands so much higher over Seeking (revelation over myth, theology over phil…