tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post8996528388703134888..comments2023-12-16T16:17:43.886+00:00Comments on Fr Ray Blake's Blog: Thomas the TheologianFr Ray Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-70011276814637082002009-01-29T17:08:00.000+00:002009-01-29T17:08:00.000+00:00Yeah, Father, but all the same it would be an inte...Yeah, Father, but all the same it would be an interesting post!gemoftheoceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05521207668262592414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-80930778999718907942009-01-29T03:25:00.000+00:002009-01-29T03:25:00.000+00:00Amen. Evagrius said it: "The theologian is one w...Amen. Evagrius said it: "The theologian is one who prays; and one who prays is a theologian". Saint Thomas was, in the end, the great silent adorer. In all true theology adoration has the last word. And it goes on forever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-76082507105989979302009-01-29T01:17:00.000+00:002009-01-29T01:17:00.000+00:00I came across a blog of a seminarian for a religio...I came across a blog of a seminarian for a religious order, Claretan I think, who said that he didn't want to be <B>just a sacramental vending machine!</B><BR/><BR/>He obviously 'didn't get' the priesthood.<BR/><BR/>I replied suggesting that he was thinking of embarking on the wrong profession and asked the name of his seminary. He replied that it wasn't a seminary but a school of theology where they taught 'cutting edge theology.'<BR/><BR/>I don't know if he persevered.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-46584419208110658102009-01-29T00:54:00.000+00:002009-01-29T00:54:00.000+00:00I read those theologians for my Divinity Degree in...I read those theologians for my Divinity Degree in the 80s..Jackie Parkes MJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07986690514568554656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-54176387535404373932009-01-28T23:58:00.000+00:002009-01-28T23:58:00.000+00:00Yes, excellent Father, and also, excellent, Father...Yes, excellent Father, and also, excellent, Father.tempus putationishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08717989265190251148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-42398270531501857942009-01-28T22:41:00.000+00:002009-01-28T22:41:00.000+00:00Excellent Father.Excellent Father.Volpius Leoniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10273209983337706262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-35333455691702560562009-01-28T22:21:00.000+00:002009-01-28T22:21:00.000+00:00Conversion story: I don't really have one just a s...Conversion story: I don't really have one just a series of events, people I met, things I read that made it impossible to not be in communion with the Church.Fr Ray Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-36085354976067652502009-01-28T21:45:00.000+00:002009-01-28T21:45:00.000+00:00I think all communication with God should be done ...I think all communication with God should be done on our knees. I'm sure that's the reason God gave us knees.<BR/>And I for one would love to hear your conversion story. So when you have a moment please grant us this request.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06121562422631804938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-82027670612802378162009-01-28T21:42:00.000+00:002009-01-28T21:42:00.000+00:00I would also love to hear the story of your conver...I would also love to hear the story of your conversion one day. I can't help but think it providential that you were moved to read Aquinas at the age of 15. It must have worked like a vaccination against infection by Kung and his modernist chums. Did not JP2 excommunicate Kung at one point?Dillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01205740584849200357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-79135174786799307222009-01-28T21:03:00.000+00:002009-01-28T21:03:00.000+00:00"The work of the theologian should be done on his ..."The work of the theologian should be done on his knees." Wow.<BR/><BR/>someday I hope you'll do a post of your "conversion story" to Catholicism.gemoftheoceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05521207668262592414noreply@blogger.com