tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post5323118651330253895..comments2023-12-16T16:17:43.886+00:00Comments on Fr Ray Blake's Blog: A Visit to AthosFr Ray Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-9956916777272181972009-06-03T20:43:33.877+01:002009-06-03T20:43:33.877+01:00I find Byzantine criticism of modern western litur...<i>I find Byzantine criticism of modern western liturgy provocative. I need to get my head around it properly.</i><br /><br />Fr Alexander Schmemann - <i>For the Life of the World</i>. Schmemann also identifies the alienated categories of Scholastic theology as fatal to an authentic liturgical life.Anagnostishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03706938507885553293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-9975755344814932112009-06-03T18:49:51.418+01:002009-06-03T18:49:51.418+01:00'Western churches, in trying to humanize God, ...'Western churches, in trying to humanize God, make him disappear'<br />We have now set up another god to worship, a god of materialism and atheism.<br />We have handed over silence, a time to listen and speak to God, for perpetual noise, whether it be an ipod, MP3 player, radio, TV etc, background noise has become oppresive. <br /><br />Satan makes sure we have no time for God by keeping us chasing our tails and we just accept it as the norm. The constant noise does not allow us a moments peace.<br /><br />Fr. Gabriele Amorth writes how Satan uses music to destroy souls especially the young. He mentions WICCA (an organization of witches and others to the occult) which own 3 record companies. And their goal is contributing to the corruption and inner disintegration of the psychology of young people.<br /><br />Dear Father in Heaven teach us to love silence and teach our young to understand its priceless value.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06121562422631804938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-9859620694555713382009-06-03T18:48:10.836+01:002009-06-03T18:48:10.836+01:00USLS,
I think if make worship of God horizantal it...USLS,<br />I think if make worship of God horizantal it quickly becomes worship of community, and God then becomes unnecessary,<br />I finfd Byzantine criticism of modern western liturgy provocative. I need to get my head around it properly.Fr Ray Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-74791641630491377242009-06-03T18:34:52.317+01:002009-06-03T18:34:52.317+01:00Could you please give a little bit of a clear, obj...Could you please give a little bit of a clear, objective commentary on that first paragraph, Father? I think I understand it, but I want to hear your take on it. The second paragraph is beautiful.USLawStudentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-23094013206133279342009-06-03T12:38:35.693+01:002009-06-03T12:38:35.693+01:00What a beautiful analogy between the holy space of...What a beautiful analogy between the holy space of the monk and the child growing in his mother's womb.<br /><br />There is what is described as an exceptional exhibition of icons from Mount Athos on at the moment in Paris at the Petit Palais. The website leads through to an amazing 'Zoomorama' of icons where the viewer can zoom in close up to the details. They are really magnificent.<br /><br />l) www.petitpalais.paris.fr<br />2) click on 'lire l'actualite'<br />3) click on 'decouvrez la galerie d'images'pelerinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-307777799348258312009-06-03T11:48:48.140+01:002009-06-03T11:48:48.140+01:00Being passive in a sacred space is what the EF lit...Being passive in a sacred space is what the EF liturgy is all about, surely?Physiocrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13682019625346594568noreply@blogger.com