tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post113217061768295577..comments2024-02-26T09:30:54.111-06:00Comments on Domine, da mihi hanc aquam!: Symposium on the 40th Anniversary of the Second Vatican CouncilFr. Philip Powell, OPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-1133361415454905532005-11-30T08:36:00.000-06:002005-11-30T08:36:00.000-06:00Bernard,Thank you for your comments.I have to conf...Bernard,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your comments.<BR/><BR/>I have to confess that I know very little about Eastern liturgical theology. My thoughts<BR/>at the time of the presentation were geared toward poking at a western notion of theosis<BR/>in order to remind Roman Catholics that our liturgy is more than just a happy-clappy<BR/>fraternal meal acted out with socially constructed, politically correct symbols. If I<BR/>understand the history of the notion of theosis, the western church owes a debt to the<BR/>east for clarifying it. I'm thinking here of A.N. Williams' book, "The Ground of Union:<BR/>Deification in Aquinas and Palamas."<BR/><BR/>Thanks again!Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-1132616961482791522005-11-21T17:49:00.000-06:002005-11-21T17:49:00.000-06:00Dear Fr. Powell:Thank you for your excellent weblo...Dear Fr. Powell:<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your excellent weblog, and for this posting in particular.<BR/><BR/>I would say that all of what you have written is necessary to an understanding of Eucharist as sacrament. Necessary, but unfortunately, not sufficient. It has been a truism which is nonetheless true that the West tends to focus upon Calvary and that dread Friday, while the East instead upon the empty Tomb and the Day of Resurrection.<BR/><BR/>I think it would be helpful to your analysis to consider what the East has contributed in this regard. If I may suggest, the website of the late Orthodox theologian, Fr. Alexander Schememann (http://www.schmemann.org) and his writings may be of some help in this regard. In particular, I strongly suggest this essay of his: http://www.schmemann.org/byhim/theologyandeucharist.html<BR/><BR/>That said, I think that both your analysis and your intuition of Liturgy as the means of <I>theosis</I> is stunningly and beautifully correct. I hope that the intellectual and spiritual inquiries of Westerners such as yourself may assist in manifesting true liturgy in the Western Churches. <BR/><BR/>I suggest, however, that when you finally reach that summit, you will find that the East has been already there, awaiting your return.Bernard Brandthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00159541603126407072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-1132490825313793872005-11-20T06:47:00.000-06:002005-11-20T06:47:00.000-06:00Hey! Invite me to Ireland to give a talk, or I'll...Hey! Invite me to Ireland to give a talk, or I'll tell Imelda you've been two timing her...<BR/><BR/>:-)<BR/><BR/>PNPFr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-1132435281052040542005-11-19T15:21:00.000-06:002005-11-19T15:21:00.000-06:00Well done Good and Faithful Servant !jhwWell done Good and Faithful Servant !<BR/>jhwAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com