Posts Tagged ‘New Cosmology’
The Wisdom of the Cosmological Cross
In the Epistle to the Colossians St. Paul the Apostle develops a cosmological identity for Christ. In offering us these verses found in Chapter one of the Epistle Paul expands the theology of Christ’s Passion and Resurrection by placing it beyond human history: He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold ... Read more
XII Sunday of Ordinary Time
Readings: Job 38:1, 8-11 2 Cor. 5:14-17 Mark 4:35-41 Thoughts for your Consideration: The sea is an awesome image that reveals the great power of creation. On the one hand the sea is turbulent and destructive. Yet the sea is also life-giving and calming. The early apostles who lived around the Sea of Galilee were very much aware of this ... Read more
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New Cosmology: Eulogy for Thomas Berry
The following is an excerpt of the eulogy that was given for Thomas Berry’s funeral in Jamaica Queens by Fr. Stephen Dunn, CP. In the beginning, the story of Genesis says. In my own life as a Passionist, I especially remember two things that date all the way back to 1951. (I won’t tell you how old ... Read more
Lectionary Reflection: Second Sunday of lent
Readings: Genesis 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18 Romans 8:31b-34 Mark 9:2-10 Thoughts for your consideration: This Sunday we are asked to see things in a new way. Although the apostles have been with Jesus for a while now there is nothing that can quite prepare them for the ultimate cosmological experience of the Resurrection. It is not an accident that Mark ... Read more