Looks like Aquinas’ question is answered …

… courtesy of www.smbc-comics.com:

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Today is the Feast Day of Thomas Aquinas

Happy Feast Day

Since I’m on a Ladislas Orsy roll, let’s see what he has to day about the importance of Aquinas to the Church:

“Disputations in the spirit of openness and charity always had a place of pride in the intellectual history of the Christian community. St. Thomas of Aquinas was a supreme master of it. He liked to preface his affirmations by contrasting questions. “Such a venerable tradition should not become extinct. After all, the entire body of the faithful has been entrusted with the fullness of the evangelical message. Hence, no one should ever be left out of the process of seeking its fuller understanding.” (p. xii)

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Back Again and Posting

Check out the new outline of the book . I’ve made enough progress that I can start paying some attention to the blog again.

First set of posts will be excerpts from a most wonderful book I just read, called Receiving the Council: Theological and Canonical Insights and Debates, by Ladislas Orsy.

Still on Hiatus …

As you might have guessed since I haven’t posted since the end of May, I’m on hiatus. I’m off designing the book, unwrapping (which seems to be going on for quite some time) the context of what Aquinas has to do with the loss of the sacred. Hope to be back posting in a couple of weeks. Can’t do a blog if you don’t post so by then I should have enough figured out on the book to put some energy back here.

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Back Again With Yet a New Title

Been off doing life things but now am back on the job, with a new title:

A Beautiful Act: A Reflection on Memory, Hope, and the Search for the Sacred

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New Title for the Book

For about the twentieth time, I’ve changed the name of the book. I wish I kept track, just to see how it evolved. Anyway, the new name is:

Why God Has Left the Building
A Personal Look at Faith, Reason and the Search for the Sacred

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Happy Feast Day!

For those who celebrate, today is the feast day of St. Thomas Aquinas, so happy feast day to you all! Aquinas. Dead over 750 years, but still the man.