Deus Caritas Est and St. Thomas Aquinas
I'm working on a paper right now for Philosophy of the Human Person, drawing from Deus Caritas Est and St. Thomas Aquinas as primary sources. My thesis is essentially that it is in uniting himself to God's love in the Eucharist that man's eros becomes his agape and these dimensions of love are fully integrated in the human person.
I got a little side-tracked on the research end of things though and ended up coming across some really profound material. My paper may not be done because I got off track and ended up reading Mysterium Fidei instead of writing, but I think God doesn't mind. It's just a good thing the paper isn't due tomorrow.
So here are some words worth contemplating.
“. . .the gaze of the Church is constantly turned to her Lord, present in the Sacrament of the Altar, in which she discovers the full manifestation of his boundless love.”
Ecclesia de Eucharistia
“For if the sacred liturgy holds the first place in the life of the Church, the Eucharistic Mystery stands at the heart and center of the liturgy, since it is the font of life by which we are cleansed and strengthened to lie not for ourselves but for God, and to be united in love among ourselves.”
Mysterium Fidei
“Anyone who approaches this august Sacrament with special devotion and endeavors to return generous love for Christ's own infinite love, will experience and fully understand -- not without spiritual joy and fruit -- how precious is the life hidden with Christ in God[69] and how great is the value of converse with Christ, for there is nothing more consoling on earth, nothing more efficacious for advancing along the road of holiness.”
Mysterium Fidei
“From this it follows that the worship paid to the Divine Eucharist strongly impels the soul to cultivate a "social" love,[71] by which the common good is given preference over the good of the individual. Let us consider as our own the interests of the community, of the parish, of the entire Church, extending our charity to the whole world, because we know that everywhere there are members of Christ.”
Mysterium Fidei
I got a little side-tracked on the research end of things though and ended up coming across some really profound material. My paper may not be done because I got off track and ended up reading Mysterium Fidei instead of writing, but I think God doesn't mind. It's just a good thing the paper isn't due tomorrow.
So here are some words worth contemplating.
“. . .the gaze of the Church is constantly turned to her Lord, present in the Sacrament of the Altar, in which she discovers the full manifestation of his boundless love.”
Ecclesia de Eucharistia
“For if the sacred liturgy holds the first place in the life of the Church, the Eucharistic Mystery stands at the heart and center of the liturgy, since it is the font of life by which we are cleansed and strengthened to lie not for ourselves but for God, and to be united in love among ourselves.”
Mysterium Fidei
“Anyone who approaches this august Sacrament with special devotion and endeavors to return generous love for Christ's own infinite love, will experience and fully understand -- not without spiritual joy and fruit -- how precious is the life hidden with Christ in God[69] and how great is the value of converse with Christ, for there is nothing more consoling on earth, nothing more efficacious for advancing along the road of holiness.”
Mysterium Fidei
“From this it follows that the worship paid to the Divine Eucharist strongly impels the soul to cultivate a "social" love,[71] by which the common good is given preference over the good of the individual. Let us consider as our own the interests of the community, of the parish, of the entire Church, extending our charity to the whole world, because we know that everywhere there are members of Christ.”
Mysterium Fidei
posted by DP | 8:55 PM
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