Webinar: The Spirituality of the Second Half of Life |
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by Carla Mae Streeter OP January 4, 2016. 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. CST. Free-will donation. Registration
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A webinar is a presentation that is broadcast live over the Internet. Participants can see and hear the presenter, ask questions, and make
comments.
In this webinar, Sr. Carla Mae will reflect on the special opportunities for knowing ourselves and growing closer to God that we experience in the second half of life. We've been through a lot, and have gained much wisdom through experience, and yet the call to grow continues to draw us to deepening questioning, encounters and
faith.
Carla Mae Streeter, OP, is a Dominican of the Congregation of Catherine of Siena in Racine, Wisconsin. She is presently a professor (emerita) of Systematic theology and Spirituality at Aquinas Institute of Theology, a graduate school of Theology and Ministry sponsored by the Dominicans of the Central Province adjoined to St. Louis University in St.
Louis.
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Book (Movie) of the
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The Virginal Conception and Bodily Resurrection of Jesus. by Raymond Brown. Paulist Press, 1972.
This book differs from the majority of Ray Brown's work in that it is far more brief than most of the other books he has authored. Unlike "The Birth of the Messiah" and "The Death of the Messiah" or his "Introduction to the New Testament," "The Virginal Conception and Bodily Resurrection" is only 130 pages and can be read in a reasonable period of time.
The body of the work is concise; he has limited this work to two topics, but his expertise and thoroughness in outlining these two volatile topics is nothing short of his usual exhaustive research. Not only does he speak of his own stance on these issues, he thoroughly scours the current and past academic community, and their accompanying ideas, critiquing each for helpful input or erroneous conclusions.
As usual, Brown clearly knows where the Catholic line in the sand has been drawn and although he doesn't step past it, he recognizes far more than most traditional Catholics would dare consider, given the high visibility of these two issues. And his brilliance allows him to see that both conservatives and liberals
can and will take him to task for the conclusions he draws. Other current theologians, both Protestant and Catholic, believe there is ample evidence out there that points toward a modern understanding of the issues, (and that this evidence ought to engender some change in official church teaching) but Brown, who clearly knows all the evidence, won't quite go there. In other words, Brown allows for the fact that "it could have happened another way" and because it is the mandate of the theologian
to "inform" the magesterium to the best of his/her ability utilizing the resources (and sources) as best they can, Brown will not presume to encroach upon the official teaching body of the Church and the Spiritual tradition that accompanies it.
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Christmas at Greccui: (1223)
What better way to prepare for the arrival of the Christ Child than to take a brief journey to Greccio, the spot in central Italy where St. Francis of Assisi created the first Christmas crib in the year 1223.
Francis,
recalling a visit he had made years before to Bethlehem, resolved to create the manger he had seen there. The ideal spot was a cave in nearby Greccio. He would find a baby (we’re not sure if it was a live infant or the carved image of a baby), hay upon which to lay him, an ox and an ass to stand beside the manger. Word went out to the people of the town. At the appointed time they
arrived carrying torches and candles.
One of the friars began celebrating Mass. Francis himself gave the sermon. His biographer, Thomas of Celano, recalls that Francis “stood before the manger…overcome with love and filled with a wonderful
happiness…” For Francis, the simple celebration was meant to recall the hardships Jesus suffered even as an infant, a savior who chose to become poor for our sake, a truly human Jesus.
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