Good morning! We had a great conversation in The Piazza last night, though my mic was acting up, so if you watch it now, you can skip the first 5 minutes.
We talked about the current synod and I made some comparisons to Vatican II. So I thought I would just reiterate the names of the theologians who, in my opinion, were the best interpreters of Vatican II (of those who were actually there), in case you want to read some great 20th century theologians. Here is that group:
Hans urs von Balthazar
Yves Congar
Henri de Lubac
Also, I didn't mention, but should have:
Jean Danielou
Louis Bouyer
And of course: Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI
After Vatican II, the extreme left theologians (like Karl Rahner) took over control of an existing journal, and so these guys on my list started a new one, called Communio - I just finally subscribed to it!
Finally, if you are interested in the response of Karl Barth to Vatican II and the dialogue between Barth and von Balthazar, here are those books:
Saving Karl Barth, by D. Stephen Long (Protestant author)
Dogma and Ecumenism, ed. by Matthew Levering (Catholic editor, but chapters by both Catholics and Protestants)
This was for March 24th, recorded for the Ascension App
Thanks for your patience - here is our next installment of The Journey - it's session # 96, but I'm also calling it PART 1 of a "miniseries" on John chapter 6.
Whoever watches it first, please let me know if it looks good or if there are any problems with it - I get through the first two sections of the text on the feeding of the 5,000.
Enjoy!
I mentioned in The Journey that I wrote a song based on Isaiah 2, which is one of my favorite OT passages:
In days to come, the mountain of the Lord’s house
shall be established as the highest mountain, and raised above the hills.
All nations shall stream toward it. Many peoples shall come and say:
“Come, let us go up to the Lord’s mountain, to the house of the God of Jacob, That he may instruct us in his ways, and we may walk in his paths.” For from Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
He shall judge between the nations, and set terms for many peoples.
They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; One nation shall not raise the sword against another, nor shall they train for war again. House of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord!
I hope you like the song!
As I'm going through all my belongings as part of our move, I have come across some audio CDs of my old music, from when I had my band, Remember Rome - if any of you still have a CD player, and you would like me to send you some of what I have, send me the address to send them to at this email address: [email protected]
Some of these CDs are in their original cases, and some were demo samples, but either way, it's all original music written by me, and performed by me and my band back in the late 90s and early 2000s.
I'll be happy to find a good home for these CDs in case you might enjoy them, and because you all have been supporting me (and I haven't produced much content in the last month or so) I'll send you one or more CDs for free. Just give me an address.
Thanks!
Here's the link to the new edition of my Rome book on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Rome-Second-Pilgrims-Guide-Eternal/dp/B0F8TGTWZX
