http://radio.weblogs.com/0144108/categories/johnTheDivine/ Commentary on St. Gospel and Letters of St. John the Apostle en-us Copyright 2005 Immaculata Publishing Tue, 12 Apr 2005 21:15:43 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss Radio UserLand v8.1 immaculata_publ@sbcglobal.net immaculata_publ@sbcglobal.net rssUpdates 16 2 60 http://radio.weblogs.com/0144108/categories/johnTheDivine/2005/03/16.html#a56 Maybe it is best not to get too tied up in results when you are at prayer. After all, aren't we in the presence of Almighty God. Words, as good as they are in conveying meaning, fail to produce within us, beyond the evident knowledge of the Divine presented in revelation, the full impact meant thru contact with teh Unoriginate idea of God, thru faith, hope, and love. The solemnity of his presence overrules all lesser considerations, even the consideration of every part of his creation; ultimately, the consideration of Creation, should lead to the contemplation of the Word Incarnate and His Mysteries. I know that I know that I know; others, too, both the good and the wicked and everyone in between, knows that you know that you know and seek to either make you grow in that reality or hinder you or stall your advancement. Jesus, for his part, is Love. Who is Love for you? 'God is Love.' Never forget that definition, only if it is just three English words, it contains infinite and eternal realities within it. Others want and do help you, but why do you interpret the best help of othters so selfishly? I mean, you are easily decieved by the silent tongues of the wicked or the insinsere of heart, but love speaks for itself and of itself. IP CRL http://radio.weblogs.com/0144108/categories/johnTheDivine/2005/03/16.html#a56 Wed, 16 Mar 2005 20:07:24 GMT http://www.fourthgospel.com/intsite.htm IN TEH BEGINNING WAS THE WORD [Jn. 1:1] When beginning his commentary on the Gospel fo St. John Aquinas first shows that it is important to first understand how the intellect comes to form a word within itself. First he shows the two operations of the intellect: one which composes and divides; the other, which understands indivisibles. He then goes on to show how the word formed by the intellect in a rational creature is different from the WORD which is God in the mind of the Eternal Father-the Only-Begotten Son. In a sense we mirror in our understanding what we understand our word to be and extrapolate of thru proportional analogy come to some faint understanding of what the WORD which contains all reality is. IP CRL http://radio.weblogs.com/0144108/categories/johnTheDivine/2005/03/14.html#a49 Mon, 14 Mar 2005 14:21:05 GMT http://www.newmanreader.org 'NOT ONLY TAHT , WE EVEN BOAST OF OUR AFFLICTIONS...' If we are attentive we will catch the Spirit who moment by moment recreates us; gives us existence, enfolds us in the Divine forebearance thru the Mercy poured out on the Cross, and is our ADVOCATE AND CONSOLER along the 'WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE, ' which is Christ. He unites us with teh WORD who is from teh Beginning [Jn. 1:1] He unites us in the Heart of Love that is His Sacred Heart; He gives us freedom of the children of God. IP CRL http://radio.weblogs.com/0144108/categories/johnTheDivine/2005/03/14.html#a46 Mon, 14 Mar 2005 11:45:14 GMT http://www.fourthgospel.com/intsite.htm Speaking about High Theology and about inspiration, you can't get any higher than the Gospel of John and find more inspiring revelation than what he offers. After all for ages peopple have been trying to put together the pieces contained in these few chapters of Divine Revelation. The first chapters start off with a high note, going straight up into the Heavens before time began. No mind nor heart can reach that far into the spiritual stratosphere, yet year after year and day after day throughout the world, people of faith have been repeating these words: 'In the Beginning was the WORD, and the WORD was with God.' http://radio.weblogs.com/0144108/categories/johnTheDivine/2005/03/13.html#a39 Sun, 13 Mar 2005 14:32:23 GMT