The Church of Christ is united in all her parts by the bond of love, so that she is both one in many members and mystically whole in each member. … If those who believe in Christ are one, then wherever an individual member is present, the whole body is also there through the mystery of the sacrament.
Peter Damian, Letter 28 Dominus Vobiscum.
experience me
I would not describe me, and most certainly not define me. I would ask the individual to experience me
buy more books
If you won two free plane tickets, where would you go?
I would cash in the tickets and buy more books.
See: read more
never had one
What’s the story behind your nickname?
To my knowledge, I have never had a nickname. I have been called Father (that is, as a priest) in the past. But that was a relational term rather than a nickname.
Proverbs
These six things the Lord hates, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him:
Proverbs 6:16-19
- A proud look,
- A lying tongue,
- Hands that shed innocent blood,
- A heart that devises wicked plans,
- Feet that are swift in running to evil,
- A false witness who speaks lies,
- And one who sows discord among brethren.
strategies
What strategies do you use to maintain your health and well-being?
Avoid people, focus on Jesus.
read more
What are your future travel plans?
I have absolutely no travel plans but I do have plans to read more. I like “where” I am at the moment. Yet there is always another book to read and a new author to explore.
St Mary Magdalene, patron of penitents
The 1928 Proposed BCP added St Mary Magdalene as a red letter feast day – that is, with first Evensong etc. So enjoy this clip from The Chosen.
for you
Depends on what I am doing and the time of the day. But I have one playlist to which I return most days: for you.
incognito: the hiddenness of the solitary life
For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. (Col 3:3)
The individual does not stop being a human being, take off finitude’s motley in order to be dressed in the abstract garb of the monastery; but nor does he mediate between the absolute τέλος and finitude. In immediacy the individual is rooted in the finite; when resignation has convinced itself that he has acquired the absolute orientation towards the absolute τέλος, … He is a stranger in the world of the finite, but does not define his difference from worldliness by an alien mode of dress (a contradiction, since it would define him as worldly); he is incognito, but his incognito consists precisely in looking just like everyone else.
Kierkegaard: Concluding Unscientific Postscript
a fool and his prayer book 