Monthly Archives: August 2016

Prayer of Saint Aidan

Posted on 31 August 2016 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Leave me alone with God as much as may be. As the tide draws the waters close in upon the shore, Make me an island, set apart, alone with you, God, holy to you. Then with the turning of the … Continue reading →

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The Problem of Hell and Free Will

Posted on 30 August 2016 by Fr Aidan Kimel

by Chris Green, Ph.D. Nicholas Loudovikos ends his remarkable essay—“Hell and Heaven, Nature and Person”—with this remarkable paragraph, which I want to quote at length and then tease apart for brief comment/critique: Hell, then, is the denial of the Eucharist, … Continue reading →

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The Irresistible Truth of Final Judgment

Posted on 28 August 2016 by Fr Aidan Kimel

And he shall come again with glory to judge both the quick and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end. The Great Assize—I am brought into the courtroom of the Divine Judge. The prosecutor presents a movie of my … Continue reading →

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Madeleine L’Engle and the Poetry of Us

Posted on 25 August 2016 by Fr Aidan Kimel

by Alana Roberts Madeleine L’Engle as a poet doesn’t muddle herself into blah, kneel to politics, or contemplate evil. Yet she will never be considered by such as Harold Bloom to be a first-rate or canonical poet. For one thing, … Continue reading →

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Robin Parry on the Gospel of Hope

Posted on 25 August 2016 by Fr Aidan Kimel
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Madeleine L’Engle and the Dilemma of Christian Poesy in the Modern Culture

Posted on 23 August 2016 by Fr Aidan Kimel

by Alana Roberts Madeleine L’Engle’s earthly life began in 1918 and ended in 2007. When she was born, the world was only 17 years out from the end of the Victorian period. When she passed away—well, it was nine years … Continue reading →

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Does God “respect” our freedom?

Posted on 22 August 2016 by Fr Aidan Kimel

One often finds the following proposition asserted: God has created humanity as free beings and has thus bound himself not to interfere with their free decisions and choice. Divine agency and human agency are conceived as mutually exclusive. In one … Continue reading →

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“If you love God you will have power to walk upon the waters, and all the world’s swell and turmoil will remain beneath your feet”

Posted on 21 August 2016 by Fr Aidan Kimel

The gospel tells us how Christ the Lord walked upon the waters of the sea, and how the apostle Peter did the same until fear made him falter and lose confidence. Then he began to sink and emerged from the … Continue reading →

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