Tag Archives: cross

Paschal Mystery: The Victory of the Cross and the Hiddenness of Easter

Posted on 22 April 2019 by Fr Aidan Kimel

We need to be careful, Herbert McCabe warns, not to think of Easter as annulling the cross, as if all is now bliss because “the deus ex machina has given us a happy ending after all” (God, Christ and Us, p. … Continue reading →

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Reviewing Reardon on Redemption

Posted on 22 May 2018 by Fr Aidan Kimel

by Tom Belt It’s always an honor to join in the conversation here at Fr Aidan’s place. It’s good of him to invite me in to share my thoughts on Fr Patrick Henry Reardon’s enlightening book Reclaiming the Atonement: An … Continue reading →

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God is Prayer

Posted on 27 May 2015 by Fr Aidan Kimel

All prayer is a participation in the divine communion of the Father and the Son in the Spirit. This is the truth that Herbert McCabe would have us understand, but he takes a couple of steps to bring us to … Continue reading →

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St Athanasius: The Death of Death in the Death of God

Posted on 15 April 2013 by Fr Aidan Kimel

“For the Word, realizing that in no other way would the corruption of human beings be undone except, simply, by dying …” (Inc. 9). St Athanasius the Great knows this to be true, not through philosophical reflection or even biblical … Continue reading →

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St Athanasius the Great: Theologian of the Cross

Posted on 2 April 2013 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Contra Gentes (“Against the Heathen”) and De Incarnatione (“On the Incarnation”) together form one of the most important theological treatises in patristic literature. Written by St Athanasius the Great perhaps early in his episcopal ministry, the treatise presents what John … Continue reading →

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