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Showing posts with label C.S. Lewis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label C.S. Lewis. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Defining Love

 The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis looks at Affection, Friendship, Eros, and Charity.  They are all about love but centered differently.

     Affection--parent for child

     Friendship--person for another person,

     Eros--lust, desire,

     Charity--love from God

  Lewis spends a chapter explaining each kind of love.  I was amazed because I never looked at "love" in categories.

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

In Spiritu et Veritate: The Great Reversal

In Spiritu et Veritate: The Great Reversal: "Homily: August 10, 2010, Feast of Saint Lawrence, deacon and martyr; St. Catherine of Siena Church ; Austin , TX The Great Reversal I..."

Fr. Gerald Mendoza, O.P. posts a homily on his blog about C.S. Lewis's Narnia.  Everything is winter without Christmas until Aslan comes along.  He sets about reversing the great winter.  So does Jesus, set about reversing our Original Sin.  He has a couple of good stories on this one posting.

Human Dignity

 It just dawned on me that God created me for Himself.  In Genesis 1: 1-31, we see God made everything for mankind.  I'm in awe to reali...