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Saturday, August 6, 2011
Photo of the day - St. Michael at the entrance of the Sanctuary of Monte Sant'Angelo sul Gargano ...
Came upon the mention of French Catholic philosopher Jean-Luc Marion. Must look up his books.
Still reading (and liking) Ben Witherington's book, Making a Meal of It: Rethinking the Theology of the Lord's Supper. It's interesting to see the evolution of the ideas about what communion means, from the agape feasts, mentions of it by the early church fathers, the Scholastics, the Council of Trent, and the guys of the Reformation, to what we have now.
Think I may have mentioned this before - the book my sister's reading, The Third Wave: A Volunteer Story by Alison Thompson, and the documentary film made about the same subject, Thompson's volunteering in Sri Lanka. Here's the trailer of the film ...
And some music, this song, Soul Of My Saviour sung by the Truro Cathedral Choir, said to have been written by John XXII, who I came across when looking up the Spiritual Franciscans mentioned in The Name of the Rose ....