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The Last Things
Introduction The more I think about the Last Things, the more I believe they are the most important considerations of the spiritual life. What could be more important than to consider our final end and to consider the consequences of the decisions of our life. As far as each of the Last Things we will consider we will restrict ourselves to the four most important with a fifth consideration to round out our considerations. In Chapter One, we will consider death and its effects upon our own eternal destiny and those we will leave behind. In Chapter Two, we will pick up a very sobering considering abut the final judgment on our soul and the sobering thought of what may or may not be our eternal...
An Eternal Weight of Glory
In the Hands of God The Old Testament writers spoke very frankly about the state of the just who had died. To the just man, the world is seen as just because they live within He who is justice itself. "Blessed are the clean in heart: they will see God." (Matt. 5:8) I was told once by a holy religious that "to the pure all things are pure;" that is, the cost of purity is fidelity to grace. As Bonhoffer once called it "costly grace." When the just person lives within that narrow path of grace he/she integrates his suffering with grace and "everything works together" for him/her. Death is no surprise to the just, since their life has been a dying to the injustice of the world and living the justice of God: "if you keep my commandments you will remain in my love." (Jn. 15:10 NAB) "We know that Christ, raised from the dead, dies no more; death has no longer power over him." (Rom. 6:9 NAB)
Essential Truth
Essential Faith "It was said that those things in the Creed which refer to creatures belong to faith nonessentially and secondarily. On the contrary, by its nature the consideration of a science extends to everything within the power of the proper means from which it proceeds. But the means of faith is belief in God when He says something. For a believer is moved to assent because he thinks something was said by God. But we should believe God's word not only about first truth, but about any truth. Therefore, any truth is of itself the subject matter and object of faith." (Aquinas & McGlynn, "On Truth, Q.14, 242) The question Aquinas is answering is whether First Truth is the object of faith....
Essentials of Storytelling
A Form of Communication All stories are a form of communication that expresses the dramatic code.(Truby, 5) John Truby says that the story is a form of communication and that its purpose is to express what is called the "dramatic code." This code of the human drama is man's desire for fulfillment and accomplishing his journey. Man's journey comes at a price since he begins this journey with certain expectations and resourcefulness, but as he continues along his journey, he finds he lacks either a clear goal or sufficient tools to accomplish the goals he wants to achieve. Human beings can accomplish his desires in purely abstract form or one closer to the material world. The former brings to ...
Inciting Incident
Introduction In this introduction to the inciting incident, the catalyst, or hook, which takes place in the first act of your screenplay or story . I often refer to several pros whose names are well-known to guide you in understanding the widest interpretations possible to the catalyst event. Among them are Dan Calvisi, Todd Klick, Neil Landau, Ellen Sandler, Jeffrey Schechter, Blake Snyder, David Trottier, John Truby and others. Incite To incite is to encourage and to push forward. (Unknown, 2013) Synonyms: catalyst, disturbing event, shocking event, upsetting event, heartbreaking event, the snare, the catch. Sometimes the inciting incident happens to the hero because of something they did,...
Prayer
The Spiritual SensesThe very fact that great spiritual masters such as Saints John of the Cross, Teresa of Avila, Angela of Foligno, Thomas Aquinas, and Augustine have spoken of these “spiritual senses” makes it all the more necessary to define them in such a way as to bring them into our understanding. First of all, a precaution is being made not to confuse the purely sensual mode of knowledge presented to us by the natural senses in approaching the understanding of the spiritual senses. A poet or songwriter can speak of the presence of God in a flower or the face of a person. The same experience the poet or songwriters has cannot be compared to the experience a person has of God's pres...
Affirmation
A Life Experience The initial experience of this love of God, which I had not thought too much about came from one initial experience when I was about ten years old. I was a baseball pitcher then and living in my hometown of Lake Arthur, La. I was attending the public school and used to spend a lot of my free time in my hometown park. One day as I was walking along inside the park I had what has come to be my own "mystical experience." What was so wonderful about this experience was I was experiencing this within throwing distance[1] of Our Lady of the Lake, my hometown Catholic Parish, where I was baptized, confirmed and received my first communion. I'll give you just a little background to...
Faith & Its Consolation
Living and Moving in Christ“I am the true vine and my Father is the vine grower.” (Jn. 15:1)The first consolation of faith comes from knowing we live and move and fulfill our existence in the presence of God. Jesus teaches us in ways that are simple, true and touch the heart. He often uses images that everyone can identify easily. Of course we know what a vine is, but do we really? Have we ever been a vine or been part of one? Jesus challenges us to apply what is naturally true for a grape to ourself. We understand that the grape cannot truly produce its delicious fruit apart from the vine.
Supernatural Faith & First Truth
First Truth St. Thomas Aquinas, in his disputations on truth, De Veritate, asks in Q. 14, art. 8 'Is First Truth the Proper Object of Faith?' It must be noted at the beginning the concern of St. Thomas was supernatural faith; that is, "the substance of things to be hoped for and the evidence of things that appear not." (Heb. 1:1) First, St. Thomas lists several difficulties in answering the question. St. Thomas lists sixteen different difficulties and in his Answers to the Difficulties he answers each one individually. Let us draw our attention to the first difficulty.
Divine Indwelling
First Encounter WithGod's Presence What first comes to mind when we think of the divine indwelling? When I was a teenager, I used to ask myself the same question. I had already known that God had a plan for me and that I had a Guardian Angel. These truths were part of the training I received as a young Catholic teenager growing up in a small Southwest Louisiana town called Lake Arthur, La. There were only 3000 people in my entire hometown and that seemed to be quite a few people to me then. I frequently would reflect upon the experience of having a Guardian Angel so near to me. Also, I devoutly prayed to Mary the Mother of God, from time to time. When my conscience bothered me for doing something bad at school or to my parents, I would go to confession. These seemed to be small steps along the way of discovering the presence of God within me.
