tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309996.post111401804740641407..comments2023-09-24T06:17:35.266-04:00Comments on Ithilien: Habemus papam!Contarinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16602533442067190380noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309996.post-1119056940907751272005-06-17T21:09:00.000-04:002005-06-17T21:09:00.000-04:00"It is not power, but love that redeems us." So tr..."It is not power, but love that redeems us." So true. There is treasure in the trash, you can find gold in the most unexpected places. You will not (at least rarely) find love in high places. MacIntyre surely is on the spot, there has to be a goal, a telos. The story will and must come to an end. Telos from a christian view should entail: a solution, a home and a freedom eternal. The storys end is also a story beginning: "The road winds ever on and on." Tolkien was also a great theologian. A great storyteller that knew the secrets of the story: fullfilment takes time. And that any great story after Christ must be written according to the "the lamb version". The small fellows bear the heavy burden. And they bear it til the end and are faithful where the big guys fall. Of course Christ is the great example. <BR/><BR/>And the new Pope seems to get it right: history is an incarnation and continuous labor of the Lord through space and time. Could be compared with the great Swedish theologian and archbishop Nathan Söderblom who knew that history was a history of salvation. This means (and is a confirmation of the Body of Christ) we must take into account spaces, places and time. We have to look at the "geospiritual" map: crossroads, meetingplaces, and as the old swedish hymn says: "they come from the north, the east, the west and the south". From the four cardinal points. Ragged and trashed by this world. Back to Rome and back to Jerusalem: "Papa, bring us home!" <BR/><BR/>I share your view and ultimately based on scripture: Peter was pointed out by Christ to be the cliff on which Christ built his church and he was given the keys. No other leader in the church can have stronger claims than the Pope. And I say that belonging to the lutheran Church of Sweden. My imagination, inspiried by the fantasy of a Tolkien says that the end will be a bit rugged, no big fanfares will ring when the faithfull at the end come together. It will be a small symbolic gathering mainly by women. But in the heavens it will be a day of glory, a day to remember. It will be the work of the Lord and his Spirit: a labor of love. Somehow I see a woman who is in labor. Sweet pain is the word, the Leitmotif. Doesn't the logic of the "lamb-story" point in that direction? <BR/><BR/>The church as one body of Christ and in sum at the end of the story will be: One fireplace for all. One sheltering house for all. One heart beating for all. The stable where the Lord was born, a trash shelter for one treasure eternal. One wind whisper it: Seek and you will find, treasure in the trash.<BR/><BR/>God bless!<BR/><BR/>Patrick from Sweden<BR/><BR/>http://bix68.blogspot.com/Dr. Bixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09892025268970277285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309996.post-1115345796141449352005-05-05T22:16:00.000-04:002005-05-05T22:16:00.000-04:00As with your post on the death of John Paul II, an...As with your post on the death of John Paul II, another moving and insightful reflection - for which this Roman Catholic is grateful.<BR/><BR/>Pax!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com