tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post3510350551361677150..comments2024-03-12T04:14:16.271-05:00Comments on The Rad Trad: Lady Day & the One RingThe Rad Tradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00899289024837953345noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post-14299008988763660702017-02-13T18:33:27.690-06:002017-02-13T18:33:27.690-06:00This is part of the reason, I think, why Tolkein i...This is part of the reason, I think, why Tolkein is so enduring. He wasn't explicit almost to the point o ham-fistedness like Lewis, so the stories could stand on their own to the general secular audience. All the while, Christian themes are definitely present and there is this infusion throughout of the ancient Christian and Old Pagan Europe that is since long gone. It's almost like a distillation of pure European culture before the corrupting influences of rationalism and the "Enlightenment".Ecclesial Vigilantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17070187926547373245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post-85209756491291302612017-02-12T18:53:34.721-06:002017-02-12T18:53:34.721-06:00But the Benedict option seems to be quite differen...But the Benedict option seems to be quite different. What St. Benedict and his monks did was spread Christian principles using his Rule throughout all Europe in the aftermath of the collapse of the Roman Empire; St. Benedict and his disciples didn't ignore the outside world at all, but didn't care about politics and the such, only to create places for Christian living. What the Hobbits did in Middle-Earth was quite different; they felt too complacent, felt everyone was enjoying the same things as they and ignored the outside world.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08395971347119256329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post-77620038603906150162017-02-12T18:36:31.885-06:002017-02-12T18:36:31.885-06:00Perhaps the hobbits likewise thought themselves to...Perhaps the hobbits likewise thought themselves to be 'regrouping' in the Shire's earliest history?jemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05929025982218340852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post-13867651266961344442017-02-12T18:00:50.729-06:002017-02-12T18:00:50.729-06:00The "Benedict Option" is more of regroup...The "Benedict Option" is more of regrouping rather than retreating from the world; at least, that's Rod Dreher puts it.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08395971347119256329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post-23043396472054573862017-02-12T16:16:54.913-06:002017-02-12T16:16:54.913-06:00He's the main guy behind the 'Benedict Opt...He's the main guy behind the 'Benedict Option' stuff swirling around. It seems popular in trad circles, though I think folks live it out in various ways and to varying degrees. I'm under the impression that the main idea is to lessen or minimize one's family's engagement with the wider culture. I could be wrong but it seems to be the opposite of evangelization. jemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05929025982218340852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post-86616842245471646612017-02-12T15:34:21.306-06:002017-02-12T15:34:21.306-06:00Hm? Just some poor maiden, from the line of David ...Hm? Just some poor maiden, from the line of David from her father and from the cast of Aaron (priests) from her mother's side, was she? <br />And first she says she is surprised and says how can it be, and then the Archangel says "woman do not anger God. Were you not fed at the Temple by His Angel?" (that Angel was also Himself, Gabriel, but He speaks in third person, any relation to the Holy Trinity?)<br />Archangel Gabriel and Virgin Mary forever. If we are to use our imagination in an innocent way. And I think my claim is valid, since Mary produces such an abundance of miracles, and is called "swift in helping", and Gabriel is also the Angel of communication. <br />Yes, let us dream... It's beautiful how related and link they are, in the purest of ways. And the most intense. Maybe if we understood sin is not deep, but shallow and boring while purity is very intense, like the fire of God, our world wouldn't be run by crazy hedonists, who may or may not be the product of the one we must never name... Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09224676979690855135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post-52617404828351033452017-02-12T15:13:04.473-06:002017-02-12T15:13:04.473-06:00Huh?Huh?The Rad Tradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00899289024837953345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post-38061885581680779872017-02-12T12:31:38.149-06:002017-02-12T12:31:38.149-06:00I take it you're not a Dreher fan, then.I take it you're not a Dreher fan, then. jemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05929025982218340852noreply@blogger.com