tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post3002110330994490305..comments2023-12-23T00:19:35.005-08:00Comments on ADAM'S ALE: FRIDAY POTPOURRI: BUT IS IT ART: RULES OF THE GAMEFr. Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-42294037917260497412019-04-13T08:17:18.007-07:002019-04-13T08:17:18.007-07:00Anon - Yes i will. Thank you for asking.
Timothy...Anon - Yes i will. Thank you for asking.<br /><br />Timothy - Thanks!<br /><br />Sue - Here's a story - I forget which (now declared) saint it was and which pope it was - but there is the story that the woman died and the pope, for her funeral, started vesting in white robes. Someone asked him why he was dressing in white (this is pre-Vatican II and so the appropriate color would have been black.) He responded that of course she was holy and is in heaven - he was counseled that this was presumptuous of him, that he didn't know what was going on in her mind or heart, and he may well be depriving her the prayers she needed for heaven. He saw the wisdom and relented and offered her the typical requiem Mass. <br /><br />I understand why people may want to thus honor people that they greatly respect. And there are saints that were not officially vetted but who we none-the-less consider saints - not the least of whom is St. Sebastian - but it is a dangerous venture - AND THERE ARE OTHER HALOS in our catalogue of symbols that can be used that denote great reverence for a person without assuming that they are saint and are not in need of your prayers.<br /><br />Thanks of asking.Fr. Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-75789158345032646522019-04-13T06:14:16.312-07:002019-04-13T06:14:16.312-07:00I have noticed a trend recently that modern iconog...I have noticed a trend recently that modern iconographers and other artists are adding halos to those who have not been canonized (such as Fr. Mychal Judge, who died in the 9/11 attack on the WTC, or Dorothy Day, whose cause is being investigated but who has not been canonized). I am sure you know far more than I about it, but I understand classical iconography has certain rules (such as very small mouths and large eyes, which signifies listening and seeing the Will of God, and that nothing is too true to life, since we are all flawed by sin). When I see this kind of art on Catholic blogs and question it, I am scolded for being judgmental and narrow-minded, that these individuals are obviously holy and in heaven. Personally, no matter how beautiful the art may be, I think it is wrong to designate an individual a saint in artwork when the Church has not followed through. Many people who were once thought of as saintly, such as Fr. Maciel Marciel of the Legionaries of Christ, Che Guevara, and others, have been discovered to be anything but worthy of veneration. Am I wrong about this? Warmest Franciscan blessings to all here - Sue, OFSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-52635776483690572542019-04-12T09:35:32.068-07:002019-04-12T09:35:32.068-07:00You can't go far wrong quoting Fr. Groeschel. ...You can't go far wrong quoting Fr. Groeschel. He is one of my Spiritual Fathers! His series Psychological Growth and Spiritual Development is a great help in recognizing what is from God and what is from our own untrustworthy natures - or from somewhere even worse! <br /><br /> It doesn't take an Idiot to see we need far more beauty in a culture that is awash in deconstructionist disfigurement. <br /><br /> Thanks for your insights and efforts to educate and inform. Those pretty much are the defining characteristics of a good bishop! <br /><br /> The need for mitigating the suffering in the world would dramatically decrease if we spent as much of our resources on spreading orthodox teaching and factual information as we do in empowering the social welfare bureaucracy.<br /><br />Have a great Holy Week!Timothynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-10325545507456924332019-04-12T08:36:20.438-07:002019-04-12T08:36:20.438-07:00Would you please tell us what everything on your c...Would you please tell us what everything on your coat of arms means or what it means to you? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com