Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right of being able to do what we ought.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Acton - Liberty
Public discourse and behavior in our day are flat, boorishly predictable, slavishly partisan, and bereft of virtue and the virtues; they are, therefore, incapable of true liberty as Lord Acton understood it:
Knox - Afraid of God, or Fear of God?

SURELY THAT'S A VERY extraordinary thing, when you come to think what God is and what we are; that we should only want him to exist, now and again, for our convenience, instead of trying to realize that he is there all the time? That is what we are doing, you see, all of us; we are afraid of God, which is not at all what the Bible means by "fearing God". If we are to become better Christians, we have got to conquer that phobia, that shyness, as far as possible - we shall not get rid of it altogether. Shall I tell you what it reminds me of, this God-shy attitude of ours? It seems to me we are for all the world like some strange pet, a mongoose or something like that, which is only half-tamed. Come and meet it with a saucer in your hand, and it is all over you; the rest of the time, it runs away.
- Ronald Knox
Labels:
Reality Check,
Ronald Knox,
Truth Goodness n Beauty
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
The Way - Sheen, Estivez
Let's keep our ears to the rails and see if we can find where this film will be showing. It is, according to one reviewer, the "perfect Easter family film."
Labels:
Art Literature Movies
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
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