"Our earthly liturgies must be celebrations full of beauty and power: Feasts of the Father who created us—that is why the gifts of the earth play such a great part: the bread, the wine, oil and light, incense, sacred music, and splendid colors. Feasts of the Son who redeemed us—that is why we rejoice in our liberation, breathe deeply in listening to the Word, and are strengthened in eating the Eucharistic Gifts. Feasts of the Holy Spirit who lives in us—that is why there is a wealth of consolation, knowledge, courage, strength, and blessing that flows from these sacred assemblies." unknown source possibly YOUCAT Mal.1.11 For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith theLord of hosts.

Friday, February 15, 2013

perfection to perfection?

from comment 39 http://www.calledtocommunion.com/2012/11/do-you-want-to-go-to-heaven/#comment-46453


Your response implies that it is not possible to move from perfection to greater perfection. But a thing or state of affairs that is perfect in itself can still be incomplete relative to an even greater goal. For example: Our Lord’s sacrifice on the Cross was perfect, or complete, in that it made satisfaction for our sins. The subsequent resurrection, ascension, and heavenly session of Christ do not suggest that the Cross was not perfect, but that its perfection was part of an even greater goal–bringing humankind to heavenly glory. Likewise, man’s perfection in the Garden was complete, in the sense that he lacked nothing that he should have had in that state. But Adam and Eve were at the same time ordered to an even greater perfection, of which their life in the Garden was supposed to have been a part. That greater perfection is represented by the Tree of Life, and is realized in the Beatific Vision, not, now, through the Garden of Eden (we have fallen from that state), but through the Garden of Gethsemane.

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