Tag Archives: Eucharist

Sunday Reflection, Solemnity of Christ the King of the Universe (November 23, 2014): Teilhard de Chardin’s Universal Christic Vision

Posted on November 22, 2014 by William Ockham

  This Sunday is the Feast of Christ the King of the Universe and the last Sunday in Ordinary Time. You can find the readings here. I wrote last year about some of the background of this great feast, which … Continue reading →

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Flannery O’Connor’s Manhattan Memorial (Teilhard de Chardin Reference)

Posted on November 11, 2014 by William Ockham

  I found this article from the New Yorker re the Flannery O’Connor induction to the American Poets Corner at St. John the Divine Cathedral in New York, with a nice reference to Teilhard de Chardin’s impact on her writings. … Continue reading →

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First Sunday of Advent (December 1, 2013): Preparing for Christ

Posted on November 30, 2013 by William Ockham

This Sunday is the First Sunday of Advent, the beginning of the Church year. The readings can be found here. The themes include preparing for the various comings of Christ. The reflection comes from Living Space run by the Irish … Continue reading →

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Dan Burke and Accuracy on Teilhard de Chardin

Posted on November 1, 2013 by William Ockham

“By now, no one would dream of saying that [Teilhard] is a heterodox author who shouldn’t be studied” – Fr. Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman (July 2009). [Editor’s Note: This posting is in response to a recent article by Dan Burke in National … Continue reading →

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Teilhard de Chardin Quote of the Week (September 16, 2013): Transubstantiation of the Universe

Posted on September 16, 2013 by William Ockham

“Lord, do you now therefore, speaking through my lips, pronounce over this earthly travail your twofold efficacious word: the word without which all that our wisdom and our experience have built up must totter and crumble—the word through which all our most … Continue reading →

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Teilhard de Chardin and the Sacred Heart

Posted on September 6, 2013 by William Ockham

This post is part of the new blog, O Most Sacred Heart.  The question for this Friday is “How did you first learn about the Sacred Heart?”.  I learned about it from Teilhard de Chardin and thought it would be … Continue reading →

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Teilhard de Chardin Quote of the Week (August 26, 2013): Calling Down Fire

Posted on August 29, 2013 by William Ockham

“Because, my God, though I lack the soul-zeal and the sublime integrity of your saints, I yet have received from you an, overwhelming sympathy for all that stirs within the dark mass of matter; because I know myself to be irremediably … Continue reading →

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The Noosphere (Part II): Christian Concepts of the Noosphere

Posted on August 14, 2013 by William Ockham

  Today, is part two of a three part series discussing the noosphere: Part I:  Teilhard de Chardin’s Vision Part II: Christian Concepts of the Noosphere Part III: Future Evolution of the Noosphere One of the challenges of Teilhard de … Continue reading →

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17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (July 28, 2013) (Lord’s Prayer: A Challenging Petition)

Posted on July 27, 2013 by William Ockham

Today’s readings contain the version of the Lord’s Prayer found in the Gospel of Luke.  I learned this prayer as a child and pray it almost every day. It has become so routine that I often lose the power of … Continue reading →

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Life of Teilhard de Chardin: First China Trip and Mass on the World (1923-1924)

Posted on July 17, 2013 by William Ockham

Teilhard de Chardin set sail for his first trip to China in Spring 1923.  He landed at Shanghai and proceeded to travel by train to Tientsin, a coastal city some eighty miles from Peking where Emile Licent, S.J., had built … Continue reading →

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