Tag Archives: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

From The Teilhard Project: Teilhard de Chardin on Suffering

Posted on July 18, 2014 by William Ockham

During his life, Teilhard de Chardin endured and witnessed a large amount of suffering from losing several siblings at a young age, to witnessing the physical suffering due to the carnage of World War I,to the mental anguish of having his visionary … Continue reading →

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Stacy Trasancos on God and the Mystery of the Big Bang

Posted on July 16, 2014 by William Ockham

Earlier this week author and scientist Dr. Stacy Trasancos wrote an excellent article on how studying the unique properties that exist in our universe from the Big Bang to today can give insights into the mind of God.  I encourage you … Continue reading →

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Religion News Service: Teilhard de Chardin as an Antidote to “feel-good” Faith

Posted on July 15, 2014 by William Ockham

  A. James Rudin had a recent outstanding commentary titled “Insights of these 3 religious thinkers may be an antidoe to ‘feel-good’ faith”.  The three thinkers are Teilhard de Chardin, Martin Buber and Reinhold Niebuhr.  These three giants are perhaps … Continue reading →

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Teilhard de Chardin Quote of the Week (July 14, 2014): Creation and Convergence

Posted on July 14, 2014 by William Ockham

“The great cosmic attributes of Christ, those which (particularly in St John and St Paul) accord him a universal and final primacy over creation, these attributes… only assume their full dimension in the setting of an evolution… that is both … Continue reading →

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Sunday Reflection, 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (July 13, 2014): The Sower, Connection with Creation and Teilhard de Chardin

Posted on July 12, 2014 by William Ockham

  “We know that all creation is groaning in labor pains even until now; and not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, we also groan within ourselves as we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies.” — … Continue reading →

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Teilhard de Chardin Quote of the Week (June 23, 2014): Rejecting Divisions and Finding Unity

Posted on July 7, 2014 by William Ockham

    “[I]n order to match the new curve of time Christianity is led to discover the values of this world below the level of God (the creation of God), while Humanism finds room for a God above the level … Continue reading →

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Book Review: From Teilhard to Omega

Posted on July 2, 2014 by William Ockham

I was hoping to have a series of book reviews over the Northern Hemisphere summer. However, daily activities such as work, kids baseball games and family activities present precious little time for reading much less writing reviews. One book at … Continue reading →

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Teilhard de Chardin Quote of the Week (June 30, 2014): God Speaking Thorough “True Myths”

Posted on June 30, 2014 by William Ockham

  “Mythology and folklore . . . are filled with symbols and fables expressing the deeply rooted resolve of Earth to find its way to Heaven; from which it follows that we may in a perfectly legitimate sense accept the … Continue reading →

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Teilhard de Chardin Quote of the Week (June 23, 2014): Love, Matter and Spirit

Posted on June 23, 2014 by William Ockham

Love is the threshold of another universe. Beyond the vibrations with which we are familiar, the rainbow-like range of its colors is still in full growth. But, for all the fascination that the lower shades have for us, it is only … Continue reading →

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Sunday Reflection, Corpus Christi (June 22, 2014): Teilhard, Pope Benedict and the Cosmos as a Living Host

Posted on June 21, 2014 by William Ockham

This weekend is the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, also known as Corpus Christi. The readings can be found here. Teilhard de Chardin believed that the Eucharist was not only the central component of the Liturgy … Continue reading →

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