Posted on 05/01/2002 6:24:00 AM PDT by history_matters
In an age of Faith, Catholics build Sacre Couer, Chartes, Notre Dame, St. Denis.
In a post-Christian age, Catholics build Mahony's Cathedral. Art is just our Faith expressed in stone.
Mahoney's Monstrosity is nihilism expressed in poured concrete. My desire for the juducious application of thermonuclear weapons is my rejection of nihilism written in advanced physics.
AB
Amasing the sort of reaction Mahony's Catherdal draws - especially from Catholics.
Now, read the reaction that Sacre Couer draws - even from a "liberated woman."
Somehow, I can't imagine anyone ever saying anything like that about Mahoney's Monstrosity.
AB
Yeah, just like a boil on your butt.
AB
What's wrong with the plain ol' communion wafer we all know and love? The church I was baptized in uses a "more breadlike" host these days and I nearly choked to death on it the first time I took it.
Mostar is the diocese that Medjugorje is in, I think? Curious about your (anyone's) take on those apparitions... I almost visited there about 15 years ago, but something held me back. I'm really on the fence about Medjugorje... yet, I know people who have gone and swear something is going on (as in they believe in it).
Yes, that is the diocese. I did believe in the apparitions but something got to working on me and then I came across E. Michael Jones Fidelity Magazine (I miss that - no longer published). The story goes that Jones got so much negative mail concerning his take on Medjugorje that his magazine almost went under so he changed it to "Culture Ware". That's where I came to conclude that something was wrong there. I wrote to the bishop there and they sent me a package of documents.
I put the documents on the web. Since then I've met lots of other people who are upset about what is going on there re the alleged apparitions. People do come away from there with different experiences. You will have to decide for yourself. I've not been there myself but have met people who swear by it. You can read what they sent me hereMedjugorje Is All that Glitters Gold? Right now I'm rereading Jones' book "The Medjugorje Deception, Queen of Peace, Ethnic Cleansing, Ruined Lives". It's a real eye-opener. Jones is a very orthodox faithful novus ordo catholic.
From the link I posted above, you can scroll down and get to a link for Culture Wars if you are interested.
Living Machines: Bauhaus Architecture as Sexual Ideology - E. Michael Jones - 1995 - "Following up his best selling books Degenerate Moderns and Dionysos Rising, E. Michael Jones completes the trilogy as he reveals in this book how modern architecture arose out of the disordered lives of its creators, who catered to the new needs of the modern man as a sexual nomad, who would have no need for home or family, no need to be rooted in a particular time or place or family or soil or culture. Jones' book, Living Machines is an explanation of where that vision came from, where it led, and why it ultimately failed." $11.95 + $4 S&H, Paperback.
Maybe it will grow on me. I never cared much for modern art.
I've heard many favorable stories regarding Medjugorje over the years, but something negative always niggled at me, for no reason I can figure out. I had a deposit on a package plan to Yugoslavia around 1987 or so, but just got cold feet - still not sure why. My own mother went, but she is a religious zealot, so I discount her stories.
About a year ago (and I think it was while I was in lurk mode on FR) someone mentioned in passing that Medjugorje was bogus, in their opinion. My curiousity was piqued again, and I did a "google" search and the best info site was yours... thank you!
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