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MANUELA LUZZARDI
Dear don Ariel,
I must send her a long message that may not publish: I just reason with her on some things.
You are quite right to argue with the elitism of spurious, eg, what I call ironically “pliniani” (She understood me). O sedevacantists that they sentence of heresy without knowing anything about theology (the philosophy Latin).
We are now reduced them to being standardized and, even worse, the refusal to learn.
The I cite an example: a me, professor of grammar school, it fell to correct pupils of the first year of the three years which believed that the Sicilian Vespers had occurred “b. C” (and they did not understand where was the error), or students who did not know the meaning of words such as artillery, intrinsic, fallacious. And to be taken by the nose by pupils who were repeating class assignments copying from Wikipedia (and still I do not know how they did, since I had confiscated mobile phones). One can imagine in this context that kind of philosophy or history lessons could do. And it was a grammar school Roman, an affluent neighborhood. Imagine elsewhere.
Said this, and thus eliminated plinianesimi and snobbery, I observe: It is it not true that the mass degradation has also started to degrade because they were the elites? Let me explain: atheism, hedonism, contraception, consumerism are initiated in affluent classes, not in the simple people (well where there were depraved and scoundrels, but they were clearly labeled). But most of all: we see that even the populace, far from being the bearer of some kind of "class culture", It follows the models of those who believes winning: singers, soccer players, Star della TV, who make up the current elites. So you do not think you should start going to evangelize just such elites, instead assume that they are so?
Moreover: is it not true that "we must live as you think, otherwise you end up thinking as one has lived "? And it does not help the clarity of thought and the setting of being metaphysical principles, beyond current fashions and contingencies? Would not it be better to escape from current events shirt of Nessus?
Dear Iginio,
I apologize for the delay with which the answer but not always, Unfortunately, You can do it for long.
His speech is very interesting, but it would also be very long and complex. I allow me then to start with an example: "Like it or not" – He explained to me once a famous economist – "To save the economy, and also and especially small savers who have worked a lifetime to put together a few tens of thousands of euro, you need to save the banks if necessary '.
I think this economist was right. Of course, regardless of everything they did wrong often banks in daring operations, acting more times without the slightest ethical sense. What this of which only he was aware, Why, When he had to explain myself on several occasions, He did well to participate as a specialist for rescue of these same banks.
So let us take as an example the old Society of Jesus, now reduced to a pleasant East India Company. Before the Jesuits would take the turning self-destructive that brought them to dangerous commingling with Marxism, the guerrillas, the pro-Protestant, religious syncretism and animism, all seasoned with sociology - or worship? - the poor and poverty, the Jesuits of the "old school", for centuries they have shaped those in today's language we call "ruling classes". These were in fact the Jesuits: didactic, pedagogy, trainers and even men of science. Problems arise when the second half of the nineteenth century they start to theologians.
In this sense, the work of the old Society of Jesus, It was far-sighted and above all very valuable.
In 2013, when suddenly the wind changed and the poor or the assumed became the center of the mystery of the Church, I remember that I said several times: "If we do not convert the first and help the rich, we will have no chance to help the poor, because we would be deprived of all necessary means to do so. Of course, we could make a striking gesture and empty boxes of Holy Mother Church, but once the coffers will remain empty, how can we carry out our charitable works ".
And because it was very fashionable to say that the Church had to undress ... sell ... give up ... and so on, I took the example of the cow saying: "If we kill the cow and organize a nice lunch for the poor made from roasted meats, When then after, Poors, will be wondering milk, What answer? We will have to say that the cow if they are eaten and therefore there is no more milk '. But, the gesture of the cow deprive yourself to a nice lunch with the poor, He will definitely sent into raptures as de The Republic and similar meanwhile it will have magnified ... "The Church is stripped of his wealth!».
Without the rich have no chance to help the poor, as no banks will not be able to help and if necessary protect small savers.
Every now and again, Years ago, enroute to me from time to time at a Roman clinic elegant to lend pastoral service. A clinic that looks like a five-star hotel, owned by a congregation of nuns and managed by the same. the sisters, in general, but especially when patients had certain details, they needed to visit a priest who was possibly not ruttasse, not scoreggiasse, not scratching the trousers on the butt between a word and the other, not mistaken verbs and subjunctive, He did not culminate with white hair dandruff on black shirt with white Francobollino unbuttoned below the neck, He was able to maintain a conversation with people of a certain so-called social and cultural stature. And I, even though - as you see - I say and write bad words, certain kinds of bad figures in the sacred order of priesthood does not make her do, even when I say bad words.
I have often heard people say that that clinic, for its luxury and its cost was "a scandal" and that the "mythical Pope Francis should have put an end to certain structures and institutions". At that point I explained to certain "romantic" that only thanks to the proceeds in assets of that clinic, the sisters of that congregation, in the last ten years, They had opened three hospitals and funded the construction of ten large clinics in Africa, and two centers for the treatment and care of AIDS patients.
To help the poor, we need the rich, and so that the rich help the poor, you have to devote to them and convert them to have cured, often, their great inner poverty.
But unfortunately, today, these obvious fundamental principles are not recognized and accepted by more and more dense army of priests who belch, fart, scratch pants on the ass between a word and the other, wrong verbs and subjunctive, come with white hair dandruff on black shirt with white Francobollino unbuttoned below the neck, are not able to maintain a conversation with people of a certain caliber so-called social and cultural.
Thanks to these priests today, as I wrote on other pages, we're seeing becoming bishops, we end up losing the poor and the rich by losing, to remain victims of the devastating romance of an ideological poverty that does not help and does not save anyone. But it gets worse: the Church has always been careful to avoid the spread of the generated envy social divisions, today instead, social envy, it looks legitimize, together with divisions.
And for all this we have already begun to pay a high price.
Thank you for the long answer. I have not stirred the names you say; Don Milani I only did a quote, because it suited me do it, I have not talked about his “theology”. Of his pedagogy, I educationist and not a theologian, I could talk longer, but it is not the place and the theme. Of all the other names I mentioned in a positive or negative, I tell that were only examples sommarissimi to evoke the opposing fronts, without any particular analysis. Of the Kungs and the Rahners, loads of academic glories, rich in impressive bibliographies, suffice to say μèγα βìβλος, mega kakon; buffoncelli will not be the more appropriate term, but my caveat means higher against their system of sowing false doubts (the dogmas of the faith) and even worse false certainties (the dogmas of their prejudice), As for hope, as among he said’ Christopher Don Rodrigo: “There is nothing to hope from man. All the more so we must trust in God” , phrase tinged with Jansenism, but again I look citations know where and where it suits me. With regard to physical, Fabro non pierced the covers, but I will never forget my epic games of soccer with him on the pitch of the Holy Cross…
Don Ariel specialist provocations; but he believes that his chronicles be caricatured, the characters of his own ears, more accessible to a quaestio Thomist ? Where awareness is zero, argumentative levels 0,1 or 1000, are equal.
Don Milani started from the assumption that it is the language that is equal, and then he formed his little boys mountaineers to a conscious enriched and critical knowledge of the Italian language, as a harbinger necessary for catechetical understanding of Christian faith (Cattolica). Good, but today would be enough ? The general barbarism makes futile any effort and any pastoral strategy.
Yet even more today Fabro, and Gherardini, i Livi, The Elvio Fontana, The Danilo Castellano, They are absolutely necessary, so that the Catholic who listens to them, even if it makes it difficult to follow throughout their speeches, has the serene and proud awareness of having nothing to learn from the self-styled scientific trombones to Hack, to Odifreddi, all Hawking, alla Halder Hey Hospital, and even by the Kung buffoncelli, all Rahner, to Enzo Bianchi (Agritourist), and the rest are silent and worse.
Dear Reader,
I can tell you that having known the holy man of Brunero Gherardini that today I want to imagine myself in Paradise, then also knowing Antonio Livi, I hope to heaven we go as late as possible, because we still need him, that the one and the other does not rejoice to be interspersed with Lorenzo Milani, problems which start at a distance, despite the attempts of Beatification, namely, a training for the priesthood leaky; and he exposed himself, More leaked.
If Gherardini was an excellent teacher, and it is still Livi, you were the one and the other is still mainly for the impeccable correctness of their theological language and also catechetical, while good Milani, before “join in the language” i “small mountain” and transmit the doctrine language, he should know a lot better, Catholic teaching. Besides the fact that, in a real teacher, It can never prevail nor emotion nor ideology.
This is to tell her that she combines with an evil master – such I consider myself freely Milani -, with two instead were two real masters, regardless of differing opinions that you may have between us on certain speculations or theological nuances, why then, in facts, if she puts together the late Brunero Gherardini, Antonio Love, Cavalcoli John and me as bringing up the rear, It will ascertain that all four speak the language of the exact same doctrine and that we are faithful to the same deposit of faith. Then, if anything, we take “with sticks” on the theological and ecclesiological disputations, but this part always in the sphere of theological debates.
Therefore, far from address certain words to the deceased Brothers and living above, When I spoke of “aesthetic metaphysical” and anything else, I was referring to very different situations and people, or better understood: I was referring to “practitioners” from the “theology do-it-yourself”, not the masters of theology and metaphysics philosophy as Brunero Gherardini and Antonio Livi.
Antonio Livi in particular, which it is an epistemologist and a master of philosophy of common sense, It would be the first to agree that in the absence of an appropriate and especially precise doctrinal language, ie strictly scientific, nor is it conceivable to be able to do theology, then catechesis. And indeed, today, It merges the emotions with the doctrine and poetry with theology.
In short: celibacy and chastity have I “private freely” from having one of my offspring to be the father of God's people, but I assure you that if I had children, I would have a hard time sending them to teach catechism in certain parishes with some catechists, but unfortunately also with many pastors, It is considering that catechesis is reduced more and more often pure Poetess ed excitement.
That's why – and my writing to that effect speaks – I hope that I first rebuilt a proper language and then be able to really start from the true metaphysical and the real Saint Thomas Aquinas.
To say then, as she makes, that "The general barbarism makes futile any effort and any pastoral strategy", It is an open negation of the theological virtue of hope, the Holy Spirit's grace and assistance; even because, with the same logic, It may come to say that the Word of God became man and died needlessly as the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world, since both men have continued to sin is to reject it.
And to conclude: if Rahner and Kueng were simple “buffoncelli”, first of all they would not have caused the damage that produced nor ever – as in the case of Rahner – They would affect a large slice of the world episcopate since the very first season of the post-conciliar.
Of the “enemy” we must first recognize the talent, otherwise you may not be able to fight, you may end up defeated only starting from the wrong assumption of his inability or limited ability.
Rahner, as his pupil Kueng, are two very bright minds. At the intellectual level and speculative capacity, Kueng was equipped still the same Rahner, as well as having higher communication skills of its first great master, It was also favored by a good physical presence that made him very pleasing to the eye and very listenable. The same can not be said instead that authentic man of God to Cornelio Fabro, that despite being an extraordinary mind, But he had no special communication skills nor was favored by a good looking like Kueng. This is why the Fabro, he left us genuine masterpieces, it's never been the subject of extensive services with pictures like Kueng on Times, place that Kueng fifty seemed a Hollywood actor and that the way to eighty was a fascinating man and beautiful even in old age.
Do not forget that Lucifer was beautiful, It was not a hideous monster, and it is also very clever, rather: intelligence is pure. Of course “fool”.
If some very harmful and damaging people were arginabili with a quick and easy “fool”, I can guarantee that many theologians, including Brunero Gherardini, Antonio Love, Giovanni Cavalcoli and me, followed by many others, we removed them from the scene for decades. Instead, these subjects, from the pontificate of St. John XXIII followed by an almost holy blessed (Paul VI), an almost blissful (John Paul I) and a holy (John Paul II), It has passed unscathed and unharmed during four pontificates. Not to mention the Venerable Benedict XVI, that is the danger of Rahner is the Kueng, by its narrow and ancient direct knowledge he knew better yet all four of his predecessors put together.
“… Do not forget that Lucifer was beautiful, It was not a hideous monster, and it is also very clever, rather: intelligence is pure. Other than 'buffoncello'…”
But if intelligence was pure state as it could be beautiful?
Dear don Ariel,
curiously a couple of hours ago, in car, I thought basically the same things. I had just been to “Mass of All Time” e, in time to get out, He was entering a kids company, with guitars in tow, and Priest, which required a certain exercise of observation to be distinguished from the boys. From there it started a reflection on the languages. Not only: because I attend the Mass for months now firmly, and more and more people see it slowly, I see some who come and stay, others that are seen once and then no longer see (of altronde, from my first Mass VO to the decision to go to mass VO's been three years).
I have concluded that: Certainly, those kids schitarranti, if they had arrived an hour earlier, they could (*) have great difficulty understanding the VO. They understand more easily a priest who looks like one of them. But on the other hand, that priest, then, which leads them? If the substance is lowered to their shape, It does not lead you anywhere. In fact, you Fathers of Patmos, capita of Greek and Latin, the Thomistic, and write in correct Italian, mica in jargon essemmessiano.