tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381738546785592812.post3877370754246768158..comments2024-03-15T12:43:53.788-07:00Comments on Good Books For Young Souls: What Can You Tell Your Children About Theophany?WendyLady@GoodBookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07884742120430546504noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381738546785592812.post-54813007238994515022016-01-06T10:57:07.822-08:002016-01-06T10:57:07.822-08:00My son celebrates tomorrow as well. :) Blessed N...My son celebrates tomorrow as well. :) Blessed Nativity to you!WendyLady@GoodBookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07884742120430546504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381738546785592812.post-81821863316913863932016-01-06T08:31:00.257-08:002016-01-06T08:31:00.257-08:00What great photos! I never heard of Jane Ray befo...What great photos! I never heard of Jane Ray before, thank you for sharing. Happy Theophany to you, we celebrate Nativity tomorrow.Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03411789923271959623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381738546785592812.post-45418782404596717782016-01-06T00:30:27.458-08:002016-01-06T00:30:27.458-08:00I am certainly no theologian, but I understood Fr....I am certainly no theologian, but I understood Fr. Mark's language of Epiphany "as a re-staging of the Creation..." and our liturgical celebration and commemoration of Christ's baptism in the same way we understand the Eucharistic language of anamnesis/memorial. By participating in these liturgies, we are making real and actual (not just "re-enacting") these events being recounted, remembering also what has not yet occurred - “the second and glorious Coming” and eternal presence of Our Lord Jesus Christ at the close of the present age. I'm not going to enter into further debate - I welcome you to continue reading on the subject here: https://oca.org/reflections/fr.-john-breck/eucharistic-offering. The writings of Fr. Alexander Schmemann are also excellent!WendyLady@GoodBookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07884742120430546504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381738546785592812.post-1378387240316501862016-01-05T19:26:59.685-08:002016-01-05T19:26:59.685-08:00These are interesting resources. I haven't rea...These are interesting resources. I haven't read them, but I'm interested. There is no surplus of good children's books on the Genesis stories for Christian children, books that are interested in initiating children into a typological mindset, rather than ramming a literalized myth into their heads. <br /><br />Myths are powerful things, and true -- in the way that myths are true. One can hope that children can be told them in a way that does not confuse, but provides food for young life, and for later life. <br /><br />The language of "re-enactment" is a particular interpretation of sacramental theology that seems to fall flat to me. It is correct on a performative level. Are sacraments more than performances? These question have been hashed out for thousands of years. Are we, as Orthodox, aware of the conversations that have preceded us? We are afflicted by the general amnesia of our culture, despite our best efforts, it seems. <br /><br />We think that illumination is exclusive, or brightest, in the communities that are heir to the Byzantine traditions, so we ask the inheritors of this tradition, regardless of what they have forgotten, or what they have never asked. --and yet light is found in the strangest of places. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com