Comments for Called Judithio http://newrambler.net/judithio Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:09:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 Comment on Last message from Boston by Jess http://newrambler.net/judithio/2008/05/29/last-message-from-boston/#comment-4016 Jess Fri, 30 May 2008 02:36:58 +0000 http://newrambler.net/judithio/2008/05/29/last-message-from-boston/#comment-4016 That should read -- safe travels! That should read — safe travels!

]]> Comment on Last message from Boston by Jess http://newrambler.net/judithio/2008/05/29/last-message-from-boston/#comment-4015 Jess Fri, 30 May 2008 02:36:27 +0000 http://newrambler.net/judithio/2008/05/29/last-message-from-boston/#comment-4015 Save travels back to Iowa City! Save travels back to Iowa City!

]]> Comment on Last message from Boston by Anne Tanner http://newrambler.net/judithio/2008/05/29/last-message-from-boston/#comment-3923 Anne Tanner Thu, 29 May 2008 14:13:14 +0000 http://newrambler.net/judithio/2008/05/29/last-message-from-boston/#comment-3923 When I lived in New York I commuted 35 miles one way each day for some months. I found it a great opportunity to synthesize what had just happened during the day and work through any difficulties with it so that I could be clear when I got home. I hope your extra-long train trip gives you that opportunity. When you get here, we'll understand if you want to skip it but choir practice starts just after the 11 a.m. service, preparing Tallis for Thomas's ordination. I think we'll be fine with altos if you opt for quiet in the pews instead of the controlled chaos of the choir. I'm heading over to see Alice. Her surgery went well and no cancer was found, so rejoicing is in order. I sent you the message. You have done so much this month... I hope you're as proud of it as we are here. When I lived in New York I commuted 35 miles one way each day for some months. I found it a great opportunity to synthesize what had just happened during the day and work through any difficulties with it so that I could be clear when I got home. I hope your extra-long train trip gives you that opportunity. When you get here, we’ll understand if you want to skip it but choir practice starts just after the 11 a.m. service, preparing Tallis for Thomas’s ordination. I think we’ll be fine with altos if you opt for quiet in the pews instead of the controlled chaos of the choir.

I’m heading over to see Alice. Her surgery went well and no cancer was found, so rejoicing is in order. I sent you the message.

You have done so much this month… I hope you’re as proud of it as we are here.

]]> Comment on just a picture for now by Judith http://newrambler.net/judithio/2008/05/26/just-a-picture-for-now/#comment-3819 Judith Thu, 29 May 2008 00:31:22 +0000 http://newrambler.net/judithio/2008/05/26/just-a-picture-for-now/#comment-3819 For the people sleeping rough, as the English call it, or in shelters, alcoholism is so large a problem that we cannot use wine. Thank you for giving me the Ratzinger; I agree, the point is very helpful. And thank you more for seeing that it's the materiality of the bread and drink, the species, not the genus, that matters. We dare not limit God--doesn't the anthem text say something like that? And we could not if we tried. For the people sleeping rough, as the English call it, or in shelters, alcoholism is so large a problem that we cannot use wine.
Thank you for giving me the Ratzinger; I agree, the point is very helpful. And thank you more for seeing that it’s the materiality of the bread and drink, the species, not the genus, that matters. We dare not limit God–doesn’t the anthem text say something like that? And we could not if we tried.

]]> Comment on just a picture for now by andrew http://newrambler.net/judithio/2008/05/26/just-a-picture-for-now/#comment-3774 andrew Wed, 28 May 2008 19:26:41 +0000 http://newrambler.net/judithio/2008/05/26/just-a-picture-for-now/#comment-3774 Cardinal Ratzinger makes a good argument in “The Spirit of the Liturgy” about the water of Baptism being universal and the bread and wine of the Eucharist being specific. They are the common food and drink of the particular culture where God became a particular human being in space and time. As such, they remind us of the specificity of the Incarnation. God is not some nebulous ground of being "up there" somewhere; he is Jesus of Nazareth, son of Mary, son of David, son of Abraham, son of Adam. Ratzinger argues that this means that bread and wine is what should be used in whatever culture the Eucharist is celebrated. Although I think he has an excellent point about Baptism and Eucharist that would never have occurred to me, I turn the argument slightly on its head and would say that the multigrain roll and Welch's – or any “bread and wine”, whatever their form -- connect the Incarnation (“this is my Body”) with the very particular place and people wherein the Eucharist is being offered, and, as Ratzinger would perhaps agree, serves as the counterpoint to baptism into one universal Body. Both aspects are important, and true. Cardinal Ratzinger makes a good argument in “The Spirit of the Liturgy” about the water of Baptism being universal and the bread and wine of the Eucharist being specific. They are the common food and drink of the particular culture where God became a particular human being in space and time. As such, they remind us of the specificity of the Incarnation. God is not some nebulous ground of being “up there” somewhere; he is Jesus of Nazareth, son of Mary, son of David, son of Abraham, son of Adam.

Ratzinger argues that this means that bread and wine is what should be used in whatever culture the Eucharist is celebrated. Although I think he has an excellent point about Baptism and Eucharist that would never have occurred to me, I turn the argument slightly on its head and would say that the multigrain roll and Welch’s – or any “bread and wine”, whatever their form — connect the Incarnation (“this is my Body”) with the very particular place and people wherein the Eucharist is being offered, and, as Ratzinger would perhaps agree, serves as the counterpoint to baptism into one universal Body. Both aspects are important, and true.

]]> Comment on after a few days’ silence by andrew http://newrambler.net/judithio/2008/05/23/after-a-few-days-silence/#comment-3771 andrew Wed, 28 May 2008 19:11:31 +0000 http://newrambler.net/judithio/2008/05/23/after-a-few-days-silence/#comment-3771 They have arrived safely here at Trinity. Or rather, a package from you to you in a likely shape to be this has arrived. We have not (and will not) open it, but we look forward to seeing them when you return. They have arrived safely here at Trinity. Or rather, a package from you to you in a likely shape to be this has arrived. We have not (and will not) open it, but we look forward to seeing them when you return.

]]> Comment on Saturday’s post by Anne Tanner http://newrambler.net/judithio/2008/05/26/saturdays-post/#comment-3582 Anne Tanner Tue, 27 May 2008 16:30:58 +0000 http://newrambler.net/judithio/2008/05/26/saturdays-post/#comment-3582 I was just in a new shop across from Hamburg Inn that has yarns, called Home Ec. Don't know if you saw it before you left. She seems to be doing a lot with young people who want to knit. I was just in a new shop across from Hamburg Inn that has yarns, called Home Ec. Don’t know if you saw it before you left. She seems to be doing a lot with young people who want to knit.

]]> Comment on just a picture for now by laura http://newrambler.net/judithio/2008/05/26/just-a-picture-for-now/#comment-3318 laura Mon, 26 May 2008 02:37:59 +0000 http://newrambler.net/judithio/2008/05/26/just-a-picture-for-now/#comment-3318 Well, I never really thought that Jesus was too picky about the whole bread and wine business. One assumes that bread and wine were fairly ordinary things that one had at dinner, even at the Last Supper. The point, as I see it, is to remember Christ in your daily activities, not just to put on a show. Bean is crawling on my lap as I type this. Perhaps he wants to say hello. Well, I never really thought that Jesus was too picky about the whole bread and wine business. One assumes that bread and wine were fairly ordinary things that one had at dinner, even at the Last Supper. The point, as I see it, is to remember Christ in your daily activities, not just to put on a show.

Bean is crawling on my lap as I type this. Perhaps he wants to say hello.

]]> Comment on what I really didn’t expect to be doing by Renny http://newrambler.net/judithio/2008/05/20/what-i-really-didnt-expect-to-be-doing/#comment-2375 Renny Tue, 20 May 2008 18:29:41 +0000 http://newrambler.net/judithio/2008/05/20/what-i-really-didnt-expect-to-be-doing/#comment-2375 I'm not at all surprised to hear that you're teaching knitting! Blessings, Renny I’m not at all surprised to hear that you’re teaching knitting!

Blessings,
Renny

]]> Comment on what I really didn’t expect to be doing by Julie http://newrambler.net/judithio/2008/05/20/what-i-really-didnt-expect-to-be-doing/#comment-2349 Julie Tue, 20 May 2008 14:06:06 +0000 http://newrambler.net/judithio/2008/05/20/what-i-really-didnt-expect-to-be-doing/#comment-2349 Thanks for sharing your experience. It must be very interesting, new and eye opening. I was in PA for a 4 day stent and was amazed on the amount of homeless on the streets that clearly needed psychiatric attention. Faith is an important piece of healing that is sometimes missed. Thanks for sharing your experience. It must be very interesting, new and eye opening. I was in PA for a 4 day stent and was amazed on the amount of homeless on the streets that clearly needed psychiatric attention. Faith is an important piece of healing that is sometimes missed.

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