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Daily Archives: 6 March 2006
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Chinese film alert
I am a great fan of Chinese film and follow it fairly closely. Here is some interesting news for you.
Zhang Yimou, director ofTo Live and Hero and House of Flying Daggers, along with the wonderful The Road Home, has a … Continue reading
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Monday in the 1st Week of Lent
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Two things stand out in my mind. First, there is a military underlayer to this prayer. We have seen this in our lenten prayers before. The people listening to this is the early Church in Rome would have automatically received this layer of meaning. Second, there is a touch of Neoplatonic theory of exit and return. The idea is this, things go forth from their source, turn about in a conversion, and return to their source. This is applicable to the eternal Word and the Father and also to the soul of man which in its search for wisdom, passes through scientia (knowledge) towards sapientia (wisdom). The vocabulary of the prayer strongly suggests this Neoplatonic paradigm. The instruction of God turns us about and brings us to our proper place. Continue reading
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