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Pilgrimaging through the Catholic Imagination. Each episode is an encounter with the personalities, ideas, and movements that have shaped and embodied the dynamism of the Catholic vision. Hop in if you're ready to "go further up and further in." curiouscatholicpodcast.substack.com Language: en Genres: Christianity, Education, Religion & Spirituality, Self-Improvement Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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The Love that Moves the Sun, Stars and Ourselves: Dante Series, No. 9 (Ep. 30)
Wednesday, 20 October, 2021
We've made it to the heights of the Empyrean—Heaven—with Dante and Beatrice. Surprisingly, we are met at this late stage by yet another guide, Bernard of Clairvaux. With Bernard we will praise the Blessed Mother, all the while preparing ourselves for the vision of God enjoyed by the blessed in Paradise. This vision—all too much for human language and craft to communicate—is masterfully envisioned by Dante the poet. We see Heaven as an unfolded rose bloom. The Trinity is glimpsed in its Triune Glory. The image of the human person is centered, incarnationally, at the heart of the mystery that is God. At last our journey that began in the dark wood comes to its culmination, where our sight will lose its power, but we will otherwise turn "with the Love that moves the sun and all the other stars."My companion is Paul Camacho, Associate Director of the Augustinian Institute and Assistant Teaching Professor of Philosophy in the Humanities Department at Villanova University. He also writes a weekly newsletter, "Will This Be On the Exam?" which is well worth the read. Join us for this last installment of our nine part series on Dante's Divine Comedy. Links to the previous eight episodes can be found below. Links:The Paradiso by Dante, a verse translation by Jean Hollander and Robert HollanderThe Digital Dante from Columbia UniversityDante Series, No. 1Dante Series, No. 2Dante Series, No. 3Dante Series, No. 4Dante Series, No. 5Dante Series, No. 6Dante Series, No. 7Dante Series, No. 8www.paulcamacho.com"Will This Be On the Exam?"Support the show This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit curiouscatholicpodcast.substack.com
