and I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself (John 12:32)
Day: April 12, 2025
Elon’s Efficiency, Algocracy and God’s Munificence
Efficiency is not in itself a virtue. It may sometimes help towards virtue, but in much of life, it is not efficiency that is called for, but munificence, profusion and prodigality. In its strict etymology, ‘efficiency’ simply means being able to do something, and do it well –from the Latin, ex-facere. As language has evolved[…]
Luke’s Passion and Compassion
Last year on Palm Sunday we heard the passion from Saint Mark’s Gospel, and next year it will be from Saint Matthew. Each is different in detail from the other, and that holds for this year too, as we listen to Saint Luke’s account. Typically, Luke emphasizes the compassion of Jesus as when he prayed[…]
Saints Sabbas and Julius: Contra Paganism, Pro Homoousios
There are two saints commemorated on this April 12th. The first is Saint Sabbas the Goth (+372), a sort of ‘village fool’, but the wisest of fools, a fool for Christ. He lived in what is now Romania during the transition of the Goths – a barbaric, pagan Germanic tribe – to Christianity (they would[…]