Communication with Visitors Spirit of the Living God, fall afresh on us! March 1, 1999 (P.S. March 2,5,17,19,25,27) Dear sisters and brothers in Christ, How are you? It is nice to be communicating with you again. Yesterday the Gospel mentioned about Moses talking with Our Lord on Mount Tabor (Mt 17:2-3). For an elaboration, click here. A volunteer recently said that there is already a lot of materials on this web site. It is a really good news then to the editor who has been unable to write this column regularly and weekly. It may have to be so ahead also, especially before the energy symposium in August at the international Ultimate Reality and Meaning Conference. As you know, this conference is a scholarly get-together of professors and experts from around the world who meet once every two years to present and discuss various ultimate realities and their meanings. Besides the editor working on metaphysics, there are at least four professors contributing their best efforts to the energy symposium, i.e., on mathematics and new physics, medicine and DNA, , neuropsychology, and holism. Having been committed to this task, the editor simply cannot do a sloppy job for this occasion, especially that he is now being led to build a metaphysics of Theology of Energy (without which no safe and durable philosophical foundation for this theology is possible). Besides, he would like to devote a whole volume (of A Handbook of Theology of Energy) on metaphysics after the completion of the present paper. Walking on unchartered waters, all human mistakes are naturally his, while all credits and inspirations indisputably belong to God. Hence the above prayer "Spirit of the Living God, fall afresh on us!" is first and foremost for the editor. Praise God! In that regard, another adjustment has to be made accordingly. We are sorry that Divine Milieus has to be further postponed. For his penance, the editor would like to put, as much as possible, volume one of A Handbook of Theology of Energy onto the present web site. Having been given the permission to do so, we are very grateful to our publisher The Edwin Mellen Press. This volume entitled Energy and Environment: the Spiritual-Human-Material Nexus (1993) is an exemplifying distillation of Theology of Energy. The rest of the many volumes as planned would function as a series of substantiation and footnotes of this very volume. Systematically, this project will begin and proceed on little by little after September or October this year. As a bold prediction, if this volume --- together with its metaphysical system of the created and the Uncreated --- continued to work as they have been working to many so far, it would be impossible for Theology of Energy not to be spread to every theological faculty and library the world around by the end of the next millennium. Right now, there is absolutely no need to hurry. The only important task is for its very foundation to be solidly built, day in and day out, slowly but surely. Here we would like to thank our visitors for their understanding and pardon. We would also like to apologize for the confusion of using "we" instead of "I" all the times. As we know, sometimes "we" means "we", and sometimes "we" means "the editor", etc. To be sure, the editor is still too publicity-shy to use "I". Further, for your information, we have been taking our time to train our two new volunteers who may start a new column in the next few months. Thank you for your attention. May the whole Divine Heavenly Family continue to bless you and be truly praised by all, now and forever! Yours truly in Christ and Our Heavenly Mother, The editor P.S. (March 2) The above energy symposium concerns energy as an emerging universal unifying paradigm sweeping through various disciplines. If it is so, the consequence is awesome. That would mean, for example, that various disciplines --- having been influenced by high energy physics and various cross-cultural energy concepts --- would be directly and indirectly, explicitly and implicitly, knowingly and unknowingly, addressing, articulating and reviewing their contents in multifarious energy properties and terms, etc. Slowly yet surely, many seem to have been doing it increasingly in varying degrees. The coordinator of this energy symposium is Prof. Kevin Sharpe who is, among other duties, the chief editor of the Science and Spirit journey as well as the science and spirit series of Fortress Press. The 10th Biennial Conference of the International Society for the Study of Human Ideas about Ultimate Reality and Meaning will be meeting at University College, University of Toronto, August 18th-21st, 1999. All are welcome. P.S. (March 5) For your information, click here for the web site of URAM and here for that of Science and Spirit, however imperfect. Thank you. P.S. (March 17) Today is St. Patrick's Day. In honour of this missionary Saint who has helped bring the whole Divine Heavenly Family, i.e., the Holy Trinity and the family of Angels and Saints directly and indirectly to many far-away corners of the world, we will turn our regular hymn to a St. Patrick one celebrating his feast day for the next few days. Thank you. P.S. (March 19) Today is the feast day of St. Joseph, Patron of the Universal Church as well as that of Canada. Click here for some great prayers to St. Joseph. P.S. (March 25) Today is the great feast of the Annunciation. Here are some prayers found on the EWTN web site: "I greet you, Ever-blessed Virgin, Mother of God, Throne of Grace, miracle of Almighty Power! I greet you, Sanctuary of the Most Holy Trinity and Queen of the Universe, Mother of Mercy and refuge of sinners! Most loving Mother, attracted by your beauty and sweetness, and by your tender compassion, I confidently turn to you, miserable as I am, and beg of you to obtain for me from your dear Son the favor I request in this novena: (mention your request). Obtain for me also, Queen of heaven, the most lively contrition for my many sins and the grace to imitate closely those virtues which you practiced so faithfully, especially humility, purity and obedience. Above all, I beg you to be my Mother and Protectress, to receive me into the number of your devoted children, and to guide me from your high throne of glory. Do not reject my petitions, Mother of Mercy! Have pity on me, and do not abandon me during life or at the moment of my death. Amen." Praise God! P.S. (March 27) As we enter the Holy Week, we wish that all of us would have a holy week prayerfully meditating upon the passion of Our Lord. For some Lenten arts, click here.
March 1, 1999 (P.S. March 2,5,17,19,25,27)
Dear sisters and brothers in Christ,
How are you? It is nice to be communicating with you again. Yesterday the Gospel mentioned about Moses talking with Our Lord on Mount Tabor (Mt 17:2-3). For an elaboration, click here.
A volunteer recently said that there is already a lot of materials on this web site. It is a really good news then to the editor who has been unable to write this column regularly and weekly. It may have to be so ahead also, especially before the energy symposium in August at the international Ultimate Reality and Meaning Conference. As you know, this conference is a scholarly get-together of professors and experts from around the world who meet once every two years to present and discuss various ultimate realities and their meanings. Besides the editor working on metaphysics, there are at least four professors contributing their best efforts to the energy symposium, i.e., on mathematics and new physics, medicine and DNA, , neuropsychology, and holism. Having been committed to this task, the editor simply cannot do a sloppy job for this occasion, especially that he is now being led to build a metaphysics of Theology of Energy (without which no safe and durable philosophical foundation for this theology is possible). Besides, he would like to devote a whole volume (of A Handbook of Theology of Energy) on metaphysics after the completion of the present paper. Walking on unchartered waters, all human mistakes are naturally his, while all credits and inspirations indisputably belong to God. Hence the above prayer "Spirit of the Living God, fall afresh on us!" is first and foremost for the editor. Praise God!
In that regard, another adjustment has to be made accordingly. We are sorry that Divine Milieus has to be further postponed. For his penance, the editor would like to put, as much as possible, volume one of A Handbook of Theology of Energy onto the present web site. Having been given the permission to do so, we are very grateful to our publisher The Edwin Mellen Press. This volume entitled Energy and Environment: the Spiritual-Human-Material Nexus (1993) is an exemplifying distillation of Theology of Energy. The rest of the many volumes as planned would function as a series of substantiation and footnotes of this very volume. Systematically, this project will begin and proceed on little by little after September or October this year. As a bold prediction, if this volume --- together with its metaphysical system of the created and the Uncreated --- continued to work as they have been working to many so far, it would be impossible for Theology of Energy not to be spread to every theological faculty and library the world around by the end of the next millennium. Right now, there is absolutely no need to hurry. The only important task is for its very foundation to be solidly built, day in and day out, slowly but surely.
Here we would like to thank our visitors for their understanding and pardon. We would also like to apologize for the confusion of using "we" instead of "I" all the times. As we know, sometimes "we" means "we", and sometimes "we" means "the editor", etc. To be sure, the editor is still too publicity-shy to use "I".
Further, for your information, we have been taking our time to train our two new volunteers who may start a new column in the next few months.
Thank you for your attention. May the whole Divine Heavenly Family continue to bless you and be truly praised by all, now and forever!
Yours truly in Christ and Our Heavenly Mother,
The editor
P.S. (March 2) The above energy symposium concerns energy as an emerging universal unifying paradigm sweeping through various disciplines. If it is so, the consequence is awesome. That would mean, for example, that various disciplines --- having been influenced by high energy physics and various cross-cultural energy concepts --- would be directly and indirectly, explicitly and implicitly, knowingly and unknowingly, addressing, articulating and reviewing their contents in multifarious energy properties and terms, etc. Slowly yet surely, many seem to have been doing it increasingly in varying degrees.
The coordinator of this energy symposium is Prof. Kevin Sharpe who is, among other duties, the chief editor of the Science and Spirit journey as well as the science and spirit series of Fortress Press. The 10th Biennial Conference of the International Society for the Study of Human Ideas about Ultimate Reality and Meaning will be meeting at University College, University of Toronto, August 18th-21st, 1999. All are welcome.
P.S. (March 5) For your information, click here for the web site of URAM and here for that of Science and Spirit, however imperfect. Thank you.
P.S. (March 17) Today is St. Patrick's Day. In honour of this missionary Saint who has helped bring the whole Divine Heavenly Family, i.e., the Holy Trinity and the family of Angels and Saints directly and indirectly to many far-away corners of the world, we will turn our regular hymn to a St. Patrick one celebrating his feast day for the next few days. Thank you.
P.S. (March 19) Today is the feast day of St. Joseph, Patron of the Universal Church as well as that of Canada. Click here for some great prayers to St. Joseph.
P.S. (March 25) Today is the great feast of the Annunciation. Here are some prayers found on the EWTN web site:
"I greet you, Ever-blessed Virgin, Mother of God, Throne of Grace, miracle of Almighty Power! I greet you, Sanctuary of the Most Holy Trinity and Queen of the Universe, Mother of Mercy and refuge of sinners!
Most loving Mother, attracted by your beauty and sweetness, and by your tender compassion, I confidently turn to you, miserable as I am, and beg of you to obtain for me from your dear Son the favor I request in this novena:
(mention your request).
Obtain for me also, Queen of heaven, the most lively contrition for my many sins and the grace to imitate closely those virtues which you practiced so faithfully, especially humility, purity and obedience. Above all, I beg you to be my Mother and Protectress, to receive me into the number of your devoted children, and to guide me from your high throne of glory.
Do not reject my petitions, Mother of Mercy! Have pity on me, and do not abandon me during life or at the moment of my death.
Amen."
Praise God!
P.S. (March 27) As we enter the Holy Week, we wish that all of us would have a holy week prayerfully meditating upon the passion of Our Lord. For some Lenten arts, click here.