tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post1651168052423074061..comments2023-12-17T16:13:06.670-05:00Comments on In a Godward direction: The Benedictine OptionsTobias Stanislas Haller BSGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08047429477181560685noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-33854795985908040942017-06-06T12:14:01.889-05:002017-06-06T12:14:01.889-05:00Just so, Marshall. "Contemptus mundi" is...Just so, Marshall. "Contemptus mundi" is a far cry from "So God loved the world that..."Tobias Stanislas Haller BSGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08047429477181560685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-87553319619928339312017-06-06T11:49:05.274-05:002017-06-06T11:49:05.274-05:00And we also want to challenge Dreher's model t...And we also want to challenge Dreher's model that monasticism is "flight from the world." While Fr. Benedict wanted his monks apart, he wanted them concerned with and praying for the world. It is one thing to work at keeping oneself "unspotted from the world;" and another entirely to keep oneself set apart from it, attempting (pretending?) some sort of consecration.Marshall Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02807749717320495495noreply@blogger.com