Between Faith and Science; Sacraments and Reason.

The rejection by Christians, of the Sacraments, is what has resulted into what I call The Age of Matter. Science has made much progress at the expense of faith. Faith, on the other hand, has lost so much because of an abject rejection of the Sacraments; it's a question of simple law of energy conservation.

To save the world, faith can reclaim her lost energy from science through reason, which would be the battle ground , faith must employ reason to engage science in order to take back what belongs to her in all truth, and the weapons of  engagement between both parties would be M(m)atters. Matter of the Sacraments, from faith perspective and the matter of things, from Science perspective; 

If there would be any hope left at all for the world, While the battle rages between faith and science within Reason, the matter of science would have to pave way for the Matter of faith in the sacraments, only if people of faith universally embrace the efficacy of these Sacraments.

*On the Eucharist: Thoughts from the Pew (21)* *Conclusion…*

The write-up was conceived as an unhurried witness of a raw personal Eucharistic experience, a work which is a witness of the contemporaneousness of the Eucharist, and it is never exhaustive.

The Eucharist, far from being an archaic medieval ritual, is the actual reason and meaning behind our modern life and all the columns of thoughts that surround our present civilisation: in Politics, Economics, Arts and Science especially.

Human testimony is great and the scripture is marvellous, but when, constantly, regularly, faithfully and trustfully,we begin to eat, trust and live the Word of God made flesh, we arrive at a freedom far deeper than that which any intense trial or penance can acquire for us.

‘Surely, the Lord has been here and we did not know’ (Gen 28: 16). It is said that when scientists get to the summit of the mountain of knowledge, they would find Theologians already waiting there for them. This point of arrival - no doubt - would be about the very discovery of the reality and supreme potency of the Eucharist. Science will never find its ultimate purpose until it embraces faith in the Eucharist.

Faith also needs some humility to welcome the prodigality of Science, which then becomes a great utilitarian parable for healing, clarifying, explaining and authenticating the many perceived brittleness surrounding the mysteries of our faith.

On a personal note, I consider it as not a coincidence, but a merciful act of God’s design that this work is ending on a Sunday which is the glorious Feast of Transfiguration. 

Transfiguration explains all that I hope to discuss about my experience of the Eucharist as a perpetual sign of an existential continuum.

My best verse in the entire Holy Scripture arguably is about Jesus’ response to Martha regarding the Resurrection in Jn 11:25-26, and especially about verse 26:

25.Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me will live, even though he dies. 26.And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?” …

This verse (26) informs my personal slogan: “Passionate about living”. My testimony is that of an experience of life as a continuum, a passage from life unto life. There is no death, what we call death is Ascension, just as our present life is about the Resurrection of Easter, since our death actually happened at our Baptism (Gal 2:20; Col 3:3).

The good thing about writing is that one becomes the first student of one's write-up. Far from being filled with any exquisite grace, I only get informed daily about my shortcomings to the lofty ideals contained in the write-up, and that is a plus.

Finally, an apology to the Academicians and Theologians who would consider this work ill-suited for their pursuit, it was not written with any critical audience in mind, so if there is any error along the lines, I plead naively guilty, for it is only a writing borne of a raw testimony of an experiential discovery, without any academical justification or professorial backing, save some little references from the Holy Scripture.

Here ends for a while my thoughts from the Pew. I rise.

6th of August 2017

Feast of the Transfiguration