Open Reflections

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Created in God’s image, we can be satisfied only when we find meaning in our lives, in the events and in the world that surrounds us.

In connection to the above, it is worth mentioning a figure of French literature, Léon Bloy.

Issued from an atheist and very strict father and a pious Catholic mother, Léon Bloy, 1846-1917, lived a tumultuous life.

A fanatic enemy of Catholicism, he undergoes a dramatic religious conversion at the age of 22.

Bloy’s works reflect a deepening devotion to the Catholic Church and most generally a tremendous craving for the Absolute.

He strives to interpret the symbolic significance of major historical upheavals and to translate the language of the Book of Life into one that can be understood by men; he circulates pamphlets which formulate a view of history as part of a Divine Plan; he depends on the forcefulness and beauty of his prose to win over readers, so as to propel them on the path to the Absolute.

In 1910 the literary world finally comes to recognize his greatness and acknowledge the impassioned sincerity and steadfastness of his convictions

Did you know…

The term absolute esp. since the 17th century denotes that which is independent and not conditioned or relative to anything (for its existence) and it is primarily a philosophical notion.

God is the Absolute Being, totally free and self-sufficient, perfect and pure.

The search for the Absolute is referring to man’s strife to find God.

The word absolute is derived from the Latin absolutus, from the verb absolvere (ab+solvere) with the meaning to be free from,.

This approach, which emphasizes God as the absolute being, the full reality with no want or need of any kind, makes  the event of the Incarnation of God in the person of Christ all the more wonderful and mysterious

In faith we can see the unfathomed love of God for us; not only He was made man, but willingly He offered his life for our sake so as to lead us to the Risen Life.

Christ is the absolute love of God for His world.

We, for our part, creatures limited and needy, turn to Him in absolute trust.

This is not a philosophical theory, but the living experience of the Church, proclaimed for the first time on the day of Pentecost by the Apostle Peter and never ceasing to be proclaimed to the ends of the world.

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