Basilica of Saint Mary Major

 Today's reading is here:  Basilica of Mary Major.  

The main focus besides The New Movements by Ian Ker was:

Newman and Kierkegaard, which I started reading this morning.    Last week I finished Newman's Letter to the Duke of Norfolk. 

  I also started browsing through the Father William Most Library, which is extensive and has a lot of Biblical information related to the Moral Theology:  Biblical Foundations course I just finished reading through. 

Before that, I read through Elements of Moral Theology by Romano Cessario.   The plan is to survey them and then go back in more depth, reading the assignments and possibly listening to the videos.   I may have finished almost all the ones that have study notes.    

I am not sure what is the best way to note what I'm reading beyond this kind of list.   I am aware that many Catholic scholars --theologians and philosophers -- do a lot of writing, and this is true of many monastics as well.  They write out their commentaries on Scripture -- a written lectio divina, I suppose it is -- and write on topics as well.   Their writing is the fruit of their study and reflection.   

On this blog, I will probably be developing a schema as I go.    I suppose it is not entirely unlike the plans and practice I used to develop for homeschooling, except that it is for my own learning rather than for teaching the kids.  

Paddy and I also covered a lot of literary ground while on the phone.   We were talking about different types of fantasy.  Quite interesting.    He wants to call back and talk more about it.    I miss this aspect of homeschooling, but perhaps I can recover some parts of it by getting back my habits of reading and thinking and writing.   I sense that I will never be the kind of person that can just write theology, it will always be a more literary and personalistic focus.   

In regard to that, I reread Pope Francis's thoughts on literature and formation.  

I wrote several blog posts on EE over the past few days.

A Hasty Word -- on Thomism

All Suitable Means -- on St Ignatius

Caritas and Prophetic Language -- more on discourse

So, a lot of writing recently.   And reading.