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- Logos: Journal of Catholic Thought & Culture
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Abstract
Joseph Schwartz The Theology of History in Quartets The theme of Four Quartets is easily identified. It is stated lucidly in lines 212--16 of "The Dry Salvage" These are only hints and guesses, Hints followed by guesses; and the rest Is prayer, observance, discipline, thought and action. The hint half-guessed, the gift half-understood, is Incarnation. ' It is the divine consequence of Mary's Fiat, the "barely prayable / Prayer of the one Annunciation." Everything to be known from the reading of the poem is contained in this link. The Incarnation has made it possible for mankind to enter the ever- lasting bliss of eternity for which it was created. Every hair on our head is numbered. Every moment of every hour of every day matter Because of the Incarnation every moment in time is, paraThis is a revised version of die inaugural Stephen A. Kostick Memorial Lecture sponsored by the Center for Catholic Studies at the University of S Thomas, S Paul, Minnesota 2:1 Winter 1999 doxically, timeles Everything done for good or ill endures forever somehow; it is a great mystery. A critical part of our com- mon exciting adventure is the ecstasy of the will. Choice
Journal
Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture – Logos: Journal of Catholic Thought & Culture
Published: Apr 4, 1999