Fr. Harrison Ayre
@frharrison.bsky.social
Pastor of St Peter's in Nanaimo, BC. Doctoral Candidate at St Mary’s, Twickenham. Amazon Wishlist for Doctoral Studies in the link. Co-host of Clerically Speaking
Chernobyl is a perfect miniseries
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Chernobyl is a perfect miniseries
browing Maritain’s “Integral humanism” and happened upon a whole section on the Social Philosophy of Alois Dempf.
God is good :)
God is good :)
November 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
browing Maritain’s “Integral humanism” and happened upon a whole section on the Social Philosophy of Alois Dempf.
God is good :)
God is good :)
ive been sitting on image #1 the last 2.5 months. splurged and got image #2.
November 18, 2025 at 3:27 AM
ive been sitting on image #1 the last 2.5 months. splurged and got image #2.
the last class of Intro to Theology is in a few weeks. Promised them we would do 'contemporary theological questions'. Almost unanimously they wanted me to talk about AI. Should be fun.
But also pulling 'teachers prerogative' and giving them a 30 minute lecture on my doctoral research :)
But also pulling 'teachers prerogative' and giving them a 30 minute lecture on my doctoral research :)
November 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
the last class of Intro to Theology is in a few weeks. Promised them we would do 'contemporary theological questions'. Almost unanimously they wanted me to talk about AI. Should be fun.
But also pulling 'teachers prerogative' and giving them a 30 minute lecture on my doctoral research :)
But also pulling 'teachers prerogative' and giving them a 30 minute lecture on my doctoral research :)
Using the phrase 'struggle bus' in my Intro to Theology (Moral theology unit) class today in honour of @catholickungfu.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Using the phrase 'struggle bus' in my Intro to Theology (Moral theology unit) class today in honour of @catholickungfu.bsky.social
holy crap just realized something kinda huge that is gonna really make chapter 1 that much more explosive. wooooo boy.
November 17, 2025 at 1:26 AM
holy crap just realized something kinda huge that is gonna really make chapter 1 that much more explosive. wooooo boy.
man Pope Leo’s statement on cinema is 🔥🔥🔥. especially this first line in this paragraph
November 16, 2025 at 8:04 PM
man Pope Leo’s statement on cinema is 🔥🔥🔥. especially this first line in this paragraph
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Gotta be on the struggle bus together or not at all. Eucharist says so. And makes it so.
the biggest sign to me of the “protestant spirit” in american catholicism is that it emphasizes doctrinal purity over historical continuity.
what makes catholics catholic is that we are united to a bishop. even if he is a sinner or theologically suspect: his office is the anchor
what makes catholics catholic is that we are united to a bishop. even if he is a sinner or theologically suspect: his office is the anchor
November 16, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Gotta be on the struggle bus together or not at all. Eucharist says so. And makes it so.
the biggest sign to me of the “protestant spirit” in american catholicism is that it emphasizes doctrinal purity over historical continuity.
what makes catholics catholic is that we are united to a bishop. even if he is a sinner or theologically suspect: his office is the anchor
what makes catholics catholic is that we are united to a bishop. even if he is a sinner or theologically suspect: his office is the anchor
November 16, 2025 at 1:33 AM
the biggest sign to me of the “protestant spirit” in american catholicism is that it emphasizes doctrinal purity over historical continuity.
what makes catholics catholic is that we are united to a bishop. even if he is a sinner or theologically suspect: his office is the anchor
what makes catholics catholic is that we are united to a bishop. even if he is a sinner or theologically suspect: his office is the anchor
about to send in 12k words to my advisors.
I cant wait till they tell me I have to cut this portion down by 5k words…*sigh*
I cant wait till they tell me I have to cut this portion down by 5k words…*sigh*
November 16, 2025 at 1:27 AM
about to send in 12k words to my advisors.
I cant wait till they tell me I have to cut this portion down by 5k words…*sigh*
I cant wait till they tell me I have to cut this portion down by 5k words…*sigh*
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@bpdflores.bsky.social suggested at the end of his Q and A that everyone say this prayer after your usual prayers each night and promised it would change you for the better
November 15, 2025 at 11:56 AM
@bpdflores.bsky.social suggested at the end of his Q and A that everyone say this prayer after your usual prayers each night and promised it would change you for the better
If semi-Pelagianism can exist.
So too can semi-Plagiarism
So too can semi-Plagiarism
November 14, 2025 at 6:58 PM
If semi-Pelagianism can exist.
So too can semi-Plagiarism
So too can semi-Plagiarism
Online translation tool translating "Analogienfolge"
Tool: cultivating of analogies
My brain goes: "Hey Cletus. We gotta go to the analogy farm and cultivate the analogies we got sproutin' there. Yee haw!"
"Analogy farm" may be stuck in my brain forever.
Tool: cultivating of analogies
My brain goes: "Hey Cletus. We gotta go to the analogy farm and cultivate the analogies we got sproutin' there. Yee haw!"
"Analogy farm" may be stuck in my brain forever.
November 14, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Online translation tool translating "Analogienfolge"
Tool: cultivating of analogies
My brain goes: "Hey Cletus. We gotta go to the analogy farm and cultivate the analogies we got sproutin' there. Yee haw!"
"Analogy farm" may be stuck in my brain forever.
Tool: cultivating of analogies
My brain goes: "Hey Cletus. We gotta go to the analogy farm and cultivate the analogies we got sproutin' there. Yee haw!"
"Analogy farm" may be stuck in my brain forever.
We think we have studied and understood Ratzinger.
We haven’t.
Because we haven’t studied the history and intellectual zeitgeist he is an active player in at all.
He is so much more interesting when you see the conversations he is a part of that no one highlights.
We haven’t.
Because we haven’t studied the history and intellectual zeitgeist he is an active player in at all.
He is so much more interesting when you see the conversations he is a part of that no one highlights.
November 14, 2025 at 12:33 AM
We think we have studied and understood Ratzinger.
We haven’t.
Because we haven’t studied the history and intellectual zeitgeist he is an active player in at all.
He is so much more interesting when you see the conversations he is a part of that no one highlights.
We haven’t.
Because we haven’t studied the history and intellectual zeitgeist he is an active player in at all.
He is so much more interesting when you see the conversations he is a part of that no one highlights.
I used my “Medieval ends my post-Reformation means” quip about Adenauer with my second supervisor today. he laughed and gave me a grin and said “oh I like that”. he saw the back hand to Deneen immediately. it felt great
November 13, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I used my “Medieval ends my post-Reformation means” quip about Adenauer with my second supervisor today. he laughed and gave me a grin and said “oh I like that”. he saw the back hand to Deneen immediately. it felt great
I may go blind.
ive been at my computer for 14 hours today.
but. BUT.
im almost done my Abendland section. ive pumped out 12 decent first draft pages IN A SINGLE DAY.
ive been at my computer for 14 hours today.
but. BUT.
im almost done my Abendland section. ive pumped out 12 decent first draft pages IN A SINGLE DAY.
November 13, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I may go blind.
ive been at my computer for 14 hours today.
but. BUT.
im almost done my Abendland section. ive pumped out 12 decent first draft pages IN A SINGLE DAY.
ive been at my computer for 14 hours today.
but. BUT.
im almost done my Abendland section. ive pumped out 12 decent first draft pages IN A SINGLE DAY.
Going to see Nuremberg tonight.
Don’t spoil the ending for me
Don’t spoil the ending for me
November 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Going to see Nuremberg tonight.
Don’t spoil the ending for me
Don’t spoil the ending for me
Having too much fun writing my Abenland Section intro...
"Adenauer attempts to achieve Medieval ends by post-Reformation means."
Bonus points if you get the reference.
"Adenauer attempts to achieve Medieval ends by post-Reformation means."
Bonus points if you get the reference.
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Having too much fun writing my Abenland Section intro...
"Adenauer attempts to achieve Medieval ends by post-Reformation means."
Bonus points if you get the reference.
"Adenauer attempts to achieve Medieval ends by post-Reformation means."
Bonus points if you get the reference.
Scholarship is fun. It is also depressing. Not because of the obstacles, but because you come across real hopeless and nihilistic visions of the Christian future that purposefully see the past as a futile thing to mine. There is only future. the past and present has no hope.
November 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Scholarship is fun. It is also depressing. Not because of the obstacles, but because you come across real hopeless and nihilistic visions of the Christian future that purposefully see the past as a futile thing to mine. There is only future. the past and present has no hope.
Just discovered Alois Dempf yesterday. Holy smokes. How has no one talked about him?!
(especially in Ratzinger scholarship! Ratzinger cites him at least 55 times in the Habilitationsschrift!!!!)
(especially in Ratzinger scholarship! Ratzinger cites him at least 55 times in the Habilitationsschrift!!!!)
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Just discovered Alois Dempf yesterday. Holy smokes. How has no one talked about him?!
(especially in Ratzinger scholarship! Ratzinger cites him at least 55 times in the Habilitationsschrift!!!!)
(especially in Ratzinger scholarship! Ratzinger cites him at least 55 times in the Habilitationsschrift!!!!)
I dont know if it is just me but it seems that I find these little insights and connecting threads that eventually become these full blown ideas because what was implicit because explicit through documented evidence. but always in a happenstance fashion. by accident almost
November 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I dont know if it is just me but it seems that I find these little insights and connecting threads that eventually become these full blown ideas because what was implicit because explicit through documented evidence. but always in a happenstance fashion. by accident almost
just had one of those amazing eureka moments where a decent chunk of a subsection created connections. but it wasnt quite there yet. then boom! something new happens that helps you see it all differently all at once and now youve found something that makes it 10x better!
November 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
just had one of those amazing eureka moments where a decent chunk of a subsection created connections. but it wasnt quite there yet. then boom! something new happens that helps you see it all differently all at once and now youve found something that makes it 10x better!
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Wife had this meme dated to 2019 unaccountably yet perceptively saved on her phone
November 8, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I think there is something “breaking” in tradition. not theologically, but experientially.
Augustine, Thomas, and Bonaventure all address the desire for beatitude: everyone wants happiness.
But I think this “want” seems to be eroding experientially. why? how? unsure
Augustine, Thomas, and Bonaventure all address the desire for beatitude: everyone wants happiness.
But I think this “want” seems to be eroding experientially. why? how? unsure
November 8, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I think there is something “breaking” in tradition. not theologically, but experientially.
Augustine, Thomas, and Bonaventure all address the desire for beatitude: everyone wants happiness.
But I think this “want” seems to be eroding experientially. why? how? unsure
Augustine, Thomas, and Bonaventure all address the desire for beatitude: everyone wants happiness.
But I think this “want” seems to be eroding experientially. why? how? unsure