Redeemer Ritual

The impossibility for a radical Marxist turn to take root in Catholicism is perhaps rooted in the idea of transubstantiation. Had Catholic liturgy embraced symbolism and metaphor (how the word makes ideas and beliefs manifest), it may have been possible to substantiate actual humans as agents of goodwill. Christmas is a portal onto the problem of the "word" of god. Perhaps God doesn't speak. If living God-like ideals and principles is so central to monotheistic faiths then perhaps each of us holds that holy. Well, that's what I was meditating on seated in the front pew of St. Agnes church; the church in which I myself was made. And then I purchased Zizek's The Fragile of the Absolute. Thank god for that. (December 25, 2017)