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St. Aelred actually came up in a conversation last night with the New Scot, which was a discussion of same-sex attraction. I have one of his books on friendship, and I expect that it will not differ too much from what St. Francis de Sales says (or Aristotle, for that matter, at least with respect to virtue, even though the religious aspect of sharing God as a common good is absent in the Nicomachean Ethics--but St. Francis surely makes up for the lacunae in Aristotle's account).
*edit* Al Trovato at Rorate Caeli reacts strongly to Charlotte Allen's entry. He also refers to a review by good ol' Fr. Buckley, F.S.S.P. of Aelred of Rievaulx: Pursuing Perfect Happiness.
btw, for the Lady Downstairs--The New Scot returned to Boston on Thursday, he had spent a week up in Ontario, and on his way back he dropped by New Hampshire, where his parents were camping. He has some other news too, but I'll let him do the talking. We met up with his friend the Ethiopian Copt; Fujian Gal also returned from her training session in New Jersey last night, so we all headed to Victoria's for dinner. Fish filet with vegetables, spicy salt pork, yang chow fried rice, seafood dried fried udon, plus West Lake beef soup. The Philosopher was originally going to go with us, but his friend Pablo had already made arrangements with him for the rest of the evening, so when he called to meet up earlier than expected, the Philosopher left to see him. Ah well. Hope you are having a pleasant weekend with your nephew.
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PB, thanks for the report. Dear me, cannot image you and New Scot discussing same-sex attraction. Oh to be a fly on the slightly greasy kitchen wall... Mmmmm, Victoria's!
I gave my nephew two books for his birthday and his other aunt gave him a toy lawnmower, which he tried out immediately, mowing both the carpet and the kitchen floor.
The Lonergan conference was a success. About 40 people came, 7 from Boston. But I haven't got married yet--what's with that?
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