Read the Fathers

Thanks, Jon - this is great information!

Thanks Jon!

I just compiled the book.

Jon said:

 

Cover image: 

Peace, Jon!           *smile*

                  Your post just simply blows my mind out of existence!                  First, who is this guy that's pictured ...   Iconized?      One of the Church Fathers, I'm sure!

I'm an old guy, very happy, with a Blessed Life -- such a very happy camper indeed -- Good Wife - Good Family - Good Congregation - Lots of Bibles and other Resources with Logos Bible Software ..................                    However, although retired, I do not have the time to do the things I want to do, much less the things I should do, that I feel God wants me to                I do not have time!!!

           Now, Jon!  *smile*          You come along with a fantastic opportunity that's probably beyond my handling at this time.  I thank you!  I plan to compile an appropriate Logos resource, but will try to set it to "space out" a bit my reading of the Church Fathers.

                  So, I'll try once again to prioritise my life and my time, remembering that our Beloved God Who Created Time and put us into Time wants us "to redeem the time, because the days are evil."                     Maybe I should do a Bible Word Study on Time, eh?  Kairos??  Chronos??

The following prose poem is kept on my iPad2 to help me focus in again and again in devotion on Who I Am ...    AND     Whose I Am...  Hope you enjoy...    and ...    Thank you, Jon!  *smile*

Lord I Have Time

By Michel Quoist

I've been out, Lord,
Outside people were going out.
They were going,
They were coming,
They were walking,
They were rushing.

Motor bikes were rushing by,
Cars were rushing by,
Trucks were rushing by.
The street was rushing,
The city was rushing,
The whole world was rushing.

They were rushing so as not to lose time.
They were rushing after time to catch up with time,
to gain time.
Goodbye sir, excuse me, I haven't time.
I'll come back, I can't wait, I haven't time.

I'd like to help you, but I haven't time.
I can't accept, for lack of time.
I can't reflect, read, I'm snowed under, I haven't time.

The child - he's playing,
he hasn't time at the moment....later on...
The schoolboy - he's got his homework,
he hasn't time...later on...
The student - he's got his lectures, and such a lot of work,
he hasn't time...later on...
The young man - he's playing sport,
he hasn't time...later on...
The married man - he has his house to run,
he hasn't time...and later on...
The father - he has his children,
he hasn't time...and later on...
The grandparents - they have their grandchildren,
they haven't time...later on...
They're sick! They have their cares,
they haven't time...later...
They're dying, they have...
Too late! They haven't any more time!
That's how they're all rushing after time, Lord.

They pass by on earth, always rushing, hurrying,
jostling, weighed down, snowed under, nearly demented.
And they never get there, there's not enough time.
Despite all their efforts, there's never enough time.

Lord, you must have made a mistake somewhere.
There's been a tremendous oversight.
The hours are too short, the days are too short,
lives are too short.

You, who are outside of time,
You smile, Lord, to see us struggle with it.
And you know what You are doing.
You don't make mistakes when You allot time to men.
You give to each one the time to do what You want him to do.

But is it wrong to lose time, to waste time, to kill time,
For time is Your gift to us -
But a perishable gift, a gift that doesn't keep.
Lord, I have time
I have all my time,
All the time You gave me,
The years of my life,
The days of my years,
They are all mine. Mine to fill up calmly, peacefully,
But to fill up completely, right to the brim -
To offer to You, that of their stale water
You may make a generous wine, as once at Cana for a
human wedding feast.

I don't ask this evening Lord,
for time to do this or that.
I ask for the grace to do conscientiously,
in the time that You gave me,
the thing that You want me to do.

 

Thanks Jon!  That is helpful.  Just compiled the book.  Works great, and I intend to use it.  [Y]

Milford Charles Murray said:

However, although retired, I do not have the time to do the things I want to do, much less the things I should do, that I feel God wants me to                I do not have time!!!

Retired or not, most people wont have the time to read all of the Fathers. But it is a shame that most have not even tooken the time to read the most important Father...Augustine.

MJ. Smith said:

Glad to see you quoting French priests

MJ. Smith said:

the person in the image is John Chrysostom

Peace and Every Blessing, Martha!          Thanks for your forensic ID of John Chrysostom!    I saved that icon on my hard drive for future reference.  I know that you like to research just about everything.  Before I moved to my present location I was Pastor (Lutheran) near Newmarket, Ontario and was quite impressed with the Roman Catholic Parish of John Chrysostom that has about 90 active pages.  Used to drive by that Church (yes, I know the Church is People and the building is a building!) and appreciated the intense community spirit of the parish.  Soooooo ...         I include in my thanks to you this URL in the event you would like to take a peek.

            http://www.stjohnchrysostom.on.ca/index.html

       Am glad you are familiar with Michel Quoist, one of very favourite Christian authors!      *smile*        

                        He had a very difficult life and spent so many hours and days in prayer and meditation re. "The Meaning of Life"!      His comforting and only answer was Jesus Christ, our Beloved Lord and Saviour!

                                     I'd pay Vyrso.com a premium if somehow they could obtain the right to sell some of his books!         Right now I'm extremely interested in: 

Some of other titles of Quoist books (date of publication of the English translations from the French):

1954 Prayers Of Life
1965 The Christian Response
1971 Christ Is Alive
1972 I've Met Jesus Christ
1973 Meet Christ And Live

However, I only want these in electronic format, preferably compatible with Logos for my iPad..     If you're interested, here's a few more excerpts from this departed Brother in Christ ................http://pollypilgrim.wordpress.com/prayer-page/extract-from-prayers-of-life-by-michel-quoist-p90-91/

       

 

Milford Charles Murray said:

I know that you like to research just about everything.  Before I moved to my present location I was Pastor (Lutheran) near Newmarket, Ontario

Advent greetings to you Brother Milford.

Much of my pre-teen & early teen etc was spent in that same Aurora, Stouffville, Uxbridge area.

And more often than not, a real "white" snow Christmas "wonderland."

Blessings

Steve F

Hopefully Andrew will have some good ideas.  

I just tried to generate a basic reading plan of the Ante-Nicene Fathers vol 1 (protestant edition) and even with All Passages selected, it appears that the reading plan only goes until the Fragments of Papias, which is less that half way through the book.

Has anyone else tried this yet?

 

I also believe that only one Lectionary will show up on the ribbon/side-bar.  So unless this lectionary is the highest-prioritized lectionary it will not be displayed.

MJ. Smith said:

Eleanor Emmott said:

it appears that the reading plan only goes until the Fragments of Papias, which is less that half way through the book.

Has anyone else tried this yet?

This is a long-standing problem.

This has been a problem for several years. 

http://community.logos.com/forums/p/16438/394371.aspx#394371

Every few months I check to see if this problem is fixed, but not yet.[:(]

 

MJ. Smith said:

As a temporary solution, I've made the readings into a reading list http://topics.logos.com/Read_the_Fathers

It should appear as a recently updated reading list on the home page or open it via Tools | Reading Lists

MJ, I hope you don't mind: I took the liberty of creating another list that links to the Catholic Edition for those who have that (like me) and named it Read the Fathers (CE). I used the following excel file to create the reading list   3771.ECF reading plan.xlsx

Kenneth McGuire said:

Jon said:

Thanks Ken, that's very helpful; I had wondered if that were possible as some of the readings started in the middle of a page — how do you work out what the reference syntax is for an author or work?

A bit of trial and error, but http://wiki.logos.com/Finding_the_right_datatype_name_and_reference is a good guide for the basics.

SDG

Ken

 

That boggles my mind!             I will appreciate even more the labour that you and others do in sharing PB's!           Thank you!      This has been a good thread!  *smile*

Peace, Ken!       Thanks!                         Blessings for 2013!                              *smile*

Thank you, Ken!        *smile*                       Blessings to you!                 I DO remember you in prayer on a pretty regular basis!               You have a "sharing" heart, indeed and are tremendously helpful on these Logos Forums.................

                                                                                               Peace Always!

I have noticed and appreciate your:  "sanus perfecte        est in spe, in re ... peccator - M. Luther, 1515"

 

Thanks, Ken.

Michael March said:

I dragged a link to my favorites bar, which I guess most are doing, but it does not open on today's date.

I'm too lazy to try it out just now, but if I remember correctly, dragging from a tab to the shortcut bar will always open to that same date, while dragging from the Library will open to today's date. If that doesn't work, try dragging from Library to Favorites, and then from Favorites to the shortcut bar. 

I have extended the reading list a bit into 2014 already....  But whatever is done, PLEASE by reference link instead of resource links - that way both ECF sets would work, as would many other translations Logos out or in the pipeline. (eg. Fathers of the Church, Popular Patristics, etc.)

Jon,

I am posting here because I would like to get involved with the 7 year reading plan.  I do have Logs and was wondering if there is a way to set a reading plan so that it will remind me  and keep track of my progress in Logos 5.2.

Thanks,

Barry

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