Glorious St. Joseph, model of all who are devoted to labor, obtain for me the grace to work in the spirit of penance in expiation of my many sins; to work conscientiously by placing love of duty above my inclinations; to gratefully and joyously deem it an honor to employ and to develop by labor the gifts I have received from God, to work methodically, peacefully, and in moderation and patience, without ever shrinking from it through weariness or difficulty to work; above all, with purity of intention and unselfishness, having unceasingly before my eyes death and the account I have to render of time lost, talents unused, good not done, and vain complacency in success, so baneful to the work of God. All for Jesus, all for Mary, all to imitate thee, O patriarch St. Joseph! This shall be my motto for life and eternity. - Prayer of Pius X

Thursday, June 25, 2009

NY Times Blog Challenges the Market!

The New York Times has posted a video blog entry in the Opinion section by author Douglas Rushkoff that discusses some differences between Medieval monetary systems and our own. Click here.

The blog entry is basically a plug for his new book Life, Inc. (June, 2009) which also looks very interesting as it seems to cover a lot of the same ground as some of our favorite people (Bell, Franks, Long, Milbank, and of course the sources: Aquinas and Jesus). I think it is telling that the book gets a poor review from Publishers Weekly (displayed on the Amazon.com page) that includes the line:

"His unsupported and flawed assumption that societal interdependence is a natural or even preferable state for all people, everywhere, his disdain for filthy lucre and joyless recasting of independence as selfishness will leave readers weary long before the end." [my italics]

Need I say more about its overlap with St. Thomas?

We should probably read this book, as it is probably going to have a far wider readership that St. Thomas.

Posted by JR at 11:17 AM

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)