tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9006261168236539559.post2826444269355967302..comments2024-02-05T08:23:13.808-05:00Comments on The Philosopher's Wife: The Circle of My LifeRachel @ The Philosophers Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03791960895210808388noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9006261168236539559.post-5366352856718853752012-05-17T00:31:45.742-04:002012-05-17T00:31:45.742-04:00I've only just now seen this, and while I have...I've only just now seen this, and while I have no recollection of writing the first comment, there is only one Black Fox, so it must've been me.<br /><br />Pope Gregory the XIII, as you may know, established the Gregorian Calendar, which is how the year is defined and tracked almost universally around the world, but certainly in Catholic, and later, Christian countries.<br /><br />That is the Catholic way of calculating a year. <br /><br />The thing which you refer to is the Liturgical year, and it would be more accurate to say a "Catholic year" in that spiritual sense actually starts on Christmas (indeed, some Catholic countries in medieval times adopted this as their start of the "new year", but not advent). Advent is but a preparation, and considering in many places fall leaves are still about, November is hardly a time that lacks brightness! <br /><br />Rather the year *does* actually transition in our calendar at a time that corresponds to the natural cyclical, seasonal changes of the Earth's journey around the sun, in the "dead" of winter, when God's creation does indeed lack that brightness to which you allude, and which, so happens, was a natural cycle created by... God. And hopefully, He is Catholic. Or we are in alot of trouble.<br /><br />You're welcome.The Black Foxhttp://zeeblackfox.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9006261168236539559.post-47661934707204341092011-08-20T20:29:47.787-04:002011-08-20T20:29:47.787-04:00My Dear Disgruntled Reader: I believe the most &qu...My Dear Disgruntled Reader: I believe the most "Catholic" view of when the new year begins would correspond with the Liturgical Calendar--which would be in November, a time when God's creation lacks a certain brightness. <br /><br />;-)Rachel @ The Philosophers Wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03791960895210808388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9006261168236539559.post-62160064956776597382011-08-01T17:35:39.759-04:002011-08-01T17:35:39.759-04:00How unnatural and unCatholic! Spring is when the ...How unnatural and unCatholic! Spring is when the new year begins, when all things in God's creation are renewed. <br /><br />You disgust me.<br /><br />Just kidding. I do not care at all.Texas Teddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11294067094537231657noreply@blogger.com