Close, but no cigar
J.M.J. + O.B.T. + M.G.R.*
I have to admit that I frequently Google Search the keywords:
Eucharist E=mc2
in the hope that some other person
would have made this primal connection
and brought an important Truth to light.
Today I found a site that initially came close.
Mr. Wallace conceives of this mass/Mass connection
as a pun, a play on words.
This is where he starts to go so very wrong.
_____________
“Sacred Energy / Mass of the Universe” comes from a prophetic, mystical orientation in which everything is seen to be one, inter-connected and intrinsically sacred. The title incorporates a pun in which mass in the sense of substance is linked with the Mass in the sense of a Christian Eucharist. It also seeks to reflect Einstein’s famous equation E=mc2 in which he demonstrates that matter and energy are two forms of the same reality. While the Mass seeks to be true to its Christian origins, its fresh ways to explore the archetypal symbolism of a communal meal can be adapted for use within the context of other world religions or of non-institutional forms of spirituality.
_____________
God wrote E=mc2 into creation
and it reflects back to Him
most clearly to those with eyes to see.
Mr. Wallace seems to expound
a New Age/Process Theology
that uses Christianity
to further his agenda.
He ignores the revealed truth
of the Triune God and His creation
and forces what remains through
a distorted prism of cosmic evolution.
He misses,in much the same way
as Fr. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, SJ
with his Mass on the World.
So the search continues...
Sincerely yours in Jesus through Mary,
Mike Rizzio
Imitate Mary
Become like Jesus
Live for the Triune God
Seek the Light of Our Lord Jesus Christ
See you on the High Ground!
* - J.M.J. + O.B.T. + M.G.R. stands for:
Jesus, Mary and Joseph;
O Beata Trinitas;
St. Michael, St. Gabriel and St. Raphael
I have to admit that I frequently Google Search the keywords:
Eucharist E=mc2
in the hope that some other person
would have made this primal connection
and brought an important Truth to light.
Today I found a site that initially came close.
Mr. Wallace conceives of this mass/Mass connection
as a pun, a play on words.
This is where he starts to go so very wrong.
_____________
From the Field: “Sacred Energy / Mass of the Universe,” by William
Livingstone Wallace (Bill)
“Sacred Energy / Mass of the Universe” comes from a prophetic, mystical orientation in which everything is seen to be one, inter-connected and intrinsically sacred. The title incorporates a pun in which mass in the sense of substance is linked with the Mass in the sense of a Christian Eucharist. It also seeks to reflect Einstein’s famous equation E=mc2 in which he demonstrates that matter and energy are two forms of the same reality. While the Mass seeks to be true to its Christian origins, its fresh ways to explore the archetypal symbolism of a communal meal can be adapted for use within the context of other world religions or of non-institutional forms of spirituality.
This liturgical work is shaped by the
conviction that dualism and anthropocentrism are enemies of ecology. In
religion the most predominant form of dualism (the dividing of reality into 2
separate entities) is the relegation of God (the supreme mystery) to some other
realm, such as a heaven, and the presentation of Earth as only minimally sacred
or at worst downright evil. In such an ideology human beings are called to
wage war on the world and the flesh, and in its extreme form there is the assertion
that we were conceived in sin!
The other major enemy of ecology is the assertion that human beings are the
centre and crown of creation. Science has enabled us to discard the
beliefs that Earth is the centre of the solar system and that our solar system
is the centre of our galaxy. Indeed it now appears that there is not even
a centre to the Cosmos. So human beings who seem to be intrinsically
filled with the desire to exalt themselves are beginning to be dethroned from
their belief that they are the crown of creation and the centre and soul of all
that lives. In its place we are beginning to accept that the Cosmos itself
is the crown of Creation.
This mass invites the human being to enter into dialogue with the Cosmos and be open to its wisdom in the same way that Jesus invited his followers to enter into dialogue with (consider, reflect on) the lilies of the field, the yeast, the mustard seed, etc. The Mass opens with the human being becoming aware that there is a Way to the sacred heart of the Mystery, a Way within and beyond the flesh and bone, stream and stone of the expanding Cosmos. In singing the song of mass and energy, Eucharistic Death and Resurrection, the golden doors to the Mystery open wide. Responding to the human being’s search for oneness with the Universe, it replies that to achieve this you must listen to the Cosmic story, for its story is your story. There follows an outline of the evolutionary process.
As a consequence of this, the affirmation of the sacredness of human beings precedes the process of acknowledging our weaknesses, our illusions and our destructiveness. Another result is that prayer is perceived as arising from the silence between the words and takes the form of a dialogue with the sacredness out there or with the sacredness within us or with both. This inner sacredness is often identified as the Inner Christ, the Buddha nature, our I AM, “that of God within us”, etc. The central fourfold action of the Mass (the Offering, the Thanksgiving, The Fraction and the Sharing) is linked to the imagery of the ‘Ocean of Letting Go, the Mountain of Thanksgiving, the River of Process and the Sharing of Earthed Blessing’.
This mass invites the human being to enter into dialogue with the Cosmos and be open to its wisdom in the same way that Jesus invited his followers to enter into dialogue with (consider, reflect on) the lilies of the field, the yeast, the mustard seed, etc. The Mass opens with the human being becoming aware that there is a Way to the sacred heart of the Mystery, a Way within and beyond the flesh and bone, stream and stone of the expanding Cosmos. In singing the song of mass and energy, Eucharistic Death and Resurrection, the golden doors to the Mystery open wide. Responding to the human being’s search for oneness with the Universe, it replies that to achieve this you must listen to the Cosmic story, for its story is your story. There follows an outline of the evolutionary process.
As a consequence of this, the affirmation of the sacredness of human beings precedes the process of acknowledging our weaknesses, our illusions and our destructiveness. Another result is that prayer is perceived as arising from the silence between the words and takes the form of a dialogue with the sacredness out there or with the sacredness within us or with both. This inner sacredness is often identified as the Inner Christ, the Buddha nature, our I AM, “that of God within us”, etc. The central fourfold action of the Mass (the Offering, the Thanksgiving, The Fraction and the Sharing) is linked to the imagery of the ‘Ocean of Letting Go, the Mountain of Thanksgiving, the River of Process and the Sharing of Earthed Blessing’.
The symbolism of a sacred meal is expanded to include the processes of the
Universe and in particular that of recycling in which new life comes out of
death with its accompanying breaking and flowing. Examples of this process are
the way soil comes from stone, seed from the breaking of the shell and creation
from destruction. The outpouring of wine replicates the smashing of atoms,
the exploding of stars and human flesh dissolving into the elements.
Finally, both the breaking and the outpouring are embodied in the way in which
the life of one organism is sacrificed in order to provide the food which
enables another to survive and flourish. Human beings, whether carnivores
or vegetarians, are no exception to this process. So in a sense, the whole
of the food chain is one vast Eucharist.
The Mass concludes with a doxology to the God of Process celebrating the
creative activity within us as well as throughout the whole of the Cosmos. This
is followed by the affirmation that Earth is a blessing and that we, as part of
Earth, are also part of that blessing and are called to share it.
Behind all of the Mass there lies the belief that the way forward in
spirituality does not lie in a rationalistic reduction of spiritual
realities. On the contrary, I believe that it is in the expansion of
religious symbols to embrace the whole of reality often falsely divided into
science versus religion. It is my conviction that inclusive mysticism
alone can provide a way beyond the suffocating attempts of human beings to
define the indefinable mystery (God), a mystery which is ultimately only
accessible through wonder, love and praise.
William Livingstone Wallace (Bill) from Christchurch, New Zealand, is an
internationally published writer of hymns and other worship
resources. Bill's Radio New Zealand interview on the theme of “The
Greening of Christian Worship” is available at: http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/spiritualoutlook. The
text and music for Bill's Mass will appear later this year on the Liturgy
Section of the website of The Center For Progressive Christianity (in the
USA). Bill can be contacted at pathways@slingshot.co.nz
and is happy to send copies of the text to anyone interested.
_____________
God wrote E=mc2 into creation
and it reflects back to Him
most clearly to those with eyes to see.
Mr. Wallace seems to expound
a New Age/Process Theology
that uses Christianity
to further his agenda.
He ignores the revealed truth
of the Triune God and His creation
and forces what remains through
a distorted prism of cosmic evolution.
He misses,in much the same way
as Fr. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, SJ
with his Mass on the World.
So the search continues...
Sincerely yours in Jesus through Mary,
Mike Rizzio
Imitate Mary
Become like Jesus
Live for the Triune God
Seek the Light of Our Lord Jesus Christ
See you on the High Ground!
* - J.M.J. + O.B.T. + M.G.R. stands for:
Jesus, Mary and Joseph;
O Beata Trinitas;
St. Michael, St. Gabriel and St. Raphael
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