tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post3127126579611794986..comments2024-03-25T11:09:41.538-04:00Comments on a minor friar blog: Stability and PovertyBrother Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-67551087348503416992011-02-15T06:52:20.205-05:002011-02-15T06:52:20.205-05:00the walls ensure an intense poverty, both material...the walls ensure an intense poverty, both materially and spiritually...those walls remind us we are not orphans.<br /><br />the witness of the enclosed nuns aids the Church in so many beautiful ways.<br /><br />may the postulant give of herself totally to the Lord.<br /><br />this is a sign that God hears and answers our prayers.Paul A. Zalonskihttp://communio.stblogs.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-1849048528641360332011-02-14T22:09:29.564-05:002011-02-14T22:09:29.564-05:00of course i will offer prayers for the new Postula...of course i will offer prayers for the new Postulant to the Poor Clares. <br />i can relate personally to how you describe what it is like to live as a Poor Clare. first, because i try to live with only the necessary material things and, second, i had the honor of seeing a first Profession of a Poor Clare nun is Assisi. it was so beautiful and inspired me even more to try all the more harder to live simply and humbly. <br />and, yes, Fr. C, i think it's a "great privilege that here in the northern hemisphere that astronomy imitates revelation," as you mention in your post.<br />PAX!<br />~tara t~for narniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18338090370392971487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-75943310891443925012011-02-14T20:15:57.502-05:002011-02-14T20:15:57.502-05:00So good of you to post this. Please tell the sist...So good of you to post this. Please tell the sisters this would be a perfect time to reinstitute the newsletter and would make a perfect feature story and call for prayerful support. What a cause for celebration and gathering of God’s abundance. I am with them in prayer – hope to have the chance to visit some day.Suzannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-33524278716263029732011-02-14T10:59:17.417-05:002011-02-14T10:59:17.417-05:00I love the idea of stability within poverty. I ha...I love the idea of stability within poverty. I have often thought it a real attraction to religious life. As a married couple, my husband and I strive to live gospel poverty (I've read Happy are you Poor by Fr. Thomas Dubay several times) and it's challenging! Yet I find such peace in stripping away all the "stuff". <br />Thanks for this.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10030430757861849145noreply@blogger.com