June 8, 2011
From My Confessor: Feeding The Animal
"As spiritual as we might become, we are still also animals. And the animal man has needs--food, water, shelter, and rest for sure--but also things like beauty, play, pleasure, friendship. Of course these needs have to be attended to within the limits of divine law, reason, and our state in life if we want to be happy. But they must be attended to nonetheless; sometimes subtle temptations can get us to ignore them. We do so at our peril. If we don't feed the animal, soon we will find that the animal feeds on us."
3 comments:
Faithful, or even just thoughtful criticisms are always welcome. Uninformed rudeness to other posters or to the Lord and His Church is not.
I also reserve the right to reject comments promoting things like private revelations and fringe points of view, if it seems to me like they are being presented in a misleading way.
If you raise a disagreement with something I say but I do not respond, please do not feel slighted or insulted, or imagine that this automatically means I disagree or agree with you. It's just that I don't find the comment box to be a constructive medium for certain forms of debate.
I suppose since you didn't write this, it's safe for me to say how much I liked it without being mistaken for a manipulative flatterer. Of course, if you want to leave me all your wordly goods during "Make a Will Month" because I shared this on Facebook, who am I to refuse? ;-)
ReplyDeletePeace of Christ be with you.
And also with you. Thanks for the encouragement!
ReplyDeleteMight have been titled "Ode to Brother Ass."
ReplyDeleteBlessed Francis had a way of putting things in perspective.