tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post115695139371345868..comments2024-03-25T11:09:41.538-04:00Comments on a minor friar blog: The Book MemeBrother Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-1157077006159329362006-08-31T22:16:00.000-04:002006-08-31T22:16:00.000-04:00'How to Survive Religious Formation' - I'd read it...'How to Survive Religious Formation' - I'd read it! I'd buy it! But I wouldn't be brave enough to write it, though there are certainly pitfalls, in my experience.<BR/><BR/>Fratre, you speak of 'unexpected and yet standard experiences of disappointment and being scandalized that await the new religious' - Yes! and getting into the nuts and bolts of parishes (I assume it is the same with monastic houses) is even more 'interesting' - that balance beam of being a little 'unworldly' community with very worldly concerns... like deferred maintenance of buildings, for instance. <BR/><BR/>In my work, I have discovered that it's very much like an episode of 'Father Ted', and in formation, well let's just say we don't cease being human because we become religious =). Yes, I know, we have been told this for aeons, but you have to have the experience before it soaks in.<BR/><BR/>Be that as it may, I'd choose a breviary on a desert island, I think - O the immense richness of it!Kelly Joyce Neffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09872434995820823431noreply@blogger.com