tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post1715922900223942134..comments2024-03-25T11:09:41.538-04:00Comments on a minor friar blog: Laudato Si': My Ranty Examination of ConscienceBrother Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-38231657605497198922015-06-28T14:57:14.200-04:002015-06-28T14:57:14.200-04:00Thanks for the comments!Thanks for the comments!Brother Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-56833192158359591932015-06-28T14:57:13.415-04:002015-06-28T14:57:13.415-04:00Thanks for the comments!Thanks for the comments!Brother Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-55238079159354525272015-06-28T14:57:08.041-04:002015-06-28T14:57:08.041-04:00Thanks for the comments!Thanks for the comments!Brother Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-81938491719980828792015-06-28T14:56:02.607-04:002015-06-28T14:56:02.607-04:00Father, I agree with Cecily. There are many ways o...Father, I agree with Cecily. There are many ways of being poor. I gather that you feel that you are not truly living a life of poverty. Perhaps that, in itself is a way of being poor. Your obedience in living at the Curia, may not put you in direct touch with those who are poor. But you surely have a concern for them. And maybe the mission that is yours is a way of being poor. You did not choose this particular assignment. That is a form of poverty, not being able to make your own choice as to where you will serve in the community. If you are feeling that you are lacking in some virtue, that is poverty. Poverty is not just limited to having limited financial and material resources. There is an inner poverty, if you will. It is not visible to the naked eye. But it springs from some weakness, cultivated by the individual either wittingly or unwittingly; or a strength perhaps withheld by the Lord Himself for greater growth on the individual's part. The greater the struggle, perhaps the greater the appreciation for the grace when it is received. Dear Father, we are all poor in some way. Jesus called "Blessed" those who are poor of spirit. Hopefully that includes us. But we must remain always on the road to holiness and the Lord Himself will surely provide for us the form of poverty which will please Him most. Quoting St. Pio, "Pray, hope and don't worry."JudyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05243258111887405500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-56145879346471692982015-06-28T09:29:37.318-04:002015-06-28T09:29:37.318-04:00Who are the poor? --Is it always as obvious as we ...Who are the poor? --Is it always as obvious as we think? Some people have a great deal of the trappings of wealth but are very poor in terms of companionship, family ties, time, peace of mind, support, good health --things like that. Another thought is that people who are highly principled and are in positions of power can often work hard to bring about the changes in society needed to help the poor, even though they, themselves are not suffering deprivation. If they are truly poor in spirit they will use their power to help those who are powerless. There are many sides to this issue -- Cecily. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com