tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post5917993286722992060..comments2024-03-25T11:09:41.538-04:00Comments on a minor friar blog: How to be a SinnerBrother Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-58958209719971916342010-06-14T07:14:43.389-04:002010-06-14T07:14:43.389-04:00Hi Brother Charles
I can't add any more to the...Hi Brother Charles<br />I can't add any more to the comments that have already been made. This is a truly inspiring post - save it and preach it the first opportunity that you get. It deserves to be heard so thanks for posting it. God bless you.breadgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13431765175096296910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-57585177749279509742010-06-14T04:11:32.155-04:002010-06-14T04:11:32.155-04:00Thanks for this wonderful and inspiring reflection...Thanks for this wonderful and inspiring reflection.Stålehttp://fellesskap.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-89273246089219585972010-06-13T23:18:24.671-04:002010-06-13T23:18:24.671-04:00excellent post, Fr. C! you bring up some very good...excellent post, Fr. C! you bring up some very good points. the sentence where you say: "when we love someone, we seek out time to be with that person" is so true. and, yes, this is exactly the way it is with God. the more we love and serve God and others, the happier and more free and "liberating," as you say, we will be. spending time in Adoration before the Lord Jesus is essential, i feel, because we can grow closer and closer to Him by praying in this way. from personal experience, i know that those who are worldly and don't really understand are the first ones who criticize the way we serve God and others. just this past week at one of the weekday Masses (it may have been on the feast of the Sacred Heart, i think, we heard from Jesus that: "My yoke is easy and my burden is light." all we have to do is "learn from Him," as He also instructs us to do. i've had a devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus since i was very young (about age seven) and i feel this devotion has helped me fall in love with God. it is true that "it is a simple thing to say, but a hard thing to really learn," as you also say in your post. i know that for myself, it is not always so easy - sometimes i'll pass on an opportunity to love and serve others and give in to fatigue or i'll sometimes grow impatient with someone. but, we're all sinners and we have to keep trying and keep a positive and cheerful attitude because the love of God that we experience in the Sacrament of Reconciliation is very freeing and liberating and something to rejoice about. PAX! ~tara t~for narniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18338090370392971487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-25991000400974881412010-06-13T23:18:24.672-04:002010-06-13T23:18:24.672-04:00Rockin' "almost homily!" I say take...Rockin' "almost homily!" I say take each paragraph and slip them into the next couple of homilies you give. No explanations.FrankCaiatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07047839016197101324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-48321161687716732672010-06-13T19:41:30.243-04:002010-06-13T19:41:30.243-04:00Had the great pleasure of hearing our dear friend ...Had the great pleasure of hearing our dear friend Fr. Peter Schneible preach on this Gospel this morning and discuss the tradition of prominently featuring the penitent Mary Magdalene in Franciscan traditions and the need of all of us to be penitent.-Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08645511870264250791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-72821375384060212132010-06-13T19:29:41.986-04:002010-06-13T19:29:41.986-04:00Thank you Brother Charles. I can't tell you ho...Thank you Brother Charles. I can't tell you how many times what you blogged about is what I need to hear when I needed to hear it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10459203501067711865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-70463690557014998032010-06-13T14:41:52.294-04:002010-06-13T14:41:52.294-04:00"Love is always liberating because it pushes ..."Love is always liberating because it pushes us into falling out of ourselves and into another. Because He is eternal, infinite, and a superabundant Love, falling in love with God is the most liberating thing of all."<br /><br />Wow!! I particularly like these words. They are so graphic and real! I never imagined the love of God as "liberating" before!!! Thank you for calling my attention to this! CathyA Bit of the Blarneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18418671116015181693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-84805551082505374732010-06-13T12:48:17.726-04:002010-06-13T12:48:17.726-04:00That would have been a superb homily if you had ha...That would have been a superb homily if you had had the opportunity to preach it. <br /><br />Von Balthasar says something similar in his book on Therese of Lisieux - according to von B, after a while she just gave up on the self-asbsorbed quest to be virtuous and threw herself heart and soul into falling in love with God.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06358902257202587076noreply@blogger.com