tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post9181091763969965306..comments2023-10-31T11:50:09.773+00:00Comments on Mulier Fortis: Briefly...Mulier Fortishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01186202810919174492noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-51563852820506272452009-10-17T15:58:56.915+01:002009-10-17T15:58:56.915+01:00There is something quite profound about relics. (u...There is something quite profound about relics. (understatement). This past summer our youth group visited the Mother Cabrini Shrine outside of Denver, Colorado. Saint Francis Xavier Cabrini was the first American saint. We saw the rocks arranged by her in the shape of a heart. Actual second class relics after her canonization. It is a deep spiritual moment to walk in the literal footsteps of a Saint.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07865614471400711543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-89953102488616223422009-10-16T15:02:53.733+01:002009-10-16T15:02:53.733+01:00The youth liturgy was pretty impressive and was ce...The youth liturgy was pretty impressive and was certainly tasteful and solemn, truly befitting the occasion. Events like this have a habit of bringing friends together and in many ways, for myself at least, we realise how much love we do have in our lives. <br /><br />My friend said there was a lady there who was very upset. She had an empty pushchair. Sadly her child died earlier in the week and she hasn't been able to let go. I hope St. Therese in someway brings that lady the peace she needs.Fr Joseph OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05509188380610230333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-85559487783420434742009-10-16T11:00:44.368+01:002009-10-16T11:00:44.368+01:00We have a lot to learn from St Therese:
"Jes...We have a lot to learn from St Therese:<br /><br />"Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be - and becoming that person."<br /><br />“You know well enough that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, but at the love at which we do them”Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06121562422631804938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-12055324059057402252009-10-16T06:56:32.805+01:002009-10-16T06:56:32.805+01:00I think that we have to remember that the BBC is t...I think that we have to remember that the BBC is tied into the sensibilities of the Reformation and RELICS (YIKES) are really very frightening to these people because of the way the Reformation is taught in schools. Cf the conversation I had with a History Teacher last week.<br /><br />Phoning up does make a difference to the News, but from my experience only for a short while before they revert to type.<br /><br />My blog is getting lots of hits from people googling Westminster and St T of L, so maybe people are looking for alternative accounts.leutgebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15566408268292424147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-55152531187546457832009-10-16T04:35:21.519+01:002009-10-16T04:35:21.519+01:00The Beeb has an anti-Catholic bias? No way.
Excel...The Beeb has an anti-Catholic bias? No way.<br /><br />Excellent commentary on why we papists flock to the sites of relics - no complex theology or philosophy, but rather "because we, as humans, NEED to."Michael Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07379602367665626423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-46802541922379100102009-10-16T02:39:08.276+01:002009-10-16T02:39:08.276+01:00Give her autobio a try again.
And concentrate on ...Give her autobio a try again.<br /><br />And concentrate on that business of trusting in God -- because that's exactly the core of her autobio. "Become as a little child."<br /><br />That doesn't mean "be ignorant" -- but just trust in the Lord.<br /><br />She "confounds" precisely because she is so "simple."gemoftheoceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05521207668262592414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-89669232487579104622009-10-16T01:02:59.296+01:002009-10-16T01:02:59.296+01:00Thanks for the referrence Mac. As for myself, I we...Thanks for the referrence Mac. As for myself, I went to Westminster expecting nothing much. I have reverenced Relics before, in Germany and elsewhere, but I guess I was just taken off-guard and got caught up in the whole fervour of it all - it really was quite extraordinary.Patrick Sheridanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995907911415177074noreply@blogger.com