tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416649589454162340.post5926059770755515978..comments2023-05-19T07:04:10.983-05:00Comments on Inadequate Disciple: Most Essential: Christ's Commandments to LoveCWriteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06654242399318374459noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416649589454162340.post-43098663651694218502011-05-22T09:20:18.419-05:002011-05-22T09:20:18.419-05:00Leila, I exceeded the comment limit again. I am g...Leila, I exceeded the comment limit again. I am going to make response to your question a post then as it will take me another 45 minutes to figure out where to parse or edit, etc.CWriteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06654242399318374459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416649589454162340.post-64256439463757894342011-05-21T15:51:02.106-05:002011-05-21T15:51:02.106-05:00Leila, this is going to take me 2 hours to answer....Leila, this is going to take me 2 hours to answer. It is a great question I want to answer, but probably won't be able to until after my kids are in bed tonight. Thanks for serving it up. :)CWriteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06654242399318374459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416649589454162340.post-9646854324815843972011-05-21T14:08:19.055-05:002011-05-21T14:08:19.055-05:00Colleen, ha ha, why yes I do like that quote! :)
...Colleen, ha ha, why yes I do like that quote! :)<br /><br />One more thought, just because I'm intrigued by what you said here:<br /><br />"Hard to imagine compassion being misplaced."<br /><br />I actually see miguided compassion every day. Isn't the whole abortion rights movement about misplaced compassion? "We don't want the woman to suffer, we don't want the unwanted child to suffer", etc. Same with gay marriage, same with fornication, same with so many other things we don't speak on because we have "compassion" and want people to be "happy". <br /><br />Do you really feel that misguided compassion is almost non-existent? Or, is it perhaps so prevalent that we barely notice it anymore?<br /><br />(By the way, I agree, we are full sisters in Christ!)<br /><br />Thanks!Leila@LittleCatholicBubblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09357573787143230160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416649589454162340.post-61043003985719744562011-05-21T11:07:07.123-05:002011-05-21T11:07:07.123-05:00Leila, I bet you like this quote from Fulton Sheen...Leila, I bet you like this quote from Fulton Sheen, right?<br />"If you want people to stay as they are, tell them what they want to hear. If you want to improve them, tell them what they should know."<br /><br />Thank you for telling me and others what we should know about the truth.CWriteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06654242399318374459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416649589454162340.post-81075184656709726532011-05-21T10:41:25.557-05:002011-05-21T10:41:25.557-05:00This is very beautiful! Thank you!
I hope that y...This is very beautiful! Thank you!<br /><br /> I hope that you will also consider the bedrock moral principle of Christianity, that love without Truth is not really love at all. We can never, ever divorce Truth from Love. They are intimately connected (God is both Love and Truth, without any defect or contradiction).<br /><br />Here is good evidence of that:<br /><br />http://thinklings.org/posts/love-without-truth-isnt-love-at-all<br /><br />True love corrects error. True love protects the faithful. True love obeys God in <i>all</i> things. True loves cares for the soul, and the eternal destiny of the other, more than it cares for the body.<br /><br />We must always speak and live the <i>truth</i> in love. The Church speaks many truths which fallen humanity cannot (or does not want to) understand. We are humble, we submit. We keep love wedded to truth no matter the cost to us.<br /><br />I love this quote from St. John of the Cross, echoed by many other saints:<br /><br />"Should I misunderstand or be mistaken on some point, whether I deduce it from Scripture or not, I will not be intending to deviate from the true meaning of Sacred Scripture or from the doctrine of our Holy Mother the Catholic Church. Should there be some mistake, I submit entirely to the Church, or even to anyone who judges more competently about the matter than I."<br /><br />It can be so hard to have the courage to speak the Truth, even when we don't clearly see it, or when it requires that we cause earthly pain to someone we love when we gently correct them (as the spiritual works of mercy require of us in grave matters). It is not easy to live the Christian life, and sometimes, very painful things are required of us in the service of Love and Truth. Just a glance at the Crucifix tells us that….<br /><br />Blessings!Leila@LittleCatholicBubblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09357573787143230160noreply@blogger.com