Pascale Soleil: faithfulHereticmatters of the spiritWhat he said...- October 17, 2002 Sainteros has written a fabulous sentence, at the end of an inspiring entry: Those who treat self-knowledge as though it were self-indulgence not only walk in darkness, they spread their own darkness against the light. I wish I'd written that, but since I don't have the presence of mind for it, I'm very glad he did.http://radio.weblogs.com/0100595/categories/faithfulheretic/2002/10/17.html#a368 The Habit of Love- October 9, 2002 I don't usually quote another person's blog entry almost in entireity, but I wanted to share this note of Aquinas's with you: It's not words, and it's not events, and it's not retreats, though those are all good things. No, it's about the every day, boring habit of love. If you want to help others be free in love, you don't focus on events, you focus on the every day interior battle to develop a habit of love. Perhaps this is the problem with a spiritual or ecclesial life or ministry that...http://radio.weblogs.com/0100595/categories/faithfulheretic/2002/10/08.html#a352 At play in the fields of the Lord- October 6, 2002 This year, the theme of my parish's retreat is "Play." It couldn't be coming at a better time for me. Now all I have to do is figure out how I'm going to pay for it. Update: Ask and it shall be granted; knock and the door shall be opened. My wonderful church will be subsidizing me for this journey. I am very grateful.http://radio.weblogs.com/0100595/categories/faithfulheretic/2002/10/06.html#a346 The Wall- October 1, 2002 A friend described what sounded like an ideal job a sojourn in a crystal palace filled with brilliant minds who loved to exchange ideas. Academic credentials were not the coin of the realm, but rather the quality of thought and conversation. (Sign me up!) There was, however, one guy who didn't share this particular ethos. The walls of his office were covered with his credentials, citations, and awards. (In DC, some people do the same thing, but they are generally supplemented, or dominated,...http://radio.weblogs.com/0100595/categories/faithfulheretic/2002/09/30.html#a333 |