tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post7828347732953956214..comments2023-12-23T00:19:35.005-08:00Comments on ADAM'S ALE: GOOD NEWS IS NOT NEWSFr. Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-73801104512530026392008-03-07T16:50:00.000-08:002008-03-07T16:50:00.000-08:00Father V,I just had to share this.http://www.youtu...Father V,<BR/><BR/>I just had to share this.<BR/><BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGDndcxH-O4&feature=related<BR/><BR/>I'm not saying I would want this priest to be my pastor. But he'd be fun as an associate pastor. Everybody needs at least one influence in life like this.Odysseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00028190531437571201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-56212708238829425222008-03-07T12:26:00.000-08:002008-03-07T12:26:00.000-08:00For me, it is Catholic blogs like yours, Father, a...For me, it is Catholic blogs like yours, Father, and other sites featuring Catholic writers that have increased my faith. I thank God for it. When you mention the people here who pray or have even heard of the Liturgy of the Hours, I have to admit that I *did not* know of it until just a few months ago. I am reading a young woman's blog, a convert from atheism and she mentioned it and linked to where it could be bought. People, family in my every day life are used to me saying "oh, I read that at so and so's blog or on Catholic Exchange" I try to get others to read what I'm reading and see that truth of our faith can be found in the lives of those on the internet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-3790332222143084562008-03-07T09:27:00.000-08:002008-03-07T09:27:00.000-08:00Wonderful post! As a life-long Catholic, Catholici...Wonderful post! As a life-long Catholic, Catholicism is in my bones. I would feel truly lost without my connection to the Catholic Church.<BR/><BR/>Even in the face of scandal, even when there are things in the Church that I do agree with (and what family does NOT have disagreements), I could no more stop being Catholic than I could stop breathing.Timothy H. Warnekahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15463392736236453871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-9557359058036370362008-03-07T06:23:00.000-08:002008-03-07T06:23:00.000-08:00-Either they or they heard from about somebody who...-Either they or they heard from about somebody who had a bad experience with a priest, or did not receive a service they wanted, or acted out of the boundaries of the Church and then claim victim status when there were repercussions.-<BR/><BR/>A Spaniard was angry with the Church and never went to mass. He was asked why he didn't become a Protestant. He replied:<BR/><BR/>"If I don't believe in the true Church, how could I go to a false one?"Odysseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00028190531437571201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-43522420625753775992008-03-07T05:43:00.000-08:002008-03-07T05:43:00.000-08:00Another great post, Fr. V., dead on! And I think ...Another great post, Fr. V., dead on! And I think we're trying. <BR/><BR/>When I started blogging, part of what I was doing was venting my frustrations and in doing so, was focusing on the "negatives". <BR/><BR/>But over time, the negatives bored me. Because my own experiences in my return to the Church were incredible and wonderful. And as my outlook changed and I realized my frustrations were really just...static...my writing changed, my focus changed, and now I do try to look at the good things and share the good things. <BR/><BR/>There's a lot of that going around. My guess is that most of us here are drawn to that in the blogs we read (like yours), because it feeds our own enthusiasm. Yeah, there are still bad things that happen, and we know it, but it's not so important when we consider the entire picture. <BR/><BR/>A bright lamp with a few blemishes on it is still a bright lamp.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com