tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post8680927604945655353..comments2023-12-23T00:19:35.005-08:00Comments on ADAM'S ALE: THE ONE, THE TRUE, THE GOOD, AND THE BEAUTIFULFr. Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-86017530648205050922007-03-04T06:33:00.000-08:002007-03-04T06:33:00.000-08:00"Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever..."Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things."<BR/><BR/>Thanks Uncle Jim.Fr. Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-79812474326791825082007-03-03T16:56:00.000-08:002007-03-03T16:56:00.000-08:00I truly believe we are charged to seek after those...I truly believe we are charged to seek after those things - one of my favorite self-reminders comes from St Paul in Phil 4:8Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-90985172987858886692007-03-03T06:06:00.000-08:002007-03-03T06:06:00.000-08:00Thanks Rob,I think the more sensitive one becomes ...Thanks Rob,<BR/><BR/>I think the more sensitive one becomes about the power and beauty of sex married to the teaching of TOTB, that story just becomes more and more heart wrenching. There are a lot of powerful lessons that can be learned from it.Fr. Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-56938983807824687402007-03-02T14:40:00.000-08:002007-03-02T14:40:00.000-08:00Oh, and thanks for mentioning my story, Father. I...Oh, and thanks for mentioning my story, Father. I hope it doesn't offend anyone. I have a tendency to write about the morally compromised, without meaning to glorify but rather criticize certain lifestyles.Odysseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00028190531437571201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-16426799876768731182007-03-02T14:36:00.000-08:002007-03-02T14:36:00.000-08:00For a long time, when I was growing up and doing m...For a long time, when I was growing up and doing my wanna-be socialist act in college, I thought the Church should tear down those old cathedrals ("built by slaves," I muttered grimly. It's fun being grim when you're twenty) and replace them with modest places of gathering ("just like Jesus wanted," I would assert). <BR/><BR/>Then, I realized that people wanted to worship God, not simply give him a place to live. Poor people didn't want to go from their poor homes to an equally poor church, indistinguishable from any other building. They wanted to pool their resources and see some majesty.<BR/><BR/>Of course, this doesn't reflect poorly on those places where this kind of outpouring isn't possible or hasn't happened. I just think we should avoid the kind of thinking I did as a younger man, when I would purposely go to mass in tattered clothes (and, on one occasion, barefoot!), thinking that I was somehow in "truer communion" with the apostles, who were poor. <BR/><BR/>But the apostles weren't "playing poor" like I was. They were giving all they had to God. It just wasn't much in the way of material goods. So why is it wrong for a richer people, like ourselves, to give a great deal of money to the Church? Or to pay for grand cathedrals and great religious art?Odysseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00028190531437571201noreply@blogger.com