tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post260189094271084587..comments2023-12-23T00:19:35.005-08:00Comments on ADAM'S ALE: WHAT DOES BOSTON TELL US ABOUT OURSELVES?Fr. Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-54918649708387122092013-04-18T10:25:32.541-07:002013-04-18T10:25:32.541-07:00unloading personal feelings and reactions on a pub...unloading personal feelings and reactions on a public site such as this is not the way to go<br /><br />rmkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-26002831036024942122013-04-17T10:30:29.476-07:002013-04-17T10:30:29.476-07:00I can't help but draw a connection with the Go...I can't help but draw a connection with the Gosnell trial which the media is trying desperately to ignore. We cry and rant and pray and stand only when we have to SEE the suffering, dismemberments, and blood of our fellow citizens. We cry out about the horror of Boston because it disturbs our sensibilities and makes us afraid for our own comfort and well-being. That is a negative view of humanity, I admit. But this same week, human children are having their legs and arms and heads torn off while they are still living. In our own communities. And we do not cry and mourn and rage and rally and lower flags.<br /><br />If people really do begin to look to God in these times of national crisis, is it because we seek comfort for the suffering... or because we our afraid for our own skins? This is a good time for that kind of introspection. <br /><br />You mention the empty gestures of a nation. Indeed. We cry "save us!" and what we mean is "save ME."<br /><br />Gosnell is ignored in the media but Boston bothers us and will dominate for months. A heck of a lot more people died brutal deaths under Gosnell and his cohorts than in Boston. The evil of each has the same source and both are profoundly disturbing. But where is our righteous anger and prayers to heaven when the bloody mess is hidden from view? <br /><br />Can you imagine this headline anywhere in america? "Twenty children died today when a man severed their spinal cords while they were alive and stuffed them into bags." <br /><br />If that reality doesn't move us, what in God's name will? Ah yes, Boston moves us. <br /><br />Pray for Boston. Pray for America. We are the ultimate hypocrites. If we mean it when we mourn and weep for those at the marathon, then we will live out that recognition of the sacredness of life ALL the time. Otherwise, we are just kings and queens of empty drama.Grieving for Bostonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-43788024951511518612013-04-17T09:22:30.823-07:002013-04-17T09:22:30.823-07:00When I had major surgery, a co-worker said that sh...When I had major surgery, a co-worker said that she would be thinking of me that day. She was very kind to show her concern in the only way she knew.<br /><br />But how do I take comfort that I am in her thoughts? Am I someone who needs the attention of other people in order to feel good? <br /><br />Someone's thoughts don't have the same power as someone's prayer for me when I am in trouble.<br />Patnoreply@blogger.com