tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post3679138583426344236..comments2023-12-23T00:19:35.005-08:00Comments on ADAM'S ALE: COLD CASE FILESFr. Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-41728039713511107282008-10-30T21:04:00.000-07:002008-10-30T21:04:00.000-07:00I am a Jesuit Crusader, one by definition embarks ...I am a Jesuit Crusader, one by definition embarks upon travel, discovery, and science to maintain a philosophical and modern interpretation of the scripture. If the world is changing in modern times than it must have been changing in older times. Human language changes.<BR/><BR/>In Christian terms, Jesus was my first linguist, my fist scientist, my first philosopher, my first poet.<BR/><BR/>But as a Crusader, I know that it my duty to explore:<BR/><BR/>There were the Greeks.<BR/><BR/>There were the Jews.<BR/><BR/>There were the Egyptians.<BR/><BR/>There were the many cultures before me.<BR/><BR/>I am nothing more than the culmination of intellectual thoughts before, with a few ideas of my own - A rebel as Jesus was!!!<BR/><BR/>Jesus rocked.<BR/><BR/>He was a poet.<BR/><BR/>He told stories.<BR/><BR/>And his friends wrote great stories about his stories and believed in him.<BR/><BR/>I just love Jesus. He was a crusader.<BR/><BR/>My profession as a Crusader, I study evolution. As an intellectual, I believe that God would have never created a static world. He or her or something chemical created a fantastic world based upon something wild;<BR/><BR/> Little did God know that he or she created an impossible system that would tear ideas and systems of manners into such chaos. <BR/><BR/>If there, I have a family, he and she is either laughing or scratching his or her head in great discombobuluation.<BR/><BR/>As a Jesuit, I love science, I embraced evolution, I love the idea that God was also the same.<BR/><BR/>Earth was not an embyro. It was a fantasic system in the works that he chose to keep.<BR/><BR/>Your Christian Crusader,<BR/><BR/>DKdan korganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10594213978854979709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-82850313290754542532008-10-28T06:17:00.000-07:002008-10-28T06:17:00.000-07:00Wonderful post, Father! :)3.5 years ago, when I f...Wonderful post, Father! :)<BR/><BR/>3.5 years ago, when I first decided to return to the Church, I was waiting in my parish office's lobby to talk with a priest. I was so anxious and worried, for several reasons. I wasn't sure what would happen or what the priest would say to me or if he would really be able to help me.<BR/><BR/>While I was waiting, this lady came in off the street and asked for money for some-or-other reason. One of the office staff talked with her for a minute, and then, I watched with astonishment as he handed her some cash and sent her on her way. Seeing that calmed me down considerably. I thought, "If they're willing to do that for a total stranger, then surely they will take good care of someone trying to rejoin the Church!" And I was right! <BR/><BR/>I do understand the reservations about that kind of thing, but the fact that I witnessed it that one time really made a difference to me. It helped restore some of my long-lost love, trust, and gratitude for the Church.<BR/><BR/>God be with you,<BR/>HeatherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-78802739455051122922008-10-27T16:45:00.000-07:002008-10-27T16:45:00.000-07:00Dear Father, The microphone problem may not seem s...Dear Father, The microphone problem may not seem so bad in comparison to an incident from my home parish in the mid 1960s. Our pastor was celebrating an early evening "First Friday" Mass prior to the start of our yearly summer block party. He was in the middle of the sermon when someone turned on the sound system in the bell tower a little too early and out came Sam the Sham singing "Wooly Bully."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-62587457171397385852008-10-27T12:30:00.000-07:002008-10-27T12:30:00.000-07:00Very nice post Father. For as much work as it tak...Very nice post Father. For as much work as it takes, there are some true pearls in ministry.NC Conchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090144518320996149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-19696719841501951702008-10-27T12:00:00.000-07:002008-10-27T12:00:00.000-07:00I think, if we are honest with ourselves, it's not...I think, if we are honest with ourselves, it's not all that surprising. I'm only thirty five, but even I know how some seemingly insignificant act can weigh you down more than the rankest sin, if you have kept it hidden away.Odysseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00028190531437571201noreply@blogger.com