tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post3999263415497404450..comments2023-09-22T06:56:46.508-05:00Comments on Adoro te Devote: Suffering Reveals LoveAdorohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02853244433854822731noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-40937619831259326192007-12-18T21:46:00.000-06:002007-12-18T21:46:00.000-06:00Angela Messenger phrased the gist of my comment be...Angela Messenger phrased the gist of my comment better than I could any other way. <BR/><BR/>God bless you Adoro. I'm praying for you, as always.Hidden Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06042188431683942338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-11548542305722001952007-12-17T22:02:00.000-06:002007-12-17T22:02:00.000-06:00Susie ~ I did see them both, and sent TJ and email...Susie ~ I did see them both, and sent TJ and email. They were both incredible. He actually sent me a book for class and did write a note in it for me. What a gift, both because of the book, and because this brother in Christ will remain there every time I open the book. And his wife, D. just beautiful. Because of her, I'm reading "Imitation of Christ." <BR/><BR/>I'm so grateful to be in the Catholic Church, too. Profoundly grateful, as you say. <BR/><BR/>Cathy ~ That's so true. We can't "get" theology until we're ready for it. That's why there's a spiritual component. We need a certain preparation (which God handles), we get into the classes, and there He takes us to the next level. Intellectual knowledge is great, but if it's divorced from the interior...well, it makes no sense. <BR/><BR/>You know....if you ever want to go back to school to overcome that dissident crap you received for so many years, I can make a recommendation....you'd really get a lot out of this......<BR/><BR/>Registration is due in April...Adorohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853244433854822731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-61984391806385749122007-12-17T21:26:00.000-06:002007-12-17T21:26:00.000-06:00Adoro: This is a profoundly spiritual post. I don'...Adoro: This is a profoundly spiritual post. I don't think any of us really get "theology" until we make some personal connection to it to move it beyond an abstract into lived reality.Cathy_of_Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16795566831031491371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-74666488726781151212007-12-17T17:10:00.000-06:002007-12-17T17:10:00.000-06:00I liked this line, Adoro."Suffering indeed reveals...I liked this line, Adoro.<BR/><BR/>"Suffering indeed reveals love, and there is no way to truly know God without this experience."<BR/><BR/>We seem to be on the "same page" although I'm not writing papers, just blogging sporadically. <BR/><BR/>Did you see TJ and PD on the Journey Home? That's what prompted my latest post on suffering. I am just grateful to be in the Catholic Church, where suffering is not anathema! But to be embraced and united with our Lord's and our Lady of Sorrows, too, for the poor souls and for others' salvation.<BR/><BR/>PAX,<BR/>susieJoyful Catholicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04679219610479684642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-69813029340160493852007-12-17T07:34:00.000-06:002007-12-17T07:34:00.000-06:00Eric!Oh, I am SO BUSTED! I knew this day would com...Eric!<BR/><BR/>Oh, I am SO BUSTED! I knew this day would come. You're sworn to secrecy. :-) <BR/><BR/>Wasn't that class incredible? It wasn't the first real connection I made to it; all semester has been so enlightening, leading to spiritual lessons I would not have learned were it not for the lectures and papers. <BR/><BR/>And I know you and I aren't the only ones who feel this way about this class. What a gift. (An expensive one, though...)<BR/><BR/>As far as intellectual growth...it's there, really. You just haven't discovered it yet but when you do, it'll knock you off your feet. :-)<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your prayers for us. That means a lot to me. <BR/><BR/>God bless!Adorohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853244433854822731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-48636407414905782242007-12-17T07:25:00.000-06:002007-12-17T07:25:00.000-06:00I came across this blog a couple of weeks ago when...I came across this blog a couple of weeks ago when Googling Archbishop Nienstedt's name for local reaction to his latest column in the Catholic Spirit. As I was reading this blog, the person mentioned how she was working on a paper for her Old Testament class. I did not think much of it until she also mentioned she was working on a paper for Catholic Spirituality. I thought, what a coincidence, so was I, and having the same struggles I might add. I went back to the blog a couple days later and the classes were metnioned again. Being one of sharp mind like Sherlock Holmes, I put two and two together and realised we are in the same class in Minneapolis.<BR/>I asked a couple of people in class yesterday if they blogged and they said no. Then I thought, perhaps she would rather remain nameless so I stopped asking.<BR/>Anyway, I enjoy your blog, especially this last entry about suffering. I can relate to how God has revealed truth to you through the courses. I have had similar experiences. In my case it wasn't suffering, although I found it edifying to know suffering includes that which happenes due to struggling with papers. My lesson, if you will, involved humility, or should I say, lack there of. It is amazing how much growth has taken place spiritually as a result of the IPT program. In my case I wish there was an equal amount of intellectual growth.<BR/>Since finding the blog I have been praying for you and your mother and will continue to do so.<BR/>God Bless,<BR/>EricVianney33https://www.blogger.com/profile/15760122012348453811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-34335342538473857502007-12-16T23:17:00.000-06:002007-12-16T23:17:00.000-06:00Wow! Very edifying!Wow! Very edifying!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com