tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post4287825459291554525..comments2023-09-22T06:56:46.508-05:00Comments on Adoro te Devote: RapeAdorohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02853244433854822731noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-58751074767993605142007-02-10T21:00:00.000-06:002007-02-10T21:00:00.000-06:00I am catching up on blog reading, Adoro, and I can...I am catching up on blog reading, Adoro, and I can't help but gape at this post and then realize the date you wrote it. I was at a prayer retreat. So perhaps I should share with you what came to me as I read your post, because it speaks to your last paragraph:<BR/><BR/>"We all walk around wounded. But we must die before we can rise."<BR/><BR/>I have never met you, and maybe I never will. I wouldn't know you in a crowd. But if you are as compassionate in person as you are here, in this space; if you are as graceful in dealing with people as you are in describing them; if you are as prayerful and filled with the Holy Spirit...well, I can understand exactly why your friend would feel comfortable saying it to you, and why she probably felt liberated having said it, having been loved for it, having had you comfort her.<BR/><BR/>You are a gift to those around you, even those of us in the blogosphere. :)Sarah Reinhardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05682511477646768745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-44031456128616639432007-01-28T09:42:00.000-06:002007-01-28T09:42:00.000-06:00This is never an easy subject.
I truely believe t...This is never an easy subject.<br /><br />I truely believe that to those who are out there whose friends reveal that to, Have to believe them wether they dont think it happened or not. Its hard enough to deal with in the first place! But they have no clue how it feels when things like that happen. Like they always say, without pain, there can be no compassion. Amen?Beth Lemerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11102891039762027551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-75955271401027008342007-01-27T14:34:00.000-06:002007-01-27T14:34:00.000-06:00Adoro: I'm really happy she has you for a friend....Adoro: I'm really happy she has you for a friend. And I'm really happy that I know you and that I have you for my friend. And you can call on me, anytime.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08332138030182107580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-60778898127451474722007-01-27T12:53:00.000-06:002007-01-27T12:53:00.000-06:00Adoro: Your friend, and yes, even her attacker, wi...Adoro: Your friend, and yes, even her attacker, will be in my prayers at Mass this evening.Cathy_of_Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16795566831031491371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-71250589722036107822007-01-27T11:15:00.000-06:002007-01-27T11:15:00.000-06:00You NEVER know who is in this kind of position. No...You NEVER know who is in this kind of position. Not when you might be used again, or any of us, to help a person who has been. I cannot comment specificially, or even close to so, but people have shared these stories with me as a pastor and friend, and what pain! Still, it is in talking about our secrets that we take some of the power away from them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-65727369480479767432007-01-27T08:02:00.000-06:002007-01-27T08:02:00.000-06:00Warran, it IS the eyes...I can't possibly explain ...Warran, it IS the eyes...I can't possibly explain the expression, not on her face, but in her eyes! There was such a depth of pain there, almost fear, even now...it just breaks my heart.Adorohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853244433854822731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-78293525399855129502007-01-27T01:00:00.000-06:002007-01-27T01:00:00.000-06:00I don't know what to say, I'm speechless. Your de...I don't know what to say, I'm speechless. Your description of the way she looked at you matches up exactly with an experience I had where someone told me something like that, and it was the eyes that stay with me in memory. I can't forget that expression.<br /><br />WarrenWarrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053407632823479165noreply@blogger.com