tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668594987436792920.post7940542232577929726..comments2023-07-05T08:17:21.505-04:00Comments on Getting to the Point: Drying OffFr. Denis Lemieuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01049723287624178155noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668594987436792920.post-45044326925472837192012-06-28T13:28:00.547-04:002012-06-28T13:28:00.547-04:00Well, you have my curiosity piqued, 'first sum...Well, you have my curiosity piqued, 'first summer of MH fellow guest' - but I respect your anonymity...<br />I'm sorry your experience was bad growing up. Certainly I would never pretend that simply having the right forms of reverence is sufficient for the Church. All virtues, reverence included, have to be ordered to charity, and of course this is always and everywhere a struggle.<br />But... surely an abuse (of reverence) does not nullify a right use, does it? And when you say we need to 'get wet', given that my wet/dry metaphor (which was a bit lame, I admit) is strictly a metaphor for reverence/lack of reverence, surely you cannot be suggesting that we need to become more irreverent still? How could that be possible, even, this side of sacrilege? And surely there is a right and proper place and expression of reverence in church and in general, isn't there? What would it be, if not the (very minimal)things I mention in this post: genuflecting and bowing, appropriate dress and speech?<br />Peace to you - I would love to hear your further thoughts.Fr. Denis Lemieuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01049723287624178155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668594987436792920.post-20695972131671440982012-06-26T14:09:28.232-04:002012-06-26T14:09:28.232-04:00Father Denis,
Well... I think we are about the sa...Father Denis,<br /><br />Well... I think we are about the same age...I might even be a bit older...as I remember you from your first summer at MH ... All those years ago.<br /><br /> But, our childhood and adolescent church experiences are different. I see those experiences as painful...lost opportunity for healing and fit knowing Jesus. Those early church experiences were for me... A kind of rejecting of the sacred. Not because of what my family wore...not because we never had the Sunday clothes...but. A deep rejection of who we were...excluded because of our broken-ness.. Which is the worst kind of rejection. <br /><br />In my mind, and experience we are still not thru that in the church...those ideas which lead us to reject each other. I see Vatican 2 as at least a attempt for healing. I my experience... We are all sti trying...still needing to get wet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com