tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668594987436792920.post8199776019380122928..comments2023-07-05T08:17:21.505-04:00Comments on Getting to the Point: How Are You Doing With That?Fr. Denis Lemieuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01049723287624178155noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668594987436792920.post-4688656898942263612012-08-09T09:09:47.533-04:002012-08-09T09:09:47.533-04:00Thanks for the feedback. I agree with you - it'...Thanks for the feedback. I agree with you - it's what we're trying (imperfectly!) to do at Madonna House - give authentic witness of a Christ-centred way of life, along with sound teaching...Fr. Denis Lemieuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01049723287624178155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668594987436792920.post-40361021711224821452012-08-06T21:09:37.961-04:002012-08-06T21:09:37.961-04:00I really like the last two posts about hope. Espe...I really like the last two posts about hope. Especially today- where Pope B talks about the transformative power of this virtue. "not informative but performative". Active , alive.<br /> The most effective preaching comes from those who embody the things they are saying. They are their message. <br />Christians need to look like what they are talking about. It is people who communicate primarily, not words or ideas. Authenticity gets across. <br />Deep down inside people, what communicates now is basically personal authenticity.<br /> Each time I read these posts I felt convicted...because I am so lousy at loving people, so fearful most of the time. So i asked: “Is Christ-likeness attainable?” In our own strength it is clearly not attainable but God has given us his Holy Spirit to dwell within us, to change us from within ... God's way to make us like Christ is to fill us with his Spirit.<br />This phrase from the Gospel reading Sunday sticks with me and came from the shadow of the clouds covering Peter, John, James and Jesus. "This is my Son, the Chosen One. Listen to Him"<br />The Transfiguration shows us the two sides to Jesus, His divinity as Son Of God and the future human suffering he is to face as Son of Man as he leaves the mountain and sets his eyes resolutely " like flint" on Jerusalem and the cross.<br />We see our first glimpse of The Cross and the Resurrection.<br />Along the way to the cross, we will see whether the disciples really do listen to Jesus.<br />Time and again throughout the Gospels we hear that the disciples had a very difficult time listening to Jesus. Their human condition always gets in the way.<br />The same thing applies to us. We have a very difficult time listening to the contradiction of the resurrected Christ and the cross of Christ.<br />My prayer is :<br />Please God let me keep my eyes focused on you and keep listening to you all my life even if you seem lost in the clouds covering me from time to time.cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668594987436792920.post-91529889606239015492012-08-06T17:57:07.009-04:002012-08-06T17:57:07.009-04:00I don't give the link, but the paragraph numbe...I don't give the link, but the paragraph number is there - Spe Salvi 2...<br />PaxFr. Denis Lemieuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01049723287624178155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668594987436792920.post-13662840549050211062012-08-06T15:07:10.282-04:002012-08-06T15:07:10.282-04:00It would be nice if you could provide the link to ...It would be nice if you could provide the link to what you quote and the paragraph it is from. I just by chance had finished reading the whole encyclical this morning and I want to find what you quoted. http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20071130_spe-salvi_en.html<br /><br /><br />Regards,<br />LynnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com