Comments on: Praying with the Saints: Why Christians Shouldn’t Always ‘Just Go to God Alone’ http://catholicexchange.com/2009/10/31/123138/ Catholic News, Catholic Articles, Catholic Apologetics, Catholic Content, Catholic Information Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 By: goral http://catholicexchange.com/2009/10/31/123138/comment-page-1/#comment-43669 goral Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:17:46 +0000 http://catholicexchange.com/?p=123138#comment-43669 Happy All Saints Day from another wedding band looser. I think there is one devil if not more commissioned just to that purpose. I know I will find mine. I'm sure the heresy of going to God alone predates the great Protestant Ego Revolution. Eve was isolated by Satan so that he could work on her without Adam's presence. Then Adam was isolated by Eve, by that I mean that had his dog been present some indication of distress would have been displayed. God alone picks with whom He wants to work solo, not the other way. The lone wolf, ultimately and always falls into spiritual folly. A meditation - Study Of Loneliness by Czeslaw Milosz: A guardian of long-distance conduits in the desert? A one-man crew of a fortress in the sand? Whoever he was. At dawn he saw furrowed mountains The color of ashes, above the melting darkness, Saturated with violet, breaking into fluid rouge, Till they stood, immense, in the orange light. Day after day. And, before he noticed, year after year. For whom, he thought, that splendor? For me alone? Yet it will be here long after I perish. What is it in the eye of a lizard? Or when seen by a migrant bird? If I am all mankind, are they themselves without me? And he knew there was no use crying out, for none of them would save him. Happy All Saints Day from another wedding band looser. I think there is one devil if not more commissioned just to that purpose. I know I will find mine.

I’m sure the heresy of going to God alone predates the great Protestant Ego Revolution. Eve was isolated by Satan so that he could work on her without Adam’s presence. Then Adam was isolated by Eve, by that I mean that had his dog been present some indication of distress would have been displayed.

God alone picks with whom He wants to work solo, not the other way.
The lone wolf, ultimately and always falls into spiritual folly.

A meditation -

Study Of Loneliness by Czeslaw Milosz:

A guardian of long-distance conduits in the desert?
A one-man crew of a fortress in the sand?
Whoever he was. At dawn he saw furrowed mountains
The color of ashes, above the melting darkness,
Saturated with violet, breaking into fluid rouge,
Till they stood, immense, in the orange light.
Day after day. And, before he noticed, year after year.
For whom, he thought, that splendor? For me alone?
Yet it will be here long after I perish.
What is it in the eye of a lizard? Or when seen by a migrant bird?
If I am all mankind, are they themselves without me?
And he knew there was no use crying out, for none of them would save him.

]]> By: Heidi Saxton http://catholicexchange.com/2009/10/31/123138/comment-page-1/#comment-43668 Heidi Saxton Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:28:01 +0000 http://catholicexchange.com/?p=123138#comment-43668 Hello, everyone. I now have a plain gold band on my hand ... which I'm finding I like very much. No precious gems to worry about losing or scratching! I haven't given up on the ring, and am confident that it will turn up. In the meantime, it's provided me ample food for reflection on detachment and trust. I blogged about THAT topic today at Mommy Monsters, in a post called "Trick or Terrified." Feel free to check it out: http://mommymonsters.blogspot.com/2009/11/trick-or-terrified.html Hello, everyone. I now have a plain gold band on my hand … which I’m finding I like very much. No precious gems to worry about losing or scratching! I haven’t given up on the ring, and am confident that it will turn up. In the meantime, it’s provided me ample food for reflection on detachment and trust.

I blogged about THAT topic today at Mommy Monsters, in a post called “Trick or Terrified.” Feel free to check it out: http://mommymonsters.blogspot.com/2009/11/trick-or-terrified.html

]]> By: helenr2761 http://catholicexchange.com/2009/10/31/123138/comment-page-1/#comment-43660 helenr2761 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:17:53 +0000 http://catholicexchange.com/?p=123138#comment-43660 I was thinking about this just this morning-you put it all so well too...Thanks Heidi! It is funny about Facebook, how one gets some interesting responses along with the normal, "I'll pray". I just figure I'm planting mustard seeds! One thin I've had to learn is to LET GO so God and all the heavens can do their work :) Pray yes, but allow God to take care of it in His time...when I do that it's funny how all works out for the best good. Trying to force it (what ever that may be) simply doesn't work out as well! Thank you! I hope you find your ring-that happened to me once too :( I don't take them off in the bathroom anymore. Never found it, however my husband was very kind and had the designer replicate it. A gift. I was thinking about this just this morning-you put it all so well too…Thanks Heidi! It is funny about Facebook, how one gets some interesting responses along with the normal, “I’ll pray”. I just figure I’m planting mustard seeds! One thin I’ve had to learn is to LET GO so God and all the heavens can do their work :) Pray yes, but allow God to take care of it in His time…when I do that it’s funny how all works out for the best good. Trying to force it (what ever that may be) simply doesn’t work out as well! Thank you! I hope you find your ring-that happened to me once too :( I don’t take them off in the bathroom anymore. Never found it, however my husband was very kind and had the designer replicate it. A gift.

]]> By: noelfitz http://catholicexchange.com/2009/10/31/123138/comment-page-1/#comment-43653 noelfitz Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:13:19 +0000 http://catholicexchange.com/?p=123138#comment-43653 Heidi, Did you find your ring? Heidi,

Did you find your ring?

]]> By: Claire http://catholicexchange.com/2009/10/31/123138/comment-page-1/#comment-43650 Claire Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:08:45 +0000 http://catholicexchange.com/?p=123138#comment-43650 Great article, Heidi. Your explanation makes a lot of sense. Great article, Heidi. Your explanation makes a lot of sense.

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