tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post304926895916201907..comments2024-02-18T06:21:45.375-06:00Comments on ~<i>The Three Prayers</i>: Reed of God ~ AdventJanet Cupohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037555111680888247noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-89261243347560442342015-12-21T19:27:36.243-06:002015-12-21T19:27:36.243-06:00Yes, that's very accurate. Her description of ...Yes, that's very accurate. Her description of marriage in a later chapter was pretty amazing.<br /><br />AMDGJanethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09069018443486415173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-41718944102876473922015-12-21T19:05:35.882-06:002015-12-21T19:05:35.882-06:00You know there's that saying, "If you wan...You know there's that saying, "If you want to see God laugh, show Him your plans." I'm pretty sure that is the case.<br /><br />AMDGJanethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09069018443486415173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-75030225681297322822015-12-21T18:26:39.567-06:002015-12-21T18:26:39.567-06:00Which, for what it's worth, I agree with entir...Which, for what it's worth, I agree with entirely.Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-22987395932699828712015-12-21T18:25:44.222-06:002015-12-21T18:25:44.222-06:00I noticed recently that the Wikipedia entry on Car...I noticed recently that the Wikipedia entry on Caryll Houselander (which I was reading because I was wondering whether her description of pregnancy was observational or experiential) quotes from her obituary in <i>The Tablet</i> (<a href="http://archive.thetablet.co.uk/article/23rd-october-1954/20/miss-caryll-houslander-there-was-a-requiem-mass-on" rel="nofollow">link here</a>), where no less a stylist than Ronald Knox said:<br /><br />"In all she wrote, there was a candour as of childhood; she seemed to see everything for the first time, and the driest of doctrinal considerations shone out like a restored picture when she had finished with it. And her writing was always natural; she seemed to find no difficulty in getting the right word; no, not merely the right word, the telling word, that left you gasping."Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-75010007158788895952015-12-21T13:20:02.196-06:002015-12-21T13:20:02.196-06:00I was determined to get through at least this sect...I was determined to get through at least this section on Advent <i>during</i> Advent, and I'm happy to say that I succeeded.<br /><br />She used two main analogies for the way Christ's life grows in a hidden way: that of a child growing in the womb, and that of a seed growing in the ground. I must say that the first really did not work for me; very feminine. But the second was much better.<br /><br />Often I am not actually aware of anything in particular growing in my interior life. Actually, this has sometimes been a problem for me, as I am a <i>very</i> goal-oriented person, and I tend to feel lost without an objective. Craighttp://cburrell.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-75884801674149954782015-12-05T06:36:14.598-06:002015-12-05T06:36:14.598-06:00"Divine love growing in silence." Let me..."Divine love growing in silence." Let me nourish and not destroy.Marynoreply@blogger.com