tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052476017538907463.post6107774815329165432..comments2024-01-16T15:31:14.738-05:00Comments on Br Jack's Preaching Ministry: Changing our Minds for God's sakeBr. Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04211488981588379232noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052476017538907463.post-51460034051576136652011-09-30T20:27:04.327-04:002011-09-30T20:27:04.327-04:00Great ..I look forward to it. What happened to so...Great ..I look forward to it. What happened to some of us is that we feel intense sadness and betrayal.. it's not a good kind of alone....we miss the closeness of the faith community, the flickering candles and gentle beauty of the liturgies; the incense, the pomp and the Gregorian chant ... we feel like strangers in what used to be houses not only of worship but also of comfort and peace. We feel the absence of homilies that lifted our spirit and the loss of the sameness of century old practrices and traditions. I would have liked to be allowed to remain a child in the church and continue to say "Yes, Sister- Yes, Father." Unfortunately I was forced to think and act like a grown up! Very sad!Georgiana Keoghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128463542615910755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052476017538907463.post-49136445704730646552011-09-30T14:13:08.673-04:002011-09-30T14:13:08.673-04:00Thanks, Georgiana. I can't disagree with you ...Thanks, Georgiana. I can't disagree with you and love the nuance you have taken with regard to my little essay. Before too long I will have to write something about organizational trust, and what happens when it is absent.Br. Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04211488981588379232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052476017538907463.post-69748694512541513602011-09-30T11:51:31.152-04:002011-09-30T11:51:31.152-04:00"When John came to you in the way of righteou..."When John came to you in the way of righteousness, you did not believe him" <br /><br />My dilemma is that we did indeed believe. And after so many years to discover our faith may have been misplaced was a real kicker! The journey back to believing is rocky and tedious and we struggle to hold on with our fingertips. A question that keeps raising its ugly head -<br /><br />"All of us have reasons ..... to change. We have lived faithful catholic lives. We have followed the commandments and tried to live the beatitudes, but the Lord ..... demands more. Perhaps we have been hurt by a colleague, a friend, even a spouse ..... or the organization itself ....and we refuse to believe that they can and have changed. We avoid them, speak dismissively of their good works or smirk at their efforts to change. The problem is ours, not theirs, especially if .... we have discovered a way to follow Christ which ....... they are resisting, not because their ideas lack value, but because we do not trust them as ..... an organization. "<br /><br />What would the prophets (annointed by that same organization so many centuries ago) have to say about this situation?<br /><br />We need help - thanks my friendGeorgiana Keoghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128463542615910755noreply@blogger.com