tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514529524983639875.post3168078998436736264..comments2024-02-12T09:56:09.053-05:00Comments on The Matador Word: March 8 Homily PrepThe Matadorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691990950873810610noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514529524983639875.post-90101427966931576412015-03-07T16:57:16.036-05:002015-03-07T16:57:16.036-05:00Hmmmm....a lot of anger is veiled, people hide fro...Hmmmm....a lot of anger is veiled, people hide from it or joke about it, trying to make it inconsequential. I was trying to consider less obvious forms of anger ... Being miffed, being silent, even being bothered, out of sorts, annoyed ... All are forms of anger many people just don't realize.<br /><br />Heard a great line ... Anger at its root is violence. When I heard it years ago, I was at Mass, and my son and I had a disagreement that was less than lovely. When the priest said that during the homily, it drove it home how true that is. JoyFurallenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514529524983639875.post-80800577853817154082015-03-07T11:20:56.504-05:002015-03-07T11:20:56.504-05:00Such a great questions - "what to do with our...Such a great questions - "what to do with our anger so that it becomes part of the remedy of our broken communion rather than the source of it". It was love for his Father that drove Jesus to anger. I am wondering if that's the irony of what we can learn here. As Loughlan Sofield said, if we didn't love there would be no cause of anger. But as you point, we also need to find and place love in our reaction to that which causes the anger. Again Jesus shows us the way, "Father forgive them, for they know not what they do." Pity and compassion are the great antidotes.anon-dotenoreply@blogger.com