tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514529524983639875.post5882880263840603956..comments2024-02-12T09:56:09.053-05:00Comments on The Matador Word: Homily Prep July 13thThe Matadorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691990950873810610noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514529524983639875.post-30775817737022180092014-07-12T14:39:35.713-04:002014-07-12T14:39:35.713-04:00I like Fr.'s homily foundation so much. &quo...I like Fr.'s homily foundation so much. "I consider all the sufferings of the present age to be as nothing." Oh, so true! And the balancing to the passage… "compared with the glory to be revealed for us. " <br /><br />Like Fr. says, the transformation. The Grace given to see the 'real'(ity) - life in Christ. The sufferings are the labor pains giving birth to that new life. The sufferings just simply don't compare, they really are nothing to what is revealed, this growth in life in Christ. <br /><br />I say, don’t wait for it - seek! In heart of hearts, it IS in the seeking one will find. <br /><br />GOD is everywhere. HIS purpose, not the one's. We don't have to understand, we have to trust.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514529524983639875.post-49043227614922253722014-07-11T21:21:44.479-04:002014-07-11T21:21:44.479-04:00I agree and like the comment on the attractiveness...I agree and like the comment on the attractiveness of St. Paul's writing. He speaks of suffering as not something to avoid, or something not normal in life - but rather admits that it is simply part of this life and can even feed our eager expectation of what is to come. His writing speaks to that frustrating need for fulfillment that we all have - and reminds us that one day fulfillment will be! Perhaps it is even a direct result of those sufferings, those "teachers" in our lives, that we can make some of the greatest progress in cultivating our "soil" - so that we can best respond to God's Word in our lives.anon 1noreply@blogger.com