tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514529524983639875.post7483160446442546788..comments2024-02-12T09:56:09.053-05:00Comments on The Matador Word: August 22 - 21st Sunday of the YearThe Matadorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691990950873810610noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514529524983639875.post-3580480397741497822010-08-22T06:10:42.775-04:002010-08-22T06:10:42.775-04:00Woohoo! Bingo! Now THAT is what I'M talkin...Woohoo! Bingo! Now THAT is what I'M talkin' about. TMWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514529524983639875.post-70935448141762477442010-08-21T22:06:33.963-04:002010-08-21T22:06:33.963-04:00A later entry…
I, too, remember Wally Spatz from ...A later entry…<br /><br />I, too, remember Wally Spatz from Highbee’s and her talent with silhouetting. (A good piece of nostalgia!) And once again the Matador’s reflection also makes a connection for me with some current reading of mine. I am thinking about the idea of the silhouette and the “cut” of our lives conforming to our Savior - the narrow gate. Meanwhile, my current reading is challenging me to consider that there is no distinction from the being of Jesus Christ and His mission – from who or what he is in himself and what He does for us. It is an awesome thought to me – that His being is entirely connected with His loving within the Trinity and of us. Transferring this to Fr. Estok’s reflection, I am asking myself, is my life cut like THAT? Is my life one that my very being is connected with divine doing - of such self-giving, of such outpouring of love? It is another reminder to me that in this life we can’t attain such perfection, but we are called to keep trying - to strive to connect our very existence with such deep communion and love, to God and to one another. And then this takes my mind from imagining a still silhouette to imagining a series of silhouettes flipped one after the other – like the old “flip books” that I also used as a child in Wally Spatz’s time, so that the being and doing are united.anon 1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514529524983639875.post-88290062440553720662010-08-21T19:15:54.468-04:002010-08-21T19:15:54.468-04:00I am thinking of how fundamentalists think that be...I am thinking of how fundamentalists think that being saved is a one-time event and they are good to go for the rest of their life.<br /><br />However, John 3:16 says that whoever believes in Jesus will have eternal life. How do we reconcile that scripture passage with our Catholic belief in works? Non-Catholics will say that faith alone saves you, "lest no man shall boast." Yet we come back with "Faith without works is dead." <br /><br />What are we to do? lrAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514529524983639875.post-48038020344799665392010-08-21T16:37:08.449-04:002010-08-21T16:37:08.449-04:00...over my head...again......over my head...again...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514529524983639875.post-15863767922046917582010-08-20T21:40:40.249-04:002010-08-20T21:40:40.249-04:00HATE, absolutely HATE your first question, how'...HATE, absolutely HATE your first question, how's that for a reaction?! Ten bucks bets you that most listeners will tends towards the sin of pride. A lot of us think we're all right, as long as we're good we don't have to worry, how's that for a narrow gate?<br /><br />So easy to think "appearance" and "profile" matter. Gosh, for most of my life I've been lulled into thinking how good I am by the fact that I pray, go to Mass and do good. What rubbish! The narrow gate is work, HARD WORK, starting over and over and over again. <br /><br />The last paragraph of the commentary above is confusing in written form, had to read it again & again. To hear it orally I think people will be scratching their heads saying, "What did he say"? It's like turning a parable into another parable. Again, examples are effective...what does conformity to Christ look like in our everyday lives?JoyFurallenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514529524983639875.post-1355417949233323512010-08-20T18:38:22.446-04:002010-08-20T18:38:22.446-04:00First thing that came to mind is comparing the &qu...First thing that came to mind is comparing the "Narrow Gate" to the "confessional gate."<br />I need the push of the Holy Spirit to go through...<br /><br />Only by loving Jesus with all our heart and making his life our life with all the sacrifices involved, we will be able to go through the "narrow door" with a very pretty body, soul and spirit, empty of ugly attachments. Our silouhette will be easily recognized upon knocking on the door.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com