Contemplative Prayer: Recent Comments

Comment on Photos from Bethany Springs, Kentucky Retreat

Photo Editing Services — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:18:46 GMT

Great photos and yes no doubt it also looks religious type of place.

Comment on Living Your Strengths; Book Review by Joanne Bennardo

Lynn Albro — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:05:56 GMT

Thanks for this reminder, now I want to read the book!

Comment on Beryl Bissell, Author

Web Development Surrey — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:38:30 GMT

Interesting,

Keep up the good work,

Thanks for writing, most people don't bother.

Comment on August Journal - Modesto, California

software development london — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:32:18 GMT

Nice post,

Id love to read that book about mother teresa..

Keep up the good work

Comment on Beauty Will Save the World

Jane Bast — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:32:37 GMT

A sincere Thanks to all of the writers, artist, publishers who have donated their time, efforts and talents to this issue of The Mute Swan. In these tumultuous times, the content is so refreshing.
Peace and Beauty of Christ.
Jane

Comment on Let the Little Children Come to Me

Susan — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:36:05 GMT

I LOVE the swan picture. I have never seen it before. It is so tender and dear. Thanks..

Comment on The Lamb and the Beasts by Stephen J. Binz

Karen — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:34:24 GMT

I enjoyed this article.
The focus of Revelations is not predicting the future like so many preach as a scare tatic pointed at the people in the pews...or on the other side of the tv set.

I thought The DaVinci Code was a good movie.
Movies are entertainment and escape from the mundane...so are novels, like the one the movie was taken from. They were never meant to be taken as spiritual documentation BUT...
The response of people to the story is a powerful gauge of the lack of and consistancy in the teaching of scripture
and the lack of understanding in the average person because of faulty teaching or not enough education.

When the church authorities teach the faith and especially the novice in faith matters,they should have a thorough understanding and education in the scriptures and the types of writing and beliefs of the period they have come from. There is too much passing on of misinformation and fractured truth.

The people are hungry for truth.
The people are craving explanations.
The people need and deserve better quality shepherding.
People are broken and disappointed and many are not getting what they need from their clergy.
They seek answers where ever they can and searching is a good thing.
If their search is sincere, I believe they will find Truth.
Ron Howard made a good movie. For the most part, I liked it; I was entertained, and was touched by the way the ending was handled visually and musically.
The DaVinci Code was a fair story with a lot of interesting symbolism and twists and turns...there were some predictable senerios for a person who has studied art and religion...but the writers of the book nor the movie nor the people who read it cannot be chastized out of hand for being ignorant of scholarly interpretation of the materials. The venues are fictional and the reactions are emotional.
What we can ask ourselves is what is the basis of our faith?
Is our foundation of faith so flimsy that it is undermined at every question that is posed?...every rock that is hurled?

Thanks again for the sincere comment.

Karen

Comment on Simplicity

Beryl — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:57:16 GMT

A lovely message about simplicity. I especially loved the paragraph about simplicity allowing the clutter of our lives to recede, yielding the most cluttered areas of our hearts to Jesus, that simplicity allowed Jesus to approach the convoluted moments of his daily life with total trust in the Father's Will. Thank you.

Comment on Anger Homily by Father Michael Denk

Caroline A A David — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 06:54:43 GMT

Hi Fr Michael, thanks for posting your homily. I appreciated it very mich.

Is there any way for me to read material written by Fr Robert McCreary? I enjoyed listening to his sermon on Cardinal O' Malley's blog. Thank you for your help.

Caroline A A David
Malaysia

Comment on Simplicity

Nick — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:07:26 GMT

Beautiful! Thank you for that gentle and inspiring post. Simplicity is something that always seems to be tugging at my sleeve, and I find it reassuring to think that it is a kind of calling. Not that I'm particularly good at it, but it is very refreshing to hear other people talk about this aspect of faith. Thank you.