tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865004314650777465.post7136851670035122475..comments2023-10-28T11:12:02.164-04:00Comments on The Philosopher Mom: Pillars of Salt.Erika Ahernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11477804033751036631noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865004314650777465.post-89563271673905908252012-02-14T12:31:39.269-05:002012-02-14T12:31:39.269-05:00I just discovered your blog via a comment on Faith...I just discovered your blog via a comment on Faith's and am delighted. I do hope our children can go to a Catholic college once they're old enough (if they wish to go, that is).<br /><br />We are neophyte Catholics and am enjoying reading your posts very much, and esp. about the one about the gifts rec'd. All that we take to heaven is our character ... so striving to work on that constantly. I'll tell you that grace abounds even in the most sinful heart, when the heart is contrite and willing to surrender to Christ.Vijayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07876606729146077830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865004314650777465.post-73866925399849347812012-02-14T06:04:09.852-05:002012-02-14T06:04:09.852-05:00Lydia,
That is beautiful! I think you said it bet...Lydia, <br />That is beautiful! I think you said it better than I did. The burden is light...Erika Ahernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11477804033751036631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865004314650777465.post-68731001575729065222012-02-13T22:08:34.299-05:002012-02-13T22:08:34.299-05:00Erika, you nailed it with this. I've been thin...Erika, you nailed it with this. I've been thinking about the CUA years lately and wondering what happened. Getting past that initial shock is a little rough. Fortunately, it eventually leads to a little more humility (which I lack).It was good. It was beautiful to have the Shrine and adoration and women's group and wandering into Mary's garden to find your girlfriends praying the rosary. It wasn't farcical. It was intense and maybe a little romantic, but it was definitely formative, and the good things about it have lasted. It's good to know that that world is still there. On days when the runny noses and constant questions get me down it helps to remember at 5pm the friars at Dominican House are assembling for mass, and that Dr. White is chain smoking somewhere. But it's better for those of us who have moved along to keep in mind that our little Catholic bubble was training for the reality of God sanctifying through the crucible of ordinary life. We studied about this, and trumpeted it, but we didn't understand it then. It wasn't time to understand. For that time, it was enough to know it was true. Now we are in the midst of it and it's easy to lose sight of what we learned. But we can't stay on the mountaintop. We have to go back down into the world with the burning memory of learning the truth buoying us up. As long as I can keep sight of what I know to be true, which is absolutely the product of my happy Catholic bubble at CUA, the real work of vocation and sanctification is a light burden.Lydiahttp://lydiapurpuraria.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865004314650777465.post-91350578457629309412012-02-13T10:59:12.541-05:002012-02-13T10:59:12.541-05:00I really liked this post, as I have struggled in t...I really liked this post, as I have struggled in the same way. I have found that college was like being in a spiritual garden, where delighting in God and the things of God was like delighting in beautiful flowers. Now, however, I have traveled into the spiritual desert, where there is only sand and heat, where God seems to have hidden His face. Where God wants me to follow Him not on my terms, but on His terms--to be with Him in the children who demand so much of me, in the cooking which often becomes tiresome, in the stress of getting unruly children ready for school, in the lack of sleep, continual activity, etc. While I find myself frustrated at times, not sure of who I am and who God is anymore, I take comfort knowing that God is in control, that He is with me, and that He in His own way, in His own time, and on His own terms, is drawing me to Himself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865004314650777465.post-16592383762648970112012-02-13T10:39:49.465-05:002012-02-13T10:39:49.465-05:00LOL, loved that video. :) I can't say how many...LOL, loved that video. :) I can't say how many times I heard those words from the mouths of my Steubenville colleagues.<br />Somehow I had the awareness during college to recognize FUS for the bubble it was--so I was able to fully appreciate the cushion it gave me without being too jolted when I entered "real life." Still, I find myself spouting on the same theme every time I go to confession, "I find it so hard to find time for prayer like I used to!" One priest (who, incidentally, was a widower with children) gave me the best answer: "Then why aren't you making every moment you spend doing things for your children a prayer?" Why is it I always forget the obvious answers?Faith E. Houghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03823750019164801104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865004314650777465.post-68135400480053759642012-02-12T17:00:18.828-05:002012-02-12T17:00:18.828-05:00Oh my, you have put this into words so well. The s...Oh my, you have put this into words so well. The seed dying and the coddled puppy growing up. My college years were the same, and my entry into marriage and family was such a spiritual jolt. I've always mourned the disappearance of that lost spiritual intensity, but your reflections have helped me recast the entire experience. Thank you!What's Cookin?https://www.blogger.com/profile/07256297266800123814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865004314650777465.post-27581854399792798862012-02-12T14:52:08.683-05:002012-02-12T14:52:08.683-05:00As a young Catholic woman just out of undergrad, I...As a young Catholic woman just out of undergrad, I can really resonate with this posting. Thank you for the hope that this has provided me and the confidence, that as things change and I move further from my catholic "bubble" life's going to be ok...just different. AMDGGinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07718658747181434568noreply@blogger.com