tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221886899554221015.post9123805554909546589..comments2023-07-05T01:56:12.807-07:00Comments on Quiet Consecration: Jesus Continues to Transform Me and Sometimes THAT HURTSLeslie K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13309112557962726272noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221886899554221015.post-14481245000819465082012-09-28T09:46:40.214-07:002012-09-28T09:46:40.214-07:00Our willingness not to offend has caused insanity....Our willingness not to offend has caused insanity. I am told I must not offend someone when I point out that they, as a member of a community, need to wear clothes. Quite frankly, their nakedness in a public place offends me. HOWEVER, I am not permitted to voice my opinion; lest I "offend."<br /><br />GEESH!!! No, I am no better than that person, but at least I know that there is such a thing as communal responsibility and it has nothing to do with religion or faith or ... fill in the blanks!<br /><br />I am grateful for God's mercy - for His love...all saints have had a past - all sinners a future and I will focus on my future and my prayer is that somehow we find some sort of sanity in our communities. <br /><br />God forgive us all for corrupting Your goodness!chimakunihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08110341406524333073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221886899554221015.post-85169517422931951742012-09-26T10:21:52.936-07:002012-09-26T10:21:52.936-07:00Robert, you hit it on the head. The choice you, K...Robert, you hit it on the head. The choice you, Kelly and I have made to walk towards Heaven via the Catholic Church does not in and of itself make us better people. The difficulty of the journey might make us better eventually; the trick is to love the unloveable and keep walking towards Jesus Christ. I sometimes with it was easier, but it is the life I have chosen and I intend to give it my best shot.Leslie K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13309112557962726272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221886899554221015.post-20731299366568278812012-09-25T21:50:18.462-07:002012-09-25T21:50:18.462-07:00Leslie,
Maybe the public nudity phenomenon is abou...Leslie,<br />Maybe the public nudity phenomenon is about entitlement, self-centeredness and ego. Sounds kinda funny, me saying those words. I suppose I must have a master’s equivalent in self-centered thinking. But not at restaurants; at least get them to put on some Tyvex clean suits so they look like extras from THX-1138, searching for a Unichapel to hole up in.<br /><br />My best man was gay. ( when I got married up in Tahoe by an old gent in a shiny black suit who was a minister in the church of the great cosmic unconsciousness or something.) That was in 1992, and I still had not had enough. I have known at least three female friends that discovered they were lesbians when they hit middle age. Boom, and that was that.<br /><br />I love California, but this place is ripe for the future zombie apocalypse. I am trying to toe the line these days, living by a different set of rules handed to us by Jesus, and it’s hard. Especially for a hardcase like me. I used to think that if I could look at myself in the mirror every evening, I could sleep in peace. But with this new life, the bar has been raised considerably. In fact, each year gets more challenging. Some days the world looks like the false fronts of a movie set. Nothing but two by fours and McDonalds’ wrappers once you get past the facade. On those days the only thing real is the tabernacle and flame.<br /><br />Robert<br />Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07030209805700748162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221886899554221015.post-13137341701493998682012-09-25T10:06:09.650-07:002012-09-25T10:06:09.650-07:00I received this comment from a dear friend:
I read...I received this comment from a dear friend:<br />I read Same Sex Attraction by the priest who started Courage.. He quotes the Catechism in where it speaks about how homosexuality can be biological or psychological or both depending on the family dynamic. It was a great read if interested., there are still some Catholics out there who think this attraction to the same sex is just a choice.. I can clearly say through the many colorful people I have know over the years, have not chosen.. It's as clear at a very young age as it was my attraction to boys.. Beautifully written and I feel you. Day in and day out I see people I knew drop like flies from their choice to not be celibate.. The amount of disease from their sexual encounters stuns me, and makes me wonder how anyone could possibly say, "I'm not hurting anyone." Clearly it has hurt some so much it causes a devastating death.. But I agree with you, I do not expect someone to uphold my moral standards, especially if they are ignorant.. and more and more I find these people claiming tolerance, to be extremely intolerant of me, even though I have never judged them or forced upon my belief system on them.. I feel we are all in the same boat.. Sinners in need of Gods mercy, love, and friendship. Also it amazes me how if a straight man did some of the things a homosexual man can do, he would be arrested.. If one is not right for a heterosexual, why is it accepted for a homosexual.. It's an interesting can of worms and I love all my homosexual friends as much or even more as my heterosexual friends because their self inflicted suffering is so much greater.. Great blog dearLeslie K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13309112557962726272noreply@blogger.com