tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4248478318892426116.post1040350165682631642..comments2024-02-20T17:48:55.571-05:00Comments on Freedom Through Truth: The Church Made Me Do ItMichael Brandonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17557797099650457723noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4248478318892426116.post-42804544700125441062012-10-01T18:19:30.365-04:002012-10-01T18:19:30.365-04:00Michael: A priestly mentor (in fact,the priest tha...Michael: A priestly mentor (in fact,the priest that baptized me 54 years ago) Fr. J.J. Delaney taught me to heed the axiom, 'know your enemy'.<br /><br />While I'm loathe to consider any one my 'enemy', it is wise to know what those who do not believe as we do are thinking. I appreciate and am grateful that you understand my intent is to provoke thought... to provoke a reflection about why we believe what we do . That is the challenge Catholics face in today's secular society.<br /><br />This particular article was posted with the conviction that there is something to be learned by our failures as well. It's author possessed his Catholic faith as a youth, but found it insufficient to withstand that challenge. He has lost his faith. Somehow, when he needed it, it failed him... or at least he perceives that the Church failed him. We should listen to him so that we can learn both where we went wrong and best how to help in (and others) to recover their spiritual attachment to the Church and their belief in a loving and forgiving Savior.<br /><br />I'll be please to cross post to this column. It's regrettable that you were unable to post it as a comment. I'm not aware of a problem with the blog, but I'll look into it. Thanks for letting me know.<br /><br />Fr. TimFr. Tim Moylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18030197987469327645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4248478318892426116.post-8348761079864386082012-10-01T17:12:23.918-04:002012-10-01T17:12:23.918-04:00Dear Father Sehl
Thank you for the cross link, an...Dear Father Sehl<br /><br />Thank you for the cross link, and also for requiring us to think for ourselves as well.<br /><br />We need good teaching, but we need to absorb what we are taught and be able to work with it if we are ever to become holy. <br /><br />Your links and Father Tim's make us exercise our brains.<br /><br />God Bless You<br /><br />Michael BrandonMichael Brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17557797099650457723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4248478318892426116.post-65674237335854684412012-10-01T16:08:42.446-04:002012-10-01T16:08:42.446-04:00"By providing the links only, usually without..."By providing the links only, usually without his personal opinion, I have to think harder about the article linked than I would if I could just have a priest's viewpoint."<br /><br />I try to do the same thing here at Catholic Canada<br />Father W T Sehl<br /><br />www.catholicanada.com<br />Fr W T Sehlhttp://www.catholicanada.comnoreply@blogger.com