tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post1244577483452629953..comments2023-08-21T03:51:17.425-06:00Comments on Enlightened Catholicism: About The Other Pax Christi Workshop I Attendedcolkochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03432916690101599393noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-82970286731144514122009-11-01T08:41:19.041-07:002009-11-01T08:41:19.041-07:00Yikes, I do this all the time! That was quite a sc...Yikes, I do this all the time! That was quite a scolding.Richard Demmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116799651068476195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-24359156589355059682009-11-01T06:41:02.383-07:002009-11-01T06:41:02.383-07:00Lisa, you are welcome for the hidden compliment. T...Lisa, you are welcome for the hidden compliment. Thanks for my well deserved kick in the butt for using the photo. It has been removed forthwith and I extend my apologies.<br /><br />Your photo was exquisite.colkochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03432916690101599393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-82041319303750329012009-10-31T23:27:29.425-06:002009-10-31T23:27:29.425-06:00Hi -- Thanks for your hidden compliment in using m...Hi -- Thanks for your hidden compliment in using my photo for this post. However, I don't recall you asking for permission to do so -- do you understand that using someone else's work without permission is a copyright violation? In addition, it's very difficult for me to understand how appropriating the artistic -- one might even say spiritual -- work of another individual can possibly be considered morally acceptable.<br /><br />On a technical level, you are also using my bandwidth each time my photo loads on your blog -- in other words, you are helping yourself to a resource that *I* pay for.<br /><br />I request you remove the photo from your blog immediately. In addition, I'd appreciate an apology.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Lisa TannenbaumLisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17599567977747308675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-69601792006272821752009-10-22T08:15:17.171-06:002009-10-22T08:15:17.171-06:00Rox, if your impression of Catholicism is mostly t...Rox, if your impression of Catholicism is mostly that given by the mainstream media and the Vatican, I can see where one might wonder if there were any Catholics dedicated to peaceful concepts.<br /><br />Pax Christi used to be a lot bigger than it is now, but over the last three decades it's been systematically drummed out of most American Dioceses. In face, in Lincoln, NE you are automatically excommunicated if you belong to it, and in the past couple of weeks, two bishops who belong to Pax Christi were denied speaking privledges in the dioceses of other bishops.<br /><br />Notions of peace do not seem to be welcome in the current church. Must be too counter cultural and relativistic.colkochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03432916690101599393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-57683877904153675512009-10-20T10:18:59.761-06:002009-10-20T10:18:59.761-06:00I just looked up Pax Christi from the Fr. Dear sit...I just looked up Pax Christi from the Fr. Dear site . ok I am filled with Hope again . There are peaceful not hatefelt catholics out there . whew what a relief . ThanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-86064983964969869762009-10-20T01:58:56.925-06:002009-10-20T01:58:56.925-06:00I do find that very interesting Colleen. I am won...I do find that very interesting Colleen. I am wondering what specifically Sr. Joan had to say about it.<br /><br />Thinking of Earth as a consciousness is a profoundly new concept to me. However, when thinking about the Creator of this Earth it starts to make some sense to me. Having done some reading of Earth's evolutionary eras and eons and observing by reading about the very beginning of the basic life single cells I can almost see a veil starting to lift away and see with new eyes. This is all very fascinating. Hopefully the consciousness of western thought will not destroy our chances for further lifting this veil and humanity may truly be a part of that consciousness of God's creation of which we were designed to be connected. <br /><br />We are on the fast track to extinction with the amount of nuclear weapons, the use of fossil fuels and the backward consciousness that feeds into such systems that could take us to oblivion and the planet to a place inhospitable to much of life.<br /><br />The weather seems to be trying to correct what is not in balance. In so doing we have extreme patterns of drought in some areas and too much rain in other areas, colder weather when it is normally warmer and vise versa and this seems to be occurring more frequently. The intensity of storms cannot be denied. I read there were at least six tornadoes in Vermont of all places. Two at the most in a single year was rare for that State. We've all witnessed great storms in the last few decades that outdid all other storms in weather history. <br /><br />On a molecular level there are undoubtedly other changes occurring in relation to Earth's changes and the consciousness of people on Earth.<br /><br />Fascinating and scary at the same time. Much to learn and unlearn.butterflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09684946870144030594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-33521036466362188862009-10-19T20:08:28.361-06:002009-10-19T20:08:28.361-06:00Butterfly, you will find it interesting that Sr. J...Butterfly, you will find it interesting that Sr. Joan opened her talk with the story of St Francis and the wolf.colkochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03432916690101599393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-27426281074427766872009-10-19T18:45:12.326-06:002009-10-19T18:45:12.326-06:00Beautiful post Colleen. There is much for us to le...Beautiful post Colleen. There is much for us to learn and unlearn.<br /><br />This evening I decided to see if Jupiter was still in the southeast sky and it was and just as I moved to get a closer look at it I saw something fall from space. It came straight down in a white streak and could have been space junk or a meteor. It was amazing, because it happened just at the moment I reached a spot in the yard that I could see that part of the sky as there is a very large oak tree in the way. Whatever it was that fell from the sky must have wound up in the ocean. <br /><br />It reminded me of the time I found the butterfly wings. Something compelled me to go out back and look at the sky at that very moment tonight. Usually I go out front.<br /><br />What you have written here reminds me of something I read of St Francis of Assisi. There was a wolf that was terrorizing people and St Francis confronted it and it went away.<br /><br />"The hunter prayed, not with an attitude of fearful expectation, but of trustful certainty and gratitude." Isn't that how we should pray?<br /><br />The western world view is destroying the planet, just as it is causing famines and great hardship for many people.<br /><br />Amen, Colleen, "It's time to expand the thinking and learn to live in two worlds--the world of matter and the completely inner connected world of creative consciousness."<br /><br />Bless you and thank you Colleen for sharing this with us!!butterflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09684946870144030594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-71350259984554096252009-10-19T16:17:11.871-06:002009-10-19T16:17:11.871-06:00Have a safe trip and don't break an ankle. Mou...Have a safe trip and don't break an ankle. Mountains are good places to hear from the mystery of the universe. So are deserts and best are deserts with mountains. :)colkochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03432916690101599393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-33952233657582628302009-10-19T13:02:35.040-06:002009-10-19T13:02:35.040-06:00Wonderful Post! I'm a great admirer of Thomas ...Wonderful Post! I'm a great admirer of Thomas Berry. Can't say more because I'm off to the Tatras Mountains in Slovakia, the skiing resort of Liptovsky Mikulas - where the mystery of the universe will speak to me (I hope)Richard Demmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116799651068476195noreply@blogger.com