tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post1638823340607000026..comments2024-02-14T03:56:12.027-08:00Comments on La Salette Journey: Paul Addresses the Areopagus: Intellectual PridePaul Anthony Melansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08455719838570381999noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-64207013586825773002008-07-21T05:59:00.000-07:002008-07-21T05:59:00.000-07:00The proud man (or woman) is incapable of growth. ...The proud man (or woman) is incapable of growth. To such a person, nobody else has anything to offer. Only themselves. Imagine how sad this is. To honestly believe that others do not possess gifts of any kind and that they have nothing to contribute is nothing short of arrogance and pride.<BR/><BR/>All of us can learn from one another. When we exclude others because we deem them "unworthy" we sin. We harm the Body of Christ and His love is not in us.Michael Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17489929697997071892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-17193042368435257932008-07-20T11:53:00.000-07:002008-07-20T11:53:00.000-07:00Jessica, I hear you. In this week's CFP editorial...Jessica, I hear you. In this week's CFP editorial, we are [correctly} reminded that, "Prophets see things many of us don't...Wise Christians at the head [of the Mystical Body of Christ] need to discern which prophecies come from God and how to respond to them.."<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, although the Lord Jesus sent prophets to the Diocese [and throughout the Church in the United States] warning of the effects of widespread dissent and homosexuality, these were largely ignored by those who should have been discerning the truth rather than despising prophecy.<BR/><BR/>Often, prophecy is rejected because we don't consider the messenger to be very attractive or to be one who suits our own tastes and preferences. But we are told in 1 Corinthians 1:27-29: "..God chose the foolish of the world to shame the wise, and God chose the weak of the world to shame the strong, and God chose the lowly and despised of the world, those who count for nothing, to reduce to nothing those who are something, so that no human being might boast before God."<BR/><BR/>How quickly men, in their vanity, forget this.Paul Anthony Melansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08455719838570381999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-12765620186267289222008-07-20T09:29:00.000-07:002008-07-20T09:29:00.000-07:00I've encountered such intellectual pride at my par...I've encountered such intellectual pride at my parish - which is in the Diocese of Worcester. More anxious to preserve the status quo than to defend Catholic truth, the laity are viewed more as a threat than as collaborators in spreading the Good News. <BR/><BR/>To me, it is sad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com