tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post6482076642446684318..comments2024-02-14T03:56:12.027-08:00Comments on La Salette Journey: A sense of balance: Faith and Reason; Natural and SupernaturalPaul Anthony Melansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08455719838570381999noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-49440539486729684222009-02-10T14:05:00.000-08:002009-02-10T14:05:00.000-08:00I just discovered your blog today. And I have to ...I just discovered your blog today. And I have to say that it is just terrific. You are filling a void here. So many Catholics are afraid and cower in silence. You boldly proclaim and defend the Faith. Good for you! You are in my prayers. As everything in our culture unravels and the persecution intensifies, may our Lord and His Mother watch over you....God bless!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-15873322115622342922009-02-10T07:30:00.000-08:002009-02-10T07:30:00.000-08:00Sanctus, you are right in saying that we cannot ca...Sanctus, you are right in saying that we cannot cave into emotionalism or mere sentimentality. The cult of softness does not produce saints but only eggheads. As Sheen said, Cabbages have heads but no brains. On the other hand, the saintly Archbishop described a Catholic as one with a "cool head" and a "warm heart." While it is important to avoid a purely "sentimental Christianity," still, we must remember that our emotions are valid and often need to be expressed.<BR/><BR/>Recall the events of Lazarus' death and how Jesus wept: "When Jesus saw her weeping and the Jews who had come with her weeping, he became perturbed and deeply troubled, and said, "Where have you laid him?" They said to him, "Sir, come and see." And Jesus wept. So the Jews said, "See how he loved him." (John 11: 33-36).<BR/><BR/>There is nothing wrong with expressing our emotions. But, as you correctly note, there is a problem if we live our lives purely on emotion.Paul Anthony Melansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08455719838570381999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-62960828159650131252009-02-10T06:31:00.000-08:002009-02-10T06:31:00.000-08:00Notice the two: faith and reason - NOT faith and e...Notice the two: faith and reason - NOT faith and emotion! We are so many sheep led astray into the fog of emotion, or that I call the "cult of emotion" which leads us to wander in the wilderness rather than to the Truth.Sanctus Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06189142564821094716noreply@blogger.com