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I enjoyed your article very much! Care to share which Chesterton book you read?
Beautiful reminder. This is something I struggle with. I too used to be an arrogant pseudo-intellectual so I tend to shy away from confrontation for fear of spreading the message poorly. I’m also very attracted by the quiet saints. But maybe that’s a cop-out. I certainly get better as I get older and more learned in my faith – I find beautiful or funny little opportune times to insert something about the church. But I wish I’d speak with more conviction showing the great love I’ve discovered. But I’m also very judgmental and tempted by pride so that too scares me. It’s hard for me to love certain types of people so I keep waiting. But your point is a good one. Sometimes you just have to plant a seed. And if I’m honest it took someone to challenge me pretty directly to really get me to think more deeply about Jesus and who he claimed to be. At any rate, thanks for your witness. I’m in Greenville, SC if you ever come this way. In Christ –
I really enjoyed this article so much. It really spoke to me and I am so glad that you wrote it. I hope to share it with as many people as would like to listen. May God bless you and all you do.
Welcome home, Mr. Simonson. I am a lay Carmelite; the secular orders are a hidden gem within our Church, are they not? Your words reminded me of a notion I heard once: it avers that one’s religion, like one’s sins, is a personal matter — not a private one. And just like our sins darken the world around us (and not just our souls) so can one’s faith illuminate in a similar fashion. I encourage your readers to take small steps first. For example, when I leave any encounter with someone behind a counter I always tell them to have “a bless-ed day.” It was awkward at first. Now it is second nature. Most don’t acknowledge the difference in comment, some are moderately shocked (I do live in a rather affluent, Eastern seaboard urban area, not a town clinging to its religion), but a few become animated in wishing me the same. I’d like to think I gave those individuals the courage to freely bless someone else one day.
A. Somers
(Gianna, Lorica christi, OCDS)