I would like a survey question which is modeled on Flannery O'Connor's "well, if it's a symbol, to hell with it" and unless the phrase is trademarked I think the Eucharistic Revival missed a swag opportunity.
> So what does it mean to believe that Jesus is tpresent [sic] in the Eucharist and still choose not to attend Mass at least every …
I would like a survey question which is modeled on Flannery O'Connor's "well, if it's a symbol, to hell with it" and unless the phrase is trademarked I think the Eucharistic Revival missed a swag opportunity.
> So what does it mean to believe that Jesus is tpresent [sic] in the Eucharist and still choose not to attend Mass at least every Sunday?
It means that we have not taught people to spend time daily in prayer to the point that they have a hunger for Mass and a hunger for the Eucharist. I don't know how to do that, however. I know that one thing can cause the other but as for myself, I was seduced and I let myself be seduced; I did not know what I was getting into (obligatory "what *do* they teach them in these schools?") and so I don't know how to sell someone on the one thing honestly, other than to just tell them to do it (or perhaps: I double dog dare you: fifteen minutes of silence with God.)
First there is a loud wind, or fire, or whatever the bit with Elijah has (before it gets quiet), and that is the turmoil of my own thoughts which are generally agitated and critical (here I do not like what I hear either). After a while, and 15 minutes is optimistic sometimes, this settles down. I don't necessarily like what I hear next, either, though, which you are right to point out (I am very dissatisfied with myself and so it is painful to be loved as I am. Sometimes.)
If you have a friend with whom you can spend 15 min. every day without ever hearing something you don't like, you don't actually have a friend. And if you don't get over the fear of hearing something you don't like, you never will.
I would like a survey question which is modeled on Flannery O'Connor's "well, if it's a symbol, to hell with it" and unless the phrase is trademarked I think the Eucharistic Revival missed a swag opportunity.
> So what does it mean to believe that Jesus is tpresent [sic] in the Eucharist and still choose not to attend Mass at least every Sunday?
It means that we have not taught people to spend time daily in prayer to the point that they have a hunger for Mass and a hunger for the Eucharist. I don't know how to do that, however. I know that one thing can cause the other but as for myself, I was seduced and I let myself be seduced; I did not know what I was getting into (obligatory "what *do* they teach them in these schools?") and so I don't know how to sell someone on the one thing honestly, other than to just tell them to do it (or perhaps: I double dog dare you: fifteen minutes of silence with God.)
"I double dog dare you: fifteen minutes of silence with God"
-But...what if I don't like what I hear?
First there is a loud wind, or fire, or whatever the bit with Elijah has (before it gets quiet), and that is the turmoil of my own thoughts which are generally agitated and critical (here I do not like what I hear either). After a while, and 15 minutes is optimistic sometimes, this settles down. I don't necessarily like what I hear next, either, though, which you are right to point out (I am very dissatisfied with myself and so it is painful to be loved as I am. Sometimes.)
If you have a friend with whom you can spend 15 min. every day without ever hearing something you don't like, you don't actually have a friend. And if you don't get over the fear of hearing something you don't like, you never will.
I triple dog dare you. :)
All right, children, play nice.