tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post1741710075505169955..comments2024-03-05T11:44:26.154-08:00Comments on The New Theological Movement: St. Francis, man of sorrowsFather Ryan Erlenbushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07557817305024750902noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-3372495185079717852014-10-28T17:31:25.674-07:002014-10-28T17:31:25.674-07:00If you know your guardian angel and you for some r...If you know your guardian angel and you for some reason become rude or cranky at him, will it affect your relationship with your guardian angel and will need to go to confession for the behavior?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05249848608357609262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-45055115784391342112010-10-06T23:26:49.421-07:002010-10-06T23:26:49.421-07:00I think it's important to remember that when w...I think it's important to remember that when we receive spiritual gifts, such as tears of compunction... God also gives us His divine consolation. I can't make it through mass, adoration, or the rosary without weeping - I don't even know why it happens. Yet I am truly a very happy person, my whole life is filled with joy and love. I believe this must have been true for St. Francis. He was given a glimpse of the grief that the world causes though disobedience, and was allowed to share in Christ's ultimate suffering... God's consolation for him must have been immense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-17870966487204784742010-10-04T14:22:49.623-07:002010-10-04T14:22:49.623-07:00My own sins cause me great sorrow; but the sins of...My own sins cause me great sorrow; but the sins of others weigh on me even more heavily. I hardly care if I go to Purgatory, but when I see others going to Hell, I cry out for them. Many of my Catholics brothers and sisters leave me abandoned, neglected, rejected, exploited and tortured. I try to impress upon them the gravit of their sins, but they do not listen. They simply will not leave me in peace; they hang around my neighborhood calling me bad names and discouraging anything I start. They spread news that I am mentally ill and make everyone hate me for it. And yet, I am in a spiritual ecstasy most of the time. God has blessed me to suffer right along with him and experience the Ecstasy as well as the Agony. My life is the Via Dolorosa, my mental illness my stigmata. How well do I understand St. Francis!Reverend Doctor Victoria A. Howard, Anchoresshttp://mysite.verizon.net/vzezunbp/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-44045111729155180542010-10-04T10:59:54.658-07:002010-10-04T10:59:54.658-07:00St. Francis of Assisi, pray for us!St. Francis of Assisi, pray for us!Father Ryan Erlenbushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07557817305024750902noreply@blogger.com