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You may be interested in this mini-workshop by Ron Rolheiser on The Eucharist. Below is a clip from the two-hour presentation available at www.videoswithvalues.org. The DVD features Fr. Ron Rolheiser explaining that we are a Eucharist people, a Eucharistic church, a community formed and nurtured by the Eucharist. How does the Eucharist work? What are its various meanings?
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This is really good but I didn't hear him explaining that "we are a Eucharist people, a Eucharistic church" which is okay because those too often come of as just words also.
ReplyDeleteI am struggling with reading so perhaps I am far behind I am on Chapter 3 "A Radically Changed Situation" My reading goes slow since I tend to count the times on each page Rolheiser uses the word empirical, but that is just me and style.
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When I grew up as a Lutheran since I am a convert, I went to Sunday school and confirmation class, I also attended Catholic Church since I always had a desire to be Catholic. Many of my friends were Catholic along with family, yet I never heard the word contemplative. I never heard alot of the things I now read about from the Saints and others and I was wondering if those of you who attended Catholic schools find this also?
It seems to me we are in a different time and we now discuss these things more openly and the books on the subjects are more available. Just wondering... Seems Rolheiser is correct we are not very contemplative but did we have a chance to be....Just wondering....
One of my cousins was a nun, one of my great aunts was a nun, one of Rita's aunts was a nun, we were both taught by nuns in grade school who we loved. We both had an early introduction to their type of contemplative life which was beautifully centered around prayer. I think you're restating my point about putting "our children in a Godless environment for half of their waking hours, five days a week, nine months out of the year and then shoving our adolescents off to hedonistic, Godless environments where drinking, drugs and sex are of a higher priority than learning." Its so different from what I experienced and it seems very sad.
ReplyDeleteYou were very blessed to be raised with spiritual religious people. I don't think this is always the case. I do agree with you on putting our children and grandchildren out there with out them being prepared. But so few are prepared to teach correctly. I know one of my son's and his wife decided they had to put the godly foundation in their children they could not leave that up to a school, private or otherwise. I really respect those who are home schooling and family religious education, a huge undertaking. I also see parents covering their children with prayer before they leave for school, so many trying so hard to do all they can. This seems to me to be a time where we are called to stand up for the Lord as you said "choose today who you will serve". But I assume the standing takes on different meaning to different people. God choose's our path and if we are in touch with Him we will know where He calls us and to what. I know we must represent the gospel to those that are blind. I think that is the whole gospel the loving, merciful and sometimes speaking the truth in Love gospel. Thank you for your very wonderful comments my brother in Christ
ReplyDeleteIt's been a very nice dialogue, thank you also.
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