Comments on: Getting Personal http://blog.mycatholicfaithdelivered.com/2010/10/15/getting-personal/ Time for the Timeless Wed, 05 Jan 2011 08:51:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Carole http://blog.mycatholicfaithdelivered.com/2010/10/15/getting-personal/#comment-608 Carole Sun, 17 Oct 2010 01:39:06 +0000 /post/Getting-Personal.aspx#comment-608 Hi Leon! Just found your blog! I just finished my dissertation, on "conversion" in the writing of JP2, and he emphasizes personal relationship with Christ with great gusto--as does our current Holy Father. Hi Leon!

Just found your blog! I just finished my dissertation, on "conversion" in the writing of JP2, and he emphasizes personal relationship with Christ with great gusto–as does our current Holy Father.

]]> By: leon http://blog.mycatholicfaithdelivered.com/2010/10/15/getting-personal/#comment-607 leon Fri, 15 Oct 2010 12:05:48 +0000 /post/Getting-Personal.aspx#comment-607 Good catch, it is Mark 2:27. The parallel page in Matthew doesn''t appear until chapter 12. Good catch, it is Mark 2:27. The parallel page in Matthew doesn”t appear until chapter 12.

]]> By: JohnE http://blog.mycatholicfaithdelivered.com/2010/10/15/getting-personal/#comment-606 JohnE Fri, 15 Oct 2010 11:56:30 +0000 /post/Getting-Personal.aspx#comment-606 "Yet Christianity is not a mere moral code, ethnic club, or cultural phenomenon." I think this ties in nicely with some of your earlier posts. If it was a mere moral code, ethnic club, or cultural phenomenon, perhaps excommunication would be a much easier task. But God is our Father and wants each of us in his family. There are still probably many cases where excommunication is called for and would be helpful to bring someone back, but it does give me an appreciation for the difficult jobs our bishops must do. p.s. The quote, "The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath", is actually from Mark. I only know because I''m in a bible study on the Gospel of Matthew, we''re on chapter 4, and I didn''t recall reading that yet. "Yet Christianity is not a mere moral code, ethnic club, or cultural phenomenon."
I think this ties in nicely with some of your earlier posts. If it was a mere moral code, ethnic club, or cultural phenomenon, perhaps excommunication would be a much easier task. But God is our Father and wants each of us in his family. There are still probably many cases where excommunication is called for and would be helpful to bring someone back, but it does give me an appreciation for the difficult jobs our bishops must do.

p.s. The quote, "The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath", is actually from Mark. I only know because I”m in a bible study on the Gospel of Matthew, we”re on chapter 4, and I didn”t recall reading that yet.

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