Comments on: My mother sent me this silly thing… http://jmbalconi.stblogs.com/2008/06/30/my-mother-sent-me-this-silly-thing/ Powered by StBlogs Catholic Blogs and Catholic News Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:51:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Kasia http://jmbalconi.stblogs.com/2008/06/30/my-mother-sent-me-this-silly-thing/#comment-157 Kasia Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:08:59 +0000 http://jmbalconi.stblogs.com/2008/06/30/my-mother-sent-me-this-silly-thing/#comment-157 Ooh. Sorry to hear it's your prof. I think Laura's statement is still true, but by the time people become professors their crying hearts are usually pretty hard. :-( Ooh. Sorry to hear it’s your prof.

I think Laura’s statement is still true, but by the time people become professors their crying hearts are usually pretty hard. :-(

]]> By: jean http://jmbalconi.stblogs.com/2008/06/30/my-mother-sent-me-this-silly-thing/#comment-156 jean Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:05:17 +0000 http://jmbalconi.stblogs.com/2008/06/30/my-mother-sent-me-this-silly-thing/#comment-156 Unfortunately, Laura, it's not students. It's my professor. :( Kasia, that's a great quote I hadn't heard before! Unfortunately, Laura, it’s not students. It’s my professor. :(

Kasia, that’s a great quote I hadn’t heard before!

]]> By: Kasia http://jmbalconi.stblogs.com/2008/06/30/my-mother-sent-me-this-silly-thing/#comment-155 Kasia Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:01:50 +0000 http://jmbalconi.stblogs.com/2008/06/30/my-mother-sent-me-this-silly-thing/#comment-155 Ditto Laura. :-) My favorite similar quote is from Don Bosco: "First tell the Devil to rest, and then I will too." Ditto Laura. :-)

My favorite similar quote is from Don Bosco: “First tell the Devil to rest, and then I will too.”

]]> By: Laura http://jmbalconi.stblogs.com/2008/06/30/my-mother-sent-me-this-silly-thing/#comment-153 Laura Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:54:03 +0000 http://jmbalconi.stblogs.com/2008/06/30/my-mother-sent-me-this-silly-thing/#comment-153 This was the first thing I read today (after my sitemeter). That quote is a riot- and shouldn't it be the truth for all of us? I look forward to your post about how acceptable it has become to make rude remarks about religion and religious people- at least I think that is what you meant. But I've learned to ask questions- inside each of those little angry hearts is a crying child. Charity, as you say, is the way to be present for those moments. This was the first thing I read today (after my sitemeter).

That quote is a riot- and shouldn’t it be the truth for all of us?

I look forward to your post about how acceptable it has become to make rude remarks about religion and religious people- at least I think that is what you meant.
But I’ve learned to ask questions- inside each of those little angry hearts is a crying child. Charity, as you say, is the way to be present for those moments.

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