tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2602263048837586393.post506094818461185371..comments2023-10-25T10:27:52.366-04:00Comments on ACTA SANCTORVM: THIRD SUNDAY OF LENTMr. Jody Lamar (Thomas-Mary) Finklea, O.P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00185299328327542612noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2602263048837586393.post-69052238452781890362010-03-07T17:27:26.364-05:002010-03-07T17:27:26.364-05:00A beautiful story. Thanks for sharing.A beautiful story. Thanks for sharing.Mr. Jody Lamar (Thomas-Mary) Finklea, O.P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00185299328327542612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2602263048837586393.post-84072934592646793942010-03-07T16:26:51.047-05:002010-03-07T16:26:51.047-05:00"[I]t is in that geography of sin that Christ..."[I]t is in that geography of sin that Christ desires to meet us." Nicely stated.<br /><br />Your post reminded me of an excerpt from the book Letter to a Man in the Fire. Although the focus of the book encompasses a greater subject matter than just this letter, in this extract the author shares a correspondence he received from an elderly woman about a mystical encounter she experienced:<br /><br />"...such inner events are much more common than people dare to admit. They carry their own authentication, I think, in the atmosphere of complete simplicity and great depth that surrounds them. Mine came at a time of medical stress, during some exhausting tests before an operation. I can't say 'it came' though; it was rather I went out to meet it...This time I went out along the Galilee hills and came to a crowd gathered around a man, and I stood on the outskirts intending to listen. But he looked over the crowd at me and then said, 'What do you want?' I said, 'Could you send someone to come with me and help me stand up after the tests, because I can't manage alone?' He thought for a minute and said, 'How would it be if I came?'"Tom in Vegashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17821971426359725229noreply@blogger.com