tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post8571817829305720007..comments2023-12-16T16:17:43.886+00:00Comments on Fr Ray Blake's Blog: Muttering PrayerFr Ray Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-85894041839127629422016-01-15T09:35:43.505+00:002016-01-15T09:35:43.505+00:00I'm always moved by the significance of colors...I'm always moved by the significance of colors in the Church. I did not know this meaning of Amethyste.<br />My favorite is Aquamarine, a bracelet of which I always wear.<br />I sometimes surprise myself to be mumbling in whispers when I read the Bible or pray. <br />I think none should be forced - to mumble to seek the Holy Spirit or not to mumble to be self-righteous about mind praying. We are celebrating the embodied God in Jesus Christ, the body is far from being irrelevant. That is one aspect that sets Christianity apart from the more abstract religions of the East, namely Hinduism and Buddhism (the real competition in Modern Age for Christianity, especially for the past decades or even century - Schopenhauer was XIXth century and he expressed attraction for Hinduism too).<br />Eli the priest tried to judge Hannah, to figure out what she's doing wrong. God had clearly mixed feeling about people judging each other, or even themselves (see he did not let Cain judge himself in guilt), and as Jesus Christ He clearly set His mind about this as in it is forbidden. <br />Making the sign of the Cross with our hands may be drunk or insane too. I'm Orthodox and I try to make the sign every time I pass by a Church, as I'm supposed to. I sometimes fear I look insane then I realize I'm ashamed of God and that is a sin, I'm a fool to worry about being called a fool.<br />Happy New Year and thank you for the blog, it's very beautiful. I wish more Catholic priests and Orthodox too would begin discussing with people on the internet, as evil a tool as it may be, to balance only a bit the ugliness of the virtual world.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09224676979690855135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-39279553604535603742016-01-13T14:57:07.724+00:002016-01-13T14:57:07.724+00:00My withdrawal symptoms are now assuaged!
Belated...My withdrawal symptoms are now assuaged! <br /><br />Belated greetings, Father.Sixupmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12486627001579821658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-66536565201234478252016-01-13T12:19:27.732+00:002016-01-13T12:19:27.732+00:00"and so to this day bishops wear an amethyst ..."and so to this day bishops wear an amethyst ring as a sign that they are not drunk but filled with the Holy Spirit."<br /> Really. dear Father?<br />I surmise it is a long time since you kissed a bishop's ring. Most now seem to be of gold or silver. I do not suggest that means they are drunk,,,,but it certainly does not suggest that they are filled with the Holy Spirit in a Church encouraging poverty,<br /><br />Good to see you back! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com