tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post1637168091574424933..comments2024-03-27T13:48:27.538+00:00Comments on HyperCRYPTICal: Holy PovertyhyperCRYPTICalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11967085628384237933noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-33392212529579816392011-05-25T20:15:07.683+01:002011-05-25T20:15:07.683+01:00Thanks for your comments PPPL and Jingle.
Anna :o...Thanks for your comments PPPL and Jingle.<br /><br />Anna :o]Anna :o]http://hypercryptical.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-69773342496242215042011-05-25T07:36:11.427+01:002011-05-25T07:36:11.427+01:00amazing work.amazing work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-85104285165791619962011-05-20T23:35:21.216+01:002011-05-20T23:35:21.216+01:00That's sweet.
love your poetry talent here,
...That's sweet.<br /><br />love your poetry talent here,<br /><br />inviting you to join us by submitting a poem, any poem is welcome.<br /><br />hope to see you in.<br />keep entertaining!<br />You Rock!Promising Poets Parking Lothttp://www.thursdaypoetsrallypoetry.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-85019891997721886822011-05-20T11:32:27.970+01:002011-05-20T11:32:27.970+01:00Ooooo! Don't know what happened there!
The b...Ooooo! Don't know what happened there!<br /><br />The bits under 'Anna' were originally in my response to you Margaret P.<br /><br />Mmmm. The plot thickens!<br /><br />Anna :o]hyperCRYPTICalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11967085628384237933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-56988822962015020922011-05-20T11:26:21.854+01:002011-05-20T11:26:21.854+01:00Thanks for your comments and apologies for the del...Thanks for your comments and apologies for the delay in response.<br /><br />Bee - the college/seminary is independent of a nearby university but has loose affiliations with it.<br /><br />It has an interesting 'ancestry' in that it was founded in France in 1568, moving to England in 1808. Its spiritual lead comes from a RC diocese in a totally different geographical area.<br /><br />It is due to close this year as it appears that few now wish to enter the priesthood.<br /><br />Email address is located in 'Welcome to our blog' should you wish to write.<br /><br />Margaret P - It is a dilemma indeed and one for which there is no satisfactory answer.<br /><br />To relinquish your life to poverty in the pursuit of faith will give insight into the despair of poverty of those whose it is by the misfortune of birth. But it will not be true poverty.<br /><br />Margaret - I agree that we should constantly question in our quest for truth.<br /><br />Anna :o]<br /><br />With regards to faith - I would never attempt to make judgements on those who gain comfort from religion.<br /><br />It is true that I hope I am mistaken in my belief that God doesn't exist - though I see no proof of that He does - as my parents were both religious and I sincerely hope that they now exist in Heaven.hyperCRYPTICalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11967085628384237933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-32592416151044957122011-05-19T02:51:52.827+01:002011-05-19T02:51:52.827+01:00I found your thoughts and questions very intriguin...I found your thoughts and questions very intriguing. So much I would love to say, but will suffice it to say that it is important that we constantly question and always search for truth.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-30833494471045120292011-05-16T04:19:58.815+01:002011-05-16T04:19:58.815+01:00Hi Anna~
You've unearthed here an interestin...Hi Anna~ <br /><br />You've unearthed here an interesting paradox in the life of the sacrificing holy man. Isn't his first obligation to himself--being healthy, clothed, warm in winter... ? St. Francis worked very hard for the lepers, the homeless... I think he could perhaps be deemed an ascetic.<br /><br />Remember Charles de Fourcauld and his followers, The Little Brothers of Jesus? They live a very prayerful, solitary, spartan existence in the Sahara Desert, but they manage to make room-and-board for themselves.<br /><br />It is a very uncomfortable dilemma: to face their own malnourished early deaths and the poverty-ridden starvation deaths of children in the light of their never-bending devotion and gratitude to God.<br /><br />I receive so much comfort and happiness in seeing St. Francis in my garden--he is to my mind the quintessential guardian of the earth and its creatures.<br /><br />Love and blessings,<br />MargaretMargaret Pangerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09995968579194433270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-8468489738979227922011-05-15T15:03:31.598+01:002011-05-15T15:03:31.598+01:00I understand Anna entirely and can quite see why y...I understand Anna entirely and can quite see why your husband feels the way he does. The Jesuits perhaps? This practice was well known in Ireland - have you read Angela's Ashes? So very sad that your husband had that experience as a teen and it's a good thing that today, the rules are very different and no 'child' can enter a seminary. Such a great pity that the price of a blazer lost a willing soul and I'm sure God will have judged the Abbot/Prior.....<br /><br />I ask myself in times of drought and other disasters, 'why?'.<br /><br />Sorry can't seem to e mail<br />BarbaraThe Blog of Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00650938872732748697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-60734307602055884022011-05-15T03:21:27.024+01:002011-05-15T03:21:27.024+01:00Thanks for your comments Bee and Stafford.
Bee. ...Thanks for your comments Bee and Stafford.<br /><br />Bee. Understand a bit. My hubby is/was Catholic and as a child aged eleven (eldest child then and the done thing) entered a seminary for the eldest male child was destined to be a priest. <br /><br />His family were poor and at the age of fourteen could not afford to purchase the proper blazer - so his mum altered a near as dammit one. He was kicked out of the seminary for this reason and lost his faith for the price of a blazer. If God exists - is a blazer important to faith?<br /><br />This is not directed at you Bee - but just an explanation of (his) loss of faith.<br /><br />Stafford. I am unsure of how to 'take' your comment. I follow (and read) your blog and realise that religion has played a part in your life and you have been affected in that your family were excluded for a percieved 'sin' from the greater extended family.<br /><br />I do not believe that I alluded that pay was more important than pray. You state that St. Francis fasted for forty days - but this was a choice. Those that starve during famine do not have that choice and that is the point I was attempting to make.<br /><br />Please - if you want to discuss this more - email me as I value your opinion.<br /><br />Anna :o]hyperCRYPTICalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11967085628384237933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-87623461330211452032011-05-14T20:07:46.474+01:002011-05-14T20:07:46.474+01:00Any wonder he exhibited stigmata after eating noth...Any wonder he exhibited stigmata after eating nothing for forty days. His body (including the and brain or mind, if you prefer) must have been falling apart! This probably belongs in your next post on rituals and Aspbergers! <br />Your touching poem and picture seems to be saying that praying for rain or food (or anything) is like knocking on the door of a deserted house. There is nobody home. So if you want to help, don't pray, pay.Stafford Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03048757515249725540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-82981193154986836132011-05-14T17:04:22.191+01:002011-05-14T17:04:22.191+01:00St Francis also received the stigmata.
This is ...St Francis also received the stigmata. <br /><br />This is an interesting take which should make us think. It's much the same today - Diocesan priests (Catholic) receive a monthly stipend from the Archdiocese and most of their needs are also met by the Archdiocese. However it seems that their incomes are supplemented by willing parishioners. I do know that if someone asks for a Mass intention they normally make a donation - the priests are not allowed to take more than TT$20.00 per day (approx $US3.00) when it comes to Mass intentions but I suppose if someone gives them a personal cheque/cash because they appreciate their ministry are allowed to accept it.<br /><br />Religious Orders work differently.<br /><br />This is not controversial - my take probably is!The Blog of Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00650938872732748697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-37099235537188416692011-05-14T11:07:39.614+01:002011-05-14T11:07:39.614+01:00Thanks for your comment jabblog - you have just ap...Thanks for your comment jabblog - you have just appeared when I posted the above.<br /><br />Anna :o]hyperCRYPTICalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11967085628384237933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-82528315725491581222011-05-14T11:05:25.874+01:002011-05-14T11:05:25.874+01:00Rel,
I had left a comment saying pretty much the ...Rel,<br /><br />I had left a comment saying pretty much the same - but unfortunately is one of those that 'disappeared' during blogger maintenance.<br /><br />Even as a very young child raised in a religious household I asked questions on the contradicitions of faith and was never given an answer that made sense.<br /><br />I too raised my children where religion played no part - but information was given here and at school and they were allowed make their own choices. They too have analytical minds and chose not to believe. But I like to think, that like me, good is at the forefront of who they are.<br /><br />Anna :o]hyperCRYPTICalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11967085628384237933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-64803081939969516062011-05-14T10:51:56.450+01:002011-05-14T10:51:56.450+01:00The direction you have taken with this is very int...The direction you have taken with this is very interesting. The idea of taking from the poor the one thing they have is most original.jabbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12176958811589489979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-8604080760319632772011-05-14T10:18:54.015+01:002011-05-14T10:18:54.015+01:00Anna,
Much of the doggma I was exposed to growing ...Anna,<br />Much of the doggma I was exposed to growing up left my logical mind in a conundrum as an adult. I rejected the answers of; just believe and have faith. For these reasons and more I raised my children outside of the religion I was raised in. If God created this dicotomy( terrible rich and extravagant poor) then it is beyond my poor intellect to reason why.<br />Love thought provoking posts!<br />relrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09030572981830789370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-29555572440452154712011-05-14T03:03:55.439+01:002011-05-14T03:03:55.439+01:00Oops! To many typos!
Steve. Deed done on other ...Oops! To many typos!<br /><br />Steve. Deed done on other blog.<br /><br />Blogger. Please restore my missing comments!<br /><br />Anna :o]hyperCRYPTICalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11967085628384237933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-1272664865302794422011-05-14T03:01:59.132+01:002011-05-14T03:01:59.132+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.hyperCRYPTICalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11967085628384237933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-6344262337467949222011-05-14T01:50:13.729+01:002011-05-14T01:50:13.729+01:00Re: 3 Word Week on www.readingbypublight.blogspot....Re: 3 Word Week on www.readingbypublight.blogspot.com - yes, you can post on/link to the current 3 Word Week from Monday I post it to the following Sunday night (up until 11:59 pm).<br /><br />Then, the next day I post a new 3 Word Week.<br /><br />I'll read your posted work later. It's been a frenzied writing week, with my next five days looking to be equally so, so you'll hear from me soon, my friend. =)Steve Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07162341357622058518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-14451165557861522372011-05-12T21:13:09.710+01:002011-05-12T21:13:09.710+01:00Thank you for you kind comments folks.
I must adm...Thank you for you kind comments folks.<br /><br />I must admit that I was concerned that my take on the Magpie might offend those with religious beliefs - and this was not my intention.<br /><br />I was brought up in a religious household and I asked many questions (while very young) about the inconsistancy of a merciful God and suffering - thanks vb - and my parents only offered a response of that mentioned by Frances.<br /><br />To me - that wasn't good enough and I last entered a chuch at the age of eleven - apart from baptisms, weddings and funerals.<br /><br />I would like to believe in a Good God - but I can't.<br /><br />My first doubts were at a very early age as spending a great deal of time in hospital, would view the other patients and think "How could God allow that?" No-one could give me an answer, including the Captain (Church Army) of my church who used to visit me regularly.<br /><br />But I do know that I am not a bad person, despite my lack of 'faith.'<br /><br />Anna :o]hyperCRYPTICalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11967085628384237933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-42627559504499079412011-05-12T19:33:47.629+01:002011-05-12T19:33:47.629+01:00I don't find anything controversial about aski...I don't find anything controversial about asking classic dilemma of a merciful God and suffering. This was a thoughtful, well written piece. VbAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-11087790231495581902011-05-12T17:28:53.587+01:002011-05-12T17:28:53.587+01:00Good question! One the poor live with every day.
A...Good question! One the poor live with every day.<br />And one the rich don't seem to be aware of.Lane Savanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08678485361119088480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-18051575895876480722011-05-12T17:23:29.518+01:002011-05-12T17:23:29.518+01:00It isn't controversial. It might have been, ha...It isn't controversial. It might have been, had you intended it that way from the start. "I'm going write something controversial about this Francis statue." But you just said what you had to say, and said it well. No one can ask for anything more.<br />— K<br /><br />Kay, Alberta, Canada<br />An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous TravelKay L. Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09966266404058177742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-77147119596292557012011-05-12T15:32:34.999+01:002011-05-12T15:32:34.999+01:00Forgiveness s never easy...Forgiveness s never easy...Trellissimohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02283663872471564907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-18898381409825162582011-05-11T22:41:19.713+01:002011-05-11T22:41:19.713+01:00A lovely poem, Anna, and it poses the old question...A lovely poem, Anna, and it poses the old question of suffering. I think that a Christian would say that God doesn't so much allow suffering as suffer with us. There is a marvellous book called A Life Transformed about a young Jewish girl - Etty Hillesum - who died in the Holocaust, her faith absolute and unshakable. Whatever anyone's beliefs, it bears reading (and is short!). A friend of mine says it has changed her life.Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-14843867534321454672011-05-11T22:32:28.652+01:002011-05-11T22:32:28.652+01:00You've given some real thought to the St. Fran...You've given some real thought to the St. Francis legend. Refreshing...Berownehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09524661173663604641noreply@blogger.com