tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1276822662531299374.post4777820777894764699..comments2011-12-31T11:08:37.706-04:00Comments on Island Envoy: Book Club MaterialThomas Gullicksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13640680485289909046noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1276822662531299374.post-29002626674334092232011-03-16T04:43:00.880-04:002011-03-16T04:43:00.880-04:00Hi, Kelly!Hi, Kelly!Thomas Gullicksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13640680485289909046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1276822662531299374.post-6196014929632267562011-03-16T00:52:54.506-04:002011-03-16T00:52:54.506-04:00Whoops...Respect Life is me, Kelly Benson. I'...Whoops...Respect Life is me, Kelly Benson. I'm a blog posting rookie.:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1276822662531299374.post-15294934111606871672011-03-16T00:50:10.736-04:002011-03-16T00:50:10.736-04:00I recently purchased Spiritual Combat - the Englis...I recently purchased Spiritual Combat - the English translation from Sophia Institute Press - and will now add it to my Lenten reading pile. Maybe you should start a virtual book club :).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1276822662531299374.post-51928515668286323812011-03-13T05:09:39.626-04:002011-03-13T05:09:39.626-04:00Your "casual attention to perfection" is...Your "casual attention to perfection" is what I suspect is rather a denial of the power of God's grace in the life of the individual: that quiet desperation creeping out of the Protestant Reformation. This denial of the freedom of the children of God invites us to come to know St. John of the Cross, all the Church Fathers and Doctors, and of course my new found friend Lorenzo Scupoli :) who knew, thought and taught otherwise.Thomas Gullicksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13640680485289909046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1276822662531299374.post-49097566127857296122011-03-12T17:06:45.819-04:002011-03-12T17:06:45.819-04:00I am not so respectful of Hans Urs von Balthasar&#...I am not so respectful of Hans Urs von Balthasar's comments about St John of the Cross. His lack of understanding of this great mystic whose Ascent of Mt Carmel and first book of The Dark Night of the Soul, are accessible to any serious student of the spiritual life. What gap, yawning or otherwise is there in his writing? Maybe the casual attention to perfection has brought on the present crisis in the Church? And anyone entertaining the thought that the spiritual life is selfish doesn't understand its source: Christ's crucifixion.From Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16083105291622283031noreply@blogger.com