tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37222179.post500915367035966661..comments2023-06-20T07:19:44.412-04:00Comments on The Four Mass'keteers: Meek Living - Realistic?David Nybakkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13172189118334371454noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37222179.post-4489176048656642002008-05-20T08:35:00.000-04:002008-05-20T08:35:00.000-04:00Well said, brother Aramis. The Cistercians, with ...Well said, brother Aramis. The Cistercians, with whom I share time if only as a retreatant but whose member Thomas Merton figures largely in my conversion, honor a profound simplicity and meekness within the framework of the Liturgy of Hours.<BR/><BR/>I think what proximity to the Altar of the Sacrifice of the Mass serves as is a clarifier of faith and reason that causes us to HEAR the rooster crow that leads to remorse, contrition, repentance, and ... well, meekness.<BR/><BR/>Something that politicians running in today's fevered <A HREF="http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/05/18/record_obama_crowd_the_size_of.html" REL="nofollow">secular messianism</A> needs to remember; particularly since this fellow engages in the doublethink/ doublespeak of being the most pro-abortion candidate presently running.Athoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09158421880497827083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37222179.post-12529144201917192792008-05-19T16:57:00.000-04:002008-05-19T16:57:00.000-04:00As the Franciscan voice on this blog I would say t...As the Franciscan voice on this blog I would say that "meek living" is THE ONLY way! Now, you ask, is it realistic...? If we have little or no <A HREF="http://3massketeers.blogspot.com/2008/05/fear-of-lord.html" REL="nofollow">fear of the Lord</A> it is unthinkable, if not criminal in <A HREF="http://www.newspeakdictionary.com/ns-dict.html" REL="nofollow">doublethink</A> where we live today in a contradictory war against the meek, yet believing we relieve the plight of the meek.David Nybakkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13172189118334371454noreply@blogger.com