Comments for Practical Romance at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 10 out of 10 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Sat, 25 May 2013 21:17:19 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/practical-romance.html#comment-1646 well brad, lick your wounds and keep fighting. i will do my utmost to buy as many copies as i can afford and give them to young men. my 21yr old daughter is going to read it over the summer, altho i hate to say, her standards are already so high, i'm afraid she will be completely anti-modern-young men after reading the way they should be. what's a lady who is not called to relig/single life to do??? she's already convinced that any guy under 30 is a child. very scary - debby - again,sorry Tue, 05 May 2009 06:22:53 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/practical-romance.html#comment-1615 I'm sorry to be late in posting this response to Dan's question, which anyway is well answered by Jeannine. Yes, the very opinionated Wife of Bath tells the tale of the Loathly Lady and Gawain, but I mostly took my version from Thomas Bulfinch's THE AGE OF CHIVALRY. If you have kids, there's a very fine version by Selina Hastings, SIR GAWAIN & THE LOATHLY LADY. - Brad Miner Fri, 01 May 2009 16:44:20 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/practical-romance.html#comment-1603 A wonderful article. I work in student life at a college and see a poverty of passion in the relationships between the young men and women. It seems there's no passion because there's no temperance, and there's no temperance because there's no courage, and no courage because there's no reason. Thanks for another great article. It definitely made me think and I will definitely show it to my students. Keep them coming! - Karl Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:45:01 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/practical-romance.html#comment-1602 As always, thanks for your kind words. About a retreat at Ave Maria or elsewhere: I have spoken to groups of young men and . . . it has often not gone well. What's not in this most recent article is this: chivalry is the worldview of fighting men. Chivalry is Catholic at its core, but combative too. Many young men recoil at the militancy that is an inseperable part of chivalry. I have many broken bones and a cold stare. Are kids ready for that? I believe in love, yes, but in prowess too. - Brad Miner Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:44:12 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/practical-romance.html#comment-1601 No, this story isn't "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," though the Green Knight is a really good story. A version of this story appears in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales as the Wife of Bath's Tale. And a very good one it is! - Jeannine Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:30:14 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/practical-romance.html#comment-1600 hey, i just re-read your article over the phone to my daughter who turned 21 on your 25th anniversary & i had one of my great ideas....she's a junior at Ave Maria University. why don't you run a "what a gentleman is" retreat for those students? the kids are great but they need Your H.E.L.P. have you ever considered turning your book into a conference/retreat/seminar??? come on brad, use your Protestant evangelizing background! and Happy Anniversary Dear Knight and Lady Miner! - debby Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:29:23 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/practical-romance.html#comment-1594 Welcome to the "American Babylon" as Father Neuhaus' last book is titled. This is the era of no real truth and that is the truth-- the age of rational irrationality. What is the purpose of a meaningless promise of fidelity, when chastity is viewed as a restriction of freedom. Our new found freedoms have put us in the prison of despair and robbed us of the pleasure of romantic adventure,trust and respect. The legacy of the 60's is nihlism and despair. It has turned our damsals into objects. - William Dennis Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:59:50 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/practical-romance.html#comment-1597 I love this article. Ya know - I've never been practical in romancce :). But ya never know!!!!!! - David W. Rusch Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:58:45 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/practical-romance.html#comment-1596 all i can say is, WHY DIDN'T YOU HAVE MORE BOYS TO RAISE INTO WONDERFUL MEN????????????? you could adopt.....maybe the Pope would let JUST YOU be cloned! kidding aside, in all sincerity, what a gift your manhood is to all women! i hope you are a youth group leader. i hope you write more & are widely read by every young person. any ideas? so many young people need to hear these truths! love to you and all your family!! - debby Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:42:21 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/practical-romance.html#comment-1593 Superb article. I will look for Sir Gawain's story. Is it Sir Gawain and The Green Knight? This story should be read in all high schools. - Dan Deeny Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:38:42 +0100