Comments for The Tour de France and the Interior Life at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 9 out of 9 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:25:21 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/the-tour-de-france-and-the-interior-life.html#comment-2653 This is a very beautiful article on perseverance. Just what I needed to read when I was slipping into self-pity today. Thank you very much. - Innocent Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:00:16 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/the-tour-de-france-and-the-interior-life.html#comment-2292 It never ceases to amaze me how pedantic and didactic people are in the comments they leave to thoughtful articles. - Jacob Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:51:16 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/the-tour-de-france-and-the-interior-life.html#comment-2282 No purely human endeavor is "ennobling", if by ennobling you mean assisting us to Heaven, but each moral human endeavor which is done expressly for love of God is certainly ennobling including riding the Tour de France. Just before Lance, a good Catholic named Miguel Indurain won five Tours in a row and I suspect he rode for the love of God. But that is not my point. My point is that we who seek after Heaven have much to learn from those who sacrifice singlemindedly for the things of this earth. - Austin Ruse Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:27:40 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/the-tour-de-france-and-the-interior-life.html#comment-2279 I think this is a well-thought and well-written analogy. The moral of both physical and spiritual pursuits is: never never never give up! - Bob Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:06:24 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/the-tour-de-france-and-the-interior-life.html#comment-2278 Well said, my friend, Austin. St. Paul said the same about the runners in the stadium bringing their bodies into subjection for a laurel that passes; how much more should we for en eternal prize. - Brian Caulfield Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:48:49 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/the-tour-de-france-and-the-interior-life.html#comment-2277 An interesting piece. I agree everyone should look deeply into his interior being in a effort to get get closer to that Divine summit. No doubt that journey entails sacirifice and periods of spiritual darkness. Implicit in this article may be the suggestion that one strive for martyrdom and severe physical anguish in order to reach the top of the castle. If martydom comes, so be it, but to wish physical suffering and death sounds more Islamic than Christian. Look to John of the Cross or Teresa. - Willie Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:48:31 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/the-tour-de-france-and-the-interior-life.html#comment-2276 Seems a little hard-boiled to me . . . In so far as possible, life is meant to be enjoyed. - John McCarthy Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:49:14 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/the-tour-de-france-and-the-interior-life.html#comment-2275 Austin! What an excellent reprise from Holy Mass this AM-on the Feast of the Chinese Martyrs! Our priest's homily included the recounting of the 18 year old Chai (spelling?) who was flayed alive, & as he was bleeding to death, one slice of his flesh at a time, he cried out, "In every drop of my blood, every bit of my flesh you will hear - I am a Christian." What a finish! thank you, brother for this article. Thank you, Father God, for giving what grace we need, over & above! - debby Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:48:50 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/the-tour-de-france-and-the-interior-life.html#comment-2274 Why are death-defying, all consuming physical feats ennobling? Our physical strength is of a much lower order than our intellect, and yet we admire those who are singularly dedicated and persevere. To strive, to push past for its own sake is nothing more than existentialism but the Tour de France or Sisyphis are ennobling because they show the mettle of the will. When its for it's own sake it's not labour, which is instrumental, it is art, courage and dignity. - joebissonnette Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:45:48 +0100