Comments for Michael and Karen: A Love Story at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 8 out of 8 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Wed, 22 May 2013 04:18:48 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/michael-and-karen-a-love-story.html#comment-14877 Michael, I always liked Karen immensely. She was perfect for you as your lives together testified. I am not writer, as my efforts at New Generation demonstrate and fail miserably when trying to say how inspired and good her work is. The colors,the structure and the shapes are magnificent. She has made a contribution to the human story which not even time will diminish. I am so sorry she died when she did and it saddens me to know you have been left behind. For give me ,this may sound a bit corny but I love a song sung by Johnnie Cash and June Carter, called The River Jordan. It expresses in a beautiful way what you and she have suffered Michael, take care I always knew you were a great guy. I tried to write you several months ago what's been going on; as fate would have it was lost in the computer. I will make another one soon. In the mean time keep on living and fighting the fight as best you can. - Charles R Crofton Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:48:07 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/michael-and-karen-a-love-story.html#comment-2833 Karen was and will continue to be an inspiration to all of us at Ave Maria University. Her art and her witness have meant at great deal to the students and will continue to be an influence in the years to come. thank you for writing this wonderful love story. A beautiful marriage and a witness for our times. - carole Carpenter Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:25:31 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/michael-and-karen-a-love-story.html#comment-2831 what a delight & joy to read of a couple who lived the Theology of the Body JP2 bestowed to the world.... it would seem to me that their union to Christ & each other must have been a stained glass window teaching the Love of God to those who had the honor of knowing them. i pray that my own children find such a love in their own lives & be that love to their spouse (or Spouse if Jesus is calling them). thank you for the glimpse, Prof. May the Holy Spirit comfort you in your personal loss. - debby Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:06:23 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/michael-and-karen-a-love-story.html#comment-2825 Prof. Arkes, you captured their spirit beautifully. When I was very young, I noticed The Tiber Was Silver on my parents' bookcase. I thought it must be a great story with such a compelling title and always remembered this book among the Churchill bios and other literature my father enjoyed. Little did I know that Michael and Karen would be my in-laws one day. - Lucy Smartt Novak Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:09:41 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/michael-and-karen-a-love-story.html#comment-2822 Before leaving for the airport: Willlie has been a steady,buoying reader for us, and I must thank him especially this morning for a comment that may be better than the piece that inspired it. On the eve of our own 48th anniversary, his letter, touching precisely the right points, has made me teary. - Hadley Arkes Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:21:28 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/michael-and-karen-a-love-story.html#comment-2821 Professor Arkes a beautiful article! In these days of casual sex and hookups one wonders if there are love affairs anymore as opposed to relationships. Amongst the recent eulogies of the day one can especially feel the loss of this woman. Is it because your article has portrayed a person with virtue and self-giving so lost but craved by the hookup generation? One, once smitten, in his own life must reflect that the day will come when he will be separated from his love, in the secular city. - Willie Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:31:04 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/michael-and-karen-a-love-story.html#comment-2820 Lovely. Thank You. - John McCarthy Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:30:51 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/michael-and-karen-a-love-story.html#comment-2819 This post, in my opinion, describes all that can be known about this type of experience - in other words, only that it happened. It is and must remain a mystery. Still we can keep these things "in our heart and ponder them". - Elder Reader Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:30:44 +0100