Comments for All Saints' Day at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 11 out of 11 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:13:57 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/all-saints-day.html#comment-3350 Schall's offering gentle criticism of the idea that religion is only about how we feel and nothing else. He's saying that it is about something that is objective and true -- or if not -- then it's not worth much -- not for living and dying anyway. - Leonard_K Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:51:13 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/all-saints-day.html#comment-3339 The WORD became flesh, and dwelt among us.......PERFECT WRAP UP, FR! Can't you see Him eating bacon and eggs in the pub, drinking really good wine? i loved this post. i've read it 4 times today....how wonderful that Belloc picked on the philospher and not the writer within! he stays real with his heart toward Heaven and his feet on the ground. LOVE IT! thanks, Fr.!!! you brought me such joy today. i can\'t wait to listen to you and Arch.Fulton Sheen in Heaven. Can you imagine THAT language? - debby Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:21:06 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/all-saints-day.html#comment-3338 Thank you Fr. Schall, I am not alone in being deeply moved. - Achilles Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:20:31 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/all-saints-day.html#comment-3336 Joseph, the Church has said it has "no authority whatsoever" do ordain females as priests. I think you just figured it out. - Pio Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:26:00 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/all-saints-day.html#comment-3335 There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. - Joseph Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:28:39 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/all-saints-day.html#comment-3334 My point was not to denigrate homemaking. (In fact, I am blessed to have a wife who left her successful career to make our home and raise our children, and she is my full and equal partner in marriage, in life and in faith.) Rather, it is to highlight the complete absence of women in Belloc's narrative, which reflected broader societal and, in some ways, church norms of his time. Whatever "men" get wrong in this life, I trust that God will make right at the eternal banquet. - David Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:47:40 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/all-saints-day.html#comment-3333 While recognizing the generous impulse that inspired the posts from "Kevin" and "David", I hope that we have not lost the possibility of understanding how beautiful it once was for women to embark with their husbands on the great adventure of homemaking and the making of a family. Because this was in the past understood as a thing of value and permanence, it was no more a burden than was the masculine adventure of providing for this home and family life. - Ars Artium Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:13:25 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/all-saints-day.html#comment-3332 A beautiful sentiment and image from you, as well, David. Would that all men were able to serve Our Lady and other women as they feast with the Lord in the Hereafter! - Kevin in Texas Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:03:42 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/all-saints-day.html#comment-3331 This is beautiful imagery for an early 20th century writer. I hope that God has a 21st century sense of irony and sense of humor, however. So when I (hopefully) arrive to join the feast, I fully expect to join my father, brothers, Popes and priests in the kitchen...cooking and washing dishes. The lucky ones of us will serve the ladies in the dining room (my mother, grandmothers, wife, Our Lady, Mother Theresa and Dorothy Day among them), who are joining Jesus for a sumptuous feast. - David Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:48:40 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/all-saints-day.html#comment-3330 Perhaps those who live in a troubled age tend to think theirs the worst that has been. Still our time must rank with the best of the worst, and therefore these words bring solace. Thank you to Fr. Schall. - Ars Artium Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:41:02 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/all-saints-day.html#comment-3329 That is beautifully written and timely. Having been exposed to Dawkin's rant in the Wahington Post yesterday (the devil has a full bag) an antidote was required. He knows not fellowship. In his fullest dignity and power, he is less than flicked spittle. - Watcher Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:49:42 +0100