Comments for Cutting Yourself with Your Own Knife at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 4 out of 4 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Mon, 20 May 2013 10:45:01 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/cutting-yourself-with-your-own-knife.html#comment-8144 This article was forwarded to me by my son. My comment is that it is wonderfully said and more such articles ought to hit the mainstream of society without any blush. My mindset presently happens to run somewhat along this subject of marriage. As a relatively new widower after 56 years of a wonderful life blessed from day one by God. I am in the process of writing about what we generally fail to think about our marriage vows in relationship with God, and its consummation until it is too late. My task now is to specifically have married Christian couples recognize how far they have strayed from their initial feelings of love and help them understand and recapture that wonderful "time." Then support my reasoning by the many verses of the Bible; then what to do to make sure the one left behind after one of them dies is not hell on earth because of neglect of responsibility. - Robert I Sat, 17 Sep 2011 10:14:14 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/cutting-yourself-with-your-own-knife.html#comment-7975 dear anthony, sorry this is such a late comment to your post. i just read your article this AM (i'm a little behind). i am sure you thank God often for the gift of Faith your parents not only had privately, but also practiced in the daily grind of all aspects of life. reading this family inheritance you have received and shared, i thank Him as well. i pray this Pearl of Great Price is polished to a gleam in each of your siblings' and children's lives. for all of us who have no such family inheritance, i am deeply loved by the Word of God--specifically Matthew chapter 1. this varied lineage filled with faithful, unremarkable, and sordid people show me that the Son of God did not preserve for Himself only the Pristine of Heart (namely, our Lady), but identifies with all the trash of humanity. Indeed! He loves us and redeems us where we are and where we come from. He is both at home in the Glory of Heaven (your background) and the squalor of earth (mine)! and for that let us all give Him Praise. for He is able to welcome and make His very own all the Johns & Peters, the Marys & Marthas alike. as a mom, i am grateful that He saved me and set my feet upon the Rock of His Church while i was still young, gave me a holy and pure husband, and a little something to offer my children. our treasure chest is not a deep and old one, but it's never too late to begin again, and i pray they may be faithful to His gifts..... thank you for your wonderful contributions to this great site. - debby Sun, 04 Sep 2011 07:44:24 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/cutting-yourself-with-your-own-knife.html#comment-7946 It is good for people to hear stories like this. Thank you. - SJM Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:56:08 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/cutting-yourself-with-your-own-knife.html#comment-7923 That was a beautiful story, Anthony - Aeneas Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:15:47 +0100