Comments for Eucharisteo at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 16 out of 16 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Sun, 19 May 2013 03:10:15 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/eucharisteo.html#comment-13303 Karen, You captured the true spirit of the Pilgrimage - with no expectations other than going with an open heart and to God's will. I am honored to be at your side in this blessed journey of faith. May God be always with you in your physical healing. Gaby - Gaby DeLeon Thu, 06 Sep 2012 16:49:20 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/eucharisteo.html#comment-13280 Karen. What a blessing it was to have you on pilgrimage with us in Lourdes. You describe so well the spiritual gift we all share. All the best and God Bless. JBH - John H, KM Mon, 03 Sep 2012 07:56:58 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/eucharisteo.html#comment-13270 Dear Karen, You are teaching us what it is to be in The Church.Not to be a member, but to Be in The Church. Thank you. Brian - brian redmond Mon, 03 Sep 2012 03:07:38 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/eucharisteo.html#comment-13269 Thank you so very much for your substantive, inspiring and challenging sharing. Yes, Our heavenly Mother has a great way of reaching each of us when we want to reach her in faith. She mediates the special grace that we need at every moment in our lives, especially at the moment of our death. So generous of you to share this with us! Eucharisteo. - Fr. Leonard Tumaini Chuwa Mon, 03 Sep 2012 02:52:07 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/eucharisteo.html#comment-13267 Forgive me Karen if I appear to hijack your posting. I would like t address this to Kathy. I have prayed the Divine Mercy chaplet for the twelve months that my mother in law was diagnosed with a particularly vicious strain of leukemia, along with the daily rosary. After all the treatment you can imagine was given to her, we took her home to die among her loved ones,but that was not what happened. She is now living a medecine free life, and the last thing her specialist told her was...keep doing what you're doing, ....i continue to pray the Chaplet, and the rosary in thanksgiving. I hope this gives you some hope. - John Peters Mon, 03 Sep 2012 01:05:26 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/eucharisteo.html#comment-13264 Just now reading the comments. Makes me think of Jane Austen. I always love being addressed as gentle reader when I return to her novels. Now I have a few of my own gentle readers thanks to all of you. @Kathy: Sr. Helen Scarry described the pilgrimage to Lourdes as 'a call within a call'. Our vocations have unique 'calls within the call', but as Jacques Philippe says our path is markedly easier, "when one has learned, little by little, how to conserve, in all circumstances, a profound peace of heart." Such peace of heart is pure gift from God and in Blessed John Paul II address to women religious is a message to us all about how to receive such a gift of peace: "dedicate a sufficiently long period of time every day to stand before the Lord, to tell him [our] love and above all let [yourself] be loved by him." One can do this from a sickbed, in a workplace, at an adoration chapel. Anywhere. Anytime. - Karen Walter Goodwin Sun, 02 Sep 2012 16:34:13 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/eucharisteo.html#comment-13262 "I cannot promise you happiness in this life, but in the next...." how much, dear sister, these words of our Mother to St. Bernadette must burn in our souls! and yet, having Her with us, in us, praying through us, us responding to Her as Her very weak and sickly (in need) children, does this not bring such a Heavenly Joy even now in the midst of the valley of tears to us? a kind of happiness the world cannot begin to fathom? You are in my prayers. Thank you for your gift of Faith multiplied 100 times already in this short life! Your holiness and true Health are quite visible, Karen. You are OUT SHINNING BROADWAY...... - debby Sun, 02 Sep 2012 14:03:30 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/eucharisteo.html#comment-13261 Thank you for your story. Do you have any encouragement for those of us who are ill but have no chance/money to be able to go to Lourdes? - Kathy Sun, 02 Sep 2012 12:20:09 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/eucharisteo.html#comment-13260 What an exquisite testimony to the ways that we are used by God, can be taken to our limits, then restored and comforted and given a new experience of wholeness. Your words are rich and inspiring, as is your life. We need these stories about the openness of faith, and these heartfelt role models. Thank you for lighting the way for others. - Valerie Andrews Sun, 02 Sep 2012 11:00:26 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/eucharisteo.html#comment-13259 Deus te abençoe. A Virgem Maria te proteja. "God bless you. Mary Virgo protect you." Best prayers from a Brazilian retired teacher, 82. - Lúcia Sun, 02 Sep 2012 10:52:47 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/eucharisteo.html#comment-13258 Thank you, Ms. Goodwin, for writing this. - Randall Sun, 02 Sep 2012 10:22:02 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/eucharisteo.html#comment-13256 Beautiful and inspiring, Karen. May this joy always remain in your heart. You are in my prayers. - Bill H Sun, 02 Sep 2012 09:23:26 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/eucharisteo.html#comment-13255 Thank you for sharing your journey with us. I too, have been suffering with more than one illness for over two years now, but nothing as severe as yours. Your beautiful story is touching. I will add you to my prayers. God be With You, Debbie - Debbie Sun, 02 Sep 2012 09:17:26 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/eucharisteo.html#comment-13251 Dear Karen, Thank you so much. Your witness is a gift to all. I will light a candle for you before Our Lady of LaSalette at Mass today. - Mack Sun, 02 Sep 2012 04:11:29 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/eucharisteo.html#comment-13250 Just wanted to tell you, you will be in my prayers for continued remission, Jack - Jack,CT Sun, 02 Sep 2012 01:49:08 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/eucharisteo.html#comment-13249 Simply inspiring! Thank you for your spiritual insight following on your trip to Lourdes. Something still is happening there, people are being led to Jesus by St. Mary! - ib Sat, 01 Sep 2012 23:42:10 +0100