Comments for Saint Edward Parish Family http://saintedwardparish.org Our door is open…Our table is set…All are welcome… Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:00:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on The Holy Trinity: Teaching Children About the Great Mystery of Our Faith by Sister Therese Ann http://saintedwardparish.org/the-holy-trinity-teaching-children-the-great-mystery-of-the-catholic-faith/#comment-18727 Sister Therese Ann Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:00:52 +0000 http://saintedwardparish.org/the-holy-trinity-teaching-children-the-great-mystery-of-the-catholic-faith/#comment-18727 I agree we need to be careful. Young children need concrete examples. They do not think in the abstract. By middle school,we need to deepen their understanding...with each age bracket that understanding is enlarged and we can speak in the abstract. We can only do so by building on lived experienced. Thank you for your comments I agree we need to be careful. Young children need concrete examples. They do not think in the abstract. By middle school,we need to deepen their understanding…with each age bracket that understanding is enlarged and we can speak in the abstract. We can only do so by building on lived experienced.
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]]> Comment on The Holy Trinity: Teaching Children About the Great Mystery of Our Faith by Wanda http://saintedwardparish.org/the-holy-trinity-teaching-children-the-great-mystery-of-the-catholic-faith/#comment-18724 Wanda Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:45:29 +0000 http://saintedwardparish.org/the-holy-trinity-teaching-children-the-great-mystery-of-the-catholic-faith/#comment-18724 We must be careful that as we teach children the Trinity we aren’t teaching them false doctrine. Many of the object lessons that are used to teach the Trinity are actually early church heresies. When we give kids the impression that they should be able to understand everything about God we set them up for failure. No wonder they begin to doubt truth as they reach their teen years and early 20ties. We fooled them as children to think that they could understand everything – we “lied” to them. We must be careful that as we teach children the Trinity we aren’t teaching them false doctrine. Many of the object lessons that are used to teach the Trinity are actually early church heresies.

When we give kids the impression that they should be able to understand everything about God we set them up for failure. No wonder they begin to doubt truth as they reach their teen years and early 20ties. We fooled them as children to think that they could understand everything – we “lied” to them.

]]> Comment on When Grief Does Not Go Away by marie ezzo http://saintedwardparish.org/when-grief-does-not-go-away/#comment-18445 marie ezzo Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:41:53 +0000 http://saintedwardparish.org/?p=3244#comment-18445 Good articles on grief! Good articles on grief!

]]> Comment on Coping With Grief and Loss by Sister Therese Ann http://saintedwardparish.org/coping-with-grief-and-loss/#comment-18280 Sister Therese Ann Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:20:58 +0000 http://saintedwardparish.org/?p=3182#comment-18280 First, let me offer you my sympathies....losing a loved one, especially your mother, creates a void, an emptiness. I hold you and yours in my prayers. Thank you for your observations about anger. As with other emotions, if misdirected, it can cause more stress! My brother, sister and I lost our mother this past November. We could be angry with God because our mother's journey was not without pain. We had to acknowledge we did the best we could and not hold any guilt or anger...it is a tough journey...yet in the end, we acknowledged God's blessings because our mother enjoys the blessings of a life well lived. Sometimes anger comes from our sense of guilt.... If we feel anger, give it to God and expect a healing. If it becomes so irrational, then some professional help will be needed. Thank you First, let me offer you my sympathies….losing a loved one, especially your mother, creates a void, an emptiness. I hold you and yours in my prayers. Thank you for your observations about anger. As with other emotions, if misdirected, it can cause more stress! My brother, sister and I lost our mother this past November. We could be angry with God because our mother’s journey was not without pain. We had to acknowledge we did the best we could and not hold any guilt or anger…it is a tough journey…yet in the end, we acknowledged God’s blessings because our mother enjoys the blessings of a life well lived.

Sometimes anger comes from our sense of guilt….

If we feel anger, give it to God and expect a healing. If it becomes so irrational, then some professional help will be needed.

Thank you

]]> Comment on Coping With Grief and Loss by Michael Bode http://saintedwardparish.org/coping-with-grief-and-loss/#comment-18279 Michael Bode Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:00:27 +0000 http://saintedwardparish.org/?p=3182#comment-18279 Thank you for this article. I have just lost my mother, JoAnn Bode and it helps a lot. I wanted to add that the anger part of grieving can cause problems if we allow it to turn into aggression. As you said regarding all emotions that surface during grief: "Accepting them as part of the grieving process and allowing yourself to feel what you feel is necessary for healing." If we accept that the anger is part of grief...and that it is irrational, just an emotion that has surfaced because we have lost someone dear...then it helps us to deal with it for what it is. And to heal from it. On the other hand, if we allow it to become aggression, we misdirect this feeling. If we direct this feeling toward another person, it can cause serious problems. This can cause a problem with a relationship of someone else that we dearly love. When will it end, if we do not accept the anger and deal with it ourselves without aiming it at others? May you hold the peace of God within your heart, Michael Bode Thank you for this article. I have just lost my mother, JoAnn Bode and it helps a lot.

I wanted to add that the anger part of grieving can cause problems if we allow it to turn into aggression. As you said regarding all emotions that surface during grief: “Accepting them as part of the grieving process and allowing yourself to feel what you feel is necessary for healing.”

If we accept that the anger is part of grief…and that it is irrational, just an emotion that has surfaced because we have lost someone dear…then it helps us to deal with it for what it is. And to heal from it.

On the other hand, if we allow it to become aggression, we misdirect this feeling. If we direct this feeling toward another person, it can cause serious problems. This can cause a problem with a relationship of someone else that we dearly love. When will it end, if we do not accept the anger and deal with it ourselves without aiming it at others?

May you hold the peace of God within your heart,
Michael Bode

]]> Comment on Calendar by Interview Questions and Answers http://saintedwardparish.org/calendar-of-events/#comment-14272 Interview Questions and Answers Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:00:21 +0000 http://saintedwardparish.org/?page_id=634#comment-14272 I love your blog, you should add an RSS feed feature so I can get automatic notifications of new blogs. If you set one up please email me! i will bookmark you for now. Again Excellent Blog! I love your blog, you should add an RSS feed feature so I can get automatic notifications of new blogs. If you set one up please email me! i will bookmark you for now. Again Excellent Blog!

]]> Comment on The Energizing Grace of God by Sister Therese Rich http://saintedwardparish.org/grace-energy/#comment-1277 Sister Therese Rich Wed, 24 Nov 2010 00:54:59 +0000 http://saintedwardparish.org/?p=1454#comment-1277 We,like Mary, are full of grace! Wow! I never would put myself in that category, and yet, if I believe in my call to Discipleship, then this presence of God, this energy impels me to be about God's mission. Quiet reflection is the way to be "re-energized"! We,like Mary, are full of grace! Wow! I never would put myself in that category, and yet, if I believe in my call to Discipleship, then this presence of God, this energy impels me to be about God’s mission. Quiet reflection is the way to be “re-energized”!

]]> Comment on The Holy Pause: Grace in Everyday by Sister Therese Rich http://saintedwardparish.org/grace_everyday/#comment-1185 Sister Therese Rich Wed, 17 Nov 2010 10:47:35 +0000 http://saintedwardparish.org/?p=1449#comment-1185 This post is the "Holy Pause" today! Thank you for reminding me to connect, reflect and integrate God's unexpected presence! the call to go deeper, to lead lives of reflection will open our hearts to the poor among us. Thank you for this reminder. This post is the “Holy Pause” today! Thank you for reminding me to connect, reflect and integrate God’s unexpected presence! the call to go deeper, to lead lives of reflection will open our hearts to the poor among us. Thank you for this reminder.

]]> Comment on Advent Family Rituals by Sister Therese Ann http://saintedwardparish.org/advent-family-rituals/#comment-1068 Sister Therese Ann Sat, 06 Nov 2010 23:55:37 +0000 http://saintedwardparish.org/?p=1384#comment-1068 When we were very young, my mom and dad wanted us to understand that preparing the stable for Jesus' birth and preparing our hearts and our home were all the same thing. They cut up thin strips of beige paper and placed them in a basket next to the nativity set. Each time we did a kind deed, opted out of a "nitpick" with a sibling, or offered a prayer at meals, we could write that deed on the strip and place that "straw" in the manger. Love and kindness gave Jesus a warm place to stay. When we were very young, my mom and dad wanted us to understand that preparing the stable for Jesus’ birth and preparing our hearts and our home were all the same thing. They cut up thin strips of beige paper and placed them in a basket next to the nativity set. Each time we did a kind deed, opted out of a “nitpick” with a sibling, or offered a prayer at meals, we could write that deed on the strip and place that “straw” in the manger. Love and kindness gave Jesus a warm place to stay.

]]> Comment on Living Stations 2010 by Boyd Press http://saintedwardparish.org/living-stations-2010/#comment-1066 Boyd Press Sat, 06 Nov 2010 20:52:44 +0000 http://saintedwardparish.org/?p=580#comment-1066 Hey, very nice website. I actually came across this on Yahoo, and I am really happy I did. I will definitely be coming back here more often. Wish I could add to the post and bring a bit more to the table, but am just taking in as much info as I can at the moment. Thank You Hey, very nice website. I actually came across this on Yahoo, and I am really happy I did. I will definitely be coming back here more often. Wish I could add to the post and bring a bit more to the table, but am just taking in as much info as I can at the moment.

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