tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7903753219690060538.post1308934840772758565..comments2023-08-10T05:33:53.647-05:00Comments on The Specious Pedestrian: Tuesday of the First Week of LentFr. Dominic Holtz, O.P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17434607164801449682noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7903753219690060538.post-31184274467690462772011-03-16T09:15:10.672-05:002011-03-16T09:15:10.672-05:00I am sorry for your friend, and it grieves me that...I am sorry for your friend, and it grieves me that he finds himself rejected. It is a blessing for him that you will continue to encourage him in the faith. One of the great mysteries, but ironically the great consolations, is that the Church is the means by which God imparts to us the grace of holiness and the fruits of redemption, and yet it is made up of sinners, of whom the clergy are by no means the least. This is a deep mystery in that it calls us often to acts of humility and obedience that stretch our hearts, and even break them. It is a consolation because it means that, even in our daily betrayals, indeed even in our blackest sins, we are not irrevocably lost, and the floodgates of mercy can make us white as snow in the blood of the Savior.Fr. Dominic Holtz, O.P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17434607164801449682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7903753219690060538.post-61096748076321368422011-03-15T20:54:13.297-05:002011-03-15T20:54:13.297-05:00I am writing to you here because, I am unable to r...I am writing to you here because, I am unable to reach you via other means. I had a dear friend of mine announce tonight that he was stepping away from Vox Nova. Being a participate there had renewed his faith and given him much purpose. He is a devoted member of your faith and has spoken highly of you on many occasions. I will continue to encourage him to keep his faith, even though his own rejects him. The elite in the towers can not see the battle on the front line, when they are blinded by their own knowledge.dleeo1https://www.blogger.com/profile/09546293216416217966noreply@blogger.com