tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post7737232694354122840..comments2024-03-01T23:41:02.240-05:00Comments on louie, louie: Faith rooted in the unknownbeth cioffolettihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09300116274007165612noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-13750306691438032652009-10-28T15:27:27.412-05:002009-10-28T15:27:27.412-05:00Thanks for visiting and commenting, Brian.
Seems ...Thanks for visiting and commenting, Brian.<br /><br />Seems like a lot of Trappists think that the Carthusians have greener grass :-) Merton certainly struggled with that for a number of years!beth cioffolettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300116274007165612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-57037293852556585232009-10-28T14:56:08.325-05:002009-10-28T14:56:08.325-05:00Your blog is fantastic. I have been a "Fr. Lo...Your blog is fantastic. I have been a "Fr. Louie" fan for a long time and I so enjoy reading your posts.<br /><br />Interesting words here "But if we learn how to have a deep inner patience, things solve themselves, or God solves them if you prefer."<br /><br />This past October I made my yearly retreat at a trappit monastery in the northeast. I arrived a bit early. When I rang the retreat house bell, Fr."A" answered the door. He was very kind, wanting to help me carry my bags to my room. <br />It was early, so the retreat house was very quiet. Father wanted to talk so we sat down - probably for forty five minutes. He had been a Trappist for 51 years!<br /><br />Then he looked at me and shared some personal information. When he was in his 50's, had a mid-life crisis. I said to myself, what is he going to say - that he wanted to run away with a nun? or he had an affair?<br /><br />No - none of those things. <br /><br />He seriously thought about leaving the trappists, <br /><br />and becoming a...<br /><br /> "Carthusian"<br /><br />But then, he came back to his senses.... go figure....Brianhttp://www.abookofeverything.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com