tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post7141846588693456713..comments2024-03-01T23:41:02.240-05:00Comments on louie, louie: "if I am a disturbing element, that is all right."beth cioffolettihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09300116274007165612noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-2426324317921506732007-07-06T18:57:00.000-05:002007-07-06T18:57:00.000-05:00Flannery O'Connor has it right. Perhaps it is lik...Flannery O'Connor has it right. Perhaps it is like ones "family" - you have to grow THROUGH it.beth cioffolettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300116274007165612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-65883182960981759882007-07-06T16:18:00.000-05:002007-07-06T16:18:00.000-05:00I recall a Benedictine monk, Father Elias, who was...I recall a Benedictine monk, Father Elias, who was our retreatmastter during our senior year in college. He confronted us on racial issues and our tendency to take our theology from the Pentagon. I was shaken, not only by what he said, but how some of my classmates responded. Father Elias worked in the peace movement, I heard, but eventually left the monastic life. <BR/>As Flannery O'Connor wrote, sometimes you have to suffer more FROM the Church than because of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com