Comments on: Wisdom from a Catholic Radical http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2007/01/31/wisdom-from-a-catholic-radical/ let's activate something Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:40:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Jason http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2007/01/31/wisdom-from-a-catholic-radical/#comment-564 Jason Tue, 13 Feb 2007 16:51:31 +0000 http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2007/01/31/wisdom-from-a-catholic-radical/#comment-564 How strange I should find this post. Today I am questioning my religious affiliation. Weird. Most people wouldn't even question something like that. Most people would not even consider Christianity an "affiliation". But today I questioned it. Being Catholic I often wonder: Is the Roman Catholic Church being true to the teachings of Christ? Peace, justice, love and care for the sick, poor, and those in prison? You answered my question. It is with the individual Christian (the parts of the body of Christ) that we find the evidence. So now I question myself (and not my denomination). Am I being true to Christ? How strange I should find this post. Today I am questioning my religious affiliation. Weird. Most people wouldn’t even question something like that. Most people would not even consider Christianity an “affiliation”. But today I questioned it. Being Catholic I often wonder: Is the Roman Catholic Church being true to the teachings of Christ? Peace, justice, love and care for the sick, poor, and those in prison? You answered my question. It is with the individual Christian (the parts of the body of Christ) that we find the evidence. So now I question myself (and not my denomination). Am I being true to Christ?

]]> By: In a different spirit » Young Anabaptist Radicals http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2007/01/31/wisdom-from-a-catholic-radical/#comment-420 In a different spirit » Young Anabaptist Radicals Fri, 02 Feb 2007 18:00:21 +0000 http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2007/01/31/wisdom-from-a-catholic-radical/#comment-420 [...] I wrote this yesterday before I read Angie’s post. Her thoughts on Dorothy Day and the church reflect very well my own thoughts. While Angie’s post is thoughtful, mine is angry. Maybe in a few days, I can manage thoughtful but for now, this is what I’ve got: [...] […] I wrote this yesterday before I read Angie’s post. Her thoughts on Dorothy Day and the church reflect very well my own thoughts. While Angie’s post is thoughtful, mine is angry. Maybe in a few days, I can manage thoughtful but for now, this is what I’ve got: […]

]]> By: ST http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2007/01/31/wisdom-from-a-catholic-radical/#comment-417 ST Fri, 02 Feb 2007 13:26:55 +0000 http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2007/01/31/wisdom-from-a-catholic-radical/#comment-417 Angie, I am going to bounce off of your article into what happened last week at the Southern Cone conference. Thanks for this. Angie, I am going to bounce off of your article into what happened last week at the Southern Cone conference.

Thanks for this.

]]> By: Hootsbuddy http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2007/01/31/wisdom-from-a-catholic-radical/#comment-401 Hootsbuddy Thu, 01 Feb 2007 12:00:33 +0000 http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2007/01/31/wisdom-from-a-catholic-radical/#comment-401 I'm so glad you have discovered Dorothy Day. I came across a discarded issue of The Catholic Worker some forty-five years ago and became a subscriber from then to now. They have about played out, I think, but at one cent per issue it was one thing that I could afford as a student. Her "On Pilgtamage" columns were an inspiration to me and the <i>Catholic Worker</i> has been a touchstone of my faith since. I am not suitable material to be her kind of radical, but I have nothing but the deepest respect for the causes and thinking that she (and you guys as well) advance. If you have not already done so, you might want to read Robert Coles' excellent biography of Dorothy Day, <i>A radical Devotion.</i> Coles is a student and intellectual heir to Erik Erikson, another great mind who tried to make sense of the madness of our time. I’m so glad you have discovered Dorothy Day. I came across a discarded issue of The Catholic Worker some forty-five years ago and became a subscriber from then to now. They have about played out, I think, but at one cent per issue it was one thing that I could afford as a student. Her “On Pilgtamage” columns were an inspiration to me and the Catholic Worker has been a touchstone of my faith since.

I am not suitable material to be her kind of radical, but I have nothing but the deepest respect for the causes and thinking that she (and you guys as well) advance. If you have not already done so, you might want to read Robert Coles’ excellent biography of Dorothy Day, A radical Devotion. Coles is a student and intellectual heir to Erik Erikson, another great mind who tried to make sense of the madness of our time.

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