tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199569135564129670.post1576983633238227620..comments2023-12-15T18:28:39.112-05:00Comments on The Food Which Endures: Living a Eucharistic Life: Spiritual Communion - Vinny Flynn's 7 Secrets of the EucharistPete Caccavarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17454406800958606929noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199569135564129670.post-64011254982325632752009-03-03T22:02:00.000-05:002009-03-03T22:02:00.000-05:00I find the same is true for me. It reminds me of ...I find the same is true for me. It reminds me of a Stephen Crane poem, "There Was a Man with Tongue of Wood": <BR/><BR/>There was a man with tongue of wood<BR/>Who essayed to sing,<BR/>And in truth it was lamentable.<BR/>But there was one who heard<BR/>The clip-clapper of this tongue of wood<BR/>And knew what the man<BR/>Wished to sing,<BR/>And with that the singer was content.Pete Caccavarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17454406800958606929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199569135564129670.post-22729780603970599682009-03-03T20:40:00.000-05:002009-03-03T20:40:00.000-05:00You wrote how Brother Lawrence said and lived, "Th...You wrote how Brother Lawrence said and lived, "That we should establish ourselves in a sense of God's presence by continually conversing with Him. That it was a shameful thing to quit His conversation to think of trifles and fooleries." When I am reading him (and other like-minded spiritual writers this seems so True and Real. And yet as soon as I return to the company and conversations of others who are not familiar with such authors, when I attempt to put their views into speech, my words aren't wise (as theirs were) but priggish and proud/vain. I still have a long, LONG way to go!the bookladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11263580845211880738noreply@blogger.com