Comments for Live Holiness http://liveholiness.com Inspiration for Your Ultimate Calling Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:44:35 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Are Fun and Holiness Compatible? by Michelle http://liveholiness.com/2010/03/07/are-fun-and-holiness-compatible/#comment-378 Michelle Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:44:35 +0000 http://liveholiness.com/?p=423#comment-378 Fr Mike, So, I posed my teenage son your question " Are fun and holiness compatible?" And he answered NO! So I read him your post. This became a teacheable moment for him, and for me as well, since I guess I have to rethink how I have been living my faith around here. Thanks for the opportunity. Fr Mike,

So, I posed my teenage son your question ” Are fun and holiness compatible?” And he answered NO! So I read him your post. This became a teacheable moment for him, and for me as well, since I guess I have to rethink how I have been living my faith around here. Thanks for the opportunity.

]]> Comment on Are Fun and Holiness Compatible? by Fr. Michael Najim http://liveholiness.com/2010/03/07/are-fun-and-holiness-compatible/#comment-377 Fr. Michael Najim Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:48:46 +0000 http://liveholiness.com/?p=423#comment-377 Thanks, as always, Belinda. The challenge for us is to be "otherworldy" (focused on Heaven) while being in the world. Otherworldly doesn't mean not enjoying the good things of this world. It just means we see it all as a gift from the Lord. Peace! Thanks, as always, Belinda. The challenge for us is to be “otherworldy” (focused on Heaven) while being in the world. Otherworldly doesn’t mean not enjoying the good things of this world. It just means we see it all as a gift from the Lord.

Peace!

]]> Comment on Are Fun and Holiness Compatible? by Belinda Munoz http://liveholiness.com/2010/03/07/are-fun-and-holiness-compatible/#comment-376 Belinda Munoz Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:38:43 +0000 http://liveholiness.com/?p=423#comment-376 Lovely post. I enjoyed learning more about you, Fr. Michael. I think your words are an important message for those who impose an unfair and heavy burden of "otherworldliness" on priests and nuns, etc. Lovely post. I enjoyed learning more about you, Fr. Michael. I think your words are an important message for those who impose an unfair and heavy burden of “otherworldliness” on priests and nuns, etc.

]]> Comment on Are Fun and Holiness Compatible? by Fr. Michael Najim http://liveholiness.com/2010/03/07/are-fun-and-holiness-compatible/#comment-375 Fr. Michael Najim Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:18:03 +0000 http://liveholiness.com/?p=423#comment-375 Denise, Now that I think about it, I should have mentioned Ignatius and how he encouraged us to find God in all things. Thanks for reminding me. I enjoy Ignatianspirituality.com Peace! Denise,

Now that I think about it, I should have mentioned Ignatius and how he encouraged us to find God in all things. Thanks for reminding me. I enjoy Ignatianspirituality.com

Peace!

]]> Comment on Are Fun and Holiness Compatible? by Denise http://liveholiness.com/2010/03/07/are-fun-and-holiness-compatible/#comment-374 Denise Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:43:51 +0000 http://liveholiness.com/?p=423#comment-374 Your reflections are not only helpful in the sense of vocations awareness and understanding the daily life of a priest, but they are a reminder of the Ignatian call to find God in all things. We are called to live in the world and find holiness where we live. This post is a wonderful reminder of that. Your reflections are not only helpful in the sense of vocations awareness and understanding the daily life of a priest, but they are a reminder of the Ignatian call to find God in all things. We are called to live in the world and find holiness where we live. This post is a wonderful reminder of that.

]]> Comment on Are Fun and Holiness Compatible? by Fr. Michael Najim http://liveholiness.com/2010/03/07/are-fun-and-holiness-compatible/#comment-373 Fr. Michael Najim Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:17:32 +0000 http://liveholiness.com/?p=423#comment-373 Michelle, St. Josemaria was said to be a truly joyful man. Joy is a mark of holiness. Thank God for people like Archbishop Dolan who can radiate the joy of the Lord to others. Being joyful, being fully alive, does indeed draw people to Christ. Peace! Michelle,

St. Josemaria was said to be a truly joyful man. Joy is a mark of holiness. Thank God for people like Archbishop Dolan who can radiate the joy of the Lord to others. Being joyful, being fully alive, does indeed draw people to Christ.

Peace!

]]> Comment on Are Fun and Holiness Compatible? by Fr. Michael Najim http://liveholiness.com/2010/03/07/are-fun-and-holiness-compatible/#comment-372 Fr. Michael Najim Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:15:20 +0000 http://liveholiness.com/?p=423#comment-372 Ellis, So true: the best vocation poster is a joyful priest or religious sister/brother. It's so important for us who are called to serve the Church in priesthood and religious life to radiate joy. That will attract more young people to serve the Lord. Thanks for reading Ellis,

So true: the best vocation poster is a joyful priest or religious sister/brother. It’s so important for us who are called to serve the Church in priesthood and religious life to radiate joy. That will attract more young people to serve the Lord.

Thanks for reading

]]> Comment on Are Fun and Holiness Compatible? by Michelle http://liveholiness.com/2010/03/07/are-fun-and-holiness-compatible/#comment-371 Michelle Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:35:48 +0000 http://liveholiness.com/?p=423#comment-371 St Escriva's writings and teachings about cheerfulness have always been a great inspiration to me. Sometimes we can just "suck the fun out of life" with our own attitudes and bring doom and gloom wherever we go. No wonder people don't want to hang around us if we walk around like Eeyore all the time. But when you run into a truly cheerful person, one that has that interior - supernatural - joy and knows how to enjoy life, no matter what, then they will be so much more effective in drawing us closer to God. Archbishop Dolan comes to mind right now! He is such a joyful man!! He was recently interviewed and asked why he was always so happy. He tied it all in with the virtue of hope. - Thanks for sharing your "human" side with us. Sometimes we do forget that priests are *actually* human beings too! ;o) St Escriva’s writings and teachings about cheerfulness have always been a great inspiration to me. Sometimes we can just “suck the fun out of life” with our own attitudes and bring doom and gloom wherever we go. No wonder people don’t want to hang around us if we walk around like Eeyore all the time. But when you run into a truly cheerful person, one that has that interior – supernatural – joy and knows how to enjoy life, no matter what, then they will be so much more effective in drawing us closer to God. Archbishop Dolan comes to mind right now! He is such a joyful man!! He was recently interviewed and asked why he was always so happy. He tied it all in with the virtue of hope. – Thanks for sharing your “human” side with us. Sometimes we do forget that priests are *actually* human beings too! ;o)

]]> Comment on Are Fun and Holiness Compatible? by ellisluciano http://liveholiness.com/2010/03/07/are-fun-and-holiness-compatible/#comment-370 ellisluciano Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:19:54 +0000 http://liveholiness.com/?p=423#comment-370 yes, i believe that holiness and fun can go together. People, especially the young ones, can get easily attracted to someone who has an aura of being happy, of someone who knows how to have fun. And I think this is one of the challenges of the vocation promoters, to "sell" the notion that priesthood and religious life can be a "fun-filled," and at the same time, grace-filled experience, to be an example that priests and religious are not "frozen delights." Jesus, I think, understood this notion very well especially when he said not to put on a gloomy face when fasting :) God loves a cheerful giver. Jesus used to bring his apostles to Cesarea Philippi after a tiring day of doing their ministry, I believe, not only to pray but to have some rest and recreation :) yes, i believe that holiness and fun can go together.

People, especially the young ones, can get easily attracted to someone who has an aura of being happy, of someone who knows how to have fun. And I think this is one of the challenges of the vocation promoters, to “sell” the notion that priesthood and religious life can be a “fun-filled,” and at the same time, grace-filled experience, to be an example that priests and religious are not “frozen delights.”

Jesus, I think, understood this notion very well especially when he said not to put on a gloomy face when fasting :) God loves a cheerful giver. Jesus used to bring his apostles to Cesarea Philippi after a tiring day of doing their ministry, I believe, not only to pray but to have some rest and recreation :)

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