AnneLine Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 I dunno about moving to Ireland.... from what I hear from a priest friend who went back home on a visit, it is a very hard place to be a Catholic and even more to be a priest right now... so many are hurt and angry.... it would require a STRONG ability to take anger and insults without responding back. And in much of Europe, the society is as secularized or more secularized than our own. I think we need to take St. Therese's reflections on her own community as a guide on this one.... she entered a community that wasn't perfect, wasn't all that fervent, and that had nuns (and a superior!) who were far from what one would expect in a Carmel. I recall a priest commenting that, "If they knew what was going on in here, they would close this place down." And yet St. Therese found it a place where she could achieve great sanctity by doing little things with great love right where she was. Now THAT is a standard I can try to follow..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominicansoul Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 I know a few Sisters in ireland.. they are quietly rebuilding the Catholic culture with little acts of love... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r2Dtoo Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Yeah whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidemunch88 Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 [quote name='r2Dtoo' timestamp='1334450324' post='2417919'] Yeah whatever. [/quote] R2 has been drinking again. lolz r2 go to bed. But FP that is a hardcore story keep on keeping on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winchester Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 [quote name='ardillacid' timestamp='1334443577' post='2417870'] POWER AND GLORY [/quote] The Comedians Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted April 15, 2012 Author Share Posted April 15, 2012 [quote name='AnneLine' timestamp='1334448255' post='2417903'] I dunno about moving to Ireland.... from what I hear from a priest friend who went back home on a visit, it is a very hard place to be a Catholic and even more to be a priest right now... so many are hurt and angry.... it would require a STRONG ability to take anger and insults without responding back. And in much of Europe, the society is as secularized or more secularized than our own. I think we need to take St. Therese's reflections on her own community as a guide on this one.... she entered a community that wasn't perfect, wasn't all that fervent, and that had nuns (and a superior!) who were far from what one would expect in a Carmel. I recall a priest commenting that, "If they knew what was going on in here, they would close this place down." And yet St. Therese found it a place where she could achieve great sanctity by doing little things with great love right where she was. Now THAT is a standard I can try to follow..... [/quote] I've had it with tornadoes. The U.S. has more tornadoes than any other country by far, and I honestly don't know why anyone would willingly live here. It may be tough to live in Ireland, but they are slowly rebuilding it. It is still in the patching process, but it is getting better. Besides, if there is persecution it's simply better for me. Didn't Jesus say something about that being great in the Beatitudes? To top everything off, I'm not going to let secularists destroy the motherland. It is over 90% Catholic and that's going to be the low point if I have anything to do with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted April 15, 2012 Author Share Posted April 15, 2012 [quote name='Winchester' timestamp='1334332537' post='2417025'] At least you didn't have to fight through estrogen fog, amirite? [/quote] MIkolbe, put Winchester back in his cage. I would but he bites and I suspect he has rabies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilllabettt Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 [quote name='FuturePriest387' timestamp='1334506504' post='2418170'] The U.S. has more tornadoes than any other country by far, and I honestly don't know why anyone would willingly live here. [/quote] Lol. If you are honestly curious, I can have my students write you letters. Many of them risked life and limb to get here. Weather doesn't scare them - the chance that they would have to leave this country scares them. We are in the heart of Tornado Alley btw. There are pros and cons to living here. But that's life this side of heaven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Vega Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 I hear there aren't many tornadoes in Boston or Seattle or Denver or Atlanta or Phoenix or San Diego or Chicago. Too bad those aren't part of the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Vega Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Besides, wouldn't there be more to be said about converting a huge, historically (non/anti) Catholic country to Catholicism, rather than just hanging out with a bunch of people who already were Catholic? Jesus said go make disciples of all nations, not stay here and chill with the people who already think exactly like you do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archaeology cat Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 As much as I love England, I did miss real thunderstorms when I was there. And yes, there are plenty f places in the US that don't have tornadoes. There are ups and downs anywhere you live - there's no perfect place outside Heaven. I do hate tornadoes, though. The worst I've been through was an F3, I think. I don't envy you, Miles, and understand your hatred of tornadoes. God bless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted April 16, 2012 Author Share Posted April 16, 2012 [quote name='USAirwaysIHS' timestamp='1334509823' post='2418186'] I hear there aren't many tornadoes in Boston or Seattle or Denver or Atlanta or Phoenix or San Diego or Chicago. Too bad those aren't part of the US. [/quote] Seattle has high suicide rates, plus it has mudslides and earthquakes. Boston is way too big for me, I never liked Denver, Atlanta is in the south, ergo it is really hot and has tons of tornadoes, Pheonix is way too hot, San Diego has earthquakes and, once again, is too big, and simply walking into Chicago as a Conservative is a death-sentence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted April 16, 2012 Author Share Posted April 16, 2012 And all of that is opposed to my beloved Ireland. The hottest it gets there is seventy, there's rarely bad storms there, it's absolutely beautiful, and the people there are a lot nicer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r2Dtoo Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 [quote name='FuturePriest387' timestamp='1334534533' post='2418355'] Atlanta is in the south, ergo it is really hot and has tons of tornadoes.[/quote] Atlanta is hardly tornado alley. [quote]Pheonix is way too hot[/quote] Do you know what "dry heat" is? It doesn't feel that bad at all. You sound like a typical 15 year old crybaby. You have yet to learn that nowhere is perfect. Every area has it's problems and it's highlights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Vega Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 [quote name='FuturePriest387' timestamp='1334534533' post='2418355'] Seattle has high suicide rates, plus it has mudslides and earthquakes. Boston is way too big for me, I never liked Denver, Atlanta is in the south, ergo it is really hot and has tons of tornadoes, Pheonix is way too hot, San Diego has earthquakes and, once again, is too big, and simply walking into Chicago as a Conservative is a death-sentence. [/quote] How about Nashville or Charlotte? West Virginia? Little Rock? [quote name='FuturePriest387' timestamp='1334534614' post='2418357'] And all of that is opposed to my beloved Ireland. The hottest it gets there is seventy, there's rarely bad storms there, it's absolutely beautiful, and the people there are a lot nicer. [/quote] You've been? Also, feel free to respond to my other (more salient) post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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