tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892605238898284406.comments2013-11-23T13:22:21.019-05:00He Wrapped Darkness About HimKat Speeckaerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12270471557598793340noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892605238898284406.post-26513519841574632482013-11-21T23:53:21.121-05:002013-11-21T23:53:21.121-05:00This: "the times when I feel more tightly gri...This: "the times when I feel more tightly gripped by sadness, darkness, and despair are also the times when I feel most isolated in the midst of my community."<br /><br />Yes. You get it. I've never met anyone else who feels this way, or at least none who admit it. Thank you for (cyber-)wandering into my life. It's bedtime before a workday here, but I'll be back later.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892605238898284406.post-1572510877196891132013-11-21T23:43:26.565-05:002013-11-21T23:43:26.565-05:00You understand call. You understand depression. We...You understand call. You understand depression. We're gonna get along just fine. Thanks for writing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892605238898284406.post-13031177835989890852013-11-21T23:39:58.513-05:002013-11-21T23:39:58.513-05:00I hear you. Oh yeah, I hear you. Keep writing. It ...I hear you. Oh yeah, I hear you. Keep writing. It matters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892605238898284406.post-56143182963510961392013-11-20T23:37:14.367-05:002013-11-20T23:37:14.367-05:00This was beautiful and I loved it. So nice to hav...This was beautiful and I loved it. So nice to have someone write about depression and how it relates to our day-to-day life with God and scripture.K.C. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10815737249921325593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892605238898284406.post-70410750048485723222013-11-17T20:31:42.310-05:002013-11-17T20:31:42.310-05:00While it is important to continue building, someti...While it is important to continue building, sometimes in the process of creating we allow time to be quiet -- and reflect - 1) we think about the ways we can participate in God's work, 2) we also allow the light of divine love to shine on us - so that it can then continue to shine as if from us. Sometimes our weakness is a reminder that God is our only strength, sometimes fragility is a reminder that I can either conform to the image that God has of me ... or I can resist. I know very well what it is to want to be someone else ... I want to be a better me. But somehow God is saying, well, you - as you are right now - are actually where I can best work with you. Yesterday a faithful friend of mine spoke of spending most of his life swimming against the current - he likened the current to the Holy Spirit -- and said that now he is trying to learn how to flow / float with the current. <br />Sometimes we work on the building, sometimes we allow ourselves to be shaped (as if we were a karyatid on a building) sometimes we trust that regardless of our feelings, God is pleased with us ... and God will offer consolations to replace the tears.... <br />So grateful for the Mass this morning, for the beautiful singing of Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence ...greatful that we have each other and share the love of God <br />Jan Jorgensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12290048384346179453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892605238898284406.post-73239533231643258052013-11-17T20:10:56.222-05:002013-11-17T20:10:56.222-05:00You have spoken eloquently about the white birch a...You have spoken eloquently about the white birch and your experience of depression - but I feel I can't find words that convey my desire to create a place of meeting and support you through this difficult time. I can remind you that you have a place in my heart, and in the hearts of many others at CCC - and of course as you know together we dwell in the heart of God's love. Staying with the pain until we can move through it is such a difficult task - surrounding you with prayer, thanking God for the gift of you to this world, trusting that the desolation will give way to consolation (as you reconnect with yourself and struggle with your questions.) <br />Jan Jorgensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12290048384346179453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892605238898284406.post-13330938711212760712013-09-19T20:07:19.140-04:002013-09-19T20:07:19.140-04:00Thank you, Kat. Thank you, Kat. Jan Jorgensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12290048384346179453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892605238898284406.post-42888967177558291532013-08-22T09:58:53.346-04:002013-08-22T09:58:53.346-04:00Kat I found this very interesting....You have a wa...Kat I found this very interesting....You have a way of expressing your self .God Bless BarbaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com