tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post3454325782820793228..comments2024-03-23T18:50:32.902-04:00Comments on Telling Secrets: Fire and SpiritElizabeth Kaetonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-30597665945487250432015-02-11T21:12:59.037-05:002015-02-11T21:12:59.037-05:00And with you and for you I pray. Many blessings to...And with you and for you I pray. Many blessings to you and for your ministry.Tim Mooneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-26771405341389649052015-02-07T20:34:05.418-05:002015-02-07T20:34:05.418-05:00Amen.Amen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-3317216779137569332015-02-06T22:06:27.016-05:002015-02-06T22:06:27.016-05:00No, Michael, I didn't. I know the guy they cal...No, Michael, I didn't. I know the guy they called. He works really hard. I'm sure he was sick. He clearly wasn't at his best. Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-31832530367618844382015-02-05T00:38:24.227-05:002015-02-05T00:38:24.227-05:00I hope you reported the incident of the slacker RC...I hope you reported the incident of the slacker RC priests to the local diocese. These clowns deserve severe punishment for this slothfulness.<br /><br />xyMichaelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-1848761277455935572015-02-02T20:19:57.964-05:002015-02-02T20:19:57.964-05:00Thank you. Thank you. Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-60966547043198301302015-02-02T18:19:08.200-05:002015-02-02T18:19:08.200-05:00This is the most beautiful thing I've read in ...This is the most beautiful thing I've read in a long time. Thank you so much for sharing.Anna Marion Howellhttp://sulfurfreejesus.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-77959096658724075872015-01-30T21:04:28.491-05:002015-01-30T21:04:28.491-05:00I learned from the best. Thank you, Martha.I learned from the best. Thank you, Martha.Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-84387293711323788552015-01-30T17:02:42.883-05:002015-01-30T17:02:42.883-05:00Keep watch ...
Thank you, Elizabeth, priest.Keep watch ...<br /><br />Thank you, Elizabeth, priest.Martha Blacklocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-48704125231484112272015-01-30T16:13:52.343-05:002015-01-30T16:13:52.343-05:00Thanks, JCF. I'll check it out.Thanks, JCF. I'll check it out.Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-23343463888225927252015-01-30T15:50:51.668-05:002015-01-30T15:50:51.668-05:00Thank you for this, Elizabeth.
I hope I'm not...Thank you for this, Elizabeth.<br /><br />I hope I'm not taking this thread off-topic, but the horrors of death-by-fire is what made this post on "Executed Today" especially shocking: http://www.executedtoday.com/2015/01/29/1745-eve-her-smoke-visible-throughout-the-country/<br /><br />This is our (USA) history.JCFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-69169692420634053672015-01-30T11:21:09.981-05:002015-01-30T11:21:09.981-05:00Mark - Thanks for your presence here.Mark - Thanks for your presence here.Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-2858635772028169522015-01-30T10:52:22.872-05:002015-01-30T10:52:22.872-05:00Julia - This is not the first or even the 21st tim...Julia - This is not the first or even the 21st time I've been with a fire victim. When I was Chaplain to the Newark (NJ) fire department, I must have seen a fire a week. You never get used to it. I'm sure you also resonate with the sense of incompetence and imposterization. It comes from feeling so helpless in the face of a fire. I'm sure God continues to bless you for the work you've done.Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-57747836680522304972015-01-30T10:50:24.333-05:002015-01-30T10:50:24.333-05:00IT - The back story is that the family is Roman Ca...IT - The back story is that the family is Roman Catholic. The Hospital Chaplain called one of the local (there are three) RC Churches. The priest who answered the phone abruptly said, "I am sick. I can't come," and hung up. <br /><br />The Hospital Chaplain shook his head and said, "He didn't even offer suggestions or alternatives. Just 'too bad, I can't come.' So, when I told the family that the priest was not available, the mom asked for you. Sorry to disturb you at this hour but I'm glad it's you."<br /><br />I did remind him that perhaps the priest really was very sick and had had a really rough day and maybe the next day was going to be even worse. And that, just before Christmas, his 50-something assistant had had a heart attack and died during a funeral service and hadn't been replaced. And that perhaps it wasn't that he wasn't a good priest but that his manner and style needed a bit of attention. <br /><br />See also what Ann said: We are human and we do the best we can.Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-99069436133152372015-01-30T10:44:18.712-05:002015-01-30T10:44:18.712-05:00MKS - I hope they help you find a place of solace ...MKS - I hope they help you find a place of solace and comfort.Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-57536726065149147512015-01-30T10:44:04.106-05:002015-01-30T10:44:04.106-05:00Your line about feeling incompetent or being an im...Your line about feeling incompetent or being an imposter does resonate. As I read this the lines of the famous Merton prayer came to mind. Lord I do not know where I am going. <br /><br />Thank you also for the reminder of the greatest gift we can give anyone, the gift of presence.<br />Fr. Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11286071171471271388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-83337974659911605222015-01-30T10:43:41.068-05:002015-01-30T10:43:41.068-05:00Thanks, Ann - I think it's important to tell t...Thanks, Ann - I think it's important to tell that truth about ourselves b/c others judge us so harshly - as we judge others - but no more than we harshly judge ourselves. Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-82085756431791020472015-01-30T10:16:17.329-05:002015-01-30T10:16:17.329-05:00My gratitude to you for sharing what I have felt m...My gratitude to you for sharing what I have felt many times, you see I was a Paramedic and Police officer for 25 years. That type of death be it someone you know or a stranger is one of the hardest to handle. My thoughts and prayers are with you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14304651711070228204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-72968880147968834032015-01-30T10:14:25.622-05:002015-01-30T10:14:25.622-05:00Wow.
Thank you.
Wow.<br /><br />Thank you.<br />IThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09605163506396013904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-34880457106467442732015-01-30T10:12:57.494-05:002015-01-30T10:12:57.494-05:00Thank you for these words of peace. I know that I ...Thank you for these words of peace. I know that I will return to them.mkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13577000387034712668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-13047410084862873332015-01-30T09:57:52.359-05:002015-01-30T09:57:52.359-05:00"It's the fear that we are incompetent. W..."It's the fear that we are incompetent. Worse, that we are imposters.”<br /><br />The truth is we are incompetent, we are imposters - we are not God but we are here and God reigns anyway. And that is enough.<br /><br />Thanks Elizabeth.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287169546184325690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-80049052469746600092015-01-30T09:27:31.180-05:002015-01-30T09:27:31.180-05:00Thank you, ClarkThank you, ClarkElizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-37450354245458188052015-01-29T23:24:07.163-05:002015-01-29T23:24:07.163-05:00Blessings to you and to all those you have touched...Blessings to you and to all those you have touched. Clark Hendleynoreply@blogger.com