tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post5210392388716924872..comments2024-03-23T18:50:32.902-04:00Comments on Telling Secrets: Things done and left undoneElizabeth Kaetonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-2950598664275785692010-01-03T08:57:10.157-05:002010-01-03T08:57:10.157-05:00@ Fr. Kenny: God Bless you and your father.@ Fr. Kenny: God Bless you and your father.Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-64777116790694977232010-01-03T05:45:46.317-05:002010-01-03T05:45:46.317-05:00Thank you so much for this! My dad is not good jus...Thank you so much for this! My dad is not good just now and you just articulated how I feel about it! I'm ready to celebrate the Eucharist this morning with a strengthened heart and mind.Fr Kennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09825687159958396082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-90342062653771440152010-01-02T09:49:10.313-05:002010-01-02T09:49:10.313-05:00Thank you for sharing these wise insights -- I sen...Thank you for sharing these wise insights -- I sent a link to this posting to a friend caring for his wife ...Elaine C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02094641269585924122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-78760964919800014022009-12-31T18:41:33.646-05:002009-12-31T18:41:33.646-05:00Dear lady, i think you have half written it alread...Dear lady, i think you have half written it already. Really. Think about it?IThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09605163506396013904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-32283540438162784942009-12-31T18:00:44.904-05:002009-12-31T18:00:44.904-05:00Quite simply, a heartfelf thank you, Elizabeth. Ma...Quite simply, a heartfelf thank you, Elizabeth. May your ministry and inner life flourish in the new year.Joanna Depuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17363504078115199117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-86789383090013847102009-12-31T16:50:55.447-05:002009-12-31T16:50:55.447-05:00I'm late to checking the blogs today but like ...I'm late to checking the blogs today but like so many others ... thank you for this insightful post. May God continue to bless you, your life and work in the new year ahead.<br /><br />And, by the way, g'won and write that book!whiteycathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04278420345601368200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-63302550470791968522009-12-31T16:30:25.009-05:002009-12-31T16:30:25.009-05:00Elizabeth -- I also thought of your brother -- and...Elizabeth -- I also thought of your brother -- and my father -- and my mother-in-law -- and a friend at church.<br /><br />All manner of things will be well. Hard to remember that sometimes.susankayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15513759507628166408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-92229010430052928192009-12-31T16:03:56.858-05:002009-12-31T16:03:56.858-05:00I'm also crying.
May be daily bread and but...I'm also crying. <br /><br />May be daily bread and butter for clergy in the trenches though I suspect few can write so well.Erphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18037406583478493064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-8277985424881400472009-12-31T15:35:27.511-05:002009-12-31T15:35:27.511-05:00Thank you for all this very high praise, my friend...Thank you for all this very high praise, my friends. You know, I jus writes 'em like I sees 'em - with a little help from Shekinah. Okay, more than a little. <br /><br />You know, this is the daily bread of most clergy. We just talk among ourselves. Maybe IT is right. Maybe I should write that book. Maybe more people should know that we do more than liturgy on Sunday or look like we're staring blankly out the window immediately before someone "just stops by" to say hello. <br /><br />Anyway, g'won. Quit yer cryin' now. Blow your nose and pick up your socks and go do your own reflecting. Think of your own life and the people God has called into it. Your own stories. <br /><br />Shekinah is calling. And, I'd love to hear them.Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-91614913617205387542009-12-31T14:59:29.269-05:002009-12-31T14:59:29.269-05:00And BTW may I reiterate, that a collection of your...And BTW may I reiterate, that a collection of your pastoral reflections, such as this one, such as the baptismal letters, the posts recounting the daily life of a parish priest, would be a heckuva book. I'd certainly buy it.IThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09605163506396013904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-77028619838910435282009-12-31T14:18:29.125-05:002009-12-31T14:18:29.125-05:00I'll add my name to the list of weeping reader...I'll add my name to the list of weeping readers. To me this story is an example of the faith that comes with wisdom. A couple of years ago I was a co-mentor for an EFM Year 1 class, and one of the participants said that her faith was ruined by such a close reading of the Hebrew Scriptures. As I get more and more traction into my fifties, I'm falling in love with a God -and with the people of God - who see things as they are. May God give you and your family strength and courage in the New Year.Mary-Cauliflowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17023407956584118667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-73578800278583796222009-12-31T13:43:35.530-05:002009-12-31T13:43:35.530-05:00One of your most articulate, compassionate and sen...One of your most articulate, compassionate and sensitive articles of the year. Writing - God's gift to you ... and through you, to us. Thank you for accepting the gift and using it with such courage, grace and vulnerability. May you continue to receive, accept, use and share this gift in the New Year and may you and Ms Conroy be blessed beyond what you can ask or imagine.june maffinhttp://www.soulistry.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-46940751921117356122009-12-31T12:30:33.971-05:002009-12-31T12:30:33.971-05:00I have been meditating a lot lately on what it mea...I have been meditating a lot lately on what it means to be--truly be--a bearer of Light. All I have to do is look at your post and realize you have that one down quite well.<br /><br />What's interesting is as I read it, you know who was on my mind? Your brother.<br /><br />Prayers.Kirkepiscatoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02651684515435040529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-76572347557118133092009-12-31T12:26:55.590-05:002009-12-31T12:26:55.590-05:00Wow, just wow. Once again, you nailed it, sister....Wow, just wow. Once again, you nailed it, sister.Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12944996359891715184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-84235292519160541502009-12-31T12:21:01.465-05:002009-12-31T12:21:01.465-05:00Tears, here also. You are an extraordinary human ...Tears, here also. You are an extraordinary human being and priest and I thank you so much for sharing this with everyone. Every time I think about dropping out of "church" things like this make me pause and wonder at what survives and flourishes there notwithstanding all the ... stuff. God truly knows that people of all kinds - male, female, "straight," lesbian, gay, and transgendered, white, brown, yellow, and whatever, with or without their full minds, in joy and sorrow - are worthy and loved. Thank you for demonstrating it so beautifully and eloquently - yet again.kladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09526715552795733402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-69666857554490962522009-12-31T12:20:12.059-05:002009-12-31T12:20:12.059-05:00There you go again making my eyes well up. So res...There you go again making my eyes well up. So resonant. So wise.<br /><br />{{{Elizabeth}}}<br /><br />have a peaceful New Year.IThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09605163506396013904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-37628654668345459562009-12-31T12:06:54.601-05:002009-12-31T12:06:54.601-05:00I am sitting here weeping copiously. Sending you l...I am sitting here weeping copiously. Sending you love and gratitude - happy new year. xoxoxoxooxFranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181529277715646835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-4548081429131543882009-12-31T11:54:53.042-05:002009-12-31T11:54:53.042-05:00(((((Elizabeth))))))
You made me cry. For us all....(((((Elizabeth))))))<br /><br />You made me cry. For us all.<br /><br />So much resonated with me in this essay. Bless your honesty and humanity and willingness to do and be both.<br /><br />Happy New Year friend.eileenhttp://episcopalifem.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com