Comments on: A Faith that is Mature http://www.integratedcatholiclife.org/2010/08/a-mature-faith/ A Catholic e-Magazine about Integrating Faith, Family & Work Thu, 17 May 2012 09:47:09 -0400 hourly 1 By: Anthony Lynch http://www.integratedcatholiclife.org/2010/08/a-mature-faith/comment-page-1/#comment-696 Anthony Lynch Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:34:54 +0000 http://www.stpeterchanel.org/integratedlife/?p=61#comment-696 This is such an important article. It can be so invigorating to focus on the learning path, especially from an apologetics perspective. However, Deacon Mike has me asking myself if my love of learning is diluting my interaction with our Creator and Redeemer. Thank you, Deacon. This is such an important article. It can be so invigorating to focus on the learning path, especially from an apologetics perspective. However, Deacon Mike has me asking myself if my love of learning is diluting my interaction with our Creator and Redeemer. Thank you, Deacon.

]]> By: Deacon Mike Bickerstaff http://www.integratedcatholiclife.org/2010/08/a-mature-faith/comment-page-1/#comment-695 Deacon Mike Bickerstaff Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:09:14 +0000 http://www.stpeterchanel.org/integratedlife/?p=61#comment-695 Thank you for your comments. I would like to emphasize that we must be people of prayer. We really need, no matter where we are in our prayer life, to advance deeper into prayer. Study of the faith should enhance this, not replace it. God Bless. Thank you for your comments. I would like to emphasize that we must be people of prayer. We really need, no matter where we are in our prayer life, to advance deeper into prayer. Study of the faith should enhance this, not replace it.

God Bless.

]]> By: Maureen Ciardiello http://www.integratedcatholiclife.org/2010/08/a-mature-faith/comment-page-1/#comment-692 Maureen Ciardiello Sat, 28 Aug 2010 11:59:05 +0000 http://www.stpeterchanel.org/integratedlife/?p=61#comment-692 I needed this reminder! I am in the process of discerning different ministries that I am involved in or am being asked to do. They all require reading/studying and I was beginning to question how could I effectively contribute to the multiple things I am being asked if I need to have so much "knowledge"? I think your article was a light for me in that I don't think I can realistically allow Christ to work through me, I need to say no to some. I need to be able to embody Him and live with Him and not merely read and check it off my to do list. Thank you! I needed this reminder! I am in the process of discerning different ministries that I am involved in or am being asked to do. They all require reading/studying and I was beginning to question how could I effectively contribute to the multiple things I am being asked if I need to have so much “knowledge”? I think your article was a light for me in that I don’t think I can realistically allow Christ to work through me, I need to say no to some. I need to be able to embody Him and live with Him and not merely read and check it off my to do list. Thank you!

]]> By: Deacon Stuart Neslin http://www.integratedcatholiclife.org/2010/08/a-mature-faith/comment-page-1/#comment-688 Deacon Stuart Neslin Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:20:46 +0000 http://www.stpeterchanel.org/integratedlife/?p=61#comment-688 Deacon Bickerstaff highlights the "trap" that so many of us can easily fall into; from time to time, we approach our Faith in an academic way, "drinking from a firehose" so to speak, by trying to devour any and all research, literature, etc. with the idea that this will deepen our faith. While it may deepen our knowledge, ardent study alone will not deepen our faith. As Deacon states, keeping it simple and acting on what we have learned is the other part of the equation. His analogy about knowing Christ as he truly is, not in a superficial minimal way, is an excellent observation. Thanks, Deacon Bickerstaff, for a thought-provoking and excellent article. Deacon Bickerstaff highlights the “trap” that so many of us can easily fall into; from time to time, we approach our Faith in an academic way, “drinking from a firehose” so to speak, by trying to devour any and all research, literature, etc. with the idea that this will deepen our faith. While it may deepen our knowledge, ardent study alone will not deepen our faith. As Deacon states, keeping it simple and acting on what we have learned is the other part of the equation. His analogy about knowing Christ as he truly is, not in a superficial minimal way, is an excellent observation. Thanks, Deacon Bickerstaff, for a thought-provoking and excellent article.

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