tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post8044652806263469237..comments2023-09-26T03:53:17.142-04:00Comments on Pentimento: Washing the ElephantPentimentohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17161146891505294679noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-52725846416647441612010-04-25T17:08:19.817-04:002010-04-25T17:08:19.817-04:00Melanie B.--
Thank you for the thoughtful reading....Melanie B.--<br />Thank you for the thoughtful reading. I agree that we must hope that nothing essential--nothing real--will be lost.Rodakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00077919085157653816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-22867102153451887072010-04-25T16:19:02.054-04:002010-04-25T16:19:02.054-04:00Rodak, I like your take better than Father Quinn&#...Rodak, I like your take better than Father Quinn's. You suggest that we will indeed find them... in Him. Our desires for them will be purified, they will be purified. <br /><br />Whereas Father' Quinn's "pointless" makes it seem like there is nothing to be found. There is nothing good in those relationships that will remain and be recognizable once the transfiguration has happened. <br /><br />I prefer to believe that even our disordered attachments have at their heart a good that will be purified and preserved rather than that all will be discarded as dross.Melanie Bettinellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12557248434888642114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-37670664076003147552010-04-25T16:06:50.099-04:002010-04-25T16:06:50.099-04:00It is extremely sad, I think, E, but with the sadn...It is extremely sad, I think, E, but with the sadness of resigation -- knowing you can't bring back the past no matter how you may have trifled with or botched it. That feeling is a big part of life for some of us.Pentimentohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17161146891505294679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-36881113394536221802010-04-25T14:42:59.493-04:002010-04-25T14:42:59.493-04:00+JMJ+
This poem breaks my heart and I don't k...+JMJ+<br /><br />This poem breaks my heart and I don't know why.Enbrethilielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03414765854670926854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-57473951399073149462010-04-25T09:50:29.567-04:002010-04-25T09:50:29.567-04:00Thank you. It is most certainly presumptuous to ev...Thank you. It is most certainly presumptuous to even speculate about such things; but some of us have an irresistible impulse to do so.Rodakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00077919085157653816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-80725876409914013962010-04-25T09:13:16.244-04:002010-04-25T09:13:16.244-04:00I like the poem, Rodak. And I like the suggestion...I like the poem, Rodak. And I like the suggestion that "finding them in Him," as we understand Christ now on this side of life, is not the same thing as seeing them transfigured with Him in heaven.Pentimentohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17161146891505294679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-90882163563080933242010-04-25T06:53:21.868-04:002010-04-25T06:53:21.868-04:00I liked the poem. But I found that I have previous...I liked the poem. But I found that I have previously agreed <a href="http://writer.zoho.com/public/rodak/The-Good-News/" rel="nofollow">with Father Quinn.</a>Rodakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00077919085157653816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-9149118318603277072010-04-24T17:27:54.320-04:002010-04-24T17:27:54.320-04:00Wonderful.Wonderful.BettyDuffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17130418609022759086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-44847003666598586382010-04-24T12:59:10.222-04:002010-04-24T12:59:10.222-04:00I love it too. Some wonderful images there.I love it too. Some wonderful images there.Melanie Bettinellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12557248434888642114noreply@blogger.com