tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099099344903100072.post8777565446422402203..comments2024-01-02T10:37:05.641-05:00Comments on A Follower of Francis: A question - and a responseA Secular Franciscanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09184259228282290040noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099099344903100072.post-5611367876091016162011-08-30T20:47:55.626-04:002011-08-30T20:47:55.626-04:00sounds good to me. That isn't over the top in...sounds good to me. That isn't over the top in the slightest. From an interesting <a href="http://socrates58.blogspot.com/2011/08/young-guns-in-catholic-online.html" rel="nofollow">post</a> I read today:<br /><i><br />If one is loved by one and all, I question whether they are vigorously defending Holy Mother Church, because many people get offended when you disagree with them (believe me, I know, after 30 years of apologetics in both the Protestant and Catholic worlds). This is a dynamic that hold true in all times and places because it is the perpetual struggle of truth over falsehood; right over wrong. We don’t want to be despised because we are truly jerks and uncharitable (because of our own poor behavior), but if we are loathed because we proclaim Catholic truth, then that is exactly what our Lord predicted would happen. It does not necessarily reflect badly upon how well we did our job, at all.<br /></i><br /><br />The only thing I'd add to what you said is that going merely out of obligation while not perfect love is at least something. It's still shows faith. It's a faith that should be matured and with proper spiritual nourishment it will be. None of us love God perfectly as we ought to. We shouldn't judge the motives of others.Ben Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11895692497752102851noreply@blogger.com