Comments on: Mini Deaths and Mini Ressurections http://dlchambers.net/2010/03/mini-deaths-and-mini-ressurections/ Musings of a Scouse Franciscan Sat, 19 Nov 2011 13:17:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: brother Joseph, SFO http://dlchambers.net/2010/03/mini-deaths-and-mini-ressurections/comment-page-1/#comment-288 brother Joseph, SFO Fri, 23 Apr 2010 22:23:10 +0000 http://dlchambers.net/?p=1401#comment-288 Thanks for the scripture - great! Killing the 'old self', I find, is as exhausting as a hand to hand fight in which you try and strangle 'it' while it tries to strangle you! It is easier to just go with the flow but then Christ said the way to life is not only 'straight and narrow' but few even find it. The hope of a new man, a new life, of freedom and life - abundant and eternal - make it all worthwhile. This is especially true since we find it in the person of Jesus. Until next time. Peace and all good to you! brother Joseph, SFO Thanks for the scripture – great! Killing the ‘old self’, I find, is as exhausting as a hand to hand fight in which you try and strangle ‘it’ while it tries to strangle you! It is easier to just go with the flow but then Christ said the way to life is not only ‘straight and narrow’ but few even find it. The hope of a new man, a new life, of freedom and life – abundant and eternal – make it all worthwhile. This is especially true since we find it in the person of Jesus. Until next time. Peace and all good to you! brother Joseph, SFO

]]> By: David Chambers http://dlchambers.net/2010/03/mini-deaths-and-mini-ressurections/comment-page-1/#comment-287 David Chambers Fri, 23 Apr 2010 07:14:15 +0000 http://dlchambers.net/?p=1401#comment-287 Thank you Bro Joseph for your contribution. As I read your words a passage from St Paul came to mind:- I die every day! That is as certain, brothers and sisters, as my boasting of you--a boast that I make in Christ Jesus our Lord. If with merely human hopes I fought with wild animals at Ephesus, what would I have gained by it? If the dead are not raised, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die." Do not be deceived: "Bad company ruins good morals." (1Co 15:31-33) How willing am I to put my old self to death daily by denying it those things that sustain it? Thank you Bro Joseph for your contribution. As I read your words a passage from St Paul came to mind:-

I die every day! That is as certain, brothers and sisters, as my boasting of you–a boast that I make in Christ Jesus our Lord. If with merely human hopes I fought with wild animals at Ephesus, what would I have gained by it? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.” Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”
(1Co 15:31-33)

How willing am I to put my old self to death daily by denying it those things that sustain it?

]]> By: brother Joseph, SFO http://dlchambers.net/2010/03/mini-deaths-and-mini-ressurections/comment-page-1/#comment-286 brother Joseph, SFO Thu, 22 Apr 2010 22:51:14 +0000 http://dlchambers.net/?p=1401#comment-286 This IS very interesting. I recall reading St. Theresa of Lieusiux (sorry about the spelling!) where she talked about this thing - but dieing with more persistent intensity, moment by moment. Seems like this is the way in the spiritual life - the life our late Pope lived. It is something I am experiencing - both the big ones Norma talked about but also countless little ones - dieing to self, choosing the straight and narrow (how narrow it can be!) God help us all to die to self so that, if God wills, when it comes to truly sacrificing ourselves (body as well as soul!) we will be up for it. If we fail in the 'little' ones we can't have much confidence that we'll do well in the big ones. Peace to you brother! This IS very interesting. I recall reading St. Theresa of Lieusiux (sorry about the spelling!) where she talked about this thing – but dieing with more persistent intensity, moment by moment. Seems like this is the way in the spiritual life – the life our late Pope lived. It is something I am experiencing – both the big ones Norma talked about but also countless little ones – dieing to self, choosing the straight and narrow (how narrow it can be!) God help us all to die to self so that, if God wills, when it comes to truly sacrificing ourselves (body as well as soul!) we will be up for it. If we fail in the ‘little’ ones we can’t have much confidence that we’ll do well in the big ones. Peace to you brother!

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