tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post4047461339845496681..comments2024-03-22T12:57:57.273-05:00Comments on WOUNDED BIRD: JOHN DONNE- Priest, Poet, and PreacherJune Butlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-69092585687701094812007-03-28T23:17:00.000-05:002007-03-28T23:17:00.000-05:00Catherine, I have not seen Jesus in my priests, bu...Catherine, I have not seen Jesus in my priests, but I have seen him in others. We are to see him in everyone we meet, but I confess that I do not.<BR/><BR/>I have seen him in the one-legged, one-eyed man who waits outside of our parish hall after church. Someone carries him a plate of whatever we have for "coffee". Sometimes it's just cookies, and sometimes it's a feast.<BR/><BR/>I have seen him in a pregnant woman whose car had stopped and she had no money for gas and came into the parish hall during our Bible study.<BR/><BR/>By the way, my rector is a kind man with a true shepherd's heart, so it says nothing against him that I don't have that experience with him.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-440537537534836322007-03-28T00:50:00.000-05:002007-03-28T00:50:00.000-05:00"...he saw in his wife Anne (as Dante had earlier ..."...he saw in his wife Anne (as Dante had earlier seen in Beatrice) a glimpse of the glory of God, and in human love a revelation of the nature of Divine Love." And you know, I see this very thing in my own priest, Anne+, EVERY time I receive Eucharist from her hand and I look up into her eyes and there He is...I know it sounds so simplistic but it's true...everything else falls away at that moment and only He IS. Have you ever had that happen? A 'God-sighting' in your own priest?Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04267544451078638468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-60245746714986450042007-03-24T16:45:00.000-05:002007-03-24T16:45:00.000-05:00Julie, thanks for the correction. God has his pur...Julie, thanks for the correction. God has his purposes of which we know nothing. I did an update.<BR/><BR/>In the meantime I ignored Oscar Romero, another favorite of mine. I might have to do another post.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-32817371655976577402007-03-24T15:59:00.000-05:002007-03-24T15:59:00.000-05:00um...not to be persnickety or anything, but Donne'...um...not to be persnickety or anything, but Donne's feast day is actually 31 March. (However, since I have to preach that day, it's clear to me that you read my mind and posted this to give me a headstart on sermon prep, for which I thank you :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com