tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33424426.post8594579497495744264..comments2023-09-01T07:04:13.381-07:00Comments on Reflections on Faith and Culture: We have stepped onto the path of inevitable decline.Gil Bailiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04481878663941134090noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33424426.post-84317834701959402472010-03-22T14:36:40.278-07:002010-03-22T14:36:40.278-07:00It's sad to see that we (in Europe) are probab...It's sad to see that we (in Europe) are probably losing a beacon of light and hope, not by someone pulling the switch fast, but more like a light slowly fading out...<br /><br />Now America is becomming like Europe. And as Ignatius wrote - the abortion thing is not even an issue here you talk about.<br /><br />I say, God help us not to be afraid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33424426.post-64145388670348463302010-03-22T13:18:57.472-07:002010-03-22T13:18:57.472-07:00This is depressing. My Austrian students scarcely ...This is depressing. My Austrian students scarcely understand why I'm against the health care plan (it's forbidden in my job to talk about abortion, and I've seen nothing about this side of the issue in the press), and as for the inevitable weakening of America which Steyn alluded to, most of my students have no problems with this either.<br /><br />Melster, thanks for your encouraging words. Yes, we must believe in God's grace and not fear. And endure as long as it takes.ignatiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06799372896063968528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33424426.post-33395666793081539932010-03-22T09:41:17.950-07:002010-03-22T09:41:17.950-07:00What comes to mind is one of John Paul II's ma...What comes to mind is one of John Paul II's major themes in Crossing the Threshold of Hope": " Be not afraid".<br /><br /> I can hear Jesus saying, "Amen, amen I say to you...truly I say to you, Be not afraid: The sins of mankind are not an ultimate obstacle to the hidden leaven of My grace, always at work."<br /><br />How long will the Good Shepherd go in search of the lost sheep? " As long as it takes." was the reply given by a four year old one Sunday morning in the atrium.<br /><br />"Be not afraid."melsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01891039608430452590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33424426.post-43692273139597983352010-03-22T09:41:17.949-07:002010-03-22T09:41:17.949-07:00What comes to mind is one of John Paul II's ma...What comes to mind is one of John Paul II's major themes in Crossing the Threshold of Hope": " Be not afraid".<br /><br /> I can hear Jesus saying, "Amen, amen I say to you...truly I say to you, Be not afraid: The sins of mankind are not an ultimate obstacle to the hidden leaven of My grace, always at work."<br /><br />How long will the Good Shepherd go in search of the lost sheep? " As long as it takes." was the reply given by a four year old one Sunday morning in the atrium.<br /><br />"Be not afraid."melsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01891039608430452590noreply@blogger.com