Comments for Catholic in Japan http://catholicinjapan.wordpress.com THE VIEWS OF A TWENTY-SOMETHING EXPAT Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:40:58 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on So I talked to the priest this past Friday… by OneofThem http://catholicinjapan.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/so-i-talked-to-the-priest-this-past-friday/#comment-633 OneofThem Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:40:58 +0000 http://catholicinjapan.wordpress.com/?p=1112#comment-633 Two of my favorite vocation-related passages: Ephesians 4:1–6 http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/ephesians/ephesians4.htm#v1 Matthew 11:25–30 http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/matthew/matthew11.htm#v25 The latter begins with something that Saint Thérèse really lived out. :D Two of my favorite vocation-related passages:

Ephesians 4:1–6
http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/ephesians/ephesians4.htm#v1

Matthew 11:25–30
http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/matthew/matthew11.htm#v25

The latter begins with something that Saint Thérèse really lived out. :D

]]> Comment on Another Ave Maria Commercial by vee8 http://catholicinjapan.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/another-ave-maria-commercial/#comment-631 vee8 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:41:29 +0000 http://catholicinjapan.wordpress.com/?p=1109#comment-631 lol ok Im not telling :D lol ok Im not telling :D

]]> Comment on Discerment in Progress by vee8 http://catholicinjapan.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/discerment-in-progress/#comment-630 vee8 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:40:33 +0000 http://catholicinjapan.wordpress.com/?p=1102#comment-630 Hello Angel and thank you for your comment! The priest Im getting guidance from is also Spanish :) I do not know which will be the final result of your discernment, maybe now it is not the most important thing, but, just the fact you are in the process, helps the world to be a little better because it reminds the “material world” that there is an “spiritual world”. You know that is very similar to something the priest said to me, and I hadnt thought of things that way before but now that I do it is very humbling. My sympathies for your friend I will say a prayer for her. Hello Angel and thank you for your comment! The priest Im getting guidance from is also Spanish :)

I do not know which will be the final result of your discernment, maybe now it is not the most important thing, but, just the fact you are in the process, helps the world to be a little better because it reminds the “material world” that there is an “spiritual world”.

You know that is very similar to something the priest said to me, and I hadnt thought of things that way before but now that I do it is very humbling. My sympathies for your friend I will say a prayer for her.

]]> Comment on Feast of St Francis Xavier by Joshy Joseph http://catholicinjapan.wordpress.com/2008/12/03/feast-of-st-francis-xavier/#comment-629 Joshy Joseph Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:18:18 +0000 http://catholicinjapan.wordpress.com/?p=605#comment-629 I found his picture in my mind , it was very clear, Christ with him. I found his picture in my mind , it was very clear, Christ with him.

]]> Comment on Discerment in Progress by MM http://catholicinjapan.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/discerment-in-progress/#comment-628 MM Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:05:19 +0000 http://catholicinjapan.wordpress.com/?p=1102#comment-628 The Carmelite nuns of Los Angeles have a blog http://www.beautyofcarmel.org/blog.html which might help your discernment in choosing which orders. There are many other order of nuns have blogs as well as individual Sisters too, its getting late but if you like I will post more later of these mentioned blogs :) prayers and blessings on your discernment journey! The Carmelite nuns of Los Angeles have a blog http://www.beautyofcarmel.org/blog.html which might help your discernment in choosing which orders.
There are many other order of nuns have blogs as well as individual Sisters too, its getting late but if you like I will post more later of these mentioned blogs :)

prayers and blessings on your discernment journey!

]]> Comment on Another Ave Maria Commercial by Anthony OPL http://catholicinjapan.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/another-ave-maria-commercial/#comment-627 Anthony OPL Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:43:48 +0000 http://catholicinjapan.wordpress.com/?p=1109#comment-627 Take heart! A typical Western audience wouldn't realise either. Take heart! A typical Western audience wouldn’t realise either.

]]> Comment on Another Ave Maria Commercial by Jasmine Tea http://catholicinjapan.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/another-ave-maria-commercial/#comment-626 Jasmine Tea Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:52:59 +0000 http://catholicinjapan.wordpress.com/?p=1109#comment-626 This makes me cringe. For some reason. It may be the drums mentioned above! But it's also because the song (humility, prayerfulness) and the advertisement (vanity, worldliness) are so at odds, and the typical Japanese audience wouldn't even realize it. This makes me cringe. For some reason. It may be the drums mentioned above! But it’s also because the song (humility, prayerfulness) and the advertisement (vanity, worldliness) are so at odds, and the typical Japanese audience wouldn’t even realize it.

]]> Comment on Discerment in Progress by Ángel http://catholicinjapan.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/discerment-in-progress/#comment-625 Ángel Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:02:25 +0000 http://catholicinjapan.wordpress.com/?p=1102#comment-625 Hello from Spain: I have followed your blog for a long time... I have a lot of interest in Japan...my best friend is a Japanese lady living near Tokyo. Your blog is another window through I can learn things about Japan from a religious point of view... First of all, just to tell you that you are in good hands with that Jesuit....I really appreciate them....(in fact one of my best friends is a Jesuit teacher in the Gregorian University (Roma))..using the words of Tiziano Terzani, they are great intellectuals who try to understand the world..... Just few days ago, my Japanese friend have lost her baby in her third month pregnancy. It has been a terrible experience....the day she knew about the fatal death, she wrote to me: “I envy you a little because if we had a strong belief like you, it might have helped us to get over this situation”. We have prayed a lot for her and it looks like they are feeling better day by day....But the point is that many people are defenceless because they are lack of “spirituality” or “faith”. “Faith” will not prevent us from the illness or sufferings like the rest of non-believers have, but it will help us to face those hard situations with hope and strength. I do not know which will be the final result of your discernment, maybe now it is not the most important thing, but, just the fact you are in the process, helps the world to be a little better because it reminds the “material world” that there is an “spiritual world”. Best regards, Ángel Hello from Spain:

I have followed your blog for a long time… I have a lot of interest in Japan…my best friend is a Japanese lady living near Tokyo. Your blog is another window through I can learn things about Japan from a religious point of view…
First of all, just to tell you that you are in good hands with that Jesuit….I really appreciate them….(in fact one of my best friends is a Jesuit teacher in the Gregorian University (Roma))..using the words of Tiziano Terzani, they are great intellectuals who try to understand the world…..

Just few days ago, my Japanese friend have lost her baby in her third month pregnancy. It has been a terrible experience….the day she knew about the fatal death, she wrote to me: “I envy you a little because if we had a strong belief like you, it might have helped us to get over this situation”.

We have prayed a lot for her and it looks like they are feeling better day by day….But the point is that many people are defenceless because they are lack of “spirituality” or “faith”.
“Faith” will not prevent us from the illness or sufferings like the rest of non-believers have, but it will help us to face those hard situations with hope and strength.

I do not know which will be the final result of your discernment, maybe now it is not the most important thing, but, just the fact you are in the process, helps the world to be a little better because it reminds the “material world” that there is an “spiritual world”.

Best regards,

Ángel

]]> Comment on Another Ave Maria Commercial by Anthony OPL http://catholicinjapan.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/another-ave-maria-commercial/#comment-624 Anthony OPL Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:18:19 +0000 http://catholicinjapan.wordpress.com/?p=1109#comment-624 Urgh. They mangled it with a drumkit. I was actually at karaoke with friends the other night (don't tell anyone) and tried to sing this, they "WOW!"d at the first two words, then it suddenly switched to Japanese and I was lost. I had to just cancel the track, because the Japanese text was throwing me off and I couldn't sing over it in Latin. =( Urgh. They mangled it with a drumkit.

I was actually at karaoke with friends the other night (don’t tell anyone) and tried to sing this, they “WOW!”d at the first two words, then it suddenly switched to Japanese and I was lost. I had to just cancel the track, because the Japanese text was throwing me off and I couldn’t sing over it in Latin. =(

]]> Comment on Discerment in Progress by vee8 http://catholicinjapan.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/discerment-in-progress/#comment-622 vee8 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:58:24 +0000 http://catholicinjapan.wordpress.com/?p=1102#comment-622 DBP the priest told me basically the same thing to be calm, pray, and try not to force anything, and St Ignatius says the same thing in the article below so you are in great company with your advice. Advice which Im trying to do although Im so used to doing my own will its hard sometimes to let go. Your sister`s story reminds me of St Therese`s parents who were refused entrance into the religious life, her Dad because he didnt know Latin, and look how their kids turned out :D I know what you mean though. This article Ive found very helpful and maybe it will help others too http://www.lafayettecarmelites.org/god_calling.php The article was written by a Jesuit and the priest I am talking with is an elderly Jesuit who used to be a vocations director years ago, so Im going to prepare for our next meeting by dong the exercises mentioned in the article. DBP the priest told me basically the same thing to be calm, pray, and try not to force anything, and St Ignatius says the same thing in the article below so you are in great company with your advice. Advice which Im trying to do although Im so used to doing my own will its hard sometimes to let go. Your sister`s story reminds me of St Therese`s parents who were refused entrance into the religious life, her Dad because he didnt know Latin, and look how their kids turned out :D I know what you mean though. This article Ive found very helpful and maybe it will help others too
http://www.lafayettecarmelites.org/god_calling.php
The article was written by a Jesuit and the priest I am talking with is an elderly Jesuit who used to be a vocations director years ago, so Im going to prepare for our next meeting by dong the exercises mentioned in the article.

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