tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post8032970063795044773..comments2024-02-15T03:32:25.686-05:00Comments on Preludium, Anglican and Episcopal futures: Trees that fall in the Forest: Ramblin' mutterings towards a Kaddish prayerMark Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06871096746243771489noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-64167343736628535022009-04-02T19:11:00.000-04:002009-04-02T19:11:00.000-04:00I spent several years "away," having voluntarily r...I spent several years "away," having voluntarily relinquished the exercise of my ministry.<BR/><BR/>I am occasionally struck by how few of my brothers and sisters in ministry even bothered to keep in touch.<BR/><BR/>It was an almost chance encounter with the bishop who ordained me that turned it around.<BR/><BR/>He writes about the encounter in his book Grace Notes.Malcolm+https://www.blogger.com/profile/08469936715413110334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-6272988909791641882009-04-01T11:43:00.000-04:002009-04-01T11:43:00.000-04:00Thank you, Mark. As a late life priest, now 8 yea...Thank you, Mark. As a late life priest, now 8 years into this journey, I have only lately become aware of the potential for falling. I have seen it happen to others, always assuming it would never happen to me, of course. Since I was ordained I pondered on my 'priest-ness,' and have been baffled by the expectations of others - and wondered if we don't kill ourselves trying to be whom we are not. That - being myself - was one of my earliest decisions, but I still have angst about not being 'good enough.' I do need to work on confession and amendment of life. Thanks for the wake up call!Fr Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04232925124388686609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-87030938490279849572009-04-01T00:20:00.000-04:002009-04-01T00:20:00.000-04:00Mark, I share Kaddish with you, remembering so man...Mark, I share Kaddish with you, remembering so many fallen brothers and sisters, and remembering my own many fallings and risings. Quite fitting that you should write this on the commemoration day of John Donne: "No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe <BR/>is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as <BR/>well as any manner of thy friends or of thine own were; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind. And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."Harry Allagreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00602579654460463057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-39939782189348128152009-03-31T23:36:00.000-04:002009-03-31T23:36:00.000-04:00I'm recalling the scene in Angels in America, in w...I'm recalling the scene in <I>Angels in America</I>, in which several characters, including the shade of Ethel Rosenberg, say Kaddish over the just died Roy Cohn. It's done completely straight, except that they add at the very end 'you son-of-a-bitch'.<BR/><BR/>Joan RaschJoan Raschnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-21239145922687961892009-03-31T21:17:00.000-04:002009-03-31T21:17:00.000-04:00Mark, the depth of your love and compassion for ou...Mark, the depth of your love and compassion for our brothers and sisters is obvious. I pray the Kaddish with you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-42536730744657359752009-03-31T17:41:00.000-04:002009-03-31T17:41:00.000-04:00I doubt if there are any of us who have not had th...I doubt if there are any of us who have not had the same experience--in whatever profession we might have followed. Often it is the church that is so poor about being in the forest to hear the tree fall. Most of the time we just ignore the sound of it and never realize that there is a blight, or some such cause for such a falling. We just keep thinking that the trees that stand are just fine without recognizing that we are polluting the forest.Muthah+https://www.blogger.com/profile/10589837671378205837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-38940566435941883142009-03-31T12:47:00.000-04:002009-03-31T12:47:00.000-04:00Having read Kaddish, assumed that somewhere there ...Having read Kaddish, assumed that somewhere there were 9 others doing so at the same time, somewhere in the world. Thank you for this, Mark.Lois Keenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13708877817422097051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-35292372768978265352009-03-31T12:28:00.000-04:002009-03-31T12:28:00.000-04:00I will say, however, that one of the fears I have ...I will say, however, that one of the fears I have and other younger adults have right now doesn't have much to do with falling after standing tall but rather that we won't have a chance to stand at all. With fewer jobs or positions available; "last hired, 1st fired;" little chance for adequate health coverage; such low pay, high costs, and mountains of debt that we can't even begin saving, there's not a whole lot of hope.<BR/><BR/>As for resurrection, how can there be <I>anastasis</I> without ever having <I>stasis</I>?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17550041790269387561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-22895460151189273322009-03-31T12:18:00.000-04:002009-03-31T12:18:00.000-04:00This is lovely. It is oneI want to keep. My thanks...This is lovely. It is oneI want to keep. <BR/>My thanks, <BR/>MarilynAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-35393009447187547322009-03-31T12:06:00.000-04:002009-03-31T12:06:00.000-04:00This is lovely. Thank you very much.LauraThis is lovely. Thank you very much.<BR/><BR/>LauraLKThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05791517233920008067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-33476576754397354052009-03-31T11:19:00.000-04:002009-03-31T11:19:00.000-04:00Particularly fitting as we approach Palm Sunday an...Particularly fitting as we approach Palm Sunday and Holy Week. Some clergy have chosen their own way of the cross, some have fallen into it, and some have had it imposed upon them. Even those who seemingly "stand tall" now and walk in Palm Sunday triumph may mot be as far from our own cross journey as we think. But there <I>is</I> resurrection.Tom Sramek, Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17891982131922786298noreply@blogger.com