Comments on: My First Post: Pre-Flight To Rome http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2006/09/21/my-first-post-pre-flight-to-rome/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-first-post-pre-flight-to-rome Cardinal Seán shares his reflections & experiences. Thu, 23 May 2013 10:38:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Fr. Michael M. Camara http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2006/09/21/my-first-post-pre-flight-to-rome/comment-page-1/#comment-221 Fr. Michael M. Camara Wed, 27 Sep 2006 14:09:23 +0000 http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/?p=49#comment-221 Cardinal Sean:
Just want to say that I am enjoying your blogs from Rome very much. Stay well, and know that you are alwyas in my prayers.

]]> By: Alberto Méndez http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2006/09/21/my-first-post-pre-flight-to-rome/comment-page-1/#comment-155 Alberto Méndez Tue, 26 Sep 2006 16:43:36 +0000 http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/?p=49#comment-155 Dear Cardinal,

I really love your blog and your pictures. I hope that other Cardinals, Bishops and priests will follow your example, because is the best way to keep in touch with the people.

By the way, sé que usted habla español, ya que lo vi comprando el periódico “ABC” de España en Italia.

Dios lo bendiga.

Alberto (from México)

]]> By: Wendy http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2006/09/21/my-first-post-pre-flight-to-rome/comment-page-1/#comment-142 Wendy Tue, 26 Sep 2006 14:27:25 +0000 http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/?p=49#comment-142 Dear Cardinal.
Thank you so much for your open heart and ability to cast your net into these deep waters. We are one with you in Boston and keeping you always in our prayers esp. during your trip. Thank you for the blog.
Vaya con Dios.

W

]]> By: Xavier Miro Bruix http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2006/09/21/my-first-post-pre-flight-to-rome/comment-page-1/#comment-137 Xavier Miro Bruix Tue, 26 Sep 2006 11:22:32 +0000 http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/?p=49#comment-137 Buenos días cardenal:
¿Habla español? I am a young Spaniard, and playing online i found your blog. i am surprised about it! good luck on your trip

xavier

]]> By: John Durocher http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2006/09/21/my-first-post-pre-flight-to-rome/comment-page-1/#comment-131 John Durocher Tue, 26 Sep 2006 05:44:40 +0000 http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/?p=49#comment-131 Cardinal Sean,
I have really enjoyed your blog and find it refreshing to have your unfiltered perspective on your trip to Rome. I thank you for adopting a mode of communication that is both personal and wide reaching. Thanks for the acknowledgement of Life Teen at St Mary’s. Father Matt is continuing the fantastic program that Father Chris Hickey and Father Dooher had started.

]]> By: BRIAN http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2006/09/21/my-first-post-pre-flight-to-rome/comment-page-1/#comment-120 BRIAN Tue, 26 Sep 2006 03:06:49 +0000 http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/?p=49#comment-120 Admire the work doen and hte time taken to have your people in forn tof you where ever you go, congratulations and continue to be strong in your work like Francis to “rebuild the Church”.

]]> By: Deacon Bill Glinka http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2006/09/21/my-first-post-pre-flight-to-rome/comment-page-1/#comment-102 Deacon Bill Glinka Mon, 25 Sep 2006 23:19:04 +0000 http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/?p=49#comment-102 very nice photos. Like your dad, I also go to confession when I need a haircut…

thanks for sharing

]]> By: Jerry Stafford http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2006/09/21/my-first-post-pre-flight-to-rome/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Jerry Stafford Mon, 25 Sep 2006 22:54:41 +0000 http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/?p=49#comment-101 I am so happy tosee that you made it to San Giovani Rotondo. I can’t wait for our next trip to Italy so we can also go there. Hope all is well with you and we hope to see you soon.
Jerry

]]> By: Donna G. Franics, SFO http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2006/09/21/my-first-post-pre-flight-to-rome/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Donna G. Franics, SFO Mon, 25 Sep 2006 21:24:37 +0000 http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/?p=49#comment-92 Dear Cardinal Sean,
It makes me proud to have a Franicscan Cardinal in our midst. What I gather from a distance, you must be a holy man. You have been in my prayers since you became the Archbishop of Boston.

This was a beautiful and inspiring trip. I wish I could have been there to celebrate. One thing distrubed me about the pictures. Padre Pio had a great devotion to the Blessed Mother. I saw only one picture with the Blessed Mother. Also, where were the statues of Mary and Joseph in the last church? The older churches of course had beautiful and awe inspiring art.

This seems to be norm for a great many Franciscan Churches and retreat houses. St. Francis and Padre Pio must both be weeping profusely from heaven seeing these Holy places stripped of their beauty which draws the soul towards God.

We little people in the pews need all the holy inspiration we can get after dealing with harsh realities through the week. We need the art work and the statues back into the churches. WE need the devotions to be reintroduced. If we are to remain a country with freedom of religion, we need all the help we can get. We need to rebuild our Catholic population into a holy people. We have become dry and uninterested in God. I beg you to help our parishes reinstitute devotions and recreate the beauty of our churches. We need to recreate so that we can have a vision of heaven. Even if it is in a human prospective. We need to be vitalized. If we are to recreate the Church Militant than we need to have the ammunition.

Thank you for reading and possibly considering this. May God Bless You. Your Franciscan sister in Christ.

Sincerely,
Donna G. Francis, SFO

I am a convert, and also a Secular Franciscan. I love my faith and my vocation. I live and breathe on the words given to St. Francis, ” Francis, rebuild my Church”.

]]> By: Marcia Granfield http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2006/09/21/my-first-post-pre-flight-to-rome/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Marcia Granfield Mon, 25 Sep 2006 17:49:51 +0000 http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/?p=49#comment-72 I enjoyed reading first blog from Cardinal O’Malley.
After 9/22 could not access this page. Today is 9/25. Will this be a weekly summary?
Also,if the Pope should enquire sentiment re the recent flap w/Muslims, my suggestion would be to cool it – it seems to me that the Testament mentions avoid- ing too many mea culpas and dwelling on mistakes.
[This would apply to the recent problems in this Archdiocese also.]
Finally, whether this reaches the Cardinal or not, safe home to all.

]]> By: Jim http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2006/09/21/my-first-post-pre-flight-to-rome/comment-page-1/#comment-68 Jim Mon, 25 Sep 2006 17:42:50 +0000 http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/?p=49#comment-68 Greetings Cardinal Sean,

I found this blog via an article on Boston.com. I am not a catholic (well technically I was baptised and I think I did first communion but that’s about it) but I have been reading your blog with interest. I would like to visit Rome someday so it is very interesting to see it through your eyes. I hope you will keep this blog open as a regular thing. It is a much more immediate and unfiltered way to communicate with people instead of the regular media.

Jim

]]> By: Br. Chris Gaffrey, ofm http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2006/09/21/my-first-post-pre-flight-to-rome/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Br. Chris Gaffrey, ofm Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:15:40 +0000 http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/?p=49#comment-55 Here’s hoping that that Spirit stays with you and guides you. May God bless you and give you His peace.

]]> By: Rich http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2006/09/21/my-first-post-pre-flight-to-rome/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Rich Mon, 25 Sep 2006 02:36:22 +0000 http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/?p=49#comment-24 Wow!! A cardinal blogging – I am bookmarking right now.

Godspeed to you, your Emminence. I’m not one of your sheep (I’m in the Diocese of Austin, TX), but I see Christ working through you and am thankful for such strong leaders in our church. May he guide you in your new station in life, and may you share in his eternal glory.

Richard

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