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Name: Robert Threadgill
Member since: 2011-10-26 15:35:58
Website URL: http://catholicdaily.net/purity/
About me: A Christian since my mid-20′s, I became Roman Catholic in 2006. My conversion to Catholicism literally opened a new way of living for me. I am single and committed to a chaste life. I have not always been chaste — since becoming a Christian it has sometimes been challenging (to say the least!) to remain sexually pure. Yet the benefits of my conversion to Catholicism and of chastity have been so deep for me that I want to make the case for these things in a public way. To convert to Jesus is the best decision any person can make. Chastity for the sake of Jesus is a great bargain!
 

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  1. What did the disciples believe?

    August 30th, 2012 at 2:07 am

    Thanks, Jocelyn. Those are very kind words. I’ve stopped posting to the blog because I’m taking a series of catechetical courses and they take all my time — but to see your comment is a real encouragement. Thanks, again!

  2. It will all work out. Really.

    July 17th, 2012 at 12:13 pm

    My heart goes out to you — no kidding. To feel alone because in some ways you actually are alone, that’s hard. To see a huge project like a marriage, an investment of self and not mere money, to experience deep disappointment in that, well it’s as hard a thing as there is. It does prove something about being human. It proves we are built for other persons, our purpose is to love and share self. Church is a wonderful comfort. Opportunity for prayer and sacrament and good Christian works. Not to replace a marriage, but to get ready and be ready for whatever the next development is as God “works things together for good”.

  3. Is Jesus humble?

    March 29th, 2012 at 2:16 pm

    That’s a nice point. What you say about Matt 5 and Matt 6 both point away from us and toward God, despite the almost opposite circumstances we find ourselves in (Matt 5 public works of love — Matt 6 private acts of devotion and piety and self-discipline). And then there is the interesting “intersection” of alms giving, which sometimes cannot help but be somewhat public if I give my time and effort to some charitable cause.

  4. Why cloistered nuns?

    February 22nd, 2012 at 3:03 am

    Yes, it’s a wonderful thing. The monastery is huge and for the most part empty now, since the number of vocations are down. There are three extern nuns who are just sweet, wonderful people.

  5. Got beauty?

    January 31st, 2012 at 2:47 pm

    I’m dumb as a stick in terms of the philosophical in’s and out’s about whether beauty has purpose — but if my suspicion is correct that beauty’s purpose is to orient us to God, then the fact that a Chinese person may not find beautiful (and thus orienting… no pun intended) the same music I do, nevertheless beautiful music is meant to somehow bring him closer to God.

  6. Got beauty?

    January 31st, 2012 at 2:01 am

    Thanks, Erik!

    I “rassled” around with whether to define it, and I ended up where Supreme Court Justice White did when the court was dealing with a definition of pornography — I may not be able to define it, but I know it when I see it. The idea of timelessness is one I didn’t think of. Is this valid? A sunset doesn’t vary with time — but musical beauty can probably vary both with culture and with time. If that is so, wouldn’t it either weaken the relation between beauty and truth (if truth doesn’t vary…) or call for some sort of condition on the definition?

  7. What if I’m good and it doesn’t work?

    January 17th, 2012 at 11:33 pm

    It is sort of odd how people will discuss their health and finances and even their sex life, but not church. It’s great that you don’t let that stop you!
    Remember that wonderful statement of Jeremiah when he did not want to speak God’s word? “Then in my heart it becomes like a burning fire Shut up in my bones; And I am weary of holding it in, And I cannot endure it.”

  8. I don't get it (Part Two)

    January 10th, 2012 at 5:31 pm

    Thanks. Prudence tells me to do what benefits me and anytime I do what God tells me, I’m just being prudent. And yet, and yet, knowing this full well, there is still resistance in me.

  9. I don't get it.

    January 7th, 2012 at 12:40 pm

    Thanks, Cathy! It definitely is a wonderful thing to be Catholic and I’m so happy for you. I came into the church five and a half years ago and my experience is the same as yours — nothing but grace!

  10. They love too small

    December 15th, 2011 at 9:43 pm

    Thanks! Here’s a link to a Loyola Press site that has more prayers from Ignatius Loyola.
    http://ignatianspirituality.com/ignatian-prayer/prayers-by-st-ignatius-and-others/

  11. My favorite wooden spoon and sexual purity

    November 7th, 2011 at 3:14 pm

    Thanks, Rebecca. It just seems conversion in general and chastity in particular are hardly ever considered as alternative “strategies” for happiness anymore.
    Thanks, too, for your contributions to CatholicDaily. It’s great to be here, isn’t it?!

  12. Chastity for the sake of Jesus is a bargain

    November 2nd, 2011 at 11:39 am

    What kind words — thanks! Do you remember what Blessed John Paul II said on the subject? He said “Do not be afraid of Christ! He takes nothing away, and he gives you everything.”. If millions of us could clearly convey and then live that message, we might take the world!

  13. A failure of imagination

    November 1st, 2011 at 12:55 am

    That’s certainly one of the things we must do. Also, to pray that Catholic and other assistance programs will be used for mothers and families who find themselves in these awful situations. If the Church and its ministries can help a mom avoid the destruction and at the same time show her the sort of kindness and practical help that Jesus showed, then much good can be accomplished. And we will refute the evil of abortion with the good of aiding two lives — the mom and her child. In my Diocese, we have a goodly number of these programs available free of charge to mothers who think they have no choice but abortion.

    Thanks for your prayers.