Comments on: Wednesday, Second Week of Lent http://redemptoristpreacher.com/2010/03/03/wednesday-second-week-of-lent/ Daily Reflections on Scripture Fri, 24 Feb 2012 22:35:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: redemptoristpreacher http://redemptoristpreacher.com/2010/03/03/wednesday-second-week-of-lent/#comment-75 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:07:01 +0000 http://redemptoristpreacher.com/?p=632#comment-75 Yeah that is pretty natural for just about everyone I would guess. I have had that same experience of having one bit of negative feedback ruin my self esteem for a moment. Luck thing is we don’t have to be bulletproof superheros to be good disciples. We receive the strength to persevere from the Spirit, not from ourselves. And it certainly helps when we support each other. Have a good day Anne.

]]> By: anne http://redemptoristpreacher.com/2010/03/03/wednesday-second-week-of-lent/#comment-74 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:48:04 +0000 http://redemptoristpreacher.com/?p=632#comment-74 Fr. Jon, I am so impressed with your writing! You give me so much to think about! “But where is the motivation if the reward is not recognition but persecution?” That really stands out to me. I’m always so hungry for praise and really need to work at being humble. It reminds me of Henri Nouwen when he said he could be speaking to a big room of people and afterwards hundreds of people come and tell him what a good job he did, but one person criticizes him. What does he remember? That one criticism.

Love the Dorothy Day quote, too!

Hope you’re feeling better soon and thanks for the link on your blog!

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