[Magdalen] Lenten Madness

[Joseph Cirou]

-----Original Message-----
>From: Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
>Sent: Feb 17, 2018 9:31 PM
>To: Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Lenten Madness
>
>I don't know, Scott...folks who get 'slain in the Spirit' fall to the  ground without benefit of horse--I've witnessed it!  😉
>
>Grace Cangialosi
>
>"Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love."
>St. Teresa of Calcutta
>
>On February 17, 2018, at 8:35 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>I figure it's an assumption from the phrase "fell to the ground" and that
>it's assumed the journey he was on would have required (or commonly
>involved) a horse.
>
>On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 12:45 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
>oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Grace, if you're interested in this, just open up Google search engine and
>> click on the word "images" over on the right. Then input "conversion of st
>> paul"
>>
>> There are dozens of renderings by great painters, and almost all of them
>> show Paul having been knocked off his horse. It's one of those
>> extra-biblical traditions, like Hanukkah.
>>
>> I'm not sure where the tradition comes from, but I'm sure M or some other
>> person will be happy to tell us allll about it.
>>
>> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
>> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
>> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 3:45 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > James,
>> > I have looked and looked, and I can’t find any mention in Scripture of
>> > Paul’s being on a horse.
>> >
>> > Kind of like the idea that there were 3 Wise Men...   no number and no
>> > names ever show up.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > > On Feb 16, 2018, at 1:41 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
>> > oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Lenten Madness has begun and started with a smack-down between Peter
>> and
>> > > Paul.
>> > >
>> > > It looks like Peter is edging out Paul.
>> > >
>> > > Several folks claimed that Peter was the patron of screw-ups, but it
>> > seems
>> > > to me Paul certainly qualifies as one who messed pretty darn badly
>> also,
>> > > and finally admitted the error of his ways when Jesus knocked him off
>> his
>> > > horse.
>> > >
>> > > Peter denied Christ several times, but Paul was instrumental in the
>> death
>> > > of some of Christ's followers. There had to have been a tremendously
>> > > difficult task of reconciliation there. I certainly couldn't go through
>> > > that.
>> > >
>> > > James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
>> > > *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not
>> preserved,
>> > > except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>> >
>>
>
>
>
>-- 
>Scott R. Knitter
>Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
Still, someone on a fast pace for persecution is not exactly sautering

Joe