tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7086799115254785699.post5509785675432583860..comments2024-03-28T11:10:23.976-04:00Comments on Penelopepiscopal: More DuckTalesPenelopepiscopalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14110169815273159849noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7086799115254785699.post-3178545212009678762012-10-18T19:33:52.007-04:002012-10-18T19:33:52.007-04:00Thanks, Antonia. Compassion is a good thing but it...Thanks, Antonia. Compassion is a good thing but it makes us so vulnerable to pain ourselves. We do what we can do, which is care. Thanks!Penelopepiscopalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14110169815273159849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7086799115254785699.post-49395920919833197692012-10-18T10:27:40.799-04:002012-10-18T10:27:40.799-04:00Yes, Ray's said it all but I wanted to add I&#...Yes, Ray's said it all but I wanted to add I've only just come upon this post after a busy few days which have left me a little raw, and it's touched my heart and brought me tears - and consolation. I'm thinking of Julian of Norwich and the fragility of her little hazelnut of creation; of Ephraim the Syrian who said that one who grows close to God will weep "even for the reptiles" with compassion. <br /><br />If we can feel so much, how great must be the compassion in the heart of our loving God who cares for the sparrow? God bless your duck, and the sparrows who are just now eating the seeds I've put out for them as evening approaches here, and all of us... "All shall be well".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7086799115254785699.post-44216026885433055932012-10-15T20:00:57.173-04:002012-10-15T20:00:57.173-04:00Thanks, Perpetua. I'll be watching him for sur...Thanks, Perpetua. I'll be watching him for sure. Penelopepiscopalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14110169815273159849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7086799115254785699.post-90111394849169989632012-10-15T20:00:28.963-04:002012-10-15T20:00:28.963-04:00Thanks, Ray. I like what you say about tenderness ...Thanks, Ray. I like what you say about tenderness and compassion being a hallmark of one who tries to walk with God. I believe that God is compassionate towards us and all of creation and that we ought to be, too.Penelopepiscopalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14110169815273159849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7086799115254785699.post-8484063842178937222012-10-15T18:08:57.106-04:002012-10-15T18:08:57.106-04:00Ray's said it all already, Penny. Keep your te...Ray's said it all already, Penny. Keep your tender heart - creation needs all the tenderness it can get. Here's hoping your little duck makes it through the winter.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7086799115254785699.post-19858893983011730492012-10-15T17:17:18.442-04:002012-10-15T17:17:18.442-04:00No, Penny, I know I have no right to say it but, y...No, Penny, I know I have no right to say it but, your dad was wrong about this.<br />Compassion for all of God's creation is a basic tenet of Christianity. (St Francis was a supreme example).<br />Anything which touches us with tenderness or compassion blurs some of the edges between being merely human and being a human who tries to walk with God.<br />Poor little Mr Bunny and poor little duck.<br />At least he has a chance of recovery.<br />As you so rightly say, sadness is a part of life and we must do our best to absorb it.Ray Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09209429097744326143noreply@blogger.com