Exhaling

Comment by Carol

January 28, 2008 @ 3:50 pm

I like to encounter some frolic in a Carmelite’s site; wasn’t it St. Teresa of Avila herself who said, “May God save us from gloomy saints”?

Green brain, here (of course)–and thankfully, these quizzes are 100% accurate! The results did not mention it, but we Green-Brains can grow quite weary of our own commenting, so if ever that drifts off from where any can see, know that it’s likely just a case of gone-fishin’.

Comment by Ann

January 30, 2008 @ 1:36 pm

Mine is green too, Justme….my family would definitely agree with that.
By all accounts, St. Teresa had some colourful moments, and that gives us all a wee bit of a green light for frolic every now and again - Carmelites and non - Carmelites alike?

Comment by kathryntherese

January 30, 2008 @ 1:45 pm

Yes, frolic - a gloomy saint is no saint at all.

Interestingly, this is something I have been pondering lately - the element of “playfulness” and “childlikeness” in souls who have learned to trust completely in the Father Who loves them.

It seems it is only those who have been freed from fear and need by their total trust can be truly joyous and playful. We all know these moments, but blessed indeed are those for whom this is the usual state of their souls!

I have been blessed to know just a couple of souls like this - truly free, and so free to frolic!

Comment by JustMe

February 1, 2008 @ 1:48 am

Yes, Ann. And yes, kt, me too–one of them is about 100, now, and she’s still in no hurry to go Home!