tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239290722575996816.post7078837772952241636..comments2023-11-23T11:12:37.953-06:00Comments on The Supplement - Catholic Commentary: The Rosary, Mary, Christ, and TFFred Noltiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203885485191808284noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239290722575996816.post-6626836734250742342009-02-24T22:07:00.000-06:002009-02-24T22:07:00.000-06:00Adam,Thanks for stopping by, but your comment was ...Adam,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for stopping by, but your comment was basically spam. You're welcome to comment on what I write, or on others' comments here, but please don't attempt to turn this into a marketplace. Thanks.<BR/><BR/>Peace,<BR/><BR/>RdPFred Noltiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10203885485191808284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239290722575996816.post-30653500123809937972008-12-28T17:14:00.000-06:002008-12-28T17:14:00.000-06:00Hi Martin,I don't know what he had in mind. I know...Hi Martin,<BR/><BR/>I don't know what he had in mind. I know that his expressed opinion presumes a definition of "meditation" that excludes prayer as a potentially constitutive part, and I think that exclusion is unnecessary and unjustified.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for stopping by :-)<BR/><BR/>-- RdPFred Noltiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10203885485191808284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239290722575996816.post-63875214646387275572008-12-28T16:58:00.000-06:002008-12-28T16:58:00.000-06:00To meditate is to use your imagination to visualis...To meditate is to use your imagination to visualise a scene...eg "premeditated murder". Using your imagination in prayer is to imagine some biblical scene as thouroughly and prayerfuly as possible. TAO probably would maintain that you must have a bilble open and not engage your mind in other prayer. Like no one ever dreams as they drive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239290722575996816.post-67741180557619015812008-12-23T13:52:00.000-06:002008-12-23T13:52:00.000-06:00Of course I have no way of knowing whom else you h...Of course I have no way of knowing whom else you have in mind, but I seriously doubt that the Orthodox would object to the formulation, even if it doesn't reflect a standard usage for them.<BR/><BR/>In any case, your clarification doesn't seem to me to warrant a modification of my post; the phrase "certain of" normally means something like "an unspecified but <I>limited</I> number," and it seems Fred Noltiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10203885485191808284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239290722575996816.post-77447201198031176622008-12-23T13:19:00.000-06:002008-12-23T13:19:00.000-06:00Reginald: your church is not the only one to engag...Reginald: your church is not the only one to engage in Marian devotion. Hence my qualification regarding "certain of those."<BR/><BR/>-TurretinFanTurretinfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.com