tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21822203.post116144640035895756..comments2023-09-13T04:31:43.283-07:00Comments on The Abandoned Mind: Deviled HamFr. Michael Reaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02265035749268657422noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21822203.post-1161597663024684232006-10-23T03:01:00.000-07:002006-10-23T03:01:00.000-07:00Father bless.Thanks for this homily. Two thought s...Father bless.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for this homily. Two thought stood out to me afresh.<BR/><BR/>1. The pigs could not stand to be filled with the presence of the demons and committed suicide.<BR/>2. The process of embodying evil (theosis in reverse) begins with willing participation in sinful behaviors.<BR/><BR/>I recall when a religion professor I had in college was arrested for sexual impropriety. I was shocked and wondered if he could not stand how would I ever make it. But it is indeed those small steps in the wrong direction that lead one to embody or become a slave to evil. He did not take a giant leap and wind up there. It was the consistently made wrong decisions.<BR/><BR/>Lord have mercy and direct our steps.<BR/><BR/>LeonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21822203.post-1161583799704748432006-10-22T23:09:00.000-07:002006-10-22T23:09:00.000-07:00Awesome homily Father. I never really looked at th...Awesome homily Father. I never really looked at that account with the understanding that the pigs threw themselves off of the cliff... but that the demons "drove" them off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com