add: (please excuse the double post, it just seemed to make the point a little stronger.)

As I was leaving I noticed that the mission of this forum speaks about a simpler way of life, how wierd that one of Rome's Father's should use that very same idea to reach out.

Here is what is on the forum:

ExCharisma is a support forum for Christians leaving the Charismatic movement to seek out a simpler, more "back-to-basics" Christian experience.

Here is what Father Talbot wrote: (from the article referenced above.

'Can we of the Church in the Untied States embrace such a radical gospel life as monks, or will we remain in the safety of corporate and technological America? It may seem safe now, but it might be the real core of a greater problem in years ahead. The time has come to choose and to act. I stand before you as a messenger of God calling you to dare to give up all and follow Christ within or associated with a monastic community. If they can do it in todays Egypt, why can't we do it here? Will you be among the first to respond, or will you wait for others to respond first? Are you a sideliner, or a player, a watcher, or a doer? Dare to really live! Dare to really renounce yourself as a monk in order to discover who you really are in the wonderful plan of God. Let's see a modern monastic phenomenon in our time. But a real spiritual movement must unfold a person at a time, one by one, until it becomes a powerful wave of Spirit and renewal for an entire nation. Will you do something about this? If so you might be called to monastic life!'

In Jesus,
John Michael Talbot
Founder, Spiritual Father, and General Minister
The Brothers and Sisters of Charity at Little Portion Hermitage

Cameleon ?

Last edited by straw; Tue Apr 03, 2007 12:12 PM.