tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44918019052750220.post7154112624856469720..comments2024-01-16T19:31:28.762-05:00Comments on Good Jesuit, Bad Jesuit: Fr. James Martin, S.J. On Padre Pio And Mother TeresaJoseph Frommhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16759274486679530625noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44918019052750220.post-77371735167834905602010-04-16T08:58:54.482-04:002010-04-16T08:58:54.482-04:00The interviewer has a hard time understanding Cath...The interviewer has a hard time understanding Catholicism and that was self-evident in the interview.I think Fr. Martin was a little shy in his views on Padre Pio, but considering that the question was hostile Fr. Martin would problem answer it in a different way if he had a chance.<br /><br />JMJ<br /><br />JoeJoseph Frommhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16759274486679530625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44918019052750220.post-30606954697975562992010-04-16T07:55:15.213-04:002010-04-16T07:55:15.213-04:00And while on the subject, there were episodes in t...And while on the subject, there were episodes in the life of St Ignatius Loyola when he would be deemed barking mad. For instance, what do you make of the period when he refused to cut his hair and finger nails?Anthony Symondsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04686069959458042667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44918019052750220.post-28649636237931713472010-04-16T07:53:15.531-04:002010-04-16T07:53:15.531-04:00Maria, many canonized saints would be considered n...Maria, many canonized saints would be considered neurotic in the light of c20 and c21 psychology. Take St Teresa of Avila, for instance. I doubt if, these days, she would ever be admitted to a Carmelite noviciate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44918019052750220.post-76513432557001536162010-04-15T21:05:17.773-04:002010-04-15T21:05:17.773-04:00"Well the question is can a neurotic person b..."Well the question is can a neurotic person be holy"? So Padre Pio, a Saint, is neurotic? I mean this without malice: I find this comment very distubing. What on earth can he possibly mean?Marianoreply@blogger.com