Catholics would you be friends with another Catholic who goes through heavy spiritual warfare?
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midori
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A lot of times, like with victim souls, they’re very restricted in who they can tell about it.
So I would expect that for most of them, I would be unaware, unless they had permission to confide in me.
So I would expect that for most of them, I would be unaware, unless they had permission to confide in me.
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0Scarlett_nidiyilii
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You’re probability of meeting a person with Padre-Pio-level spirituality is extremely unlikely.
And they probably would be an amazing person to have in your life, but don’t expect the type of friendship where you go clubbing together and giggling over silly things over drinks.
And they probably would be an amazing person to have in your life, but don’t expect the type of friendship where you go clubbing together and giggling over silly things over drinks.
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midori
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I generally keep my distance with everyone, lol.
But it helps to know, because it explains why they do irrational things.
But even though you know someone is struggling in a unique way, at the same time, it doesn’t automatically translate into warmth towards them. Or sometimes, you can be warm and supportive for years and years and years… but eventually grow tired of it.
Sometimes it can have a bit of the opposite effect— you try to keep your distance from them, because you know they’re experiencing things differently, and at a level you’re unfamiliar with. Or on occasion, you can allow yourself to get sucked into a particular scenario that’s their lesson to learn… but ultimately, you know you’re just the side character in a crowd scene.
But it helps to know, because it explains why they do irrational things.
But even though you know someone is struggling in a unique way, at the same time, it doesn’t automatically translate into warmth towards them. Or sometimes, you can be warm and supportive for years and years and years… but eventually grow tired of it.
Sometimes it can have a bit of the opposite effect— you try to keep your distance from them, because you know they’re experiencing things differently, and at a level you’re unfamiliar with. Or on occasion, you can allow yourself to get sucked into a particular scenario that’s their lesson to learn… but ultimately, you know you’re just the side character in a crowd scene.
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Lee1
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St Pio experienced that mostly at night in his cell I believe but I expect he had other moments. I remember for example that he was once suddenly extremely perplexed and broke out in a sweat in the garden. The monk that was with him asked what was wrong and he explained he’d seen something which would cause the other monk to die if he’d seen it too.
It wouldn’t be easy to be a friend of such a person but I grew a real affection for St Pio, and so if I met someone like him I’d like to think that I’d be a good friend to that person. It would I’ve no doubt require nerves of steel from time to time!
It wouldn’t be easy to be a friend of such a person but I grew a real affection for St Pio, and so if I met someone like him I’d like to think that I’d be a good friend to that person. It would I’ve no doubt require nerves of steel from time to time!
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TechieGuy
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Yeah, but I’d be that guy saying things like, ‘maybe you just had too much to eat before going to sleep,’ and such…
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Dan_Defender
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‘Make friends for yourself now by honoring the saints of God, by imitating their actions, so that when you depart this life they may receive you into everlasting dwellings.’ - The Imitation of Christ
It would be a blessing to be friends with a saint, nothing to fear.
It would be a blessing to be friends with a saint, nothing to fear.
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