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Cuthbert

What happened to the days when movie reviews were filmed in the theater at Mundelein?

2/22/2012 1:27:57 PM

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Signe Kelker

Fr. Barron, I enjoyed your commentary, but I wonder if you sat through all of the credits? There was an "Easter Egg" after all the credits were over which I be interested in having your take on. If you have the DVD check it out. If not, I will describe it via email, so as not to "spoil" things.
I have really enjoyed watching your Catholicism series and will be using some of it with my 8th grade religion class. Thank you!

2/22/2012 2:28:18 PM

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Sebastian

This life is nothing like the brochure, I want a refund, LOL. I think I'll skip this film though, for me it would be watching another reality show, only too close to my own reality show... all be it different players. I'm just fine, happy to wait until my address book has only one or two friends that are still living on this earth with me. Like I said... it's nothing like the brochure, but hey... I didn't have to exist.
As a very good Italian friend of mine always says... "wadia gonna do."

2/22/2012 9:34:23 PM

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Jordan (Florida State)

The Holy Spirit works through this Father in a way that can bring both hope and wisdom to a generation that needs a return to, or better yet, an introduction to objective truth. Will it?

2/22/2012 11:39:35 PM

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scott

I think the either/or question has it's roots in the individual need and the desperation of the moment. I can relate to Liam Neeson's character, not circumstantially, but in need. It is interesting that when we project our need upon God to look our way, it seems to be a cry to fill the void.

2/23/2012 5:01:30 AM

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Ellen

Saw the movie a week ago for the scenery?!...Liam was suicidal because his wife had died...the oil jobs and men were the worse but the seven, when faced with tragedy..took care of each other...at the end you really expect Liam to be rescued..

2/23/2012 10:31:07 AM

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Joan

I love movies, Liam Neeson is a great actor and I’ve got to see this one. One cannot stand in the awesome Northwest Wilderness and not know there is a God. I lived in the Northwest for almost 20 years and knew a roughneck for about that same amount of time. This man was always in a survival frame of mind.

Although I haven’t seen the movie yet, I think there just may be brutal truth in it. The struggle to listen to God when you’re surrounded by a pack of wolves – some in sheep’s clothing - there must be trust. I’m thinking this movie is like an in your face mesh of the spiritual and material… what was his driving force for survival? Causes one to contemplate what it is we are fighting for or against and needing discernment as to what and when to surrender. I want to hear his prayer.

It’s interesting to me that Liam’s character takes position to commit suicide and stops to help those around him and then as the only one left in the end, fights for his own life. This all reminds me of the faith of St. Francis and his talking with the wolf.

a herd of wolves... :) is that like a pack of horses? In and with all respect and God's love, this was a very timely smile for me. Father Barron, you’re the best, have a beautiful Lenten Season.

2/23/2012 11:51:33 AM

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Ryan Andrew

Awesome commentary. I really appreciated the connection with Job. Every time I want to cry "why me" I'll remember "Where were you...?" That's so awesome!

2/24/2012 11:37:15 AM

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Bruce Mills

Unfair! Unfair! were it not that the last two words of you commentary were 'bitingly' true!
Well stated, grasshopper.

2/25/2012 10:22:08 AM

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Chris

In many ways I feel like evil is all around me, like the wolves. Christ is the only salvation. Reconciliation and the Sacrament of the Eucharist are the only way to fend off the wolf.

2/25/2012 7:51:19 PM

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Chris W

Love the juxtaposition with Job. Too often we fail to humble ourselves and admit that the Divine Designer has a grand plan that does not always comport with worldly happiness. Eternal peace is the goal, and sometimes that means a little discomfort to shake us from our stupor. Of course, I would prefer to avoid a plane crash in the Great Northwest.

2/25/2012 8:12:00 PM

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Ann

I find the answer 'it's all part of God's plan' unsatisfying. If God so intimately loves the world, to the point that he could count the hairs on our head, he surely knows the intense pain of Job, or our protagonist in this film. If that is the case, then how could a loving God make such intense pain (particularly pain such as Job's which really isn't caused by his sinfulness) part of any plan. The answer 'where were you' makes human beings seem like an inconsequential piece of God's puzzle, rather than a beautiful creation in itself, worthy of happiness.

2/25/2012 11:43:30 PM

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James

Glad I moved on from the endless comment section on the HHD controversy.

This review was nothing less than excellent, Father Barron.

2/26/2012 3:52:28 PM

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James

Great review...I, too, saw the wolves in the The Grey as representing death stalking the weak and the injured.

3/29/2012 11:53:31 AM

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Charles Walsh

Dear Ann,
God wants us to trust Him. There is great value in the challenges of life if we are predisposed to look beyond the suffering to the final outcome, in trust. We must be humble and ask for the gift of faith. When we are living in trust, we understand the story of Job, and the voice of God as He speaks to Job sounds more like the plea of a loving parent who is saying that each piece of the puzzle is absolutely critical to the completion of the whole creation. God is pleading with you Ann, to trust Him, as you are absolutely critical to His plan.
I have suffered daily for the last 15 years and there, in that suffering, I have learned that God desires that we trust Him. Job's life and his story have been instrumental in giving hope to so many especially because his suffering is not because of his sin. He is not being punished; he is being used by God for God's ultimate purpose. The story of Job has a happy ending, as will the story of Ann. Trust Him in this, please......

3/29/2012 5:18:55 PM

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Zeska

Paul,Thanks for your kind words! I just wanted to point out that the Catholic Church does allow mrraied priests in certain scenarios--many rites within the Church feature mrraied priests, and non-Catholic clergymen who marry and then convert to the faith are eligible for priestly ordination.As one who has been on both sides of thought on this issue, I now really see the practical and spiritual reasons for a celibate priesthood.Let me know if you want to talk more about his issue--maybe I should turn it into a post!

4/20/2012 2:33:10 PM

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