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To: Mo1
"I think he was going through what we Catholics call a 'long night of the soul',"

Actually, it's the "Dark night of the soul", and it has little to do with politics. It's more about feeling like God is no longer with you.

A distant cousin to the feeling would be what a soldier feels when he thinks that no one back home supports him.

5 posted on 11/21/2005 1:23:15 PM PST by SlowBoat407 (The best stuff happens just before the thread snaps.)
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To: SlowBoat407

Great post.


13 posted on 11/21/2005 1:28:21 PM PST by wideawake (God bless our brave troops and their Commander-in-Chief)
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To: SlowBoat407

LOL, I thought the same thing, "long night of the soul," where did she get that.

Speaking of "Dark Night of the Soul," the book by St. John of the Cross is a great read.

http://www.ccel.org/ccel/john_cross/dark_night.titlepage.html


20 posted on 11/21/2005 1:35:02 PM PST by dawn53
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To: SlowBoat407

Good answer!


21 posted on 11/21/2005 1:36:19 PM PST by Bigg Red (Do not trust Democrats with national security!)
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To: SlowBoat407
It's more about feeling like God is no longer with you.
A distant cousin to the feeling would be what a soldier feels when he thinks that no one back home supports him.

Breaks my heart to think my beloved heroes may feel that kind of pain.

23 posted on 11/21/2005 1:36:33 PM PST by Just A Nobody (I - LOVE - my attitude problem! WBB lives on. Beware the Enemedia trolls.)
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To: SlowBoat407

Bumpety bump bump bump!


31 posted on 11/21/2005 1:41:10 PM PST by eastsider
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To: SlowBoat407

Well said!


56 posted on 11/21/2005 2:05:09 PM PST by Right_in_Virginia
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To: SlowBoat407
Actually, it's the "Dark night of the soul", and it has little to do with politics. It's more about feeling like God is no longer with you.

Thank's for making that correction. When non-Christians try to play Christian, it is usually unintentionally funny.

60 posted on 11/21/2005 2:11:11 PM PST by ModelBreaker
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To: SlowBoat407
Hmmm...it says "dark night of the soul" on the Newsqueak site...did they correct it or did the excerptor make a slip?
78 posted on 11/21/2005 3:46:59 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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