Re: sister, sister


Subject: Re: sister, sister
From: citycabn (citycabn@gateway.net)
Date: Mon Feb 14 2000 - 12:19:38 EST


tim wrote:

>Malachy McCourt said, of his time as a child in Limerick, that there
>were plenty of Catholics in the country but few Christians. I always
>thought it was an intriguing sentiment, raised, as I was in Catholic
>school until college.

"I graciously include in the definition of an 'advanced religious', odious
though the phrase is, all Christians on the great Vivekananda's terms; i.e.,
'See Christ, then you are a Christian; all else is talk.'" (S:AI)

>As far as Lenny and his "sisters of mercy," they were two backpacking
>girls he found huddled in his doorway against the rain. He brought
>them in, they fell asleep on the couch, and while he watched them
>sleep he wrote that lovely song....

Thanks for this re Cohen; never knew it.

--Bruce

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