tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11611854.post2396014897569363826..comments2023-12-25T10:39:26.102-06:00Comments on Timotheos Prologizes: And now I'm 33 years oldFr Timothy Matkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10794558184459092532noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11611854.post-40604497397092069572008-04-29T13:21:00.000-05:002008-04-29T13:21:00.000-05:00Thank you, Bloviator. (Bovina is a beautiful town,...Thank you, Bloviator. (Bovina is a beautiful town, by the way. Maybe I'll retire there.)<BR/><BR/>Your comment led me to another thought. The New Testament describes the birth and death of Christ as occurring in "the fullness of time" (i.e., at "just the right moment" in history). Is there some analogy to his period in life in which he laid down his life--not to early, not too late; not too young, not too old; being able to empathize with all eras of human life? Just a thought.Fr Timothy Matkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10794558184459092532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11611854.post-5405088473409051092008-04-29T12:09:00.000-05:002008-04-29T12:09:00.000-05:00Happy 33rd, Father. I passed that milestone a long...Happy 33rd, Father. I passed that milestone a long time ago and sad to say, that feeling of not being a kid anymore only increases; exponentially, it seems at times. As compensation, however, you will find yourself more knowledgeable as the years pass. Your brain's ability to assimilate data doesn't seem to diminish over time so keep feeding it.<BR/><BR/>While I miss that youthful of which you write, I don't miss my youthful idiocies; not that I don't revisit them from time to time, just with decreasing frequency.<BR/><BR/>God bless,<BR/>BBThe Bovina Bloviatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11589846153927227356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11611854.post-23513052628553681512008-04-25T11:52:00.000-05:002008-04-25T11:52:00.000-05:00Happy birthday, Father!Happy birthday, Father!Texanglican (R.W. Foster+)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07490925636491370254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11611854.post-12933471194081408902008-04-24T21:02:00.000-05:002008-04-24T21:02:00.000-05:00"The days of our age are threescore years and ten;..."The days of our age are threescore years and ten; and though men be so strong that they come to fourscore years : yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow; so soon passeth it away, and we are gone" (Psalm 90:10). That makes thirty-something middle aged. A sobering thought!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11611854.post-44076574418266541792008-04-24T10:09:00.000-05:002008-04-24T10:09:00.000-05:00Happy Belated Birthday. I think I hit 33 before m...Happy Belated Birthday. I think I hit 33 before my time. My sense of invincibility was eroded by having to make sure my life insurance policy was going to support my family just in case. My youthful vigor was chipped away by staying up with my newborn son. Strangely enough, I've always had a few grey hairs, but I probably have a few more now. Becoming, a father (not a priest) has aged me, but it's all worth it. Besides, being able to stay up to the early hours of the morning and a sometimes frightening lack of fear are overrated. :)sanctus.liberalishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13332062496884933492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11611854.post-90575263586933857052008-04-24T10:07:00.000-05:002008-04-24T10:07:00.000-05:00As an interesting side note, the men who have play...As an interesting side note, the men who have played Jesus in films have been both older and younger and exactly 33. <BR/><BR/>Max von Sydow was 36 in The Greatest Story Ever Told.<BR/><BR/>Henry Ian Cusick was 36 in The Gospel of John.<BR/><BR/>Jeffrey Hunter was 35 in King of Kings.<BR/><BR/>Robert Powell was 33 in Jesus of Nazareth.<BR/><BR/>Jim Caviezel was 33 in The Passion of the Christ.<BR/><BR/>Brian Deacon was 31 in The Jesus Film.<BR/><BR/>Jeremy Sisto was 25 in Jesus.Fr Timothy Matkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10794558184459092532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11611854.post-924856481005067712008-04-23T16:15:00.000-05:002008-04-23T16:15:00.000-05:00I remember as a boy singing, "When I survey the wo...I remember as a boy singing, "When I survey the wondrous cross where the young Prince of Glory died" and thinking to myself, "Young? He was thirty-three years old!" Now a decade past that birthday, I realize the hymn gets it right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11611854.post-25043272291518787422008-04-23T12:54:00.000-05:002008-04-23T12:54:00.000-05:00Believe me, Father: you're still a kid ;-)Happy B...Believe me, Father: you're still a kid ;-)<BR/><BR/>Happy Birthday and<BR/><BR/>Many years!FrGregACCAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00368463715994694203noreply@blogger.com