58°F WSW4mph SR0440CST SS1938CST
Morning Offering given
Village sleeps
Coffee good
“Up–Awake” once again “W.A.Y. T.O. E.A.R.L.Y.” I should be sleeping in, lolling around a nice warm bed but apparently THAT is not an option.
This morning I gather items needed to head off to a family reunion tomorrow. I am nowhere close to seeing that happen.
Please pray for our eldest son who seems to be experiencing a rough time right now. He is feeling left out of the family and doesn’t understand why. Since I have no issue with him I cannot answer his questions. I’m not even sure if he has broached the subject with his siblings frankly, I’m not going there. I have asked them what their issue is and they have declined to respond.
Prayers for our youngest daughter and her husband as they venture out on their matrimonial journey. They are experiencing the normal issues of becoming a family unit. It is hard to remake boundary lines with family once you have married and are committed to your family unit’s health and well-being first. Perhaps that is a subject for future blogging. So if you have any suggestions along those lines feel free to send them to me. Commitment, finance, spiritual life, letting go of adult children, navigating the in-laws, etc.
In the Catholic tradition… What is your dominant passion? You must know what it is in order to combat it determinedly, for otherwise it will lead you into one sin after another until you are eternally ruined. (Bacci pg 285) How to combat it…
*Fervent Prayer
*Daily Examination of conscience
*Weekly (fortnightly) confession
*Daily (frequent) communion
*Avoidance of the occasions of sin/employment of the necessary means to overcome sin.
*Performance of good actions
*Determination to fight and to conquer
There can be no half-measures for the only alternative to victory is defeat.
I don’t know about you, but for me, it is a daily battle and it is necessary for me to do the daily examination. Recently I found & bought a book regarding this. Visit ExaminationJournal.com for more on this book.
Know you are prayed for.
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