50°F W@0mph SR0521(0421) SS2049(1949)
Morning Offering given
Village quiet
Coffee-pod-blech
Blessed Mary of Oignies‘ counsel and direction to others reminds us that God sends us advisors and helpers in our journey to him. Lord, help me to recognize, heed, and appreciate those you’ve sent to inspire, counsel, and direct me.
Meditations for Each Day, pg. 248, Spiritual Communion John 15:1-6, * “I am the true vine,* and my Father is the vine grower.a 2 He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and every one that does he prunes* so that it bears more fruit. 3 You are already pruned because of the word that I spoke to you.b 4 Remain in me, as I remain in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me. 5 I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing. 6 * c Anyone who does not remain in me will be thrown out like a branch and wither; people will gather them and throw them into a fire and they will be burned.
*Courage to Change Reminder, pg 175,
I know that honesty is an essential part of the Twelve Steps. I am willing to be more honest with myself today. “Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?” Marcus Tullius Cicero
Scripture Reading for Day 23 of Dealing with the Enemy
James 4:7 So submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.d
Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ loved the church and handed himself over for hert
Morning!
SUV still in garage. replacing 2 tires, replacing wiper tray, replacing 1 coil, replacing ball joints & rockers. The coil was under warranty.
Subaru will be the chariot today. I truly dislike this sardine can.
The man spent the day cleaning up his new to him Suburban. Hopefully it will be the right fit for him.
You will notice I included a new read*. Figured I may as will add it in since it’s something I read to keep me even keeled (if that is at all possible).
I’ve been procrastinating on getting the labels done. No one should tell me there’s no rush, do it in my time frame. Not good.
Just finished Baldacci’s “The List” am now going to start “The Target”.
For those who are not aware, this blog is my personal journal. My journey to Christ, including the hiccups. I doubt it will seem exciting, but it will give you an idea of how I fill my days. At this point in time, I am lukewarm. I am holding on but not with the furver of my younger days. The turmoil of the Church has been a great scandal to me. The drift from the Church began back in 2019 when it became okay to not go to Sunday Mass. When it became ok to drift off to protestant leanings and slappy clappy touchy feely ideas. It increased when true devotion to the Church became somehow wrong. When good and holy priests were sidelined and fluffy look at me and how good I give a sermon priests were put in place. With the ideas that are coming out of the Church these days I barely recognize it. Worse yet the older members are ignored while thousands of dollars are being spent on fluff when the important things like being able to hear the sermon is ignored. Get hearing loops is my suggestion, that will allow us to hear what the priest is saying unless of course that’s the point. Out with the old, in with the new. Nuff venting.
Know you are prayed for.
In the "Wilds of Wisconsin & Cornfields of Iowa" 