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If They Say, "Come With Us"SJL, Thank you for your time in response. Mine was not a wolf in sheep's clothing but my own father, who knew the real Truth. Yet, I am still...
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If They Say, "Come With Us"Jim, thank you for reading and for responding and for sharing your thoughts on this subject. It would take a book to share it all with you, and...
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If They Say, "Come With Us"Dear Christsfreeservant, Thank you for sharing your spiritual insight. Your topic is very timely, personally speaking, as I have struggled with...
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Learn to EndureYou are loved by God and nothing will change that. There will be more in the future. Jesus knows all of it, yet loves you with an eternal heart...
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One of the most famous chapters in the Bible. I've heard it read at funerals, marriages and of course Mass. It's interesting that non Christians can sit up and take notice of it. Why? Because it rings true . In a cold world where ambition and money seem to dominate, it resonates. Deep down, we...
I've got this image of someone praying all night. Maybe they're kneeling. Maybe not. But they're not speaking at all. They're just listening. Listening and waiting. Waiting and listening. All night.
And they're in the zone. They're focussed.
This kind of prayer is high quality in my opinion. I...
I feel guilty some days approaching God in prayer. because I know I'm not living out the Gospels in reality. Just getting swallowed up in secular concerns like money and work.
I think its like the one step forward, two steps back cliche. We feel we aren't really advancing much on our faith...
I've never gotten on so well with a boss. For some reason we hit it off. I like her as a person. She's a good communicator. Good-humoured, not too strict on me anyway. But that might be one of the problems.
I think she favours me. I get kinder treatment. "I'm about to tell off everyone in this...
Part of me thinks God is highly amused at our human attempts to understand and communicate with Him. See there I've just humanised God, in order to try and understand Him.
As long as we aren't trying to scare people into believing in Him. As long as we are honestly trying to be obedient in the...
I had to break the news to my Teddy Bear today. I had to tell him he was adopted.
He took the news better than I expected. No tears. Of course he must've grieved later in private.
Teddy has been a big part of my family, since we have no children of our own. There's Rumpy (short for...
who is the most narcissistic blogger of all?
What did all we narcissists do before the Internet? Write to ourselves in note pads at home?
Talk to ourselves in the car? Sing to ourselves in the shower? Chat to our pets, being assured by their gaze that what we were saying was just plain awesome...
Individualism can be sinful. Yet God gave us a brain and a personality. He doesn't want us to be robots, in my opinion. He wants more our hearts than minds, doesn't he?
I think a lot of our faith journey is pray and obey. Trust. Listen. Not only to God but to those who need listening to.
But at...
I don't know why I didn't ever get into this guy and his life story before but he's my new obsession. My latest phase. The Frank of Assisi phase. Part of my amazing faith journey, my sensational learning curve, as I strive closer and closer to either heaven or .....oops almost mentioned the...
Revenge is OK as long as you can get away with it.
Get us much pleasure out of this life as you can. You only got one life.
Don't be one of those poor suckers losers without any money. Get rich and stay that way!
Don't relay your intentions. Be sneaky and wear many masks.
Whatever you do, don't...
I am almost obsessed with this topic. And the funny thing is that witnessing other peoples' anger can be hilarious. Look at Basil Fawlty in Fawlty Towers.
But dealing with your own can be truly onerous. And guilt-ridden. And just not funny.
I listened to a Catholic psychotherapist recently on...
OK, so you've discovered the truth. Believe in Jesus Christ, be saved and obey God's commandments. Simple as that.
Is intellectual truth enough?
"Love God with all your heart, all your mind and all your soul".
All I'm suggesting is that intellect is only part of the story. We need to be using...
I cant fully understand his English. His accent and pronunciation are barriers at the moment. He's kind of shy and anxious but I can relate to that.
I can imagine the more judgmental in the Parish may dismiss him as useless. His lack of confidence a real turn off. And why cant we have a priest...
I'm not afraid to admit I need to learn a lot.
I'm not afraid to admit I sin a lot.
In fact I admit a lot of my sins on here.
Sometimes I play the adviser role. Hopefully I don't come across too holier than thou. I might though.
I'd like to encourage those who are only comfortable with the...
5.40am here. The dog is staring at me in the living room. Warm and cosy in this cold, wet winter's morning. Raining outside. Put your raincoat on, I hear you say. Take an umbrella.
But but but ....
Woof! Woof!
He's getting demanding now!
Woof! Woof Woof!
And more demanding!
OK OK, I'm coming...
John 3:19-21
I don't like the light much. Believe it or not I don't like the limelight IRL.
I prefer someone else to be the one in charge, in the hot seat, calling the shots.
But I guess I am afraid of exposure. I don't really want you all to know who I really am, the details of my past. My real...
It is easy to dislike people. In fact it can become a habit to be intolerant.
"He's a pain in the neck."
"I just wish he'd..... "
"What a drama queen!"
" Such a narcissist!"
"So argumentative.."
I've done it and still do, to some extent. Bad habit to get into and hard to break. Its as if we...
I have to keep asking myself this. As a way of keeping myself in check. As a way of staying grounded. We can get carried away with the emotion of it all. "And if I do this and I do that, yes, salvation will be all mine, Heaven, oh sweet Heaven ,praise the ...." :)
Honestly I think God must have...
In the best interests of spiritual renewal, I visited a different Church this morning. What a pleasant change!
Surrounded by beautifully landscaped gardens fresh from winter rains, this unusual church is located on a slight gradient sloping downwards. So you look down from the pews to the altar...
The Gospel reading at Today's Mass. " Anyone who prefers their mother or father to me is not worthy of me. Anyone who prefers son or daughter to me is not worthy of me."
Well, my parents are dead and I don't have kids, so ? I do love my partner and dog though. And I still pray for my parents...