Mass today

Well I went to mass this morning because I didn't have to work early, and Im glad I did. As I usually am. The gospel was about Jesus saying that as we follow Him, be prepared to have our mothers/fathers/siblings/etc. as our enemies. I've heard this gospel many times, and until now I really couldn't get a grasp on why Jesus would say something like that. I understand that people who are faithful to the Church and to Christ are misunderstood/marginalized/persecuted..Call it what you want...But family? Come on now. But then the seminarian whose staying at my church for the summer said that if our family gets in the way of us growing closer to God, then they may be our enemies. And I guess as I get older and I expand my mind a bit more Im not viewing things as black or white- that is, when I was younger and heard this gospel I thought that it literally meant that if you said you loved God and wanted to serve him family members would become automatic enemies..Now in many cases this does happen, but how about if we don't come right out and say "I want to be a better Catholic..Or I want to grow closer to Jesus.." But instead, we turn our actions around and stop becoming so focused on gaining wealth, prestige, and begin to see this life as passing away- how might people react? I can testify to the fact that some family members might be a bit weirded out and distance themselves...And I guess the point is if that becomes a deterrant to our faith then its by that our family members are our enemies. And I know in Jesus' time the word "brother" or "sister" could mean any close relative or friend..So I wonder if the same holds true for the word "family?" Perhaps that includes close friends/mentors/etc..I dont know. But, thats my 2 cents on today =)

Gym

OK folks, I go to the gym nearly every day..Hoping to achieve that perfect body, that body that is seen on magazines, on t.v., etc..I burn at least 300 calories a day, but, I never seem to achieve the results I want. So, I've been going tanning after my workouts in hopes on achieving something...Something desirable.. But, never happens. I was thinking of this just now because first of all, Im getting ready to go to the gym. Second of all, I was at a class that the seminarian/deacon we have at my church is giving. Its on Genesis and we were reading the beginning when there was the tree of Good and Bad and yada yada yada.. Well, Eve obviously listens to Satan and wishes to become like God so she eats that stuff from the bad tree. I guess maybe even perfection (Garden of Eden) wasn't good enough for her. She wanted to find something new and enticing. Well, I feel like that sometimes. I feel God's love and presence in my life even moreso since I've been going to adoration on a daily basis, but sometimes things just arent good enough. I take matters into my own hands to try and make my life a Garden of Eden sort of place, yet fail because a human's ideas of perfection are quite different from God's.

found itttt!! =)

I Have a Problem

by
Ray Comfort






Father, I have a problem.
It's weighing heavy on me.
It's all I can think about,
night and day.



Before I bring it to you in prayer.
I suppose I should pray for those
who are less fortunate than me--




Those in this world who have
hardly enough food for this day,
and for those who don't have
a roof over their heads at night.



I also pray for families
who have lost loved ones
in sudden death,
for parents whose children
have leukemia,
for the many people who are
dying of brain tumors,
for the hundreds of thousands
who are laid waste with
other terrible cancers,
for people whose bodies
have been suddenly
shattered in car wrecks,
for those who are lying
in the hospital with agonizing
burns over their bodies,
whose faces have been
burned beyond recognition.



I pray for people with emphysema,
whose eyes fill with terror
as they struggle for every
breath merely to live,
for those who are tormented
beyond words by irrational fears,
for the elderly who are wracked
with the pains of aging,
whose only "escape" is death.



I pray for people who are watching
their loved ones fade before their eyes
through the grief of Alzheimer's disease,
for the many thousands
who are suffering
the agony of AIDS,
for those who are in such despair
they are about to commit suicide,
for people who are tormented
by the demons of
alcoholism and drug addiction.



I pray for children
who have been abandoned
by their parents,
for those who are sexually abused,
for wives held in quiet despair,

beaten and abused by
cruel and drunken husbands,
for people whose minds
have been destroyed
by mental disorders,
for those who have lost everything
in floods, tornadoes,
hurricanes, and earthquakes.



I pray for the blind,
who never see the faces
of the ones they love,
or the beauty of a sunrise,
for those whose bodies are
horribly deformed by painful arthritis, for the many whose lives
will be taken from them today
by murderers,
for those wasting away
on their death beds.



Most of all,
I cry out for the millions
who don't know the forgiveness
that is in Jesus Christ...
for those who in a moment of time
will be swept into Hell
by the cold hand of death,
and find to their utter
horror the unspeakable
vengeance of eternal fire.
They will be eternally damned
to everlasting punishment.



Oh God, I pray for them.





Strange....



I can't seem to remember
what my problem was,,,,,,





In Jesus' name I pray...Amen!

I find that children can be much more reasonable than adults.

Never make someone a priority when they only make you an option.

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currently...i feel like death on 2 legs