Not my best week. Stress and frustration got to me and I did not stick to the diet perfectly and therefore, I gained two pounds! Just another check in on the Great Weight Write-off! Frustrations must be faced rather than ignored. Problems must be handled assertively rather than letting the problems run you. I finally began to assert myself against those frustrating problems today. Today I got a grip on myself and started new. Sadly, this week there is no weight loss victory of the variety that shows on the scale. I gained and there isn’t anything I can do … Continue reading
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I’ve been unwell and this has messed with my goal of perfect attendance on my prayers for this season. I’m catching up now that I feel a bit better, and accepting that being miserably ill is a good penance for me. We should give thanks in all things and so being miserably ill is a good time to practice being thankful even in the midst of being miserable with a head-ache that just would not quit. Meanwhile, my older daughter is planning the baptism of her first child and our first grandchild and asked if I wanted to have her … Continue reading
We face a major crisis with our own government ignoring the First Amendment of the Constitution and legislating to religious groups how they must abide by a practice that violates a major tenet of their religion. Here we have an article that I will be blogging around. it is a good article as far as it goes. It lacks some finesse in the history department and lacks some definitions. However, as a starting point for our discussion it is useful. God desires that we live according to His will because we have chosen to do so freely. Free will naturally … Continue reading
What is a Lay Person? I’m Baptized Christian, specifically a Catholic Christian, and as I am not a priest that means I am a LAY PERSON. Even monks, friars, sisters and nuns are LAY PEOPLE, unless the monk or friar is also a priest. A Lay person is any baptized Christian who has not received Holy Orders. That is pretty much every Christian out there. We are all called to be Saints. What does it mean to be a Christian and to become a saint? To be a Christian is nothing less than turning our lives around and living the … Continue reading