Curmudgeons Under Down

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I’m sure it would! 🙂
Some chap posted a very good article about Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day ,giving up as an act of love
more than self control…anyway,it was a good one.
I’m gonna try and foccus on the giving up parts and dropping small silly habits picked up and make them real acts of love to God.
Come on over to Lent,it’s kind of exciting 😄
And now I’m feeling hungry …🧐
 
I just made some cinnamon rolls. Lent ain’t for an hour and a half yet.
 
Here’s a great batch of Lenten Mudgie Coffee.

Left over ashes
A few palm fronds left over from last Palm Sunday
Brimstone
Fish bones
1250 locked threads of “is this a sin?”
Enjoy!
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6:30 a.m. Mass was very crowded this morning! Strange, but some people I know who rarely go to Mass on Sundays or holy days never miss Mass and ashes on Ash Wednesday.

Now, I’m off to see the dentist 😠. I’m taking Mom there too. I let the dentist see her first. It sounds nice, but I’m really hoping he’ll be too tired after cleaning her teeth to spend much time on mine.
 
A couple of days ago the humidity was 100%, it felt like it was raining but it wasn’t. Would return inside and need to wipe my arms down as they were damp. Today, clear skies and 29 C.

Now today we have today two storms, Cyclone Gita to the north and a deep Southern Ocean low to the south west.

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What effect will that have on you? Might it blow out to sea or is it likely to make landfall?
 
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6:30 a.m. Mass was very crowded this morning! Strange, but some people I know who rarely go to Mass on Sundays or holy days never miss Mass and ashes on Ash Wednesday.
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They come to mass on Ash Wednesday for the same reason they go to mass on Palm Sunday – free gift!

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I have a serious prayer request for my mudgie family…

We moved our son to a new school this year because he’d been targeted for years in his small Catholic school class. This one kid was always targeting him with lies and taunts and getting the other boys in his class to be afraid of befriending him.

He’s been doing great this year at his new school. Loves his classes, has made good friends, is having a blast in the theater performances, has embraced his inner nerd…

Then I get a call from the mom of the bully from the old school. Bully Boy told his mom that my son had come out as gay to “the teenagers” at church and it was all over social media.

Then she said her son had told her that a year ago, on the confirmation retreat, that one of the boys had taken inappropriate photos/videos of my son on his phone.

At this point, I completely lost it and called this all b*** sh** and told her it was exactly this sort of thing that made us move our son to a new school. And then she got mad at me, saying she was only telling me this so I could help my son. Then I told her that I couldn’t believe her son was STILL trying to bully my son…

It was ugly, and thankfully, God pulled the plug by allowing our cell phones to lose the signal.

Last night and today has been a whirlwind of phone calls to help us protect our son and the other boy who was accused of recording my son.

None of Bully Boy’s accusations were true. My son doesn’t talk with any of “the teenagers” at our parish, he isn’t on social media, and the boy accused of recording doesn’t even have a cell phone now, let alone a year ago.

It is so hard to pray for this boy and his mom. She refuses to consider the possibility that her son is lying. And clearly this boy is deeply troubled.

I want to build a wall around my boy to protect him. My son’s dad (my ex) is furious, and the dad of the accused boy is now on guard as well.

My heart just breaks…

Please, please pray for all of us.
 
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Consider it done. Tonight is my night at Adoration. Something made me check the forum before taking a snooze before my 1 AM stint.

God Bless you.
 
Cyclone Gita will transition into a cold core extra-tropical cyclone. The Southern Ocean storms center won’t come close but the Southerlies could merge with Cyclone Gita creating more uncertainly how it will transition from a tropical cyclone into a extra-tropical cyclone.

Once the transition is completed the extra-tropical cyclone can suddenly deepen, as in Ex-Cyclone Fehi earlier this month causing wide spread damage from strong winds and flooding.
 
Praying for you, your son and family and the accused boy and the accusers Gertabelle. If you can, all your family together can pray these prayers for Gods Protection.
Prayer against Malefice

God, our Lord, King of ages, All-powerful and Almighty, you who made everything and who transform everything simply by your will; you who changed into dew the flames of the seven-times hotter furnace and protected and saved your three holy children.

You are the doctor and physician of my soul. You are the salvation of those who turn to you. I beseech you to make powerless, banish, and drive out every diabolic power and presence; every evil influence, malefice or evil eye and all evil actions aimed against me.

Where there is envy and malice, give me an abundance of goodness, endurance, victory and charity. O Lord, you who love man, I beg you to reach out your powerful hands and your most high and mighty arms and come to my aid.

Send your angel of peace over me, to protect my body and soul. May he keep at bay and vanquish every evil power, every poison or malice invoked against me by corrupt and envious people.

Then under the protection of your authority may I sing with gratitude, “The Lord is my salvation; whom should I fear?” I will not fear evil because you are with me, my God, my strength, my powerful Lord, Lord of peace, Father of all ages. Amen.
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Prayer for a Spiritual Canopy

Dear Lord Jesus, please forgive me for all the times I have not submitted to your will in my life. Please forgive me for all my sinful actions, making agreements with the enemy, and for believing the devil’s lies. I now submit to you as my Lord, dear Jesus. Now I break every agreement that I have made with the enemy.

Lord Jesus, please send an assignment of angels to remove and bind to the abyss all demons and their devices that had access to me because I believed their lies. I now ask you to establish a hedge of protection around me, over me and under me, and seal it with your blood, Lord Jesus Christ.

I now choose to put on the full armor of God and ask that you cleanse me and seal me, body, mind, soul and spirit, with your blood, Lord Jesus Christ. Please have your angelic army bind up and remove all demons, their devices, and all their power from within this protective hedge and have them sent to the abyss.

Please have your angels destroy all demonic, occult or witchcraft assignments directed against me. Please have your angels stand guard over me and protect me from all attacks of the enemy. I thank you for establishing an impenetrable shield of protection around me, in Jesus’ name. Amen.
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As if life isn’t difficult enough, we find ways to make things even worse for each other! 😠😥 I wish I had some great advice or insight for you… I’m praying for you all, too, that this situation comes to a good and peaceful resolution.

Considering this challenge you’re going through, I’m really glad my son is 34 now, and by God’s grace we got past all the foolishness, cruelty and potential pitfalls of adolescence and young adulthood!
 
Absolutely included in my prayer time! How insanely cruel. Can anything be done by bully boy’s school? That kid’s parents had better take action now or he is going to believe he can get away with anything and who know what might happen. So sorry you have to deal with this.
 
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Terrible situation. Praying for all involved, especially your son. “Nerd” is tough for boys in their teens, but it does pass. Very bad that these things could happen in a Catholic school.
I missed Mass on Ash Wednesday. I was going to go in the evening, but forgot that I also had a programmer “user group” meeting in the evening. When I realised my mistake in the afternoon I had to choose one or the other. It’s not a Holy Day of Obligation and I’d already signed up for the meeting, so went to it. I’m a little bit disappointed with myself, but such is life.
 
Thank you all so much for all your prayers and kind words!

While walking on our lunch break, I talked things over with my two colleagues and got some good feedback. They’re both parents, and the art teacher has two boys just a couple years older than my son. Having friends listen and asking advice from people who know me and my son, and who know and understand kids in general, really helped.

I still feel that there’s something more I need to do, but I don’t know what it is. Hopefully my guardian angel can push me in the right direction…

Anywho, it’s Lent now, so at least the season is appropriate.

Thanks again for your love and support, mudgies. You’re the best!

And hey, just for tonight, you can stay on my lawn. I’ll give you some brooms to keep the snow flurries off the sidewalk.

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I missed Mass on Ash Wednesday. I was going to go in the evening, but forgot that I also had a programmer “user group” meeting in the evening. When I realised my mistake in the afternoon I had to choose one or the other. It’s not a Holy Day of Obligation and I’d already signed up for the meeting, so went to it. I’m a little bit disappointed with myself, but such is life.
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Well, if you come a little closer, I’ll give you a good firm slap and tell you to repent. Will that make you feel better?
 
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