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Dear friendYou’re lucky in many ways in the States. I feel there has been agreat spirtual fight back there in recent years. Here in Europe we enter into a deeper and deeper paganism. I never, ever thought I should see the Church under such terrible attack in Catholic Ireland.
Yes I believe that the decks are being cleared for outright persecution…Though not so much in the States.
Dear Bones,Seems to me that with all the evils that are being promoted in the world especially with sins such as abortion, contraception, homosexuality, fornication, adultery, divorce, pornagraphy, euthanasia, masterbastion, genocide ect. our world deserves it!
Padre Pio “The Rosary is the weapon.”
Welcome back my very dearest friendDear Dove,
I just arrived home after a huge move of 1200 miles that took 3 absolutely miserable, fearful, stressed days of travel. The whole while, I knew deep in my heart that we would be safe, since the move was soaked in prayer beforehand and during the entire journey.
It seems the devil was determined to attack and foil every step of the way, almost up to the last mile. I was able to experience one of the mysteries of the rosary - numerous attempts to find a room for a night’s rest, only to be turned away with no vacancy. Somebody should have forewarned us that spring break was taking place in Florida!
I thought about the apostles in the boat who had to awaken Jesus, for the storm was incredible. He was in my boat also, but I couldn’t stop the mounting terror as one thing after another came against us. I could almost hear Him say, “Oh ye of little faith!” May I add that I have tremendous faith, yet I could not understand why my human fears were taking over. No reasoning with myself or prayer would stop the flow of fears.
And yes, I am home, Praise God. My mass this morning was filled with consolation, for those three days were filled with lenten sacrifice, to say the least.
This gave me a wonderful insight into our humanness, that overrides the inner faith and almost obliterates it because of the pressing issues at hand. I can certainly empathize with you, Dove, and I hope it helps to know that you are not a weak person for experiencing this dread.
We know there is victory over circumstances and evil, but while we are walking the road, there is the cross of all these human sufferings. God has not promised to spare the cross - only that we will find life through death, because of Jesus.
May God bless you and bring you His peace and joy.
Dearest WhitedoveDear SpringBreeze,
Thanks for your very thoughtful reply. I appreciate it.
In case the rest of you don’t know, I am an R.N. who encounters quite a bit of human suffering every week in my work as a bedside nurse in a small hospital. I see a lot and it affects me. I’ve also experienced a lot of heartache in my own life, including the loss of my husband to cancer when my little girls were 1 and 3.
This world has a lot of suffering. As I face the next 20 or 30 years of my life, I know that I’ll see even more and more of it. I have 6 children, and,inevitably, tragedy will strike. It’s part and parcel of this world, so it seems…
She could have been up to no good, or she could just have been one of hundreds who think that dressing all in black to be a nonconformist is somehow an original idea. My sister started doing that latelyrand looks ridiculous because her and her dfriends look so similar in their quest for “orginiality;” thinking they make some sort of statement.After Mass this morning, our priest spoke of a woman all in black, with black lipstick, eyeshadow, etc., who was lurking around the church. He spoke of Wicca, which he stated is evil, even though some good people can be attracted to it. He says that it is very anti-Catholic.
Dear White Dove,Dear SpringBreeze,
Thanks for your very thoughtful reply. I appreciate it.
In case the rest of you don’t know, I am an R.N. who encounters quite a bit of human suffering every week in my work as a bedside nurse in a small hospital. I see a lot and it affects me. I’ve also experienced a lot of heartache in my own life, including the loss of my husband to cancer when my little girls were 1 and 3.
This world has a lot of suffering. As I face the next 20 or 30 years of my life, I know that I’ll see even more and more of it. I have 6 children, and,inevitably, tragedy will strike. It’s part and parcel of this world, so it seems…