Highway to Holiness

[Lady_Love]

There is a spirit, a practiced virtue, that if everyone focused all their attention on, they would soar rapidly to holiness. This one practice encompasses trust, hope and humility and is the indicator light of a holy soul, GRATITUDE!

There has never been a canonized saint who did not overflow with gratitude, even in the darkest and most painful situations. Jesus, in His most intimate act with mankind, in the upper room instituting the Eucharist, ON THE NIGHT HE WAS BETRAYED, GAVE THANKS.

Gratitude is the spirit that sustains us in trials, disappointments, tragedies, etc. Gratitude is the answer we make to all of God’s gifts…and everything is a gift.

Please, share any heart warming stories of gratitude. Please, show me how God has been good to you in your life, lift my spirit.

 

[AlanFromWichita]

I am grateful for your post, because if there is anything I like to hear, it’s gratitude. I love the title, “highway to holiness” because as an engineer I am not content to just pray and hope; I like to tinker with things to try to “accelerate the progress” and when I saw the title and that you started the thread, I thought, “OMG I know that one’s going to be good.” And when I saw it was about gratitude, well, … :extrahappy:

I’m thankful that my pastor is going to make good on a 5-year-old promise to come have dinner with us, and he and another priest are expected to be here within the next hour! We are so excited. I’m thankful for piano tuners; I had one come out yesterday just so I’d be in perfect pitch to play some great sounds! It is sounding so beautiful; I’ve been practicing for the last two hours and I am ready to play a little or a lot depending on how the visit goes. BTW my pastor has two music degrees, and before he was a priest he directed orchestras and played the harp. :harp:

I’m thankful for the Lord for bringing me into the kingdom and opening my eyes to this wonderful world! Those last 12 years of darkness was chump change compared to the blessings the Lord is giving me right now! It was but the price to buy the field where the Real Treasure of the kingdom lay… and the attendant consolations. :heaven:

I am thankful for CAF for giving me this connection to all of you; it has been an integral and necessary part of the healing the Lord has brought me. :dancing:

Alan

 

[cheezey]

I have had a difficult 12 years also, and I thank Him for what will no doubt follow.
I am thankful to God for the folks at CAF, who are helping me through this lastest bout.
(Still flabbergasted that someone here found an office I needed - from 3000 miles away!)

I am grateful that we hit a utility pole and not another body.
I am grateful for having a roof over my head, such as it is.
And bunches more…

And Mary and Jospeh receive my gratitude nightly for saying “Yes.”

 

[LegoGE1947]

I have had a difficult 12 years also, and I thank Him for what will no doubt follow.
I am thankful to God for the folks at CAF, who are helping me through this lastest bout.
(Still flabbergasted that someone here found an office I needed - from 3000 miles away!)

I am grateful that we hit a utility pole and not another body.
I am grateful for having a roof over my head, such as it is.
And bunches more…

And Mary and Jospeh receive my gratitude nightly for saying “Yes.”

One “highway to holiness” is US hi way 20 between Freeport, Illinois and Dubuque, Iowa. It is only two lanes (one lane in each direction) with hills and curves and will get you to praying the whole 60 miles.

 

[PetrusRomanus]

AD/BC -Highway to Holiness

 

[Lady_Love]

Well, I will tell you what I am thankful for. I am first and foremost thankful for being “chosen” by my God to walk so closely with him, sharing my life, with all it’s up and downs. I am thankful that Jesus paid the price for my soul that I could never pay and that he did it willingly and with eager desire. I am grateful that he loves me more than I deserve and meets every one of my needs.

I am grateful for such a loving and supportive husband who is deeply rooted in gratitude and supports me with heroic love. He is generous, kind, patient, and deeply compassionate. He works very hard and guards my heart.

 

[Susansmum]

I am grateful for my difficulties, that they have given me perspective and enabled me to feel grateful for all that I do have.
I am grateful for the patience God has for me, that no matter how much I have messed up in the past, he has always welcomed me back.
For the first time in my life I can say that I am grateful for being alive.
I am grateful that I can now see past my own selfish point of view.
I am grateful that I know what it is to be grateful.

 

[cheezey]

One “highway to holiness” is US hi way 20 between Freeport, Illinois and Dubuque, Iowa. It is only two lanes (one lane in each direction) with hills and curves and will get you to praying the whole 60 miles.

oh, yes, and narrow two lane roads in the Hollywood Hills that wind and bend and bend and wind…
and Outerbridge Crossing with the one who drove me into a uitilty pole.

scary…

 

[LegoGE1947]

oh, yes, and narrow two lane roads in the Hollywood Hills that wind and bend and bend and wind…
and Outerbridge Crossing with the one who drove me into a uitilty pole.

scary…

Yes a lot of rural two lane highways with curves and bends can sure get you to praying. I was wondering those Hollywood hills are they the inspiration for the song by Jan and Dean called “Dead Man’s Curve”?

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[Contra_Mundum_1]

I’ve had a rough few months behind me and have asked God to send me help. He did, so many times. I am very grateful for that, I know He is always by my side.

I am grateful for this community of CAF because I don’t know many Catholics irl. I would feel so alone without it.

 

[LegoGE1947]

I’ve had a rough few months behind me and have asked God to send me help. He did, so many times. I am very grateful for that, I know He is always by my side.

I am grateful for this community of CAF because I don’t know many Catholics irl. I would feel so alone without it.

We’ll leave the light on for you. You are always welcome! We might even add a few jokes here and there such as Did you hear about the fellow who placed his TV set on top of a dictionary so he could have “High Definition TV”?

 

[Contra_Mundum_1]

We’ll leave the light on for you. You are always welcome!

Thank you

 

[cheezey]

Yes a lot of rural two lane highways with curves and bends can sure get you to praying. I was wondering those Hollywood hills are they the inspiration for the song by Jan and Dean called “Dead Man’s Curve”?

well, that takes care of that, then…

 

[Pitcharan]

There is a spirit, a practiced virtue, that if everyone focused all their attention on, they would soar rapidly to holiness. This one practice encompasses trust, hope and humility and is the indicator light of a holy soul, GRATITUDE!

There has never been a canonized saint who did not overflow with gratitude, even in the darkest and most painful situations. Jesus, in His most intimate act with mankind, in the upper room instituting the Eucharist, ON THE NIGHT HE WAS BETRAYED, GAVE THANKS.

Gratitude is the spirit that sustains us in trials, disappointments, tragedies, etc. Gratitude is the answer we make to all of God’s gifts…and everything is a gift.

Please, share any heart warming stories of gratitude. Please, show me how God has been good to you in your life, lift my spirit.

The bounties showered on me by God are countless and that too after doing things that deserve just kicks.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others. (Marcus Tullius Cicero—106-43BC)

*Ingratitude is the most abominable of sins and as such it is the cause, beginning, and origin of all sins and misfortunes. *(St. Ignatius of Loyola in a letter to Simão Rodrigues, 18 March 1542).