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Saxum
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I’m glad you’re ok my friend. And I now understand what you meant in the thread. It’s a good topic. Have a great day!
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JamalChristophr
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Very snarky, old chap. 
I haven’t figured out if this is light hearted sarcasm.
I’ll shall read part of the thread now.
I haven’t figured out if this is light hearted sarcasm.
I’ll shall read part of the thread now.
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Benadam
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wait , living as if this is your last day is not dying as if this your last day. hmmm
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goodcatholic
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I don’t like anyone being snarky so I’m sorry you find me that way.Very snarky, old chap.
I’m just taking your advice to the letter of the law. Really. What if today really was my last day?
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goodcatholic
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I’m just reflecting on that one for a while. mmm
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JamalChristophr
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It was in reference to what I said on another thread. That we should be very intentional about living a day in light of God’s judgment and our eternal recompense. It is in that implied context that I said , live each day as though it were your last on Earth.
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JamalChristophr
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I did not actually read your full original post, so it’s fine. I should understand your wit by now.
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OsculeturMeOsculo
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To live your as it were your last means to prepare for death through the sacraments and prayer so that when you die you can be in a state of grace and have a reduced amount of time in purgatory. Unless this is some sort of secular thing, but draining your bank account might lead to future financial problems.
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Athanasiy
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“Remember about your death,” said the sages.
It is very important to remember that we will appear before the Creator in eternity.
My mother had a dream that our grandfather, who had recently died, bowed, took his head with his hands and wept bitterly.
I don’t know the interpretation of dreams, but it seems to me that as in that parable, souls are ready to give everything to return again and to receive one more chance - on repentance, on consecration here on earth, but they lost this chance forever.
“Live your day as if it’s your last day”, it’s very wise!
It is very important to remember that we will appear before the Creator in eternity.
My mother had a dream that our grandfather, who had recently died, bowed, took his head with his hands and wept bitterly.
I don’t know the interpretation of dreams, but it seems to me that as in that parable, souls are ready to give everything to return again and to receive one more chance - on repentance, on consecration here on earth, but they lost this chance forever.
“Live your day as if it’s your last day”, it’s very wise!
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I remembered Myshkin’s monologue, the hero of Dostoevsky novel, who in one moment understood revelational truth.
A short passage from the master in which Prince Myshkin recalls the story of an imprisoned friend who suddenly had his death sentence reversed. It’s a remarkable depiction of how even something as beautiful as gratitude can be turned into a new Law. That is, when we make a gracious act into something that has to be lived up to, rather than received, we revert to the same old slavery. The Prince seems to hold on to some hope that some form of meaningful “reckoning” is possible, though maybe not observably so. The passage begins with Myshkin retelling his friend’s inner-monologue while imprisoned:
…he said nothing was more oppressive for him at that moment than the constant thought: ‘What if I were not to die! What if life were given back to me–what infinity! And it would all be mine! Then I’d turn each minute into a whole age, I’d lose nothing, I’d reckon up every minute separately, I’d let nothing be wasted!’ He said that in the end this thought turned into such anger in him that he wished they would hurry up and shoot him.”
…”You’re very fragmentary,” observed Alexandra. “…That is all very praiseworthy, but, forgive me, what ever happened to the friend who told you all those horrors…his punishment was changed, which means he was granted ‘infinite life.’ Well, what did he do with so much wealth afterwards? Did he live ‘reckoning up’ every minute?”
“Oh, no, he told me himself–I asked him about it–he didn’t live that way at all and lost many, many minutes.”
“Well, so there’s experience for you, so it’s impossible to live really ‘keeping a reckoning.’ There’s always some reason why it’s impossible.”
“Yes, for some reason it’s impossible,” the prince repeated. “I thought so myself… But still it’s somehow hard to believe…”
A short passage from the master in which Prince Myshkin recalls the story of an imprisoned friend who suddenly had his death sentence reversed. It’s a remarkable depiction of how even something as beautiful as gratitude can be turned into a new Law. That is, when we make a gracious act into something that has to be lived up to, rather than received, we revert to the same old slavery. The Prince seems to hold on to some hope that some form of meaningful “reckoning” is possible, though maybe not observably so. The passage begins with Myshkin retelling his friend’s inner-monologue while imprisoned:
…he said nothing was more oppressive for him at that moment than the constant thought: ‘What if I were not to die! What if life were given back to me–what infinity! And it would all be mine! Then I’d turn each minute into a whole age, I’d lose nothing, I’d reckon up every minute separately, I’d let nothing be wasted!’ He said that in the end this thought turned into such anger in him that he wished they would hurry up and shoot him.”
…”You’re very fragmentary,” observed Alexandra. “…That is all very praiseworthy, but, forgive me, what ever happened to the friend who told you all those horrors…his punishment was changed, which means he was granted ‘infinite life.’ Well, what did he do with so much wealth afterwards? Did he live ‘reckoning up’ every minute?”
“Oh, no, he told me himself–I asked him about it–he didn’t live that way at all and lost many, many minutes.”
“Well, so there’s experience for you, so it’s impossible to live really ‘keeping a reckoning.’ There’s always some reason why it’s impossible.”
“Yes, for some reason it’s impossible,” the prince repeated. “I thought so myself… But still it’s somehow hard to believe…”
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Athanasiy
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That’s how it sounds in the original.
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goodcatholic
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So daily Communion, daily Mass, Confession 3 times a week, all in the least month would be a good idea?
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OsculeturMeOsculo
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As long as you have the right dispostions.
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goodcatholic
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I’ve always viewed an obsession with the Sacraments as legalistic. Sorry “obsession” might be the wrong word. I’m just different. I’m picturing you as a stereotypical conservative Catholic. Am I right?
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OsculeturMeOsculo
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What type of obsession?
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goodcatholic
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I said it was the wrong word. Now you are obsessed with the word “obsession” ?
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OsculeturMeOsculo
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I don’t think so.
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Tulitas
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If you believe that dumping your longtime friend and asking her to take care of your dog is living life to the full?
Then go back and read the Gospels. We are to treat each other well, above ourselves.
God bless you, I hope you turn this around and don’t do anything foolish like “draining your account”.
Then go back and read the Gospels. We are to treat each other well, above ourselves.
God bless you, I hope you turn this around and don’t do anything foolish like “draining your account”.
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goodcatholic
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No. It’s living death to the full.
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