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coolcatholicguy
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Are there any meals we are required to say grace before, or anything we do throughout our day that we are required to thank God for, as long as we thank God at the end of the day for all our gifts?
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stuart12
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Ask for God’s blessing before you undertake any work, state your intention to do it for His glory and thank Him upon completion.
Thank Him for food.
For parents, children etc
For life.
For the Sacrifice of the Mass.
And anything else that He has given you.
Thank Him for food.
For parents, children etc
For life.
For the Sacrifice of the Mass.
And anything else that He has given you.
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RSD
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Thank God for everything you can think of. Truly. This is very hard to do at first, with some things. I have been learning to thank God for: beautiful flowers, the fact that I can see the beautiful flowers, the gift of color vision so that I can see the colors, the fact that He gave me a sense of beauty to appreciate the beautiful flowers, this particular flower He gave me to see at this moment, each petal of this flower He gave me to see at this moment, the scent of the flower, the fact that I can smell the sweet scent, the ability to appreciate the scent as a beautiful gift,…
You see- you can thank God for thousands of gifts every moment of every day. It might seem exhausting at first, but it is a very deeply rewarding spiritual exercise.
You see- you can thank God for thousands of gifts every moment of every day. It might seem exhausting at first, but it is a very deeply rewarding spiritual exercise.
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baltobetsy
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And thank Him especially for adversity, when He trusts you enough to share in the Cross.
Betsy
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coolcatholicguy
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Are there any things it is a sin to not pray for?
I’m not trying to be sacreligious, I am just wondering what to feel sorry for and what not to.
I’m not trying to be sacreligious, I am just wondering what to feel sorry for and what not to.
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EphelDuath
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Thank God for all of the blessings and sufferings he has given you.
Aside from that, each petition of the Lord’s Prayer/Pater Noster/Our Father is the bare minimum, I would say; it has been said that this prayer is the “Gospel in a nutshell.”
Aside from that, each petition of the Lord’s Prayer/Pater Noster/Our Father is the bare minimum, I would say; it has been said that this prayer is the “Gospel in a nutshell.”
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coolcatholicguy
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I’ll use an example:
Would it be a sin to not pray before dinner, breakfast, or lunch once in a while, as long as we are still thankful in our hearts?
Would it be a sin to not pray before dinner, breakfast, or lunch once in a while, as long as we are still thankful in our hearts?
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MarkThompson
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Right, it would not be a sin.I’ll use an example:
Would it be a sin to not pray before dinner, breakfast, or lunch once in a while, as long as we are still thankful in our hearts?
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IntegraCatholic
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Moral theologians generally say that it is only a mortal sin not to pray at all for a whole month. I don’t know when or if it would be considered a venial sin at some point, but there are obviously a lot of imperfections in failing to take advantages of grace. These should still be cause for penitence.I’ll use an example:
Would it be a sin to not pray before dinner, breakfast, or lunch once in a while, as long as we are still thankful in our hearts?
To answer this specific question, if you simply forget, that’s not a sin or imperfection, but it’s good to try to develop these habits such that you won’t forget. If you omit these practices out of human respect (e.g., out of embarrassment in public), then this is a venial sin.
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djeter
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On Gratitude:
The Test Of All Happiness Is Gratitude
The strongest emotion was that life was as precious as it was puzzling. It was an ecstasy because it was an adventure; it was an adventure because it was an opportunity. The goodness of the fairy tale was not affected by the fact that there might be more dragons than princesses; it was good to be in a fairy tale. The test of all happiness is gratitude; and I felt grateful, though I hardly knew to whom. Children are grateful when Santa Claus puts in their stockings gifts of toys or sweets. Could I not be grateful to Santa Claus when he put in my stockings the gift of two miraculous legs? We thank people for birthday presents of cigars and slippers. Can I thank no one for the birthday present of birth?
Orthodoxy G.K. Chesterton
The Sense Of Wonder
“It is in fact the sense of wonder which transforms every littlest thing in the universe into a divine mystery…The sense of wonder expresses itself in gratitude, and I know of no finer exposition of the mysticism of gratitude than the concluding pages of Chesterton’s Autobiography: “The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things and there is no sense in having more of them if you have less appreciation of them”.
Alan Watts, 1960’s Counter-Culture Guru on G.K. Chesterton
More readings on being thankful:
payingattentiontothesky.com/2009/09/30/be-thankful/
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The Test Of All Happiness Is Gratitude
The strongest emotion was that life was as precious as it was puzzling. It was an ecstasy because it was an adventure; it was an adventure because it was an opportunity. The goodness of the fairy tale was not affected by the fact that there might be more dragons than princesses; it was good to be in a fairy tale. The test of all happiness is gratitude; and I felt grateful, though I hardly knew to whom. Children are grateful when Santa Claus puts in their stockings gifts of toys or sweets. Could I not be grateful to Santa Claus when he put in my stockings the gift of two miraculous legs? We thank people for birthday presents of cigars and slippers. Can I thank no one for the birthday present of birth?
Orthodoxy G.K. Chesterton
The Sense Of Wonder
“It is in fact the sense of wonder which transforms every littlest thing in the universe into a divine mystery…The sense of wonder expresses itself in gratitude, and I know of no finer exposition of the mysticism of gratitude than the concluding pages of Chesterton’s Autobiography: “The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things and there is no sense in having more of them if you have less appreciation of them”.
Alan Watts, 1960’s Counter-Culture Guru on G.K. Chesterton
More readings on being thankful:
payingattentiontothesky.com/2009/09/30/be-thankful/
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