I do not usually ask for prayer publicly but this intention is quite personal. I am fairly certain most of us enjoy a drink here and there and that is more than fine. At the beginning of the year however my father became very sick. Later he lost his office job due to the pandemic. He gave in to alcohol abuse, in fact he became heavily addicted. He skipped Masses. In recent months he became really aggressive. It impacted our family tremendously. That, together with my own problems (some of them also work-related), contributed greatly to my constant feeling of anger. In times like these remember not to give up and to give all your troubles to Christ. A few weeks back my father finally built up the courage to face his addiction and today he was taken to detox in order to go to rehab. I would like to ask you to pray for the families torn apart by alcohol abuse as well as those who suffer because of the pandemic. Most of all please pray for my father on his road to recovery.
The most Christian thing I ever did was realizing I am nowhere near as good as I would like to be. The Lord paid a heavy price for us - sinners. He knew the sin would not stop there, and yet he still chose to suffer. He chose to rescue us anyway. His perfect compassion for the imperfect creation is the single greatest expression of love in all of history.
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Watch over me
Inspect my mistakes
Like a beacon, necessitate my regret
In an orbit unrelenting
It will all just be
I said let it be
I wish you didn't have to see me like this
Watch over me
Inspect my mistakes
Like a beacon, necessitate my regret
In an orbit unrelenting
It will all just be
I said let it be
I wish you didn't have to see me like this
On Thursday my father came back from rehab and he's back to being his good old self. We've spent a lot of time together since then and we're back to normal.
First - I wanted to thank you all for the support I received back at the beginning, when my father was still fighting his addiction. Especially for all the prayers.
Second - A bit of a testimony of mine. This ability of God to bring good out of the darkest hours of our lives is simply astonishing. My father struggled with his addiction for a few months to the point where we stopped talking because it would always end with aggression, verbal for the most part, though it almost got out of hand on more than one occasion. I used to pray back then but I wasn't exceptionally good at it, it usually took about 5 to 10 minutes a day. Sometimes, having exhausted all the other options there is nothing you can do but pray. And so I did. When we stopped talking, I took to praying. I prayed both to God and to the Holy Mother. And my father saw what was wrong. And so I asked you to pray for him and he finally made his decision. He now prays every day as well and reflects on what he has learned so far.
As for me - It helped me build a strong prayer routine, from 40 minutes to an hour a day even. I've noticed the effects as well, I am much more motivated, feel like working harder, lost the extra weight through fasting here and there and simply being more active. I am much healthier mentally and physically than I was at the beginning of the year. And to think I would have probably given up if not for our Lord just scares me.
Don't ever give up and stop trusting in the Lord. Pray and meditate and you will make it. In times of great difficulty remember that our Lord is greater. And remember your brothers and sisters in faith who will be there for you if you simply reach out.
First - I wanted to thank you all for the support I received back at the beginning, when my father was still fighting his addiction. Especially for all the prayers.
Second - A bit of a testimony of mine. This ability of God to bring good out of the darkest hours of our lives is simply astonishing. My father struggled with his addiction for a few months to the point where we stopped talking because it would always end with aggression, verbal for the most part, though it almost got out of hand on more than one occasion. I used to pray back then but I wasn't exceptionally good at it, it usually took about 5 to 10 minutes a day. Sometimes, having exhausted all the other options there is nothing you can do but pray. And so I did. When we stopped talking, I took to praying. I prayed both to God and to the Holy Mother. And my father saw what was wrong. And so I asked you to pray for him and he finally made his decision. He now prays every day as well and reflects on what he has learned so far.
As for me - It helped me build a strong prayer routine, from 40 minutes to an hour a day even. I've noticed the effects as well, I am much more motivated, feel like working harder, lost the extra weight through fasting here and there and simply being more active. I am much healthier mentally and physically than I was at the beginning of the year. And to think I would have probably given up if not for our Lord just scares me.
Don't ever give up and stop trusting in the Lord. Pray and meditate and you will make it. In times of great difficulty remember that our Lord is greater. And remember your brothers and sisters in faith who will be there for you if you simply reach out.
I am the best example of a Catholic there is. No better than those around me. Far from the Christian ideal. A child who loses the way and seeks father's forgiveness. Both a perfect and horrible representation of faith, a sinner - too often do I make mistakes I later come to regret very deeply. Do not let that regret kill your spirit. Do not use that sinful nature as an excuse. Work hard to repent and strive for holiness.
https://youtu.be/sT1W5nmiDuA
I'm a liar, deceiver; it dwells inside
I'm a cynic, I'm desperate to find out why
All the whispers of every last demon inside;
if I listen to them, they will take my life
Silence.
I'm a liar, deceiver; it dwells inside
I'm a cynic, I'm desperate to find out why
All the whispers of every last demon inside;
if I listen to them, they will take my life
Silence.
Follow-up to the previous post. We are all in our own way a Judas, a Kichijiro of this story. Christ died for you and for me alike. For the liar, the traitor, the coward. HE will always welcome you with open arms if only you repent. How glorious HE is to see our dirt and still make us clean.
You don't know the day nor the hour. Seek forgiveness and make peace with the Lord. Do not grow in your sin. Our time on this Earth will eventually run out. Eternity awaits you, but what kind?
You don't know the day nor the hour. Seek forgiveness and make peace with the Lord. Do not grow in your sin. Our time on this Earth will eventually run out. Eternity awaits you, but what kind?
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You want good advice? One thing I've learned is that spiritual exercise goes together exceptionally well with physical exercise. Pray your Rosary and then push it to the limit, sprint through the town, lift weights, even do manual labour I don't know. Be active lads, if your body is a temple for the Lord - might as well be a fortress monastery.