The Little flower hated needle point, one day she was doing needle point and she dropped the needle again and she went to pick it up and she heard a voice, "pick up a needle and save a soul."
Remaining faithful in daily duties means we do them but we offer them up in prayer. This is what is meant to pray always.
If you have grand-babies or other family members who still wear diapers and you promised to watch them for whom ever; that means every task that is done to take care of them; you offer it up; as Jesus told the Little Flower when she was doing her daily duties.
When you are cooking, cleaning, sowing, needle point, writing, driving, bath room breaks, getting something to drink, open a door, carrying groceries, pull out a chair for you or someone else, changing the diaper, wiping the nose, feeding the dog, work, doing the laundry, taking medicine, fixing the house, car, bike, etc. moving chairs and couches, coaching, watching ball games, video taping for the sports team, medical work, everything that is good and moral; give it up to God and save a soul.
Right now, if you have gone to Confession; our past sins are no more; God doesn't even know them; they are erased and that is how we should think; don't care or worry about your sinful past, but stay faithful right now to the Sacrament of Penance and Eucharist; this will make you great saints.
We must give everything we do to God and if we do that; we are on the way to saint hood. Now, when we give our entire life to God to pray always, we mustn't forget our own special devotions we pray also.
We also must read and know The Catechism of the Catholic Church; to know all the teachings of the Church. Scripture, Spiritual reading; Ascent of Mount Carmel, The Life of St. Teresa of Avila, Interior Castle, The letters of the Little Flower, Writings by St. Augustine, writings by Pope Benedict XVI, Mass and Confession very frequently; we can receive Jesus twice in the Eucharist daily; but Confession every day if we need it. The Diary of St. Faustina. All those writings by the saints.
Remain Faithful and God bless
Monday, November 22, 2010
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Human Suffering: Why Is There Human Suffering?
Human suffering is caused by sin. When the fall happened, we had to suffer from that moment on.
Sin had entered into the world because we disobeyed the Will of God.Now, God permits evil which is Human Suffering to bring the greater good out of it. In our situation in America where our own president will use force by any means necessary to push his agenda; even violence.
If we do not do something before the good people come into office at January to replace these bad people. In our heart and soul we must remove everything that isn't of God.
All this talk of being right, left, republican, democrat, liberal or progressive will never change America back to the way America was; founded on God and His Law.
God is our answer; not the false sense of God but the True Sense of God as we know and believe in the Church.
Prayer and Fasting; but we mustn't be afraid to practice our faith and religion in the public square; never let anyone say the law of the Soviet Union on you; we are allowed to practice our religion any where.
We must have hope and trust in God's Providence and Trust in His loving care. "To be Catholic; one can not chose; it is not a salad bar." Cardinal O'Connor.
We must fight with love; because you can't fight with evil against evil. Evil will destroy it self and come back under a new name and face. Look at it right now; started all the way back at the beginning and look it at it now. Nazism reborn with a new name and face.
We mustn't loose hope and we mustn't loose God; if we loose God in our soul; we have lost all hope.That is what our so called leaders want; us to loose hope and remove God from our soul.
That is the point of this secularism in the world; worse than it started back when the Soviet Union took over in Russia. It is worse now; but slowly God is coming back and it will take a long time.
Keep God in your heart and give the human suffering to Him.
God bless
Sin had entered into the world because we disobeyed the Will of God.Now, God permits evil which is Human Suffering to bring the greater good out of it. In our situation in America where our own president will use force by any means necessary to push his agenda; even violence.
If we do not do something before the good people come into office at January to replace these bad people. In our heart and soul we must remove everything that isn't of God.
All this talk of being right, left, republican, democrat, liberal or progressive will never change America back to the way America was; founded on God and His Law.
God is our answer; not the false sense of God but the True Sense of God as we know and believe in the Church.
Prayer and Fasting; but we mustn't be afraid to practice our faith and religion in the public square; never let anyone say the law of the Soviet Union on you; we are allowed to practice our religion any where.
We must have hope and trust in God's Providence and Trust in His loving care. "To be Catholic; one can not chose; it is not a salad bar." Cardinal O'Connor.
We must fight with love; because you can't fight with evil against evil. Evil will destroy it self and come back under a new name and face. Look at it right now; started all the way back at the beginning and look it at it now. Nazism reborn with a new name and face.
We mustn't loose hope and we mustn't loose God; if we loose God in our soul; we have lost all hope.That is what our so called leaders want; us to loose hope and remove God from our soul.
That is the point of this secularism in the world; worse than it started back when the Soviet Union took over in Russia. It is worse now; but slowly God is coming back and it will take a long time.
Keep God in your heart and give the human suffering to Him.
God bless
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Getting Together For Thanksgiving and Christmas
Getting together with loved ones for Thanksgiving and Christmas is no big deal and should happen. But, what we forget about is how it was celebrated; they are Christian. When the pilgrims and Native Americans came together to celebrate the first Thanksgiving; it was truly what the name means; Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving to God for bringing the two sides together in peace and become friends.
Not in hate or anger; not in gluttony or drunkedness or couples living together out of wedlock; that is what the world has done to this celebration and holiday.
It turned into something neo-paganism; where you have to eat until you can't breath; drink as much as you can; so you can't walk or see; then watch the New Gladitors; or Football on tv. Reminds me of Rome when it was still a empire. Christians dying by the thousands for not denying Christ and His Teachings.
If you are going through this same problem; when you want to wake up and live your Christian Life how God wants you to live it but everyone wants you to come to their house and watch them get drunk or over eat or argue about something; I say; I rather stay home; where it's only a 3 mile drive or walk to the church to be with Our Lord Jesus Christ in His True Presence.
If you have all the makings for a Thanksgiving Dinner; Cook it; eat a little bit and wrap the rest up and save it. We are thankful for the home, for our life and family, for being born into the Catholic Church and thankful for God Almighty.
Why is it a problem for Christians to act like Christians or want to live their Christian Faith without deny Our Lord Jesus Christ and His Teachings? It shouldn't be a problem but it is with the world; they want us to become worldly and when we say no thank you, they come at us and hate us; nothing hasn't changed in those thousands of years; still being fed to the lions and other wild animals; sometimes literally or non-literal. But if we say yes, thank you; we have just denied Christ and His Teachings; we have become a traitor; as many Christians did become in Rome or the Roman Empire when the soliders came to their house for the books and Mass vestments and dishes and everything; some gave them up and others died for it.
I would rather die than deny Christ. That should be our mindset; each one of us Catholic Christians. But, we know it is not and some chose the way of the world as I have described it to you.
Christmas is about the same; a little more hateful towards Christmas; because of the first part: "Christ." The devil hates that part. Then the second, "Mas" Missa. To celebrate the birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ; who humbled Himself down to become Man and to redeem us.
Where most places are denying the Navity. But allowing everything else that has nothing to do with Christmas. Why is that? I think because the devil hated the idea when God showed His plan to the Angels and the devil still hates it.
The Christmas parade and Thanksgiving Parade; have nothing to do with Christmas. I say, watch something that Charles Dickens wrote to scare the Christmas Spirit back into you; is what he actually wrote after he had written the Christmas Carol. I love it; I wake up early and watch it on TNT. It's one of my favorite movies to watch. I love reading the book too and saying the lines.
Then watching the Christmas Day Message with Pope Benedict XVI. Then going to Mass here; all dressed up. Oh what a wonderful time and then spending time with Our Good God on His birthday after Mass; easily another hour with Him.
The world has ways we should celebrate these holidays; but I say; we don't listen to them. We follow the Church and the Pope; we stay close to St. Peter and his successors. We stay close to Jesus.
I love the Jesuit way of thinking; from St. Ignatius of Loyla, "Start the day with a prayer and end with prayer." But, we start the meal and all through it we pray and give thanks to God for it.
God bless
Not in hate or anger; not in gluttony or drunkedness or couples living together out of wedlock; that is what the world has done to this celebration and holiday.
It turned into something neo-paganism; where you have to eat until you can't breath; drink as much as you can; so you can't walk or see; then watch the New Gladitors; or Football on tv. Reminds me of Rome when it was still a empire. Christians dying by the thousands for not denying Christ and His Teachings.
If you are going through this same problem; when you want to wake up and live your Christian Life how God wants you to live it but everyone wants you to come to their house and watch them get drunk or over eat or argue about something; I say; I rather stay home; where it's only a 3 mile drive or walk to the church to be with Our Lord Jesus Christ in His True Presence.
If you have all the makings for a Thanksgiving Dinner; Cook it; eat a little bit and wrap the rest up and save it. We are thankful for the home, for our life and family, for being born into the Catholic Church and thankful for God Almighty.
Why is it a problem for Christians to act like Christians or want to live their Christian Faith without deny Our Lord Jesus Christ and His Teachings? It shouldn't be a problem but it is with the world; they want us to become worldly and when we say no thank you, they come at us and hate us; nothing hasn't changed in those thousands of years; still being fed to the lions and other wild animals; sometimes literally or non-literal. But if we say yes, thank you; we have just denied Christ and His Teachings; we have become a traitor; as many Christians did become in Rome or the Roman Empire when the soliders came to their house for the books and Mass vestments and dishes and everything; some gave them up and others died for it.
I would rather die than deny Christ. That should be our mindset; each one of us Catholic Christians. But, we know it is not and some chose the way of the world as I have described it to you.
Christmas is about the same; a little more hateful towards Christmas; because of the first part: "Christ." The devil hates that part. Then the second, "Mas" Missa. To celebrate the birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ; who humbled Himself down to become Man and to redeem us.
Where most places are denying the Navity. But allowing everything else that has nothing to do with Christmas. Why is that? I think because the devil hated the idea when God showed His plan to the Angels and the devil still hates it.
The Christmas parade and Thanksgiving Parade; have nothing to do with Christmas. I say, watch something that Charles Dickens wrote to scare the Christmas Spirit back into you; is what he actually wrote after he had written the Christmas Carol. I love it; I wake up early and watch it on TNT. It's one of my favorite movies to watch. I love reading the book too and saying the lines.
Then watching the Christmas Day Message with Pope Benedict XVI. Then going to Mass here; all dressed up. Oh what a wonderful time and then spending time with Our Good God on His birthday after Mass; easily another hour with Him.
The world has ways we should celebrate these holidays; but I say; we don't listen to them. We follow the Church and the Pope; we stay close to St. Peter and his successors. We stay close to Jesus.
I love the Jesuit way of thinking; from St. Ignatius of Loyla, "Start the day with a prayer and end with prayer." But, we start the meal and all through it we pray and give thanks to God for it.
God bless
Crux facta est gravis ad portandum.
The Cross has become to heavy to carry.
Yes, I'm writing on the Cross again. It goes with the writing, "what have I gotten myself into?" It does seem that my cross has become too heavy carry any more. Becoming a Carmelite Monk and working your butt off to remain faithful to the Church and the Pope; is even more difficult; with these people doing what Jesus said they would do, "oh I seen Him over there, no I saw His mother over there and she is going to tell us when the end of the world is."
I know I will take heat again talking on this topic. On Open Line; on EWTN radio; someone asked about the so called "apparations of Mary" in Bosnia. This is what the radio host said, "Yes, there are some good fruit; people coming back to the faith, praying the Rosary more and all of that good stuff; but the past bishop and the new bishop wants all parish or diocese trips to that place stopped; because it has not been okayed by the Church and there is bad fruit as well; disregarding the Pope's Authority and that He is Peter. Mary would never do that; go against Peter; because she knows Jesus gave authority to Peter and Mary loved Peter like a son and Peter loved Mary as a mother."
It is so hard to remain a loyal and faithful Catholic to St. Peter and his successors; when this type of mess is going on inside the Church; where the faithful have become unfaithful and going along and saying these crazy things about so called sightings true sightings of Mary or Jesus or anyone else from Heaven; by whose authority do they have that power to say they are true or false? Peter has the authority; he is the Vicar of Christ and we are to remain loyal to Peter. I have shared all the Vortex episodes and CIA episodes with you and if you have been watching them; you know we are in a serious place; where people want to make a new "catholic" Church to rival Rome.
I hear from it and witness it from all sides; all I want to do is be faithful to my spiritual brother Peter and ask St. Andrew to help me. If one day that so called church is built; it will not last; because it does not have Divine Protection as the One True Church and how do we know that these so called "catholics" are really Catholic or belong to the Church; there is a group of people who call themselves something and Mel Gibson is part of it; believing Pius XII was the only real Pope and after him; just fakers. I learned that on EWTN Radio.
I like Pius XII; but not that much; he will become a saint but he isn't God or a god; so he can't be worshiped.
The devil is coming from all sides and being a angel; I guess he can do that. Plus he has his demons also working with him to do this. It feels like the cross is becoming too heavy to carry but we must carry it and ask for help.
Every time we fall and stop; we become sitting ducks and great targets for the devil and his demons. We must keep moving; a moving target is harder to hit. When I stop moving; I fall and stumble and then I need Confession again and I'm so thankful to God for allowing Confession on Sunday before Mass. It's also a blessing.
We must get up and get cleaned up; plus start moving again. Yes, our souls are being attacked by the devils and we need to protect ourself.
Our cross is fit for ourself and yes it can be made heavy or light. I feel like my cross is very heavy and it seems it has the weight of a few tons. What have I gotten myself into? Something good if I can beat the temptations and keep them from becoming sins. I know I can't do it myself but need God's help and the intercession of the saints.
The devil and his demons like to attack when one is trying to leave the world and become closer to God by joining a cloister religious order. What have I gotten into? I think the hornet's nest was disturb and angry when you start to follow God but the devil doesn't want you to follow Him and will try and do anything and anything means; the temptations will become harder to fight off.
We are all tempted; some worse than others and where the temptation becomes too harsh to fight off and you know you've lost that round but for us; there are more than twelve rounds in this fight. We go into the corner, we get our eye cut open so we can see; we get the bleeding stopped and then we go back out there for another round and another. Confession is like our boxing trainer who fixes us up after each round of the fight. Trust me, it's a fight; but what you can't do in boxing is call for help; in this fight we can call.
Keep fighting and I must also keep fighting and keep getting fixed up in my corner.
God bless
Yes, I'm writing on the Cross again. It goes with the writing, "what have I gotten myself into?" It does seem that my cross has become too heavy carry any more. Becoming a Carmelite Monk and working your butt off to remain faithful to the Church and the Pope; is even more difficult; with these people doing what Jesus said they would do, "oh I seen Him over there, no I saw His mother over there and she is going to tell us when the end of the world is."
I know I will take heat again talking on this topic. On Open Line; on EWTN radio; someone asked about the so called "apparations of Mary" in Bosnia. This is what the radio host said, "Yes, there are some good fruit; people coming back to the faith, praying the Rosary more and all of that good stuff; but the past bishop and the new bishop wants all parish or diocese trips to that place stopped; because it has not been okayed by the Church and there is bad fruit as well; disregarding the Pope's Authority and that He is Peter. Mary would never do that; go against Peter; because she knows Jesus gave authority to Peter and Mary loved Peter like a son and Peter loved Mary as a mother."
It is so hard to remain a loyal and faithful Catholic to St. Peter and his successors; when this type of mess is going on inside the Church; where the faithful have become unfaithful and going along and saying these crazy things about so called sightings true sightings of Mary or Jesus or anyone else from Heaven; by whose authority do they have that power to say they are true or false? Peter has the authority; he is the Vicar of Christ and we are to remain loyal to Peter. I have shared all the Vortex episodes and CIA episodes with you and if you have been watching them; you know we are in a serious place; where people want to make a new "catholic" Church to rival Rome.
I hear from it and witness it from all sides; all I want to do is be faithful to my spiritual brother Peter and ask St. Andrew to help me. If one day that so called church is built; it will not last; because it does not have Divine Protection as the One True Church and how do we know that these so called "catholics" are really Catholic or belong to the Church; there is a group of people who call themselves something and Mel Gibson is part of it; believing Pius XII was the only real Pope and after him; just fakers. I learned that on EWTN Radio.
I like Pius XII; but not that much; he will become a saint but he isn't God or a god; so he can't be worshiped.
The devil is coming from all sides and being a angel; I guess he can do that. Plus he has his demons also working with him to do this. It feels like the cross is becoming too heavy to carry but we must carry it and ask for help.
Every time we fall and stop; we become sitting ducks and great targets for the devil and his demons. We must keep moving; a moving target is harder to hit. When I stop moving; I fall and stumble and then I need Confession again and I'm so thankful to God for allowing Confession on Sunday before Mass. It's also a blessing.
We must get up and get cleaned up; plus start moving again. Yes, our souls are being attacked by the devils and we need to protect ourself.
Our cross is fit for ourself and yes it can be made heavy or light. I feel like my cross is very heavy and it seems it has the weight of a few tons. What have I gotten myself into? Something good if I can beat the temptations and keep them from becoming sins. I know I can't do it myself but need God's help and the intercession of the saints.
The devil and his demons like to attack when one is trying to leave the world and become closer to God by joining a cloister religious order. What have I gotten into? I think the hornet's nest was disturb and angry when you start to follow God but the devil doesn't want you to follow Him and will try and do anything and anything means; the temptations will become harder to fight off.
We are all tempted; some worse than others and where the temptation becomes too harsh to fight off and you know you've lost that round but for us; there are more than twelve rounds in this fight. We go into the corner, we get our eye cut open so we can see; we get the bleeding stopped and then we go back out there for another round and another. Confession is like our boxing trainer who fixes us up after each round of the fight. Trust me, it's a fight; but what you can't do in boxing is call for help; in this fight we can call.
Keep fighting and I must also keep fighting and keep getting fixed up in my corner.
God bless
Quid ruit matrimonio sancto?
Why is Holy Matrimony disappearing?
When Marx and all those so called "philosophers" got into the univeristies; which were started by the Catholic Church and now; some buildings may still look like a church; but are no longer using Good and Firm Philosophy; Thomas Aquinas, Plato, the great Philosophers. When the college system started to teach this and getting this way of thought into the world; which destroys logic and reason.
In Thomas Aquinas we learn his way of Logic and Reason and in Seminary and good Catholic colleges; which are few. I don't like hip Catholic schools; Catholic schools need to follow the many centuries of Church Teaching and not try to develope that this new way of thinking is the way to go.
No, it's not. We must use the Great Thinkers but be able to show and spread what you learn with the new media and new gagets.
But, if we start thinking the new philosophy that is still being created; what happens? True logic and reason is destroyed. When logic and reason is destroyed, the right way of thinking; marriage as man and woman is no longer reasonable and that anyone can get marriage; is what the new logic is saying.
But new logic isn't always good or right. It's usually making something that is wrong and immoral something that is right and moral. When these new philosophers causes damage; where does it end? Can we use the true and proven ones to defeat them? It starts in school and ends in the family; it causes division. I say, if we want Christian marriage to stay strong and defeat this new evil of homo-sexual unions; the actions and unions are evil; they are sinful; but God loves the person.
We must train the couples for marriage; I'm not saying a few weeks but I'm saying maybe a year or later. They should know Pope John Paul II's Theology of the Body and understand it; they should have a developed Sacramental life and prayer life; They must read Three To Get Married by Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen and understand it. If the couples can prove to remain chaste and not have pre-marriage sex or live together in this time of testing.
Engagement is not a time to rush couples through; they must understand the importance of the Sacrament of Marriage.
The problem is, priests or deacons or parish marriage counselors rush couples through. Which is wrong. They should take their time and study and prepare their religious life where they will not hickup when a wall comes into their life but know to Trust in God. They must understand their bodies how God created us and that is why they should be taught Theology of the Body from Pope John Paul II's book and also study and read Three to Get Married why God must be involved with their marriage and why they get married in the church and not any where else.
Plus, they should learn how to become Christian Parents where they won't give into the world and they will protect their soul and their children's soul and get them to Heaven. Parents are to protect their children's innocents and purity; same as the parents should do for each other.
But, when parents don't learn this; they allow anything sinful into their homes and in their children's life. When this happens; we get this problem; where marriage is no longer a Sacrament in the their minds and can be for anyone. But, it can't be for anyone. It must be for those who discern and take great care to learn and prepare for this Sacrament.
Marriage isn't going away but the seriousness of the Sacrament is; the life style of a married couple; man and woman; married people are to model the Holy Family. May those who are married take a good look at their marriage and if they need to change up something; may it make their family more holy.
God bless
When Marx and all those so called "philosophers" got into the univeristies; which were started by the Catholic Church and now; some buildings may still look like a church; but are no longer using Good and Firm Philosophy; Thomas Aquinas, Plato, the great Philosophers. When the college system started to teach this and getting this way of thought into the world; which destroys logic and reason.
In Thomas Aquinas we learn his way of Logic and Reason and in Seminary and good Catholic colleges; which are few. I don't like hip Catholic schools; Catholic schools need to follow the many centuries of Church Teaching and not try to develope that this new way of thinking is the way to go.
No, it's not. We must use the Great Thinkers but be able to show and spread what you learn with the new media and new gagets.
But, if we start thinking the new philosophy that is still being created; what happens? True logic and reason is destroyed. When logic and reason is destroyed, the right way of thinking; marriage as man and woman is no longer reasonable and that anyone can get marriage; is what the new logic is saying.
But new logic isn't always good or right. It's usually making something that is wrong and immoral something that is right and moral. When these new philosophers causes damage; where does it end? Can we use the true and proven ones to defeat them? It starts in school and ends in the family; it causes division. I say, if we want Christian marriage to stay strong and defeat this new evil of homo-sexual unions; the actions and unions are evil; they are sinful; but God loves the person.
We must train the couples for marriage; I'm not saying a few weeks but I'm saying maybe a year or later. They should know Pope John Paul II's Theology of the Body and understand it; they should have a developed Sacramental life and prayer life; They must read Three To Get Married by Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen and understand it. If the couples can prove to remain chaste and not have pre-marriage sex or live together in this time of testing.
Engagement is not a time to rush couples through; they must understand the importance of the Sacrament of Marriage.
The problem is, priests or deacons or parish marriage counselors rush couples through. Which is wrong. They should take their time and study and prepare their religious life where they will not hickup when a wall comes into their life but know to Trust in God. They must understand their bodies how God created us and that is why they should be taught Theology of the Body from Pope John Paul II's book and also study and read Three to Get Married why God must be involved with their marriage and why they get married in the church and not any where else.
Plus, they should learn how to become Christian Parents where they won't give into the world and they will protect their soul and their children's soul and get them to Heaven. Parents are to protect their children's innocents and purity; same as the parents should do for each other.
But, when parents don't learn this; they allow anything sinful into their homes and in their children's life. When this happens; we get this problem; where marriage is no longer a Sacrament in the their minds and can be for anyone. But, it can't be for anyone. It must be for those who discern and take great care to learn and prepare for this Sacrament.
Marriage isn't going away but the seriousness of the Sacrament is; the life style of a married couple; man and woman; married people are to model the Holy Family. May those who are married take a good look at their marriage and if they need to change up something; may it make their family more holy.
God bless
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
"What Have I Gotten Myself Into?" On the religious life vocation call
"What Have I Gotten Myself Into?"
In discerning for my vocation; God leads you every where; testing you and seeing if you can be faithful to Him. But, how many times do we want to listen and follow His lead? In this world we live in today, not many but the young men and women who are listening and following God's lead; they are ending up at traditional religious orders, Order of St. Dominic, Carmelites that was reformed by St. Teresa of Avila, Franciscans; Mother Angelica's Francisican sisters.
In my life, early life when I was very sinful and thinking of what I wanted to do but not what God wanted. I thought Special Forces, Army sniper, Marine Corps Scout sniper, Navy Seal, all those things; which are good; but it's not good if you aren't asking God if this is the right thing for me or for you. God does have His ways of making us listen and follow His lead; a injury to slow us down and think for a few moments or for a while.
You need a strong body and bones and everything to go through all that hard and nearly deadly training and once you start having a injury; pretty soon another injury will occur or you will get sick. So, instead of looking for info from the worldly way; I turned my focus to God and He popped in my head the question a wonderful priest had asked me when I was six or seven; I was very young, "Do you want to become a priest?" At the time I said I don't know.
Now, many years later and retold that story thousands or so times. When you find out you are on the right track and heading to the place God wants you to be at, the demons and the devil come out of the wood work and attack you and try to change your mind. You start to think, "What have I gotten myself into here?"
When you request entrance into the ancient order of the Carmelite Monks who follow the Ancient way of life and the way of life developed by St. Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross; you know you will become targets and be tempted; everything thrown at you; including the kitchen sink. You can do one thing, flog yourself with a dog leash or belt; or you can use Holy Water; they; the demons hate it; I'm going to try and get my priest to bless some salt too; but I think I'll have to wait till my friend comes back to town; Fr. Tony.
Every night St. Teresa of Avila used Holy Water and she said, "the demons ran off trembling." Also, humility does it too; the demons and the devil hate humility and that is why St. Francis went to get Br. Leo; because Br. Leo was more humble than St. Francis; he was actually Fr. Leo but was called brother and Leo did the exorcism; I don't think it took that long; the devil was scared of Br. Leo; because of his humility.
To think that thought is good; it keeps you reflecting on your vocation and call to be a Carmelite Monk and the great sacrifice you make to become one. Where you are in the Cloister for the rest of your life praying, reading and working. The Ancient way of life; means if the community needs more priests; the superior will go give the nudge to some guys and get them to pray on it and see if God says yes and they say yes. I'm just looking forward to becoming a Monk and if they need more priests, I'll gladly go to Seminary in Denton Nebraska.
One must not wait to begin the detox from the world but start now and when you enter; it won't be as hard and very quick transition into the Monastic way of life. Start by trying to live that way of life here at home; but you won't be able to live the cloister life style; because you have to travel for Mass, Confession and Adoration. When that thought comes into your head or my head; we must smile and say, "Oh it will be so great to give up everything for the Kingdom of God and to become Saints."
God bless
In discerning for my vocation; God leads you every where; testing you and seeing if you can be faithful to Him. But, how many times do we want to listen and follow His lead? In this world we live in today, not many but the young men and women who are listening and following God's lead; they are ending up at traditional religious orders, Order of St. Dominic, Carmelites that was reformed by St. Teresa of Avila, Franciscans; Mother Angelica's Francisican sisters.
In my life, early life when I was very sinful and thinking of what I wanted to do but not what God wanted. I thought Special Forces, Army sniper, Marine Corps Scout sniper, Navy Seal, all those things; which are good; but it's not good if you aren't asking God if this is the right thing for me or for you. God does have His ways of making us listen and follow His lead; a injury to slow us down and think for a few moments or for a while.
You need a strong body and bones and everything to go through all that hard and nearly deadly training and once you start having a injury; pretty soon another injury will occur or you will get sick. So, instead of looking for info from the worldly way; I turned my focus to God and He popped in my head the question a wonderful priest had asked me when I was six or seven; I was very young, "Do you want to become a priest?" At the time I said I don't know.
Now, many years later and retold that story thousands or so times. When you find out you are on the right track and heading to the place God wants you to be at, the demons and the devil come out of the wood work and attack you and try to change your mind. You start to think, "What have I gotten myself into here?"
When you request entrance into the ancient order of the Carmelite Monks who follow the Ancient way of life and the way of life developed by St. Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross; you know you will become targets and be tempted; everything thrown at you; including the kitchen sink. You can do one thing, flog yourself with a dog leash or belt; or you can use Holy Water; they; the demons hate it; I'm going to try and get my priest to bless some salt too; but I think I'll have to wait till my friend comes back to town; Fr. Tony.
Every night St. Teresa of Avila used Holy Water and she said, "the demons ran off trembling." Also, humility does it too; the demons and the devil hate humility and that is why St. Francis went to get Br. Leo; because Br. Leo was more humble than St. Francis; he was actually Fr. Leo but was called brother and Leo did the exorcism; I don't think it took that long; the devil was scared of Br. Leo; because of his humility.
To think that thought is good; it keeps you reflecting on your vocation and call to be a Carmelite Monk and the great sacrifice you make to become one. Where you are in the Cloister for the rest of your life praying, reading and working. The Ancient way of life; means if the community needs more priests; the superior will go give the nudge to some guys and get them to pray on it and see if God says yes and they say yes. I'm just looking forward to becoming a Monk and if they need more priests, I'll gladly go to Seminary in Denton Nebraska.
One must not wait to begin the detox from the world but start now and when you enter; it won't be as hard and very quick transition into the Monastic way of life. Start by trying to live that way of life here at home; but you won't be able to live the cloister life style; because you have to travel for Mass, Confession and Adoration. When that thought comes into your head or my head; we must smile and say, "Oh it will be so great to give up everything for the Kingdom of God and to become Saints."
God bless
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
De Invigilandi
On Being Watchful
Thanksgiving and Christmas is coming up really fast. We all have families and they are all different; but we must be watchful and if you think Pagan activity will take place; you have a big choice; a actual choice; either experience that situation or situations and have second hand sin; or stay home and keep your soul as clean as you can with the help of God.
I know there could be situations by three or more people at I think will be my aunt's house or could be up here next door at my uncle's house. I'm thinking on staying home from both; or I may not be here and be in the Monastery.
Anyone could fix a personal Thanksgiving meal and Christmas meal; by going to the store and buying a small chicken or a Cornish Game Hen; fixing a small amount of mash potatoes and some stuffing; plus dinner rolls.
I rather do that and not hurt our good God by witnessing something sinful and being afraid to speak up or if you do speak up; they may ask you to leave; well; if you aren't any where close to home; how would you get home? I guess, make yourself comfortable outside or in the truck or car.
Knowing the Holy Spirit; He may make you kick them out and keep your aunt's home pure and holy. If they are so called "catholic" He may command them go to Confession at that moment and start the annulement process.
We must be watchful in those moments; if you know that it will repeat what happened from last year or be worse; then don't go; stay home, go to Confession before Mass, Mass and stay afterward praying. Be with Jesus and stay close to Peter; the Pope. This is what I will do; do not be afraid to do this; we are to protect our souls and if we are to become saints; we can't be any where that could hinder it.
Yes, your parents will be upset if they do not understand the super natural point of view and the great harm that it will cause to each one's soul. We must not hurt God for our own purpose or gain or pleasure.
It is not, "oh we will go and eat and then leave." NO! It's all or nothing for Our God. If you love God totally; you will go ALL IN; staying at home. But, the parents will still go because they don't want to offend the request and because it's a meal pre-prepared. Was the First Thanksgiving Pagan or Christian like? Christ Like. Each and every one should be like that; prayer; a living prayer.
Now, Christmas gifts. What to buy or not to buy?
One must be watchful what you buy for Christmas gifts; nothing sexual or lead to sexual activity, immoral life style, violence, nothing that leads to all sins; mortal and venial.
Nothing Occult. So, be careful what movie you buy for a child for Christmas and what book. Buy the Christmas Carol; it's on dvd and I love Charles Dickens Christmas Carol. By good Catholic Movies from a good Catholic book store or EWTN Religious store.
By good Catholic books, movies, music; Gregorian Chant; beautiful, Music from the Vatican. Get people a good bible, Navarre, The Ignatius Catholic bible; it usually has a blue cover. The Catechism of the Catholic Church.
If they like to read; give them Pope Benedict's books, John Paul II, St. Teresa of Avila, The Little Flower, St. John of the Cross, Padre Pio, Cure of Ars, St. Augustine, St. Jerome.
Get them good solid books they can read but study. The new book by Jimmy Akin; The Fathers Know Best.
We must be watchful on everything we do, give, buy, read, watch and listen. Pray and be Watchful.
God bless
Thanksgiving and Christmas is coming up really fast. We all have families and they are all different; but we must be watchful and if you think Pagan activity will take place; you have a big choice; a actual choice; either experience that situation or situations and have second hand sin; or stay home and keep your soul as clean as you can with the help of God.
I know there could be situations by three or more people at I think will be my aunt's house or could be up here next door at my uncle's house. I'm thinking on staying home from both; or I may not be here and be in the Monastery.
Anyone could fix a personal Thanksgiving meal and Christmas meal; by going to the store and buying a small chicken or a Cornish Game Hen; fixing a small amount of mash potatoes and some stuffing; plus dinner rolls.
I rather do that and not hurt our good God by witnessing something sinful and being afraid to speak up or if you do speak up; they may ask you to leave; well; if you aren't any where close to home; how would you get home? I guess, make yourself comfortable outside or in the truck or car.
Knowing the Holy Spirit; He may make you kick them out and keep your aunt's home pure and holy. If they are so called "catholic" He may command them go to Confession at that moment and start the annulement process.
We must be watchful in those moments; if you know that it will repeat what happened from last year or be worse; then don't go; stay home, go to Confession before Mass, Mass and stay afterward praying. Be with Jesus and stay close to Peter; the Pope. This is what I will do; do not be afraid to do this; we are to protect our souls and if we are to become saints; we can't be any where that could hinder it.
Yes, your parents will be upset if they do not understand the super natural point of view and the great harm that it will cause to each one's soul. We must not hurt God for our own purpose or gain or pleasure.
It is not, "oh we will go and eat and then leave." NO! It's all or nothing for Our God. If you love God totally; you will go ALL IN; staying at home. But, the parents will still go because they don't want to offend the request and because it's a meal pre-prepared. Was the First Thanksgiving Pagan or Christian like? Christ Like. Each and every one should be like that; prayer; a living prayer.
Now, Christmas gifts. What to buy or not to buy?
One must be watchful what you buy for Christmas gifts; nothing sexual or lead to sexual activity, immoral life style, violence, nothing that leads to all sins; mortal and venial.
Nothing Occult. So, be careful what movie you buy for a child for Christmas and what book. Buy the Christmas Carol; it's on dvd and I love Charles Dickens Christmas Carol. By good Catholic Movies from a good Catholic book store or EWTN Religious store.
By good Catholic books, movies, music; Gregorian Chant; beautiful, Music from the Vatican. Get people a good bible, Navarre, The Ignatius Catholic bible; it usually has a blue cover. The Catechism of the Catholic Church.
If they like to read; give them Pope Benedict's books, John Paul II, St. Teresa of Avila, The Little Flower, St. John of the Cross, Padre Pio, Cure of Ars, St. Augustine, St. Jerome.
Get them good solid books they can read but study. The new book by Jimmy Akin; The Fathers Know Best.
We must be watchful on everything we do, give, buy, read, watch and listen. Pray and be Watchful.
God bless
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