Do not be ashamed to discover in your heart the fomes peccati -- the inclination to evil, which will be with you as long as you live, for nobody is free from this burden. Do not be ashamed, for the all-powerful and merciful Lord has given us all the means we need for overcoming this inclination: the Sacraments, a life of piety, and sanctified work. Persevere in using these means, ever ready to begin again and again without getting discouraged. Josemaria Escriva, The Forge 119
The news is really disturbing this morning: a woman in Florida shot and killed her twenty-year-old son at a shooting range, then herself (caught on film, too). Then, in TX a mother got a court order to retrieve sperm from her "brain dead" 21-year-old son so that she can someday fulfil his wish to have children via surrogacy (another woman, not her) . . . Um, what? WHAT?? There is so much to bring to the Cross, and this is only a few hours in to this one day. Lord, have mercy.
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I agree with you. The news is now full of shootings. So very very sad. Hurts to hear about all the children shot by their fathers. Unreal.
Indeed, Lord have MERCY! Cathy
Kissteen - yeah, those five kids in WA state, you mean? It's just awful. And, I guarantee you that it's, again, one of those people who think "if I can't, then you can't". Selfish people are killing others, allowing abortion, supporting euthanasia, killing themselves, demanding rather than thanking . . . we live in ridiculous times!
We live in times where we must be either for or against everything the Church teaches. It is time to be RADICALLY CATHOLIC and mean it through and through.
GrandmaK - I know. We need to pray more and ask His mercy. Rather than fall into pity parties, we need to do more, not just say "it's a pity" and move on. We need to make a difference in the world one person at a time!
Radically..is right!
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