Private Vows in The Laity/Spirituality

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Having a bit of a rough time with bipolar over the last few days - due to stress.  I am in contact with my psychiatrist and spoke with her today.  My next appointment is Thursday 22nd November next week, she thinks I will be okay until then.  I feel much more confident since I spoke to her.  Also, I have good old Oxazepam 30mg tablets I cut in two and take 15mg which usually does the job.    My doc said not to be scared to use them.  The effect usually lasts four hours or a bit more during which there could be a loud ruckus in the street and I would remain quite calm and collected...........Oxazepam 15mg calm and collected - I could even help out if I can still calm and collected.  Oxazepam can be a real life saver for me.  I thank God for it.  I am blessed that I am trusted with it and to have it always on hand - as it is in big demand apparently on the streets.

I am still sane, doc says, just going through a struggle with bipolar but on the winning side to date.  Meaning I am in control of bipolar and it is not in control of me.  But I will be taking a break from stimulation and Phatmass is a stimulation that I love.

Depending on where I am at later in the day, I will post the normal type of posts into this thread.

Thank you for a prayer  

PS Father is coming with Holy Communion tomorrow morning.  My heart dances.

Edited November 15, 2018 by BarbaraTherese

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SATURDAY

 

November is dedicated to The Holy Souls in Purgatory

Saturdays are dedicated to Our Lady and her Immaculate Heart

 

 

Memorial

St Elizabeth of Hungary

Year: B(II).

Psalm week: 4.

Liturgical Colour: White.

 

 

DAILY MASS ONLINE

 

 

Reflection - Saturday 17th Nov 20118

 

 

LOTH for today - left hand column

Daily Postings for the LOTH are from

THE GENERAL CALENDAR

To find your own local Liturgical Calendar, go to: http://universalis.com/1030/n-location.htm (scroll down).  If your area does not have its own Liturgical Calendar, use The General Calendar as posted into this thread daily is used.

 

 

THE ROSARY

Saturdays

Glorious Mysteries

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The Mark of Holiness

Humility and Obedience

The Will of God

 

 

 

Saint Augustine (354-430)
Bishop of Hippo (North Africa) and Doctor of the Church
Sermon 115, 1 ; PL 38, 655

From: Daily Gospel.org

 

"But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"

What more powerful incentive to prayer could be proposed to us than the parable of the unjust judge? An unprincipled man, without fear of God or regard for other people, that judge nevertheless ended by granting the widow's petition. No kindly sentiment moved him to do so; he was rather worn down by her pestering. Now if a man can grant a request even when it is odious to him to be asked, how can we be refused by the one who urges us to ask? Having persuaded us, therefore, by a comparison of opposites that “we ought always to pray and never lose heart,” the Lord goes on to put the question: “Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, do you think he will find faith on earth?”

Where there is no faith, there is no prayer. Who would pray for something he did not believe in? So when the blessed Apostle exhorts us to pray he begins by declaring: “Whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” But to show that faith is the source of prayer and the stream will not flow if its springs are dried up, he continues: “But how can people call on him in whom they do not believe?” (Rom 10:13-14). We must believe, then, in order to pray; and we must ask God that the faith enabling us to pray may not fail. Faith gives rise to prayer, and this prayer obtains an increase of faith.

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MONDAY 19th November 2018

 

November is dedicated to The Holy Souls in Purgatory

Mondays are dedicated to
The Holy Spirit and The Holy Souls in Purgatory

 

 

Year: B(II).

Psalm week: 1.

Liturgical Colour: GREEN

 

 

DAILY MASS ONLINE

https://youtu.be/tEN6MRqhSQE

 

 

Reflection - Monday 19th Nov 20118

https://youtu.be/4Vf3xvjyIUY?list=PLpTzvCOJa7DCwTEFRKioXB2l1OX9fULB0

 

 

LITURGY OF THE HOURS

http://universalis.com/ (Go to Left Hand column)

Daily Postings for the LOTH are from

THE GENERAL CALENDAR

To find your own local Liturgical Calendar, go to:  http://universalis.com/1030/n-location.htm (scroll down).  If your area does not have its own Liturgical Calendar, use The General Calendar as posted into this thread daily is used. 

 

 

THE ROSARY

Mondays

Joyful Mysteries http://www.rosary-center.org/joyful.htm

 

 

 

 

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VATICAN - BIOGRAPHY OF BLESSED MARIA CARIDAD BRADER

 

---O0O---

 

True repentance doesn’t mean tormenting yourself;

Padre Pio has a better idea

aleteia.org - H E R E

 

 

Make primary focus God's Love of you

http://thecatholicspirit.com/faith/focus-on-faith/ask-father-mike/letting-god-love-us-no-matter/

Excerpt: "I’m going to drop a little knowledge on you right now: God is the one who makes us holy. We do not make ourselves holy. Our prayer doesn’t make us holy. Our good works do not make us holy. God is the one who makes us holy. All of those things (prayer, work, striving) open us up to God’s grace, and all of those things are our way of cooperating with God’s work, but he is the one who makes us holy.

God cannot make us holy when we are too busy condemning ourselves and staring at ourselves to look at him and receive his love. The next time you find yourself getting down on yourself because you have messed up again, turn to the face of the father and trust that he knows how to deal with it."

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WEDNESDAY

21st November 2018

 

Today is The Memorial of The Presentation 

of Our Lady

https://www.catholic.org/news/hf/faith/story.php?id=43754

 

November is dedicated to The Holy Souls in Purgatory

Wednesdays are dedicated to St Joseph

 

 

Year: B(II).

Psalm week: 1.

Liturgical Colour: WHITE

 

 

DAILY MASS ONLINE

https://youtu.be/bHyJP88ZlGI

 

 

Reflection - Wednesday 21st November 2018

H E R E

 

 

LITURGY OF THE HOURS

http://universalis.com/ (Go to Left Hand column) 

Daily Postings for the LOTH are from

THE GENERAL CALENDAR

To find your own local Liturgical Calendar, go to:  http://universalis.com/1030/n-location.htm (scroll down).  If your area does not have its own Liturgical Calendar, use The General Calendar as posted into this thread daily is used.  

 

 

THE ROSARY

Wednesdays

http://www.rosary-center.org/glorious.htm

 

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Sisters of The Good Samaritan

"Honouring the Stranger-Guest-Host Relationship"

https://www.goodsams.org.au/article/honouring-the-stranger-guest-host-relationship/

"...missiles in the fearmongers' arsenal..."

I think that hospitality is intrinsic to the Catholic Christian spirituality and way of life.  Hospitality features in the Old Testament and also in The New.  There might be conditions one needs or wants to place on this important relationship - and hence a question each person must answer for themselves.   And our decisions always have consequences.

 

Quote

 

Matthew Ch 25 - "Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, a stranger and you gave me no welcome, naked and you gave me no clothing, ill and in prison, and you did not care for me.'Then they will answer and say, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or ill or in prison, and not minister to your needs?'

He will answer them, 'Amen, I say to you,

what you did not do for one of these least ones,

you did not do for me.'

 

 

 

 

 

Ascension Catholic - 7  Suggestions for Dealing with Fear

 

 

---o0o---

 

 

Mary and the lost art of waiting

https://www.goodsams.org.au/article/mary-and-the-lost-art-of-waiting/

 

 

---0o0---

 

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THURSDAY

22nd November 2018

 

Today is the Memorial of St Cecilia

Patroness of Musicians

She embraced virginity and suffered martyrdom

https://www.catholiccompany.com/getfed/st-cecilia-patron-saint-musicians/

November 22nd is the feast day of St. Cecilia, one of the most revered of the early virgin martyrs of Rome, as evidenced by her name appearing in the Roman Canon of the Mass.

 

November is dedicated to The Holy Souls in Purgatory

Thursdays are dedicated to The Blessed Sacrament



Year: B(II).

Psalm week: 1.

Liturgical Colour: RED

 

 

DAILY MASS ONLINE

https://youtu.be/RZB30mV7obo

 

Reflection -
Thursday 22nd November 2018

H E R E

 

 

LITURGY OF THE HOURS

http://universalis.com/ (Go to Left Hand column)  

Daily Postings for the LOTH are from

THE GENERAL CALENDAR

To find your own local Liturgical Calendar, go to:  http://universalis.com/1030/n-location.htm (scroll down).  If your area does not have its own Liturgical Calendar, use The General Calendar as posted into this thread daily is used.   

 

 

THE ROSARY

Thursdays - Joyful Mysteries

https://www.catholiccompany.com/content/Joyful-Mysteries-of-the-Rosary.cfm

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As long as we be meddling with any part of sin, we shall never see clearly the blissful countenance of our Lord.
- Julian of Norwich

 

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FRIDAY 

23rd November 2018

 

Today is the Optional Memorials of

Pope St Clement I

and

St Columbanus, Abbot

http://universalis.com/today.htm

 

November is dedicated to The Holy Souls in Purgatory

Fridays are dedicated to Christ's Passion and

His Most Sacred Heart



Year: B(II).

Psalm week: 1.

Liturgical Colour: GREEN

 

 

DAILY MASS ONLINE

https://youtu.be/Xi9NWhaly0k

 

Reflection 
Friday 23rd November 2018

H E R E

 

 

LITURGY OF THE HOURS

http://universalis.com/ (Go to Left Hand column)   

Daily Postings for the LOTH are from

THE GENERAL CALENDAR

To find your own local Liturgical Calendar, go to:  http://universalis.com/1030/n-location.htm (scroll down).  If your area does not have its own Liturgical Calendar, use The General Calendar as posted into this thread daily is used.    

 

 

THE ROSARY

Fridays - Sorrowful Mysteries

https://www.catholiccompany.com/content/Sorrowful-Mysteries-of-the-Rosary.cfm

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SATURDAY 

24th November 2018 

 

 

GENERAL LITURGICAL CALENDAR

All entries into this thread are from the General Liturgical Calendar.   To find your own local Liturgical Calendar, go to:  http://universalis.com/1030/n-location.htm (scroll down). 

If your area does not have its own Liturgical Calendar,

use The General Calendar

as posted into this thread daily.

 

Today is the

Memorial

Saints Andrew Dũng-Lạc and his Companions

http://universalis.com/today.htm

 

 

November is dedicated to The Holy Souls in Purgatory

Fridays are dedicated to  The Blessed Virgin Mary

&

Her Immaculate Heart



Year: B(II).

Psalm week: 1.

Liturgical Colour: RED

 

 

DAILY MASS ONLINE

https://youtu.be/Zm7fcpnNz4k

 

Reflection 
Saturday 24th November 2018

H E R E

 

 

 

LITURGY OF THE HOURS

http://universalis.com/ (Go to Left Hand column)    

Daily Postings for the LOTH are from

THE GENERAL CALENDAR

 

 

 

THE ROSARY

Saturdays - Glorious Mysteries

https://www.catholiccompany.com/content/Glorious-Mysteries-of-the-Rosary.cfm

Edited November 24, 2018 by BarbaraTherese

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My two pence worth - and all sharing in this thread is very welcome... hugely welcome:   

There is somewhat of a dichotomy between the two following videos.  If one is committed to God's Will in life, it is a commitment to a willingness to change in certain aspects of life, to change and to aspire to and accept change.  It is a hanging loose in life with heart and mind invested in God's Will, His Divine Providence, in all circumstances of life small and great.  In that vision, there can be no clear articulation, it is rather a Peace and Joy to walk in a certain darkness with trust and with confidence.  Because God's Will is ever unfolding in the days.

A big question I would ask myself in years gone by is "How can I know what God's Will is?".  It all seemed very hard to me, not clear at all.  Rather however, it is very simple.  All circumstances in all lives come about through God's Will, either His Direct Will (in the good) or His Permissive Will (in the not good) and these two latter sit, as it were, under the umbrella of God's Will.  In living out life, I am to avoid sin and resist temptation, and as I strive to do so in all the various circumstances of life, I am striving to be united to God's Will.  I am desiring whether I can articulate it or not, to love and to serve God and Him alone.    If I cannot put it into words in my prayer, then The Holy Spirit will do it for me, for He reads the depths of any heart that the person his or herself cannot reach.   In fact, it seems to me as I have written that that it is all so simple, it is difficult to find the words. 

The vision in life becomes to be united to God's Will in all things.  There is a line in St Luke's Gospel in Chapter 16 "Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much."  It is through attending to God's Will in the small things in life, that one becomes attuned to His Will in the big things in life and as time goes on more inclined to God's Will than to the opposite.  That becomes my clear vision in life: to be united to God's Will in all things and in order to do so, I need to be committed to spiritual flexibility.

 

 

 

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SATURDAY 

24th November 2018 

Today is The Solemnity

of

Christ, King of The Universe

 

 

GENERAL LITURGICAL CALENDAR

All entries into this thread are from the General Liturgical Calendar.   To find your own local Liturgical Calendar, go to:  http://universalis.com/1030/n-location.htm (scroll down).   

If your area does not have its own Liturgical Calendar,

use The General Calendar

as posted into this thread daily.

 

November is dedicated to The Holy Souls in Purgatory

Year: B(II).

Office of The Solemnity

Liturgical Colour: WHITE

 

 

DAILY MASS ONLINE

https://youtu.be/vbJguvObzzE

 

Reflection 
Sunday 25th November 2018

H E R E

 

 

 

LITURGY OF THE HOURS

http://universalis.com/ (Go to Left Hand column)    

Daily Postings for the LOTH are from

THE GENERAL CALENDAR

 

 

 

THE ROSARY

Sunday - Glorious Mysteries

https://www.catholiccompany.com/content/Glorious-Mysteries-of-the-Rosary.cfm

13 hours ago, BarbaraTherese said:

 

My two pence worth - and all sharing in this thread is very welcome... hugely welcome:   

There is somewhat of a dichotomy between the two following videos.  If one is committed to God's Will in life, it is a commitment to a willingness to change in certain aspects of life, to change and to aspire to and accept change.  It is a hanging loose in life with heart and mind invested in God's Will, His Divine Providence, in all circumstances of life small and great.  In that vision, there can be no clear articulation, it is rather a Peace and Joy to walk in a certain darkness with trust and with confidence.  Because God's Will is ever unfolding in the days.

A big question I would ask myself in years gone by is "How can I know what God's Will is?".  It all seemed very hard to me, not clear at all.  Rather however, it is very simple.  All circumstances in all lives come about through God's Will, either His Direct Will (in the good) or His Permissive Will (in the not good) and these two latter sit, as it were, under the umbrella of God's Will.  In living out life, I am to avoid sin and resist temptation, and as I strive to do so in all the various circumstances of life, I am striving to be united to God's Will.  I am desiring whether I can articulate it or not, to love and to serve God and Him alone.    If I cannot put it into words in my prayer, then The Holy Spirit will do it for me, for He reads the depths of any heart that the person his or herself cannot reach.   In fact, it seems to me as I have written that that it is all so simple, it is difficult to find the words. 

The vision in life becomes to be united to God's Will in all things.  There is a line in St Luke's Gospel in Chapter 16 "Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much."  It is through attending to God's Will in the small things in life, that one becomes attuned to His Will in the big things in life and as time goes on more inclined to God's Will than to the opposite.  That becomes my clear vision in life: to be united to God's Will in all things and in order to do so, I need to be committed to spiritual flexibility.

 

 

 

 

The above are the actual videos I posted into my thread.  I dont know why or how the videos were changed after I posted.

 

 

 

I dont know why my posts are being changed!

This is not in the least bit funny whoever is changing my posts!

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My posts are changed..........and then changed back again at a later point.  If it is moderation or administration doing the changes, then I think it is an abuse of power for whatever reason such a strange mind/person might have.  "Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me." Matthew Ch25

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If I should become aware I am not welcome, I simply move on.  Being unwelcome is permitted by Divine Providence as time, God's Time, to move away and move on.    Time to forgive and forget, move away, shaking the dust (memory), and move on.  It means that God has something else in mind for one's journey.  It is about hanging loose in life with spiritual flexibility and in the darkness of God's Will but with trust and confidence in the obscure and opaque nature of His Unfolding Will.

 

 

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https://www.huffingtonpost.com/signe-whitson/cant-you-take-a-joke-what_b_2566180.html 

Signe Whitson, Contributor: Signe Whitson is an author and national educator on bullying prevention, crisis intervention, and child and adolescent emotional and behavioral health.

 

‘Can’t You Take a Joke?  ......

............Passive Aggressive Phrases to Recognize (and Run From!) 

 

“Can’t You Take a Joke?”

..............."............. Every once in a while, though, their cruel jokes and barbs are just over the top enough that their hostility is revealed and the adult confronts them directly. When this happens, the student’s knee-jerk reaction is to, again, play the victim and wonder aloud “why you are getting so upset over something that was obviously meant as a joke?”

 

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1 hour ago, BarbaraTherese said:

 

 

 

 

 The above has been changed too.

 

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This thread is now concluded.

 

 

 

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2 hours ago, BarbaraTherese said:

This thread is now concluded.

 

 

 

Not sure what's going on ... but I kind of doubt it's like official phatmass messing with you. If it's not a big or philter maybe phatmass has been hacked???

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I don't know either.  But if my posts are being altered by whatever or whoever, then it is unwise for me to post since the sense of my meaning is altered as well.    I have advised moderation in the normal way.  I am not expecting a response for a while, since I am in Australia and a different time zone probably to most if not all moderators.