A Heart for GOD Reflections on Life from a Catholic Perspective
I have been thinking about what I am going to do for Lent and tonight after an hour of prayer in Church after work and listening to God, I have decided to take a major step in the right direction. I have for many years wanted to fast, but never had the will power to do so. I’ve been living a disjointed and disordered life with little direction in it since I left the Monastic life. One of the things that I learned from my experience in the Monastery is that I do so much better living life in an ordered manner according to a Rule. Tomorrow I am going to create my first Rule of Life outside of the religious life and set up a common rule for how to live a Christian life. I will have set times for going to sleep and waking up in the morning, I will set times for the Liturgy of the Hours 2 times a day with the Angelus at noon. I will also be setting up a schedule for fasting and daily mass. I believe this step is necessary for me. Most nights I stay up to 1-3am wasting time on the internet or watching movies and it is literally killing me. It is time for a major change and I truly believe that the only way to grow in holiness at this point is to detach myself from my own will and weaknesses and reply solely upon Christ.
Please keep me in your prayers… I will need every single one. They say that the road to Hell is paved with good intentions.. I think I have put down about 10,000 of ‘good-intention’ paver’s myself. This time will be different and with the grace of God.. I will succeed.
God Bless!
Michael
Hello Michael: I find that as I get older I want to be less confined to the clock. Time is not God’s inventions, but man’s. One day at a time, with out an alarm clock to get me up in the morning. I fall asleep when I want to take a nap when I want too, enjoy nature and all other things that keep me happy and sane. One day at a time is my motto. I have today and tomorrow planned. About giving up something or doing something for Lent, why stop there? I volunteer at the hospital, have recently rejoined the Lions club, and will be volunteering at SERVE once again, not driving the truck this time, but helping the residents with computer literacy. I skipped a few other volunteer activities, but that is OK, I think I am doing enough to give back to my community without piling on more at Lent. Now back to class, I am taking some on line college courses, just to fill up any idle time and keep satin at bay.
Hey Tom,
That sounds like a pretty good philosophy. But I don’t live well without a schedule, so I will have to stick to mine.
How is your volunteering going?
God Bless,
Michael
Volunteer activities going well, still have a few days off. Am thinking about giving up the hospital, have joined the Lions club and will also be doing some one on one computer stuff for the residents at SERVE. When are you going to the seminary? We should talk about that sometime. We need priests, but I have lots of concerns. How is work going these days? I know it is not what you expected, but hang in there. Currently playing with a micro processor from TI. Lots of stuff there, maybe too much