tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post2330935795174998031..comments2023-12-23T00:19:35.005-08:00Comments on ADAM'S ALE: PASS THIS INFORMATION ALONGFr. Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-89071523420508175352010-02-10T21:44:14.966-08:002010-02-10T21:44:14.966-08:00I have internet service, and I was told about this...I have internet service, and I was told about this web site. I have just looked at some of the pages. This stuff is way over my head. I don't know what a blog is. There are hundreds and hundreds of words of every sort. where did they come from? who put them here? what is the purpose of all of this? I don't know to whom I am saying this. I guess that I will satisfied to do e-mail, read the newspaper on the web and keep track of my checking account. My name is Robert M Kraus SrAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-1485865838952313522009-12-30T08:15:06.054-08:002009-12-30T08:15:06.054-08:00I have found that "accountability" was v...I have found that "accountability" was very key. I found the sacrament of confession, in a confessional, with a priest, was a key part of the grace I needed.<br /><br />Priests in the sacrament of confession were so full of God's forgiving and gracious attitude, it was a surprise to me.<br /><br />I realized slowly that I was hurting God, hurting myself, and loving my own sins more than I loved God and others. Like Adam, I sinned knowingly, and sometimes when I went to confession, my purpose of amendment was anything but firm. A firm purpose of amendment includes recognition of, and avoidance of near occasions of sin, such as solitary time-wasting time on the internet, which has to be curtailed or eliminated completely.<br /><br />In addition to the sacrament, or flowing out of it perhaps, I have had to re-learn that "Thou God, seest me". In other words, nothing I do is unseen. These prayers you have put here are great because they help a soul realize this loving God sees and is hurt by their "hidden" sin.<br /><br />Sharing about the way to freedom, and the grace of continual accountability with other brothers in Christ has been such a grace for me too. God has used my ability to talk to other men about the way to be free of this corruption, and has given me incredible peace.<br /><br />ABAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com