tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post4100937398788979943..comments2023-12-23T00:19:35.005-08:00Comments on ADAM'S ALE: ARE YOU A REGULAR?Fr. Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-36460019424436193302008-09-18T21:09:00.000-07:002008-09-18T21:09:00.000-07:00Being a regular, is the only thing that keeps me o...Being a regular, is the only thing that keeps me on the straight and narrow--no excuses--I HAVE to take my "spiritual medications" every day!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-41685665940830982242008-09-18T16:26:00.000-07:002008-09-18T16:26:00.000-07:00What is truly amazing is how many excuses I make f...What is truly amazing is how many excuses I make for myself when I don't go to confession as often as I should. I resist the cure for my illness like a spoiled child who won't take her medicine.<BR/>Thank you for the gentle reminder.Cathy Adamkiewiczhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196264677086881776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-89928454839388380302008-09-18T11:18:00.000-07:002008-09-18T11:18:00.000-07:00Father, this post could not be more true! I take ...Father, this post could not be more true! I take every possible opportunity to encourage my fellow Catholics to go to Confession often!<BR/><BR/>I last, at most, a month without Confession. Generally I need to go once every 2 weeks; sometimes I go every week. It truly does make a huge difference; it is truly a very healing Sacrament. When I first started going to Confession at least once a month, following my rather stormy reversion, I found that everything became calm, and I did a complete 180 where certain behaviors were concerned. <BR/><BR/>As a novice Lay Dominican, I am working on getting into the habit of praying at least Lauds and Vespers every day, along with the Rosary, mental prayer, and daily Mass. Whew! Sometimes I really drop the ball, and when that happens, life turns quickly into one huge realm of chaos! Life is always much better when I just get it all done, and when I do, I ask myself why on earth I ever stopped! I am slowly getting more consistent. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-20647550986909126172008-09-18T10:45:00.000-07:002008-09-18T10:45:00.000-07:00Sometimes my evening prayer consist of Hora Media+...Sometimes my evening prayer consist of Hora Media+Officium Lectionis+Vesperas. I try not leave Laudes et Vesperas. Other Hours often suffer...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-8170072138512849862008-09-18T09:52:00.000-07:002008-09-18T09:52:00.000-07:00May wonderful wife and I were quarreling last mont...May wonderful wife and I were quarreling last month and she said to me you have not been to confession lately, have you? It had been 6 month. I went to confession two weeks later, now no quarrels. <BR/>Being in a state of grace is a nice feeling is it not?<BR/><BR/>JMJ<BR/><BR/>JoeJoseph Frommhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16759274486679530625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-23998403005597158722008-09-18T06:57:00.000-07:002008-09-18T06:57:00.000-07:00Just yesterday I was listening to Scott Hahn's tal...Just yesterday I was listening to Scott Hahn's talk on Confession, and in it he described how he had begun to go every week. One day is wife, still not Catholic, asked him how long it had been since he'd gone to Confession. She had noticed the difference in him every time he went, and knew when it had been awhile. <BR/><BR/>And on LOH...ever since I started praying it, it's made a difference for me. And I often end up skipping evening prayer, or morning prayer...the other day I missed everything. And, really, what a difference! I've found that my day isn't complete, things don't go as well if I don't take that time out for God. <BR/><BR/>Um...I should go do morning prayer before I leave for my meeting...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com