For the Addictive Person, the choice for a while is drink or don’t drink. But that is a delusion because the person addicted, always choose to drink. Then the choice changes. It becomes “change or die.” So let’s not delude oneself about a spiritual practice. We think for a while, when our prayer life is shallow, sporadic and sometimes fox-hole, that we can say “pray or not pray.” But over time, as life gets less meaningful and less satisfying with “stuff” we see that prayer of some greater depth, meditation, more time in quiet with oneself, is not optional. The body may stop drinking, but the soul always searches for spiritual Power.
The homilies and musings of a Paulist Priest.
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From Stephanie Logan of Centennial, CO
I sincerely hope your mission thrives. The Church these days seems overly intent on preaching politics and battering its members with ultimatums and threats instead of focusing on the messages of love, forgiveness and daily sacrifice that convert followers from the inside out and are therefore more effective in the long run!
I sincerely hope your mission thrives. The Church these days seems overly intent on preaching politics and battering its members with ultimatums and threats instead of focusing on the messages of love, forgiveness and daily sacrifice that convert followers from the inside out and are therefore more effective in the long run!
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