The ramblings of a man who fell away from the practice of his Catholic faith, only to return upon the realization that he could no longer call himself Catholic without being fully in union with the Magisterium of the Catholic Chirch. This is about growing up Catholic and growing as a Catholic.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Rosary
I am starting a 54 day Rosary novena for a very special cause. I hope I can have the strength to complete it.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Their Suffering
I see their suffering, I know how their hearts break. It is this pain and trauma that they endure that causes my spirit to wither. Is my in-unison suffering a cross I must bear? Must I be further burdened by the knowledge that my suffering does nothing to ease theirs? What else can I do to make their load lighter? How else may I end their suffering, replace it with innocence and make it the suffering the sinful person I am surely deserves? How do I endure these things I seek with a smile on my face and joy in my heart? How do I not not turn the blessing that is this cross into sin?
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Wondering
Sitting in court listening to the judge rule on a termination of parental rights case on a 17 year old mother who hasn't seen her child except for a few weeks after the child's birth. Sad case, just one of many I have had to litigate today. There was one bright spot. Lets hope God will grace these children and their families with the strenght to work through their problems and be able to reunite them.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
A New Calling
After taking some time off from my blog for various reasons, I am changing the focus of my blog and attempting to respond to what I feel is a calling from God to share my struggle to view everything from a Catholic perspective.
I will get more into my fall from being a practicing Catholic as we go along, but the defining moment for my return to being a practicing Catholic was when I realized that I could not consider myself to be Catholic while viewing world events and my relationships in non-Catholic way. Since that time, I have started attending Mass regularly again and have gone back to confession for the first time in many years.
That being said, I have still struggled with viewing the world from a Catholic perspective. The best I can define "a Catholic perspective" is viewing the world, issues of importance and how I interact with people in a way that reflects the Christ's call to love as he loved us.
It is this struggle that I feel that I am called to share on this blog with anyone who is led to these pages.
I will get more into my fall from being a practicing Catholic as we go along, but the defining moment for my return to being a practicing Catholic was when I realized that I could not consider myself to be Catholic while viewing world events and my relationships in non-Catholic way. Since that time, I have started attending Mass regularly again and have gone back to confession for the first time in many years.
That being said, I have still struggled with viewing the world from a Catholic perspective. The best I can define "a Catholic perspective" is viewing the world, issues of importance and how I interact with people in a way that reflects the Christ's call to love as he loved us.
It is this struggle that I feel that I am called to share on this blog with anyone who is led to these pages.
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