Post by Eric Gajewski on May 1, 2017 16:33:56 GMT
Tradcatknight: Prayer, Patience and Perseverance
Building Blocks in the Storm
By: Eric Gajewski
St. John Chrysostom said it is impossible to lead a virtuous life without prayer and yet how many Christians have it on the forefront of their minds to be virtuous? Sure, we study doctrine and get caught up in the fight against the Novus Ordites but what about the interior state of your soul? Without prayer we are a boat without a sail on life’s endless seas and we need to stay connected to God (the Wind) otherwise we go nowhere. Our Ship must be led by this Wind and not ourselves. The whole goal of this life is to leave behind the self altogether for God Himself. A movement from self to the Sacred Heart of Christ with aide of the Immaculate Heart. It is God Himself who “will allow or send” the Storm, therefore, the man, who is not centered in prayer, will stand no chance in surviving the Storm. It is in this Storm we acquire patience itself or a greater patience. It is from enduring “storm after to storm”, that we, ultimately, learn to persevere in grace. It is not by our strength that we will make it to the blue skies and rainbow on the other side of the trial. No, all glory and honor is given to God with special veneration to Our Lady who aides in our trials and afflictions. We need God like a boat needs a motor or sail but modern man moves along the surface of the seas without either. When will he (modern man) realize that He will sink and drown once the Storm arrives?
tradcatknight.blogspot.com/2017/05/prayer-patience-and-perseverance.html#more
Building Blocks in the Storm
By: Eric Gajewski
St. John Chrysostom said it is impossible to lead a virtuous life without prayer and yet how many Christians have it on the forefront of their minds to be virtuous? Sure, we study doctrine and get caught up in the fight against the Novus Ordites but what about the interior state of your soul? Without prayer we are a boat without a sail on life’s endless seas and we need to stay connected to God (the Wind) otherwise we go nowhere. Our Ship must be led by this Wind and not ourselves. The whole goal of this life is to leave behind the self altogether for God Himself. A movement from self to the Sacred Heart of Christ with aide of the Immaculate Heart. It is God Himself who “will allow or send” the Storm, therefore, the man, who is not centered in prayer, will stand no chance in surviving the Storm. It is in this Storm we acquire patience itself or a greater patience. It is from enduring “storm after to storm”, that we, ultimately, learn to persevere in grace. It is not by our strength that we will make it to the blue skies and rainbow on the other side of the trial. No, all glory and honor is given to God with special veneration to Our Lady who aides in our trials and afflictions. We need God like a boat needs a motor or sail but modern man moves along the surface of the seas without either. When will he (modern man) realize that He will sink and drown once the Storm arrives?
tradcatknight.blogspot.com/2017/05/prayer-patience-and-perseverance.html#more