Laid-off
Deal with It Like a Man!
Viewing daily life as the pilgrimage of sacrifice, but experiencing the Power of God to overcome and cleanse the hearts of us sinners
Concerning God's Omniscience Predestination & Baptism
Religious Questions
Concerning God knowing everything.
If predestination is not true (not that I believe it is) how could God be merciful and bestow free will if He already knows the future particularly who is going to hell?
Wouldn't all the gifts given to that said person to finish his/her life right be not enough anyway?
Conclusion: God therefore must not know the future of a persons damnation or salvation. If he did then what a cruel god to create people he destined to be in hell.
Concerning Baptism
Why Believe in original sin? Why should and how could the sins of people long ago affect me and future generations now? Where's the connection? Shouldn't the actual sins committed venial and mortal be the only sins that a person commits?
Along with:
Why believe that Baptism is the only way to heaven if good people who know they aren't baptized do good and desire good? How could they be damned?
The following seems to answer these questions:
Concerning Baptism:
I need to look further into it but God is the way to salvation.
Not to be taken out of context we do need the sacraments but this supports my thought that God is one who is generous by circumstance
St. Thomas Aquinas said
In III.68.2.c
(Basically ) God's hands are not tied by the Sacraments
After reading and thought I'm concluding that creation of an individual is not an act of cruelty but is a generous proposal into not only earthly life but eternal life. If I should so choose hell how can I be like Adam and pass the blame to Him? He generously created me and died for me so that by His will hell for me be avoided. Foreknowledge therefore does not deem Him cruel and irresponsible for creating me if I should choose hell and he knows I will, rather it only shows how He is ever more generous and respectful of my free will. He is constantly striving to save me against my own wrong desire which is in fact anything short of my fulfillment in Himself.
Spiritual Slow Motion
Believe it or not I have a difficulty with determining a routine in daily life. I have a set of prayers I try to stick to, I have a beautiful family I love to care for, and a job (not multiple jobs) that pays the bills but I know life is more than bread clothes and the house. It is my interior, my spiritual life that I feel should grow. Maybe if I stick to structure or community I'm not quite sure but I need to reach to God in a new way. Michelangelo's creation of Adam that lives on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel reminds me of my spiritual life at times as well as mankind in general. If you ever take a good look at it you'll notice that God is reaching with everything that He is and there is Adam he is so lazy he's even supporting his dang arm with his knee lying on the ground which is hardly motivating looking Adam alone. But with God in the mix we see all the hope. For whoever may read this blog please pray for me.
Pray
the Rosary DAILY!
Morning
Prayers 2-5
Meditation
(ref.)
Guardian
Angel
Angelus 6am, noon, 6pm 6
Night Prayer 8-11
Christ
thy King, Thy Kingdom Come!
In the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Amen
Our Father…,
Hail Mary,
Glory Be..,
Oh my Jesus Forgive us our Sins
save us from the fires of Hell lead all those to heaven especially those in
most need of Thine mercy.
My
Lord and Father inspire my Thoughts words and Actions and
accompany them with your aid so that I undertake all my activities and carry
them through according to your will and out of love for you. I ask this through
Christ our Lord. Amen
My
Lord, God of heaven and earth- Father and Creator, Son and Redeemer Holy Spirit
and Sanctifier I adore you and Love you with all my heart. I
thank you for creating me, redeeming me, and calling me to the Catholic faith
and watching over me last night. I offer you on this day my prayer, work, struggles
sufferings and joys. Enable me to do everything out of love for you and
according to your will. Make me steadfast in living my Christian vocation,
patient in suffering, courageous in proclaiming my faith; fill me with wisdom
on life’s journey and charity in dealing with others. Free me from sin and from
all evil. May your grace always remain with me and all who are dear to me. Amen
Lord
Jesus Faithful friend of my Soul and King of the Church once more
I offer you my life so you can teach me to do your will, give me the strength
to follow you, and help me to imitate your virtues, especially those that
please you most: charity, humility, justice, and honesty.
Make me a faithful, zealous
apostle of your Church and grant me the grace that will enable me to proclaim
your saving message to the brothers and sisters I meet on my journey today. May
I live my Catholic faith with such evident conviction and share it with such
ardent zeal that I become a fruitful and effective fisher of souls for the
Kingdom. Amen
Holy
Spirit, I ask you for the gift of Wisdom to better know You and
Your divine perfections, for the gift of Understanding to clearly discern the
spirit of the mysteries of the holy faith, for the gift of Counsel that I may
live according to the principles of this faith, for the gift of Knowledge that
I may look for counsel in You and that I may always find it in You, for the
gift of Fortitude that no fear or earthly preoccupations would ever separate me
from You, for the gift of Piety that I may always serve Your Majesty with a
filial love, for the gift of the Fear of the Lord that I may dread sin, which
offends You, O my God.
Mother,
I come before you on this new day to bless you for the great things almighty
God has done for you, to thank you for the graces you have obtained for me, to
consecrate to you all my thoughts, words, and actions and to ask your blessing
for me and every member of the Church.
Intercede with God for all of us
spread throughout the world, as we strive to live the faith, hope, and charity
of which you are such and admirable and noble example. Enable me to imitate the
life of prayer, obedience, humility, fidelity, sacrifice, and simplicity that
you shared with your son our brother and Lord. Help me to form a meek and
humble heart like that of your son, Jesus Christ, and obtain for me the grace
of receiving him in the sacrament of his love as fervently as you throughout
the years of your solitude.
Mother, tell Jesus how much I
want to love him, how ardently I desire to become holy and be his apostle. Tell
him how fervently and constantly I want to serve him in the Church, which is
called to be a faithful instrument in extending his Kingdom throughout the
world. Amen
Angel sent by God to
guard me be my guardian and Protect me on the paths of life direct me Amen.
The Angelus
The Angel of the Lord declared
to Mary:
And she conceived of the Holy Spirit.
And she conceived of the Holy Spirit.
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed
art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother
of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of
our death. Amen.
our death. Amen.
I am the lowly servant of the
Lord: Let it be done unto me according to Thy word.
Hail Mary . . .
And the Word was made Flesh: And
dwelt among us.
Hail Mary . . .
Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray:
Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our
hearts; that we, to whom the incarnation of Christ, Thy Son, was made known by
the message of an angel, may by His Passion and Cross be brought to the glory
of His Resurrection, through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen.
"Hail, full of grace, the Lord is
with you" (Lk 1:28)
"Blessed are you among women,
and blessed is the fruit of your womb"
(Lk 1:42).
and blessed is the fruit of your womb"
(Lk 1:42).
Spiritual
Evaluation /Night Prayers
My Lord and my God. I thank you
for the countless gifts you have given me, especially for creating and
redeeming me, for calling me to the Catholic Faith, for choosing me to be an
apostle among my brothers and sisters, and for freeing me from so many dangers
of soul and body. Enlighten my mind so I can recognize my faults, and grant me
the grace to be truly sorry and sincerely mend my ways.
Suggestions for evaluation. Best to
consult your spiritual director to better form to your current spiritual and
apostolic situation. You may also review an examination of conscience.
My Lord and my God you know each
person’s heart. Give me the grace to examine mine sincerely and to know it
truly so I can discover all my sins, confess them well, and avoid them from now
on. Thus I hope to win your pardon and grace on earth and eternal life in
heaven. Grant this through Christ our Lord. Amen
Our Father.., Hail Mary…
I believe in one God,
the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all things visible and invisible.
the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all things visible and invisible.
I believe in one Lord Jesus
Christ,
the Only Begotten Son of God,
born of the Father before all ages.
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father;
through him all things were made.
For us men and for our salvation
he came down from heaven,
the Only Begotten Son of God,
born of the Father before all ages.
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father;
through him all things were made.
For us men and for our salvation
he came down from heaven,
All bow during the following three lines:
and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary,
and became man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate,
he suffered death and was buried,
and rose again on the third day
in accordance with the Scriptures.
He ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory
to judge the living and the dead
and his kingdom will have no end.
and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary,
and became man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate,
he suffered death and was buried,
and rose again on the third day
in accordance with the Scriptures.
He ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory
to judge the living and the dead
and his kingdom will have no end.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified,
who has spoken through the prophets.
who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified,
who has spoken through the prophets.
I believe in one, holy, catholic
and apostolic Church.
I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins
and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead
and the life of the world to come. Amen.
I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins
and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead
and the life of the world to come. Amen.
Prayer Before Going to Sleep
Visit this house we beg you,
Lord, and banish it from the deadly power of the evil one. May your holy angels
dwell here to keep us in peace, and may your blessing be always upon us. We ask
this through Christ our Lord. Amen
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