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What Is Serenity and How Can We Grow in It?
Archdiocese of Washington ^
| 03-19-15
| Msgr. Charles Pope
Posted on 03/20/2015 6:52:08 AM PDT by Salvation
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posted on
03/20/2015 6:52:08 AM PDT
by
Salvation
To: nickcarraway; NYer; ELS; Pyro7480; livius; ArrogantBustard; Catholicguy; RobbyS; marshmallow; ...
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posted on
03/20/2015 6:53:03 AM PDT
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: Salvation
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posted on
03/20/2015 6:54:36 AM PDT
by
beethovenfan
(If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
To: beethovenfan
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posted on
03/20/2015 6:57:18 AM PDT
by
GraceG
(Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
To: Salvation
This a rather timely topic for me. :)
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posted on
03/20/2015 7:34:37 AM PDT
by
defconw
(Fight all error, and do it with good humor, patience, kindness and love. -St. John Cantius)
To: Salvation
Be nothing solicitous; but in every thing, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to God. [7] And the peace of God, which surpasseth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:6-7)
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posted on
03/20/2015 7:40:48 AM PDT
by
annalex
(fear them not)
To: Salvation
First ya gotta find some “serenity seeds”.
Then plant, water, and keep in partial sunlight.
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posted on
03/20/2015 7:41:34 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: annalex
It also helps to look in the mirror and remind yourself that you are in fact not in charge of anything but your own behavior. Takes the pressure off.
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posted on
03/20/2015 7:42:28 AM PDT
by
defconw
(Fight all error, and do it with good humor, patience, kindness and love. -St. John Cantius)
To: GraceG
Great minds think alike. You beat me.
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posted on
03/20/2015 7:43:00 AM PDT
by
GingisK
To: GraceG
Thank you to someone who REALLY knows what Serenity is! Browncoats forever!
Now...back to the thread.
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posted on
03/20/2015 7:43:44 AM PDT
by
hoagy62
("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered..."-Thomas Paine. 1776)
To: defconw
Since peace comes not from the mirror but from the person of Christ, even better idea is to look at Him.
Come to me, all you that labour, and are burdened, and I will refresh you.
Take up my yoke upon you, and learn of me, because I am meek, and humble of heart:
and you shall find rest to your souls. (Matthew 11:28-29)
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posted on
03/20/2015 7:58:52 AM PDT
by
annalex
(fear them not)
To: annalex
What peculiar facial hair.
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posted on
03/20/2015 8:06:03 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Google "tiny kitten pictures," and put down the gun.)
To: Salvation; NYer; zot
Reminds me of a term “Reverent Joy” I had explained to me at sometime in the past.
A definition of Joy I found that ties in with this thread:
joy — In spiritual literature, the feeling aroused by the expectation or possession of some good. One of the fruits of the Holy Spirit. Joyful emotions affect the body, but they are essentially in the higher faculties of the soul. Differs from pleasure, which may affect the human spirit but originates in some bodily sensation. Thus joy is possessed by angels and human beings, and its source is the rational will. [Fr. John Hardon’s Modern Catholic Dictionary]
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posted on
03/20/2015 8:08:33 AM PDT
by
GreyFriar
(Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
To: GraceG
A glass of wine, my needlepoint, and the whole series streaming on Netflix. I’m serene. (Until a child shows up, spills my wine, cuts himself with my scissors, and grabs the remote.)
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posted on
03/20/2015 8:09:20 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Google "tiny kitten pictures," and put down the gun.)
To: Salvation
To: Salvation
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posted on
03/20/2015 8:46:19 AM PDT
by
7noipom
(Wonderful article)
To: GraceG
To know contentment is to be rich.
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posted on
03/20/2015 8:48:00 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Salvation; All
In this sense we can see how true serenity must come as a gift from God. For the storms of life can overwhelm and overpower us. So we need to seek serenity from God and receive it from Him. My Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
I'm asking all of you to please pray for me. I'm getting knocked down from all sides right now in my life. I need prayers desperately so that I may get through this time in my life. I trust in God; he keeps me holding on through my prayers, a little at a time. I'm not asking for the cross to be taken away, just the grace to bear it. God bless you!
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posted on
03/20/2015 10:53:01 AM PDT
by
Grateful2God
(Because no word shall be impossible with God. And Mary said: Behold the handmaid of the Lord...)
To: GraceG
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posted on
03/20/2015 5:59:17 PM PDT
by
Dajjal
(Justice Robert Jackson was wrong -- the Constitution IS a suicide pact.)
To: Grateful2God
Prayers for you and the situation you are in.
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posted on
03/20/2015 6:01:05 PM PDT
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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