6/19/2023 0 Comments Aa daily reflection oct 28![]() ![]() Alex Steinmiller, C.P., is a member of the Passionist Community in Detroit, Michigan. ![]() It is only in looking back, as Paul did Himself in writing these letters, do we realize where our consoling God has been with us.įr. Hazelden Betty Fords Thought for the Day offers daily meditations for people in recovery or affected by addiction to alcohol or other drugs. (c) That God could and would if He were sought. Like Jesus, we have trust in the mercy and consolation from the Father towards us. (b) That probably no human power could have relieved our alcoholism. “If we are being afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation if we are being consoled, it is for your consolation, which you experience when you patiently endure the same suffering that we are also suffering.” (2 Cor. So, too, consolation and patient endurance demand an energy beyond our human capability. “they will be comforted.” Our particular behavioral approaches to people are the beatitudes, the blessings meant for others, not for ourselves. The second part of each of the beatitudes is focused on those who are the recipients of the particular approaches we take in the face of people’s needs, e.g. I know I do, and in revisiting them over the course of. ![]() The first part of each Beatitude has to do with a particular Christ-like position we take in the face of obvious need, e.g. 22 October TRUE TOLERANCE Finally, we begin to see that all people, including ourselves, are to some extent emotionally ill as well as frequently wrong, and then we approach true tolerance and see what real love for our fellows actually means. This is a hyperlinked index to my reflections on the Daily Reflections if you desire ease of access. They leave the crowd with whom they were standing and go and position themselves in a “learning” position. With the “Sermon on the Mount,” Jesus goes up a mountain, beyond the crowd which has gathered. copied or duplicated without the express written permission of Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. Yes, in God’s goodwill, we are recipients of God’s blessings, but those blessings produce blessings for others, or otherwise, they are not blessings at all. When pondering the Word, it is important to understand the context in which the Word is written in a given Gospel story. STUDIES IN PASSIONIST HISTORY AND SPIRITUALITY.A Day in the Life of Senior Passionists.Journey into the Mystery of Christ Crucified.At any point in the day, we can set aside a few moments and take a spot inventory. Proclaiming Our Passionist Story (POPS) When we find ourselves in this bleak frame of mind, we need to take action.Passion of the Earth, Wisdom of the Cross.When my spiritual condition is positive, I react positively. Feelings come from inside, not from outward circumstances. Both incidents taught me that when a person experiences nearly identical events and reacts two different ways, then it is not the event which is of prime importance, but the person's spiritual condition. Several weeks later the exact situation repeated itself but this time, because I was feeling more at peace with myself, I was able to accept the situation-dogs will bark-and I calmly called in the dogs. My neighbors frown on this kind of disturbance so, with mixed feelings of anger and shame, as well as fear of my neighbors' disapproval, I immediately called in my dogs. I was sitting in my bedroom, reading into the wee hours, when suddenly I heard my dogs barking in the back yard. I never truly understood the Tenth Step's spiritual axiom until I had the following experience. It is a spiritual axiom that every time we are disturbed, no matter what the cause, there is something wrong with us. ![]()
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