Comments on: Friday August 4th, 2017 Does Familiarity Breed Contempt?

By: Duru Innocent I.

Duru Innocent I. — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 07:10:44 +0000

Remain blessed Sir John. I totally appreciate your spiritual sense of humor. My regards to your family.

By: John Ciribassi

John Ciribassi — Fri, 04 Aug 2017 22:15:59 +0000

Hey Mike
I understand. While I have been blessed to be able to have the opportunities I have had, I don’t believe that you have to have large financial and temporal resources to experience God’s love and the Holy Spirit’s direction. You might consider trying to attend Eucharistic adoration at your church, or another church in the area who does adoration if your church does not. It is a wonderful opportunity to be quietly with the Lord and pray, say the rosary, read a spiritual text or the bible. Or, just spend an hour quietly. Adoration typically starts early in the morning and goes late at night culminating in benediction. There are probably other opportunities like this but adoration is the first to come to mind.
Good luck and thanks for the nice comments.
John

By: Gigi Thomas

Gigi Thomas — Fri, 04 Aug 2017 19:51:40 +0000

I thank God for another blessing… YOU!!

By: Mike Ruzza

Mike Ruzza — Fri, 04 Aug 2017 19:16:18 +0000

You know, this is nice; but many of us cannot afford the time or expense of even just a weekend retreat nearby frankly. A trip overseas for many days just to walk somewhere; also unthinkable for those of us without your resources. I’d like to attend even a retreat in my state; but I work 6 days a week and am not paid for days when I don’t work. I feel more like a poor carpenter from Nazareth, but he didn’t end up so bad. haha Thanks anyway for the story and your experiences.

By: Loretta

Loretta — Fri, 04 Aug 2017 14:30:17 +0000

Thank you for “shining the light”. I depend on these meditations to bring the scriptures alive and meaningful to my everyday life..

By: Loretta DePaola

Loretta DePaola — Fri, 04 Aug 2017 14:26:19 +0000

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By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 04 Aug 2017 12:48:37 +0000

Thank you John! Your reflection has spoken to my heart, as my husband is not on the same part of the ‘journey’ that I am (which is totally ok!). I am learning patience, obedience, persistence, and tons of good stuff the Lord is teaching me with regards to this. My confessor gave me similar advice, about letting His light shine through me, praying for him, and letting the Holy Spirit do the rest. I stumble and fall of course, but boy has it made all the difference! What a wonderful experience it must have been for you to share with your wife on that pilgrimage! God bless

By: Alice

Alice — Fri, 04 Aug 2017 12:35:24 +0000

Thank you John for your very insightful reflection. It true that we all believe differently and its hard to push that other person to do what you do. e.g. my husband envy me when I attend the morning mass but he himself will always find an excuse of not attending or even attending a retreat. It seems he does not understand the importance of such a thing while on the other hand I do not have words to persuade him. So although we are husband and wife it seems we are very different in our own way
God bless you John for making my day