tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post4125268953808208765..comments2024-02-24T19:28:28.716+11:00Comments on Psallite Sapienter: So slack and lazyJoshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-74196848618481209192013-11-06T15:48:40.927+11:002013-11-06T15:48:40.927+11:00Joshua, this Eastern Orthodox understands your pli...Joshua, this Eastern Orthodox understands your plight! I don't have a problem going to church on sundays (I'm a member of the choir and have an obligation to be there) but weekdays, I tend to fall apart unless I really make an effort. I'll pray for you, and hope you'll pray for me, that we both persevere!<br />James<br />Olympia, WA USAAuriel Ragmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08395216240172741261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-56728661916276669982013-10-31T21:07:42.387+11:002013-10-31T21:07:42.387+11:00Joshua I too felt that I was getting lazy aside fr... Joshua I too felt that I was getting lazy aside from Sunday mass and attending Morning Prayers at St Dominic's. Work does not allow much flexibility but when the opportunity arises I go to St Aloysius 7am as well as Mass at st Ds during the week. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-88650433212984119602013-10-31T09:23:13.698+11:002013-10-31T09:23:13.698+11:00Too true, too true (except for the bit about me be...Too true, too true (except for the bit about me being virtuous)...<br /><br />I think we all are really like those members of AA who never say "I'm now no longer an alcoholic", and simply aim at keeping off the booze each day. We are fallen, we are sinners, falling seven times a day in fact, and we must get up each time, dust ourselves off, and trudge along - trudge being a very Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-74844681062660647352013-10-31T03:55:41.096+11:002013-10-31T03:55:41.096+11:00Your zeal, humility and penitence are highly comme...Your zeal, humility and penitence are highly commendable. But as an old monk once said when asked what monks did, "we fall down and we get up again" and St Benedict's Rule is a little rule for beginners, those who start every day anew and commend it to God. The spiritual life is a trudge, so what we need is some refreshment from time to time and then it's back on the road again AndrewWShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00196842185913965725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-1719336635950184982013-10-30T20:58:43.229+11:002013-10-30T20:58:43.229+11:00May the Lord bless you, Joshua, in your efforts to...May the Lord bless you, Joshua, in your efforts to grow ever closer to Him.<br /><br /> None of us are born Saints but we can always aspire and endeavour to become Saints, and re-turn ourselves and our lives back to God.....Elizabeth @ The Garden Windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00274788007550318693noreply@blogger.com