I have been walking/hiking 35 miles per week to get ready for whatever is coming. Spiritually and physically. I pray my rosary on my walk...
Smart lady. It would be very dangerous to do nothing and instead rely on the presumption that God will miraculously save you. He's already sent us plenty of warnings. "Torrential rains cause a river to rise and a dam to break, flooding a valley. There is a small cabin in that valley, so the lone occupant heads for the roof and prays that God would miraculously rescue him. "Moments later, as the waters have reached halfway up the house, a boat full of people comes by. 'Hey,' they call out, 'we have room for you! Come aboard!'" "But the man declined their offer, saying that he has already prayed and he knows God will rescue him. The floodwaters continued to rise but the man remained on the roof. A helicopter flew by and the pilot lowered a rope ladder, but once again, the man declined rescue, giving out the same answer that God is going to rescue him. "So off flies the helicopter as the waters rise higher and higher. They engulf the man, who passes away and is immediately met at the Gates of Heaven by God. "God!" the man says. 'I prayed and prayed! Why didn't you rescue me?' God looks him in the eye and says, 'I sent you a boat and a helicopter. What more do you want?'"
https://www.dioceseoflansing.org/news/viva-cristo-rey-feast-bl-miguel-pro I have been praying for the intercession and canonization of Blessed Miguel Pro, martyr of the Cristero Movement in Mexico. His last words were, Viva Cristo Rey.
I have never understood why so many people tell this story to try to promote helping yourself vs. trusting in God. It's nonsensical and a false equivalency. If you know about the many stories of the saints and various religious orders and their charisms, you will find examples of both people who fight externally and act with the hope that God will support their efforts, and those who rely on God with such a radical trust that they don't even provide for their own meals. We are called to different ways of life, but the unifying truth is that without God we can do nothing. Our efforts are nothing without Him. So if you're the type that strikes out first and brings God along with you, or the type that quietly tends to what God places before you and listens carefully for the small, still Voice... God can and will work with you for the accomplishment of His Will.
God bless you, PF. And I can affirm that if you, or anyone, possess a truly radical (radical in comparison to the secular world) Complete unfailing Trust in God, He will not let you down. Just understand, PF, that for every PF He also needs an FP to do...
In the book Abandonment to Divine Providence this is mentioned as well. Those who are abandoned to devine providence do fulfill their duties, but will always be hounded to do other things which would not be beneficial to thier soul by those who are not abandoned. You must take on this devotion or ministry etc. Martha and Mary come to mind... "In the state of abandonment the only rule is the duty of the present moment. In this the soul is light as a feather, liquid as water, simple as a child, active as a ball in receiving and following all the inspirations of grace. Such souls have no more consistence and rigidity than molten metal. As this takes any form according to the mould into which it is poured, so these souls are pliant and easily receptive of any form that God chooses to give them. In a word, their disposition resembles the atmosphere, which is affected by every breeze; or water, which flows into any shaped vessel exactly filling every crevice. They are before God like a perfectly woven fabric with a clear surface; and neither think, nor seek to know what God will be pleased to trace thereon, because they have confidence in Him, they abandon themselves to Him, and, entirely absorbed by their duty, they think not of themselves, nor of what may be necessary for them, nor of how to obtain it." Jean-Pierre de Caussade, Abandonment to Divine Providence
Larry Elder may be running for governor of California. Conservative African American radio host, look him up. I am not in that state but I would seek to help him out in any way possible. He is a very fine person.
I am Canadian but I have seen Larry Elder on Fox News many times. I like him very much and I think he would make a wonderful Governor!
Kinda like “cross that bridge when we come to it.” Scripture: My God will supply all your needs according to the riches in Christ Jesus. I messed up that quote, but it’s close. Or: My grace is sufficient unto thee.
Please see Larry's twitter, just tonight, apparently he announced he will run with all the trouble in California, can you imagine, shoplifting, they lowered it down to a misdemeanor if you steal less than $1000. I think it's just shoplifting, Walgreen's left San Francisco. Maybe it's all stealing. And he said the main problem in the US and I think he was talking about "African Americans" but it's really all of us, is homes with no father, single parent homes. (1) Larry Elder (@larryelder) / Twitter He said when he runs for Governor, well, he'll be facing such as the way the teachers unions are funded, etc. etc. those kinds of things. And yes, I will try to do something, California, well, it' has been badly lead but I'd say, basically, it'a an economic powerhouse though, they've been screwing up really badly for the last 20 years or so, people fleeing the state too. Just like another case, Detroit use to be an illustrious city, no more.
For those of us in blue states it communities, holding out for different or FDA approved vaccines is one way. There are different ways. Harris is in my state, on the other side. Biden was here last week.
As a practicing Catholic I believe that those who pray listen...and that God listens to those who pray
Thank you Carol I got my husband to watch this today, he was very moved. Moved so much he said let us pray the rosary. We did together, right after watching this! I normally say my rosaries alone. My husband as many would know, is not practicing the faith, but this video touched him, he felt for this young man and his family and I suppose what this means for the world and our future, especially as some of our children situations at present are tumultuous and faith tenuous. It was a blessing to have him pray a rosary with me. May God be praised! and thank you Carol!
