Thank you for that beautiful prayer! I am going to copy it out and carry it with me. It really sums up the things I most need to keep in mind, my persistent underestimation of my sins.
"O Merciful Lord, you who are all-good and all-loving and patient with me, I know I have sinned; in word, deed, and thought, in knowledge and in ignorance, voluntarily and involuntarily. It is impossible for me to list all my sins, because of their multitude, and my forgetfulness, but especially because of my stony insensibility that prevents me from even noticing them."
VERY similar to the prayer given to me by the late Father Gordon Walker. Axios to loving spiritual fathers. May Father Gordon's memory be eternal. May he pray for the many missions he helped start across America!
The day before Thanksgiving, I stopped at our local Goodwill for an extra serving platter. I was hosting a Georgian Supra meal for 16 guests and some children. It was the 1st time I hadn't been with family for the holiday and was feeling a bit sad as the past year our family has become a bit fractured. I found myself on an aisle of wooden things and laying on the top was an 18th century icon of the Mother of "Unexpected Joy!" I had never even heard of this icon. I wept and had goosebumps. The Icon was used for our 1st toast by our Tamada on Thanksgiving. It was blessed by our priest and now at the home of some dear catechumens for the month to be venerated in prayer for their particular prayers and intentions. I'm still in awe. Our mother never abandons us and unexpected joy moments surround me now. Blessed Nativity!
Khouria, have you not met, or seen, specially in Roman Catholicism, people whose devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary veers on worship? Maybe it is more common in Latin America, but I can understand where Protestants are coming from when they reject that.
I think some of this has to do with the cultural differences in how people express fervor and emotions in general. We Americans tend to be very restrained about it. Other cultures are much more openly demonstrative. The Byzantine-based traditions of the Orthodox Church can sometimes raise eyebrows with their florid praise verses to the Theotokos (Mary) and to other saints as well.
Thank you for that beautiful prayer! I am going to copy it out and carry it with me. It really sums up the things I most need to keep in mind, my persistent underestimation of my sins.
Just a sympathetic note on hearing. I'm 81, with hearing aids, but any external noise makes it very difficult to hear properly 🥴
communication is the last frontier
😂 hilarious but so true it's scary.
"O Merciful Lord, you who are all-good and all-loving and patient with me, I know I have sinned; in word, deed, and thought, in knowledge and in ignorance, voluntarily and involuntarily. It is impossible for me to list all my sins, because of their multitude, and my forgetfulness, but especially because of my stony insensibility that prevents me from even noticing them."
VERY similar to the prayer given to me by the late Father Gordon Walker. Axios to loving spiritual fathers. May Father Gordon's memory be eternal. May he pray for the many missions he helped start across America!
What a fantastic prayer! This Catholic is going to save it and borrow it.
Bless you, Khouria - I will definitely be using this prayer in confession! ❤️☦️
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The day before Thanksgiving, I stopped at our local Goodwill for an extra serving platter. I was hosting a Georgian Supra meal for 16 guests and some children. It was the 1st time I hadn't been with family for the holiday and was feeling a bit sad as the past year our family has become a bit fractured. I found myself on an aisle of wooden things and laying on the top was an 18th century icon of the Mother of "Unexpected Joy!" I had never even heard of this icon. I wept and had goosebumps. The Icon was used for our 1st toast by our Tamada on Thanksgiving. It was blessed by our priest and now at the home of some dear catechumens for the month to be venerated in prayer for their particular prayers and intentions. I'm still in awe. Our mother never abandons us and unexpected joy moments surround me now. Blessed Nativity!
Khouria, have you not met, or seen, specially in Roman Catholicism, people whose devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary veers on worship? Maybe it is more common in Latin America, but I can understand where Protestants are coming from when they reject that.
I think some of this has to do with the cultural differences in how people express fervor and emotions in general. We Americans tend to be very restrained about it. Other cultures are much more openly demonstrative. The Byzantine-based traditions of the Orthodox Church can sometimes raise eyebrows with their florid praise verses to the Theotokos (Mary) and to other saints as well.
Had my first confession last night. This was a timely post for me to read. 🙏☦️