My friend who is a woman of deep prayer is in a terrible struggle. She says its as if God has ceased to be real. But she keeps going. She told me this voice (in her head?) Says its all nonsense. And she answers so what. I'm praying anyway. Another time as she prayed the rosary it said you're wrong you know. It doesn't exist. And she said she answered so what. I'm wrong all the time. But I am still going to pray the rosary. Strange times!!
Dermatophytosis is a fungal infection of the skin. Plural of fungus is fungi. Pronounced fun guy. A fun guy - fungi. (Podiatry humor - “I do house calls in a toe truck.” “There’s no business like toe business.” I’ll show myself out…)
For most of my life I have had a spirit of fear in my life. No amount of prayers have helped that. Here lately that has changed and I have no fear and complete trust in the Lord. Just a sense of peace and trust.
I'll pray for all the mentioned intentions, those who are experiencing the Cross. From Philippians 3: I want to know Christ, the power of his resurrection, and to share in his sufferings becoming like him in his death, that somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead!
I think for an entire lifetime we can struggle against certain sins and obstacles and fail over and over again and all of a sudden we have victory. Perhaps in some sense our failures teach us so much in that they teach us humility. So,at the end of the our failures are our successes. For if we had won it might have made us proud. So as St Paul tells us that for those who love God all things work together unto our good. All things, even our failures and sins. That were we are weak, Christ might be strong. I love all Saints , of course. But I especially love Saints who were great sinners. I can identify with them a lot better. They are a huge source of hope. They say in the Middle Ages St Mary Magdalene was considered by people to be the greatest saint. Why? Because they reckoned that since she was forgiven the most she was the one who loved the most....which is pretty well the words of Jesus as she washed His Feet with her tears..
I wonder if a lot of the issue here is people born between 1945 and 1985 didn't expect this sudden, wild uprush of troubles -- despite warnings. I myself figured "things" wouldn't get crazy until 2050 or thereabouts. Back to praying into sleep now.
I toe-tally get it! And know how to spell and pronounce dermatophytosis. And esophagogastroduodenoscopy (different speciality). And ankylosing spondylitis (again, different speciality). Awright, time for...
I came across this great Modern Saint (she only died in the 1970's) the other night. She has a lot to teach about Serenity, about not being anxious and fearful when things turn bad. St Maria Marivillas
in fact I have felt that given the progress of things there could be a demonic attack on our faith on a global scale very soon, like some false and heretical lost gospel being revealed or some false evidence that belies the resurrection of Christ as a lost tomb.
Yes, that is what Fr Livio from Medugorje is saying. He says all that is happening at the moment is just the start of an attack on the Church. He also says that the Apostles of this False Church will be able to work signs and apparent miracles! Scary.
