Showing posts with label vocations and discernment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vocations and discernment. Show all posts

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Observations of a Mosquito #7

He has little right to seek to know the Will of God who willfully avoids doing what he knows of it, such as by avoiding his vocation, spending time in bad company, avoiding the confessional, etc.

There are two steps to becoming a Saint; the first is getting out of Hell.

If you find yourself not praying, you should start.

The idea is "to be holy" rather than "to do holy" for good reason.

You will neither find nor see Christ in anyone if you do not already know Him.

Monday, January 07, 2013

Observations of a Mosquito #4

It does not seem possible in this era to find a humble sedevacantist.

Most real vocation discernment is of which, not of what; most discerners are reasonably assured of the basics long before they accept them.

If you can't figure out your vocation, it's worth examining the one(s) you most don't want yours to be.

Father, if your confessional is always full, there is much too little Confession time, but if it is always empty, you must preach about Confession and improve the times you offer it - not from your perspective, but from that of your congregants, which you may only think you know.

It is always and categorically wrong to make the Gospel relevant; it already is - you must remove what is hiding the Gospel's relevance without removing the Gospel itself, which is often done instead.