I need to step up my prayer game!
Just finished watching Fatima with Mom. I'll get to that later, but...
Slept in again. Kinda... I think I slept at 2 and I went to sleep in pain again. Advil, the bed buddy. I felt like I was actively bleeding, like my really heavy periods where if I stood up blood would just pour out. TMI. Sorry... Woke up feeling tired, but relatively fine. Started my prayers at 8 and timed myself... I was actually conscious during the Rosary, so I finished it in proper time, 15 mins. My total prayer took 30 mins... But that didn't include the daily Mass readings b/c I did that yesterday before the 5PM. I think typically it takes 40 to 45 mins. Got up and brushed my teefs, went down to eat. I boiled some eggs last night so I made egg salad with that for breakfast. Prepped my meds for the week. Took my meds and injected myself. Dilly dallyed for a bit before hopping in the shower.
In my dilly dallying... Fr. I's vid today. He said he wanted to brag about us, the parish. He "just opened" the bulletin and mentioned the 1% increase in the collection. He talked of it as making more from less and it as a sign of the faith of the parish. As I've said... I don't see the "death of the Church" in my experience. It's encouraging. He then posted pics of the 9AM Mass. There aren't many people in lawn chairs, at least that you can see in his pictures, but the parking lot was packed. God is good!
Hahah... I was thinking of his previous Espresso For Your Soul, about Mother Theresa. She died in 1997. How old was Fr. I when he met her? What was he doing in Rome prior to ordination???
Mass. Another First Communion. In his homily he talked about being "all in this together". How through the pandemic even when socially distant we're experiencing things and suffering together. He talked of togetherness in the readings. Lol. He mentioned he has 2 brothers and sometimes it's not easy. Especially when your "stupid" brother doesn't listen. Anyway, he said at those times you don't abandon them, but talk to them. If that doesn't work, bring in someone else. Again, if that doesn't work, bring it to the community and pray for him. Interesting interpretation... In the sense that the community prays vs when I normally hear this reading it's used as evidence that Jesus founded a church, used against the "Spiritual but not religious", that the early church wasn't just a body of people, but an actual hierarchal group. Anyway... Even then if he doesn't listen, let it go and don't let it burden you. But he said most importantly with the help of others God will listen and answer your prayers.
Lunch and Mets game. I ate left over fried rice and shrimp. Mets bats went alive for deGrom which is a new thing. Lol. In the post game interview they asked him about being compared to Seaver. You can see him grinning, but he says he'll never compare and will never have his complete games. HAHAHA! I think we won 14 to 1?
Mid Mets game I needed to go up and "sleep". I probably slept for 2 innings. Just not feeling good since this AM. Slept with the bed buddy.
Dinner. Had another croissant and egg salad.
Afterward Mom and I watched Fatima. OMG... When Mom was awake she kept saying, that's not accurate. It happened so and so. Anyway, at some point she fell asleep. I continued to watch. Finished it, but then she woke up during the credits, so I rewound. Anyway... 7500centfish wanted my opinion. Mom then wanted to know if 7500centfish would be able to watch it afterward. I googled it tells me you can rewatch only if you don't finish it but you have to "be kind, rewind". I'd say wait till it's free. I mean... It was a "biopic" of sorts. Focusing on Lucia. Basically Harvey Keitel goes to interview the adult her. And then it was more about... Like things surrounding the apparitions. The war, the gov vs the Church. Like they were telling her to stop lying b/c it's causing the government to shut down the church, getting the family in trouble. In addition b/c all the people were gathering on their land their crops died. It kinda glossed over the vision of hell and then their prophesies and more focused on pray the Rosary for the sins of the world. And my first reaction was... I felt bad for the kids, like let them be kids, why burden them with this... The Harvey Keitel character even asked this and the response was Faith comes with the age of reason. That doesn't really answer the question. But... Maybe if it were an adult they'd cave and say... Yeah, sorry I was lying to protect their family or open the churches again. But that being said... I mean, I pray and I admit to struggling with it. But OMG... I need to step it up! Like there was a scene where she was continually crawling on her knees praying the Rosary as her mother was sick. My faith isn't that strong. Not that I'd go into mortification. But to just have faith like that, that strong... Like what I do is nothing in comparison! Ugh! I need a spiritual director! HAHAHA!!!
Random comment time!
Carole King posted Pleasant Valley Sunday on Twatter. So I had the sudden urge to listen to the Monkees. For some reason my car on shuffle doesn't go to Monkees or Cat Stevens song. I wonder what else I don't really listen to that I'm missing out on.
Text and tweets.
Mom keeps slapping herself! HAHAHA!!! Mosquitoes keep going for her face.
I commented to 7500centfish the accents in Fatima are all over the place!
7500centfish sent the Mass vid to my other multi related relative. Mom wanted me to send it to her, but I'm not on messenger. The only thing I thought of is email. But then Mom was in no rush to check email. Then... She didn't have Sonia's email, nor a cell phone... So I had to send it to 7500centfish to send it to her. Mom then said something about someone saw it live. Huh? Like on instagram? Or at Church?
Not a text or tweet... The Aunts called the neighbor to thank them for the vegs. I don't know who called or they spoke to exactly, but Queens had mentioned going to church. The neighbors weren't aware church was back! Like... How long have we been back at Mass? Since May? Mom thinks she saw her classmate at Mass. But... It just makes me wonder. We've been getting the church envelopes like usual. But I don't see what's in them. Is there nothing about returning to Mass? But then... We are still dispensed. But... You should at least know it's available, right? And here I was praising my church. Like seriously... Who else doesn't know? But then I was like... Do they not watch the news to know they're allowing 25% capacity? "Well in the Philippines..." Do they not watch American news??? Like I said... The parking lot was full this AM and the Mass I go to is "packed" past allowed capacity. Like every space available with social distancing is taken so...
There is this Twitter bot that RTs any mention of "On Eagle's Wings". OMG!!! For the past 2 days it's been on overload b/c Biden misattributed Psalm 23 to On Eagle's Wings. BTW, it's Psalm 91...
This makes me both happy and sad...
There is a possibility of an Exorcist reboot. Um no... I mean... I'm assuming the worst that it's gonna be some generic horror movie and not a Love story with God.
I miss Neil Walker and his pretty face... Anyway, it made me once again wonder who the Mets chaplain is and is there still Baseball Chapel considering the pandemic.
I've been watching a lot of song reaction videos. I don't know why I'm seeing this for the first time. Guy comments on Everybody's Changing. He said it gave me a 60s vibe??? But it made him cry out of nostalgia.
You dolphins and all water creatures, bless the Lord. Praise and exalt Him above all forever.
I just need to say it again. Fr. I called his brother stupid! HAHAhA!!! Makes me wonder... The fact he had dinner with his brother recently and google tells me he went to a local university... Why isn't he around more often?
Tom <3 Tim. Seriously... I love their relationship.
Pray for vocations.
Profound words from Fr. Mike Schmitz...
I just realized, I didn't even look at my actual notes! Time for more randomness!!!
One of my classmates from HS popped up on the Instagram #Catholic hashtag. Baptism of his 2nd child. It was actually his wife's account. But... Very Catholic name. I complained about not hearing about vocations coming out of St. A. I guess Marriage, a Catholic marriage, is a legit vocation.
All my other notes were mentioned above. I guess I'll stop rambling now.
Slept in again. Kinda... I think I slept at 2 and I went to sleep in pain again. Advil, the bed buddy. I felt like I was actively bleeding, like my really heavy periods where if I stood up blood would just pour out. TMI. Sorry... Woke up feeling tired, but relatively fine. Started my prayers at 8 and timed myself... I was actually conscious during the Rosary, so I finished it in proper time, 15 mins. My total prayer took 30 mins... But that didn't include the daily Mass readings b/c I did that yesterday before the 5PM. I think typically it takes 40 to 45 mins. Got up and brushed my teefs, went down to eat. I boiled some eggs last night so I made egg salad with that for breakfast. Prepped my meds for the week. Took my meds and injected myself. Dilly dallyed for a bit before hopping in the shower.
In my dilly dallying... Fr. I's vid today. He said he wanted to brag about us, the parish. He "just opened" the bulletin and mentioned the 1% increase in the collection. He talked of it as making more from less and it as a sign of the faith of the parish. As I've said... I don't see the "death of the Church" in my experience. It's encouraging. He then posted pics of the 9AM Mass. There aren't many people in lawn chairs, at least that you can see in his pictures, but the parking lot was packed. God is good!
Hahah... I was thinking of his previous Espresso For Your Soul, about Mother Theresa. She died in 1997. How old was Fr. I when he met her? What was he doing in Rome prior to ordination???
Mass. Another First Communion. In his homily he talked about being "all in this together". How through the pandemic even when socially distant we're experiencing things and suffering together. He talked of togetherness in the readings. Lol. He mentioned he has 2 brothers and sometimes it's not easy. Especially when your "stupid" brother doesn't listen. Anyway, he said at those times you don't abandon them, but talk to them. If that doesn't work, bring in someone else. Again, if that doesn't work, bring it to the community and pray for him. Interesting interpretation... In the sense that the community prays vs when I normally hear this reading it's used as evidence that Jesus founded a church, used against the "Spiritual but not religious", that the early church wasn't just a body of people, but an actual hierarchal group. Anyway... Even then if he doesn't listen, let it go and don't let it burden you. But he said most importantly with the help of others God will listen and answer your prayers.
Lunch and Mets game. I ate left over fried rice and shrimp. Mets bats went alive for deGrom which is a new thing. Lol. In the post game interview they asked him about being compared to Seaver. You can see him grinning, but he says he'll never compare and will never have his complete games. HAHAHA! I think we won 14 to 1?
Mid Mets game I needed to go up and "sleep". I probably slept for 2 innings. Just not feeling good since this AM. Slept with the bed buddy.
Dinner. Had another croissant and egg salad.
Afterward Mom and I watched Fatima. OMG... When Mom was awake she kept saying, that's not accurate. It happened so and so. Anyway, at some point she fell asleep. I continued to watch. Finished it, but then she woke up during the credits, so I rewound. Anyway... 7500centfish wanted my opinion. Mom then wanted to know if 7500centfish would be able to watch it afterward. I googled it tells me you can rewatch only if you don't finish it but you have to "be kind, rewind". I'd say wait till it's free. I mean... It was a "biopic" of sorts. Focusing on Lucia. Basically Harvey Keitel goes to interview the adult her. And then it was more about... Like things surrounding the apparitions. The war, the gov vs the Church. Like they were telling her to stop lying b/c it's causing the government to shut down the church, getting the family in trouble. In addition b/c all the people were gathering on their land their crops died. It kinda glossed over the vision of hell and then their prophesies and more focused on pray the Rosary for the sins of the world. And my first reaction was... I felt bad for the kids, like let them be kids, why burden them with this... The Harvey Keitel character even asked this and the response was Faith comes with the age of reason. That doesn't really answer the question. But... Maybe if it were an adult they'd cave and say... Yeah, sorry I was lying to protect their family or open the churches again. But that being said... I mean, I pray and I admit to struggling with it. But OMG... I need to step it up! Like there was a scene where she was continually crawling on her knees praying the Rosary as her mother was sick. My faith isn't that strong. Not that I'd go into mortification. But to just have faith like that, that strong... Like what I do is nothing in comparison! Ugh! I need a spiritual director! HAHAHA!!!
Random comment time!
Carole King posted Pleasant Valley Sunday on Twatter. So I had the sudden urge to listen to the Monkees. For some reason my car on shuffle doesn't go to Monkees or Cat Stevens song. I wonder what else I don't really listen to that I'm missing out on.
Text and tweets.
I just realized, I didn't even look at my actual notes! Time for more randomness!!!
One of my classmates from HS popped up on the Instagram #Catholic hashtag. Baptism of his 2nd child. It was actually his wife's account. But... Very Catholic name. I complained about not hearing about vocations coming out of St. A. I guess Marriage, a Catholic marriage, is a legit vocation.
All my other notes were mentioned above. I guess I'll stop rambling now.