![]() I don’t want anyone else who suffers from alcoholism or addiction of any kind to be lost in their misery when they could find freedom through this amazing gift called Alcoholics Anonymous. program has helped me overcome my struggles with sobriety in the past year. Let’s get together and talk about how the A.A. If you’re struggling, there are gifts out there for you too! Daily Reflection View All Daily Reflections Share the Daily Reflection: Share on Facebook Facebook Share on Twitter Twitter Share on Email Email Share on. Just for Today: I am grateful that I have a treatable disease, not a moral. We can be grateful we can recover from the disease of addiction through the application of the Twelve Steps of NA. After all, it's a treatable disease we have, not a moral dilemma. program is a gift to help us with our addiction that we can’t seem to shake on our own. Today, when we see symptoms of our disease resurfacing in our lives, we need not despair. I can no longer stand living in pain so now every day is spent loving Him even more than before because He gives us everything we need–even if they’re tough lessons at times.” ![]() It wasn’t until recently that I finally realized how wrong my beliefs were when it comes down to “tools” or self-pitying thoughts of old memories. I was a miserable person for years, blaming God and hating His holy name. Avoid then, the deliberate manufacture of misery, but if trouble comes, cheerfully capitalize it as an opportunity to demonstrate His omnipotence. But it is clear that we made our own misery. We cannot subscribe to the belief that this life is a vale of tears, though it once was just that for many of us. We hope and pray for the quickest possible end to the pandemic and for the health of all. We are sure God wants us to be happy, joyous, and free. Daily Reflections for Companions on the Sacred Journey. Today, let’s take a look at some of the benefits of daily reflections. Hans Urs von Balthasar commented in the same vein that Mary effectively awakened the messianic consciousness of Jesus through her recounting of the story of Israel to her son.It’s easy to get lost in the daily grind and forget about the things that are truly important in life.īut taking a moment each day to reflect on our goals and priorities can help us stay on track. As mother of the Lord, she is, once again, Israel, that entire series of events and system of ideas from which Jesus emerged and in terms of which he alone becomes intelligible. In John’s Gospel, she is, above all, mother-the physical mother of Jesus and, through him, the mother of all who would come to new life in him. She is thus the symbolic embodiment of faithful and patient Israel, longing for deliverance. ![]() In Matthew’s Christmas account, she is compelled to go into exile in Egypt and is then called back to her home, recapitulating thereby the journey of Israel from slavery to freedom. In Luke’s infancy narrative, she emerges as the spokesperson for ancient Israel, speaking, in her Magnificat, in the words and cadences of Hannah. ![]() Mary is a rich and multivalent symbolic figure in all of the Gospels. ![]() And our Gospel declares that she will be the Mother of Jesus, who would be “God with us.” Friends, today we celebrate the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. ![]()
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