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Looking for advice re: prayer.
A tragedy has befallen a loved one on the other side of the country. I am blessed to have a job that let me leave work to spend 4 or so hours in prayer. Which was great, but I found myself hitting a wall.
The first two hours I prayed the four rosaries, a litany, and anything relevant i found in the St Gregory prayer book. The third hour I went to Mass again to offer on his behalf. The fourth hour I prayed another rosary, read a few psalms, and did mental prayer. Bu…
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Victor Frankl maintains that man’s greatest desires are not simply for a easy life with no struggle or tension, but for “worthy goals” and for a life of meaning and purpose where we forget ourselves in the service of others. Pleasure cannot make us happy. Joy cannot be grasped. It can only be received
You seem to be hitting a lot of spots I'm aching to visit. I'm heading for Venice for 2 week in October, but my people are Southern. In fact, I also come from Sicilian immigrant butchers. Well, one anyway.
Have you been south yet? It's home, you know.
I have not! I remember going to Europe when I was 19 and my grandmother INSISTING I go no further south than Rome and definitely not to Sicily because a) she battled a purse snatcher and b) one of our family names is Gambino. I obeyed and she did some magic to protect me from the Evil Eye.
But a) She's dead, b) I don't carry a purse, and c) My last name is clearly not Gambino.
I'll probably be okay.
A lot in the south has changed for the better. (And frankly a lot in northern Italy has changed for the worse.) I have no doubt it will be a life changing experience.