In light of this letter, discuss 1 Corinthians 10:13, “No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your strength, but with the temptation will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.” 2. Following from that, does this mean that God will not give us things beyond our ability to endure them, or is it that God asks us to do the humanly impossible and gives us the grace to endure?3. What does it mean that
Jesus is offered to the Heavenly Father at Mass? And why do we do this if Jesus already offered Himself on the cross?4. How can we be more like Job, enduring all things and trusting in God no matter what our circumstances?5. What do you think of a bishop – so effective and successful – always asking for prayers?6. What does it mean to love God? What does that look like? In discussion, consider specifically this line from the letter: “Love him well, my dear sister, in the retreats you make in order to pray t
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VisitationSiste: in order to pray to him and adore him; love him when you receive him in holy communion; love him when your heart is refreshed by his holy consolation; but above all, love him when you are harassed by untoward events, by dryness and tribulation; for he too loved you in Paradise but showed even more love for you at the time of his scourging, of the nails, thorns and darkness of calvary.
In light of this letter, discuss 1 Corinthians 10:13, “No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your strength, but with the temptation will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.” 2. Following from that, does this mean that God will not give us things beyond our ability to endure them, or is it that God asks us to do the humanly impossible and gives us the grace to endure
Feb 20, 7:34 PM
Carol (Guest): I think it means both
Feb 20, 7:34 PM
Brian Bunny (Guest): I am Sister Susan working in the Hospital almost two years now !!! Hard to believe !!!!! Amazing Experience Reminds me Soo Much of our Kairos Prison Ministry !!!!!
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Feb 20, 7:35 PM
Brian Bunny (Guest): Hi Ann !!! God Bless You !!!!
Feb 20, 7:35 PM
VisitationSiste: Hi Anne!
Feb 20, 7:36 PM
VisitationSiste: I agree with you Carol I think it can be interpreted both ways
Feb 20, 7:36 PM
Carol (Guest): Hello Anne!
Feb 20, 7:36 PM
Anne Goetze (Guest): Hello from Tennessee! Sister, how is your foot healing?
Feb 20, 7:36 PM
VisitationSiste: Some temptations at the time though are very difficult to endure
Feb 20, 7:37 PM
Carol (Guest): We are to undergo many trials, some of them very hard. We accomplish nothing except by grace
Feb 20, 7:37 PM
VisitationSiste: I am fine, walking again with a cane just in case but mostly I forget where I put it
Feb 20, 7:37 PM
Carol (Guest): Thats great news
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Anne Goetze (Guest): Yes, there we go, by grace
Feb 20, 7:38 PM
VisitationSiste: We need to ask for that grace sometimes and depend on ot
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Brian Bunny (Guest): Temptations get Thrown at us and we have learned to Trust God to carry us through to show us the way He wants us to go !!!! 39 PM
VisitationSiste: What does it mean that
Jesus is offered to the Heavenly Father at Mass 41 PM
Carol (Guest): It is when we offer the Eucharist in memory of Him. He does not die again of course, but the sacrifice is still there PM
VisitationSiste: It is a representation of Calvary- I am not sure the word I choose is right because actually we are entering into the eternal now of Calvary- really present there mystically7:45 PM
Carol (Guest): Because Jesus is present in all moments of time at once, He is still there as well as here:45 PM
Brian Bunny (Guest): Amen !!!
Feb 20, 7:46 PM
Carol (Guest): My parish study group is reading Tom Curran’s bookman the Mass. Did you know the gifts brought up to the altar are us?
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VisitationSiste: never heard it put that way!
Feb 20, 7:47 PM
VisitationSiste: Hi Simone
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Simone (Guest): I have heard that we are putting ourselves on the altar.. but WITH the gifts -not AS the gifts.. although.. maybe does not make that much difference?
Feb 20, 7:49 PM
Simone (Guest): for me I offer myself – my humanity – with the gifts on the altar and pray that GOD will take this “human gift” and transform it
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Simone (Guest): and become ONE with Him9 PM
Carol (Guest): He says we are the earthly gift, and when the consecration is said, Jesus mingles with us:50 PM
VisitationSiste: He certainly enters us in Holy Communion
b 20, 7:50 PM
Simone (Guest): He does. And it is wonderful
Feb 20, 7:50 PM
Brian Bunny (Guest): Amen !!!
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VisitationSiste: The letter for tonight moves in several directions so it seems like discontinuity with the next question: How can we be more like Job, enduring all things and trusting in God no matter what our circumstances? 0, 7:52 PM
VisitationSiste: The letter for tonight moves in several directions so it seems like discontinuity with the next question: How can we be more like Job, enduring all things and trusting in God no matter what our circumstances?
Feb 20, 7:54 PM
Simone (Guest): for me – it’s funny.. cause I think that is exactly what Job DID NOT do
Feb 20, 7:54 PM
Carol (Guest): Pray always and don’t complain?
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Brian Bunny (Guest): That we may be One with God !!! In Mass and in the midst of Great Trial , Temptation , or Tribulation !!!! Always United One with God !!!! 5 PM
Simone (Guest): I think – if we are willing to suffer – then it is easier to endure and to trust GOD – but if our default is – that our life has to be tpainfree – emotionally and physically – then this is going to be hard
Feb 20, 7:56 PM
Simone (Guest): everyone endures– it is just a matter of “how” we endure.
Feb 20, 7:56 PM
VisitationSiste: Hi Ruth
Feb 20, 7:56 PM
Simone (Guest): oh Hi Ruth!
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Carol (Guest): Hi Ruth
Feb 20, 7:57 PM
Simone (Guest): you joined at the right time Ruth. Your speciality. Suffering in holiness.
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Simone (Guest): thanks for your perseverance. I am glad you made it – despite all the obstacles :59 PM
Brian Bunny (Guest): Sometimes the Good Times are the Greatest Time of Temptation that Works to attempt to separate us from God !!!! Everything the World throws at us attempts to Separate us from God !!!!! Everything God has which is Everything Keeps us United With Him When We Have Faith !!!!! :59 PM
Carol (Guest): You’re right Brian, because we can get complacent 8:00 PM
Brian Bunny (Guest): Never Never Never Give Up Your Faith in God No Matter What !!!!!!!!! :01 PM
Brian Bunny (Guest): Hi Ruth !!!! God Bless You !!!!!
Feb 20, 8:01 PM
VisitationSiste: What do you think of a bishop – so effective and successful – always asking for prayers?
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VisitationSiste: What do you think of a bishop – so effective and successful – always asking for prayers?
Feb 20, 8:02 PM
Simone (Guest): humility at its best
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VisitationSiste: you summed it up!
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Carol (Guest): Yes, the true bishop is a servant and knows he can’t do it without Christ
Feb 20, 8:03 PM
VisitationSiste: It is the prayer that makes the success
Feb 20, 8:03 PM
VisitationSiste: provides the strength
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Simone (Guest): Yes Carol and Yes sister
Feb 20, 8:04 PM
VisitationSiste: thru Christ as you said
Feb 20, 8:04 PM
Brian Bunny (Guest): He Understands Spiritual Warfare !!!!! Prayer is Essential and Our Leaders need us to be United in Prayer too God for Them and All !!!!!!
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Ruth (Guest): Amen, Brian. eb 20, 8:07 PM
VisitationSiste: St Francis de Sales was an especially humble Bishop too I think 8 PM
Brian Bunny (Guest): With God All Things are Possible !!!!! Prayer Keeps Us With God and Allows Him to Make All Things Possible !!!!! 8:08 PM
Ruth (Guest): And it seems as soon as we think we are making some sort of progress, be it in ordinary material matters or spiritual matters, he allows new challenges, setbacks, difficulties. PM
Simone (Guest): it’s funny.. but I keep forgetting that he was a bishop.. and I think this is, because his humility is so much more visible than his office as a bishop
Feb 20, 8:09 PM
Brian Bunny (Guest): Without God we can do nothing . Without Prayer there is no connection to God .
Feb 20, 8:09 PM
Carol (Guest): Ruth, ive noticed that too
Feb 20, 8:10 PM
Brian Bunny (Guest): Ruth , He is pruning us for Further Growth !!!!!
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Carol (Guest): Mostly Ruth, still need more rest than usual
Feb 20, 8:11 PM
Simone (Guest): what a great thought Carol
Feb 20, 8:12 PM
Ruth (Guest): Me too! Carol
Feb 20, 8:13 PM
Simone (Guest): Ruth, you are right with your observation .. I think GOD knows that spiritually idling is not helpful for us – breeding ground for temptaitons
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Brian Bunny (Guest): God Always Has a Plan
Feb 20, 8:13 PM
Simone (Guest): so he keeps us busy with challenges
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Simone (Guest): Brian.. that reminds me what my husband keeps saying ” Oh yeah – GOD loves me.. but Simone has a plan for my life”
Feb 20, 8:15 PM
Simone (Guest): fun fact.. none of MY plans worked out for my husband..
Feb 20, 8:16 PM
Brian Bunny (Guest): He is on a Rescue Mission too Save as Much of His Creation as Possible !!!!!! When we go through Suffering , Trials , and Tribulations with God Soo many Take notice and are given an opportunity to move closer to God !!
Feb 20, 8:16 PM
Carol (Guest): Like the old saying, we make plans and God can change them
Feb 20, 8:16 PM
Ruth (Guest): Never thought I was finished growing, but mostly just growing older! Like maybe a thousand years older than I was less than two years ago!
Feb 20, 8:16 PM
Simone (Guest): or.. if you want to make GOD laugh… make plans
Feb 20, 8:16 PM
Simone (Guest): oh Ruth. So sorry – is that because of your treatments?
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Simone (Guest): the thought that I would be done “growing” scares me more than anything else. Growing closer to GOD’s heart is my life. If that is gone – I feel my meaning in life is gone b 20, 8:18 PM
Brian Bunny (Guest): Ruth !!! Your Faith and Courage Points Everyone to Christ !!!!!!!! 8:18 PM
Carol (Guest): But I don’t think He minds if we rejoice in accomplishment, as long as we dint rest in our laurels PM
Brian Bunny (Guest): Ruth !!! Your Faith and Courage Points Everyone to Christ !!!!!!!!
Feb 20, 8:18 PM
Carol (Guest): But I don’t think He minds if we rejoice in accomplishment, as long as we dint rest in our laurels
Feb 20, 8:19 PM
Simone (Guest): absolutely – rejoicing is wonderful – it is a special form of PRAISE and celebrating the goodness in life too
Feb 20, 8:19 PM
Ruth (Guest): Brian, maybe that is why I’m limping so badly these days and often falling.
Feb 20, 8:20 PM
VisitationSiste: last q What does it mean to love God? What does that look like? In discussion, consider specifically this line from the letter: “Love him well, my dear sister, in the retreats you make in order to pray tFeb 20, 6:06 AMVisitationSiste: in order to pray to him and adore him; love him when you receive him in holy communion; love him when your heart is refreshed by his holy consolation; but above all, love him when you are harassed by untoward events, by dryness and tribulation; for he too loved you in Paradise
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Brian Bunny (Guest): Keep Fighting on Ruth the Lord is Guiding You !!!! :22 PM
Carol (Guest): Don’t let anything come between you :24 PM
VisitationSiste: I think love is unique for each person and the soul and God have a unique relationship 20, 8:25 PM
Brian Bunny (Guest): Amen Sister Susan !!!!!!
Feb 20, 8:25 PM
Ruth (Guest): “He loved you in Paradise”. I don’t understand this. When was I in Paradise? Or does St Francis mean when Jesus or the Trinity was in Paradise?
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Simone (Guest): I think -he means – that consolation. is “paradise” PM
VisitationSiste: That how he put it not much explanationm
Feb 20, 8:27 PM
Brian Bunny (Guest): Perhaps Mass is Our Paradise a Time of Perfect Unity with God !!!!!
Feb 20, 8:27 PM
Simone (Guest): just re-read it.. I think now more -than He loved us -as part of human creation – in paradise – kind of being in Adam’s state
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Ruth (Guest): Hmmm. Could be those times when we have a foretaste of Paradise, e.g. in private prayer or at Mass.
Feb 20, 8:29 PM
Simone (Guest): that would be the consolation I meant originally
Feb 20, 8:29 PM
Brian Bunny (Guest): Mass is a Hospital from Heaven to get us ready to return to the Battlefield !!!
Feb 20, 8:29 PM
VisitationSiste: I will have to be going but I hope you all have a blessed week as we are soon to be in the holy season of Lent