tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post7817780519380224110..comments2023-09-22T06:56:46.508-05:00Comments on Adoro te Devote: The Truth About God's LoveAdorohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02853244433854822731noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-89606198142405947452011-07-09T08:36:22.938-05:002011-07-09T08:36:22.938-05:00Bruno ~ Even our will is not really our own. Yes, ...Bruno ~ Even our will is not really our own. Yes, God gave us free will, but it is the gift of His grace that enables us to turn our will toward Him and unite it with His Divine Will. And still...we fall because we are weak. <br /><br />That is why He died for us; because we CANNOT overcome our sin. This is why the Saints always recognized themselves as "wretched sinners". They were just the ones who cooperated most fully with God's grace and, as you say, put their hands to the plow. :-) <br /><br />And believe you me, I know what "take it like a man" means! I may be a woman, but having worked in many male-dominated fields, the phrase has been applied to me, too, if a bit wryly!Adorohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853244433854822731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-53490759610777970252011-07-09T06:27:29.260-05:002011-07-09T06:27:29.260-05:00"I have nothing to offer because all I posses..."I have nothing to offer because all I possess is my sin; that originates with me."<br /><br />Yes, and sometimes so long ago.. I am now 60! I remember my 1st mortal sin. It was walking the neighborhood instead of going to Sunday Mass as my parents thought. That was amazingly the seed that spawned so much related sin wrapped as layers until I was blind. <br /><br />My hand is on the plow. These things I remind myself of during dryness:<br /><br />Do not look back. Concentrate on God's will ahead of you. <br /><br />It's never that I ever have zero to offer. I always have my will to offer. Let all else drop away and offer only it. <br /><br />This offering feels to me like it feels when the Priest says "lift up your hearts".<br /><br />We are being taken back to our childhood innocence to when we saw everything and lived abundantly. That won't happen unless we once and for all stop the sin we are conscience of. A stop has to happen.<br /><br />Then, walking behind the plow, our unknown sins are revealed to us, gently but painfully as we are able to handle the truth by a gentle Shepherd.<br /><br />I have no strength, Jesus must supply it.<br /><br />I have no courage, it must be Jesus'.<br /><br />And finally.. I remind myself to take it like a man. I know that sounds macho, but among men we know what that means.<br /><br />I've said much more then I intended as usual. Perhaps a word here and there will be useful.<br /><br />Regards,<br />Bruno<br /><br />tetrah@hotmail.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-91254145356042117422011-07-08T20:53:22.878-05:002011-07-08T20:53:22.878-05:00Joe ~ That's such an apt description. (And bei...Joe ~ That's such an apt description. (And being that it's 81 degrees and humid in my house right now, that ice cream tub is sounding mighty nice...)Adorohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853244433854822731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-85054866951140727282011-07-08T20:46:47.186-05:002011-07-08T20:46:47.186-05:00His mercy is so sweet... I feel like a child that ...His mercy is so sweet... I feel like a child that ate not a speck of dinner, and yet I get the entire tub of ice cream.<br /><br />So unworthy, and yet so loved.Joe @ Defend Us In Battlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15230524215323916396noreply@blogger.com