Shame tells me that anyone who knows my story will think less of me. The strength in the stories shared that day gave me hope, and the warmth and loving interchange among the people in the meeting allowed me to release the shame that had been holding me prisoner.
I also became aware that there was no criticism, judgment, or advice given instead, those in the room simply listened. Once settled into my chair, I noticed a folded card sitting on the table in front of me that read, “I didn’t cause it, I cannot control it, and I cannot cure it.”Īs others shared their stories, I noticed many were like mine. I was greeted by several warm and friendly faces and invited to take a seat. when they self-examination, meditation and prayer are logically related and interwoven, the result is an unshakable. when they self-examination, meditation and prayer are logically related and interwoven, the result is an unshakable. If only I could feel safe to tell my story, but I knew sharing my secret with this group of moms would brand me and my family in a most unacceptable way.Ī short time after that breakfast, I walked into my first Al-Anon meeting. The pain of the last several years consumed me. On that Friday morning, he was 2,000 miles away, with no address, and I did not know whether he was alive or dead. My biggest fear was that someone would ask me about my oldest child who had graduated three years earlier. AA Daily Reflections September 4thTopic: ReconstructionThis is todays AA daily reflection read out loud for those who may not be able to read, or those who. GitHub - HyperspaceMadness/MegaBezel: Mega Bezel Reflection Shader for Retroarch Apr 23. It was the day of my monthly breakfast with a small group of moms whose children went to school with mine. The Snes examples posted here use a combination of aa-shader-4. He is the Beginning, the first-born from the dead, so that he should be supreme in every way ġ9 because God wanted all fullness to be found in himĢ0 and through him to reconcile all things to him, everything in heaven and everything on earth, by making peace through his death on the cross.I woke up filled with dread. It is he who has rescued us from the ruling force of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son that he loves,ġ4 and in him we enjoy our freedom, the forgiveness of sin.ġ5 He is the image of the unseen God, the first-born of all creation,ġ6 for in him were created all things in heaven and on earth: everything visible and everything invisible, thrones, ruling forces, sovereignties, powers - all things were created through him and for him.ġ7 He exists before all things and in him all things hold together,ġ8 and he is the Head of the Body, that is, the Church. But this man has done nothing wrong.'Ĥ2 Then he said, 'Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.'Ĥ3 He answered him, 'In truth I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.'ġ2 giving thanks with joy to the Father who has made you able to share the lot of God's holy people and with them to inherit the light.ġ3 Because that is what he has done. 'You got the same sentence as he did,Ĥ1 but in our case we deserved it: we are paying for what we did.
'Have you no fear of God at all?' he said. James and Teresa Tomeo of Ave Maria Radio on a Pilgrimage to Italy from Nov 2. As for the leaders, they jeered at him with the words, 'He saved others, let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.'ģ6 The soldiers mocked him too, coming up to him, offering him vinegar,ģ7 and saying, 'If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.'ģ8 Above him there was an inscription: 'This is the King of the Jews'.ģ9 One of the criminals hanging there abused him: 'Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us as well.'Ĥ0 But the other spoke up and rebuked him. Daily Mass Times: 9:15 am Mon-Fri, (Thursday hour hour follows Mass).
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