Oh, my. A couple hours of heart-felt, deep writing on aspects in life, in our hearts, minds, and souls that lead into forgiveness--all completed, prayerfully, beautifully of the Lord--and lost with an internet fail! Well, in the interim an amazing conversation with the wife of a neighbor man--couple I met several days ago happen chance while walking--got my truck battery jumped and charging.
The wife and I conversed as she has so much she is dealing with, helping a family member in another state who is going through terrible suffering of heart, mind, and soul. Rejection upon rejections! I will pray and see if tomorrow I will begin afresh, writing about the crucial aspect of forgiveness and of forgiving others. I had been inspired, also, by the selections below....
[Next day: I'm not right now in the mode of writing--of trying to recall or be in the inspirational space of which I was two days ago when I wrote on forgiveness and all was lost in an internet storm fail. However, I have considered the pith of what thoughts came to me and I wrote; and that is the crucial necessity of forgiving others and ourselves, as forgiveness allows love to flow freely and once more after we or others have unintentionally (usually) or intentionally slighted, hurt, or done wrong.
[It actually is God who forgives, who allows the forgiveness in us for others and who allows forgiveness of ourselves. Praying for the grace to be forgiving human beings ought be a "given" aspect and practice for Christians. Even though hermits live in the silence of solitude, in stricter separation from the world, there is much done in wrongful thoughts and actions--sins always readily and easily available and done.
[And it is also very needful for a hermit to be forgiven by others even if we are not around others often or much; there is plenty in our pasts when living more amidst others and in the world, for which people can hold upset and anger for what we have done, said, or thought that has hurt them. As for the hermit with God, always we are in a position to offend the Lord in many ways although we do not want to; the vocation in itself can be a struggle in living our lives dedicated to the praise of God and salvation of the world, in assiduous prayer and penance, in stricter separation from the world, in the silence of solitude.
[These aspects alone are easy enough for a hermit to fall short; it is easy for us to knowingly turn from striving in our love of God, in that which would bring us closer and which would improve our prayer live to the benefit of others and to the glory of God. I know this for I struggle with weariness and wanting what might seem less difficult in focus, or in the weariness of pain not even wanting to get up. However, there is much I can offer His Real Presence through physical inactivity, yet the mind may be weak and choose what is less than rather than more for love of God and love of others. Thus assiduous penance goes quite readily along with assiduous prayer, in a hermit's daily and nightly life.]
2844 "Christian prayer extends to the forgiveness of enemies, transfiguring the disciple by configuring him to his Master. Forgiveness is a high-point of Christian prayer; only hearts attuned to God's compassion can receive the gift of prayer. Forgiveness also bears witness that, in our world, love is stronger than sin. The martyrs of yesterday and today bear this witness to Jesus. Forgiveness is the fundamental condition of the reconciliation of the children of God with their Father and of men with one another."
"Remember not against us the iniquities of the past;
may your compassion quickly come to us,
for we are brought very low.
"Help us, O God our savior,
because of the glory of your name;
Delivery us and pardon our sins
for your name's sake."
~ Psalm 79:8-9
The wife and I conversed as she has so much she is dealing with, helping a family member in another state who is going through terrible suffering of heart, mind, and soul. Rejection upon rejections! I will pray and see if tomorrow I will begin afresh, writing about the crucial aspect of forgiveness and of forgiving others. I had been inspired, also, by the selections below....
[Next day: I'm not right now in the mode of writing--of trying to recall or be in the inspirational space of which I was two days ago when I wrote on forgiveness and all was lost in an internet storm fail. However, I have considered the pith of what thoughts came to me and I wrote; and that is the crucial necessity of forgiving others and ourselves, as forgiveness allows love to flow freely and once more after we or others have unintentionally (usually) or intentionally slighted, hurt, or done wrong.
[It actually is God who forgives, who allows the forgiveness in us for others and who allows forgiveness of ourselves. Praying for the grace to be forgiving human beings ought be a "given" aspect and practice for Christians. Even though hermits live in the silence of solitude, in stricter separation from the world, there is much done in wrongful thoughts and actions--sins always readily and easily available and done.
[And it is also very needful for a hermit to be forgiven by others even if we are not around others often or much; there is plenty in our pasts when living more amidst others and in the world, for which people can hold upset and anger for what we have done, said, or thought that has hurt them. As for the hermit with God, always we are in a position to offend the Lord in many ways although we do not want to; the vocation in itself can be a struggle in living our lives dedicated to the praise of God and salvation of the world, in assiduous prayer and penance, in stricter separation from the world, in the silence of solitude.
[These aspects alone are easy enough for a hermit to fall short; it is easy for us to knowingly turn from striving in our love of God, in that which would bring us closer and which would improve our prayer live to the benefit of others and to the glory of God. I know this for I struggle with weariness and wanting what might seem less difficult in focus, or in the weariness of pain not even wanting to get up. However, there is much I can offer His Real Presence through physical inactivity, yet the mind may be weak and choose what is less than rather than more for love of God and love of others. Thus assiduous penance goes quite readily along with assiduous prayer, in a hermit's daily and nightly life.]
2844 "Christian prayer extends to the forgiveness of enemies, transfiguring the disciple by configuring him to his Master. Forgiveness is a high-point of Christian prayer; only hearts attuned to God's compassion can receive the gift of prayer. Forgiveness also bears witness that, in our world, love is stronger than sin. The martyrs of yesterday and today bear this witness to Jesus. Forgiveness is the fundamental condition of the reconciliation of the children of God with their Father and of men with one another."
"Remember not against us the iniquities of the past;
may your compassion quickly come to us,
for we are brought very low.
"Help us, O God our savior,
because of the glory of your name;
Delivery us and pardon our sins
for your name's sake."
~ Psalm 79:8-9
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