Today we pray the 6th day in our novena through St. Maximilian Kolbe for someone trapped in addiction to alcohol or drugs, or anything else. You may be saying this prayer for yourself. As usual, go here , and read the novena prayer and then ponder this: Philippians 2:6-11; Jesus, though he was in the …
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OK, we begin the fifth day of our novena through St. Maximilian Kolbe. Like the first few days, kindly go here and read the prayer for a loved one and then consider the following: Today would have been my sister’s 61st birthday. I know, yesterday would have been my Dad’s 95th. These days were once …
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Once again, we continue with this, the 4th Day of our Novena through St. Maximilian Kolbe. As usual, go here and read the prayer while thinking about a loved one who is struggling with addiction, and then contemplate the following: This would have been my father’s 95th birthday. He died in 1995. I didn’t really …
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On this, the third day of our novena to St. Maximilian Kolbe, please again, go here and say the prayer, thinking of someone you love and know who’s is addicted to drugs and/or alcohol. The consider the following: The person that you are praying for is probably seeking a short term solution to a long …
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Yesterday we began a Novena through St. Maximilian Kolbe. Please open a new tab or window in your browser and then go here . Read the prayer and after you’ve said it contemplate this: The person who is trapped in addiction is now where you were. If you are not an addict, “There but for …
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St. Maximilian Kolbe was a Polish Franciscan priest who was executed at the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz in 1941. He offered himself up in place of another man, who survived the death camp and lived to see Fr. Kolbe’s canonization. More about him can be found at the Consecration and Marytown websites. St. Kolbe …
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One of the things that I have seriously overlooked on Sober Catholic is talking about the lives of the Saints. I think I mentioned that in my introductory post, or in some other “About this Blog” post that I would do that. As this blog concerns itself with using the Catholic Faith and spirituality in …
In the First Step of AA and other programs the person is expected to admit to their powerlessness over alcohol. “We admitted we were powerless over alcohol, that our lives had become unmanageable.”* In a recent reading from St. Paul’s 2nd Letter to the Corinthians, we read: 2 Corinthians 12:7-10: “Therefore, that I might not …
Why is the Catholic Church called “Catholic”? Catholic comes from the Greek word meaning universal. It contains the universality of the Gospel and Apostolic truths, and is applicable to all people in all times and for all things. Today’s Second Reading from the Office of Readings of the Liturgy of the Hours is explains it …