According to the Oxford American Dictionary that is installed on my Mac, the word compassion means: compassion |kəmˈpa sh ən| nounsympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others : the victims should be treated with compassion. ORIGIN Middle English : via Old French from ecclesiastical Latin compassio(n-), from compati ‘suffer with.’ Take …
There is a new blog you all might like to add to your reading list. Helen D, a member of Catholics in Recovery , is a revert to the Church and started The Prodigal Catholic recently. It’s a great blog, full of love for the Church and her spirituality. Check it out! Are you a …
This is just an FYI posting that may hopefully explain the frequency of blog postings from here on out. There is going to be a shift in my priorities when I get behind the keyboard of my Mac and bang out words. Blogging is going to be secondary to my attempt to resurrect a fiction …
Sober Catholic’s companion (sort of) website, Catholics in Recovery has been relatively busy lately. It has grown slightly, up to 21 members (look out Facebook!!!!) and forum activity has picked up with some new members posting about their experiences and situations. It has finally started to become what I was hoping it would be, a …
Leslie over at Quiet Consecration asked me about the new Catholics in Recovery social networking site. Not sure what else I can say beyond what I posted before except that it is just an extension of what I hope to accomplish on the Internet concerning providing Catholics who are recovering from some addiction a place …
This weekend, and indefinitely beyond, is the official “launch weekend” for a new Catholic social network for those of us in recovery from alcoholism or other addictions. The name of the place is “Catholics in Recovery” . As I have posted before in this blog, I had searched when I first sobered up for some …