The Barefooted Youth

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I pulled into the parking lot at 1. Exceptthe parking lot was empty. The Good Life from a Catholic Perspective The Challenge of Consumption a personal reflection. Rev. H. Richard Hall was born in Canton, North Carolina, and preached the Gospel for more than 60 years. After high school, he attended the Church of God of Prophecy. Programa Equalizador De Som. Handmade pottery by Marsha Landers. Convenient to Interstate 10, Southeast Texas, Lessons, Lead free glazes, microwavedishwasher safe, functional pottery, mugs. The Barefooted Youth English Subtitles' title='The Barefooted Youth English Subtitles' />I walked to the front of the churchthe doors were locked. I looked at the sign out front and realized I had missed Mass. Slightly panicked, I wasnt sure what to do. I walked around for a bit and then remembered that this parish had perpetual adoration. Restless. I walked up the hill to this tiny little chapel, opened the doors, and stepped inside. It was dark, chilly, and extremely quiet. I slid into a pew, knelt, and began to pray. I thought I could hear myself thinking. I looked down at my watch3 minutes had passed. I could hardly believe it. I looked next to me at the only other person who was in the chapela monk, who was sitting, barefooted, eyes closed, and smiling. He made it look so easy, so peaceful. I, on the other hand, was in agony. I had promised myself I would stay in adoration for an hoursince thats about how long Mass was. I closed my eyes, tried to relax. Pray, Caitlin, I coached myself, its not that hard. I opened my eyes. Another 5 minutes had gone by. Then it dawned on me that my whole attitude was wrong. God wasnt forcing me to be there, to spend an hour with Him because I had missed Mass. I was choosing to be there. Did I want to be there Did I want to spend time with JesusI did. So I asked God for the grace to let me sit there with Him, in silence, peacefully. Body, Soul, Blood and Divinity. I gazed upon the monstrance, containing Jesus body, soul, blood, and divinity and smiled at the intimacy of it all. I closed my eyes for the third time and prayed. This time, when I opened my eyes an hour had gone by Halleluiah I was filled with joynot because I had fulfilled my made up requirement, but because God had stilled my heart. I left that chapel filled with a peace, contentment, and joy unlike anything I had felt before. While it would be six months until I would attend adoration again, God had placed something on my hearta desire to know Him more fully in the most Blessed Sacrament. Today, I am a much different person than I was the first time I sat in adoration. I no longer dread the form of prayer, but desire it. I try to go to adoration several times a month. Sometimes, I am able to sit peacefully and sometimes my heart is more restless. But every time, I am grateful for the opportunity to sit and gaze upon the Lord. Ways to be Successful in Adoration. Have you ever gone to adoration Have you tried, but felt defeated like I first did, and occasionally still do Heres a list of 5 ways to be successful in adoration 1. Be Patient. I was recently talking with a group of friends about their experiences of adoration. A lot of them expressed the same frustrationthat sometimes, time seems to stand still, 5 minutes seem eternal. Have you ever been out of shape and tried to go for a one mile run. Suddenly, 5 minutes into the run, youre huffing and puffing and you realize youve only gone one block. Rather than focusing on the success you just ran for the first time in months Adoration can be a bit of a work out for your soul. So set yourself up for success. If its been awhile, or your first time, 5 minutes of sitting with Jesus is a good goal. Slowly increase your timeyoull be amazed at how God increases your capacity to be with Him Bring Scripture. Reading scripture is always a good thing, but is especially helpful and meditative during adoration. There are many prayer books and apps that contain daily scripture readings. I particularly like reading the Psalms and reflecting on a verse that speaks to me on that given day. As I read scripture I ask myself How is this scripture speaking to my heart What changes is God asking me to takeHow will I go about making those changes I make this part of my prayer. Pray the Rosary. The rosary is a beautiful prayer, one that many saints have prayed. St. Louis de Montfort said When the Holy Rosary is said well, it gives Jesus and Mary more glory and is more meritorious than any other prayer. What better way to give Jesus and Mary glory than to pray the rosary in front of the Blessed Sacrament There are many guides and apps you can printdownload to help guide you through this form of prayer. Listen to Praise and Worship Music. When Im the only one in the Church or chapel, I love to start adoration by listening to praise and worship music. Restless and I Shall Not Want by Audrey Assad, Lay it Down and Lord, I Need You by Matt Maher, are just a few of my favorite songs to listen to during adoration. The music and the lyrics help me quiet myself and turn my thoughts to God. Be Okay with Silence. Its so easy to go a whole day without silence. We get in the car and turn on the radio, we have our phones, with days worth of music, in our pockets, and at the end of the day theres Netflix. Even if we are in a quiet environment, we are usually accustomed to checking our phonesfor a text, the latest Facebook drama, the trending hashtag on Twitter, the newest picture on Instagram, the list goes on. Dont get me wrong, I fall prey to every one of those habits. Which is why, when Im sitting in adoration, I can find it difficult to focus. Ive become so accustomed to the business of the world, that being truly still, truly silent, can seem uncomfortable, foreign. But that discomfort is ok, good even. In Audrey Assads Restless she sings And Im restless, Im restless, Til I rest in You. I find this sentiment to be so true when I am in adoration. Sure, the first few minutes I am restless as I begin to wind down. But eventually, I am filled with insurmountable peace. Allow yourself to sit in silence and to just be with Jesus. In an apparition to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Jesus spoke these beautiful words I have a burning thirst to be honored by men in the Blessed Sacrament. Go to adoration, even if its just for 5 minutes. Bit Tools Sketchup on this page. Jesus desires to be with you, to have you gaze upon Him, as He so lovingly gazes upon you. The Good Life from a Catholic Perspective The Challenge of Consumptionby Monsignor Charles MurphyChristianity is not about feeding yourself. Christianity begins with what people do with the leftovers. So spoke Professor Megan Mc. Kenna, whose field is social ethics, alluding to the biblical miracle of the sharing of the loaves and the admonition that the leftover fragments be gathered Mt 1. Faces fell. A certain religious complacency was pierced, giving way to a degree of consciousness raising. It is startling to be told, in a culture as wasteful as ours that Christianity begins with what we do with our leftovers. Just visit a typical school lunch program and see the mounds of garbage. Waste not, want not means little to children brought up to believe that if something does not meet your taste or adhere to the current fashion, toss it. A familiar statistic in this context begins to ring true The industrialized countries, with only one fifth of the worlds population, consume two thirds of the worlds resources and generate 7. The disparities between human beings who live in squalor and those who have everything money can buy are glaring in a world brought closer together through amazing advances in communication. This great disparity denies social justice, leads to ecological tragedy, and most of all creates a misperception of what the good life really is, which ultimately makes excessive consumption a religious question. What and how much we consume manifest our conception of who we are and why we exist. The spiritual and cultural impoverishment that are the natural by products of consumerism are evident everywhere. Money talks, but, as they say, it has such a squeaky voice and has so little to say. How can our Catholic faith help us to find a more satisfying life for ourselves and at the same time make us more socially responsible in achieving itI suggest three ways the cultivation of the natural virtue of temperance the gospel admonitions about the dangers of over consumption and the fundamental requirement of love of neighbor and, finally, the recent social teachings of the Church based upon the order of nature and the higher demands of gospel living. I will also provide some indications of what the good life might be like for us all. Temperance as a Virtue of Living. More and more ethical theorists give credence to the role virtues play in building character. Virtues are being seen and appreciated anew because their cultivation can provide the inner strength needed to live happily and successfully. Without these well established habits we are the mercy of external stimuli, and we become victims of our own disordered needs and passions. To be creative and contributing members of society we need a structure that allows us to use our gifts in a sustained way the virtues provide such a structure. They are a wisdom for living that was recognized as far back as the ancient Greeks and beyond. The virtues are honored in the Scriptures as part of a household code of living on earth and were incorporated by the church fathers in their syntheses of Christian life. Among our four cardinal, or hinge, virtues that humans find essential is the virtue of temperance with prudence, justice, and fortitude, temperance is regarded as one of the hinges on which hangs the gate to a happy life. In his classic study of the cardinal virtues, Josef Pieper is quick to point out that the rich meaning of temperance is not captured by the concept of moderation. Moderation is only a small part of temperance, the negative part. According to St. Thomas Aquinas, temperance gives order and balance to our life. It arises from a serenity of spirit within oneself. The reasonable norm allows us to walk gently upon the earth. Temperance teaches us to cherish and enjoy the good things of life while respecting natural limits. Temperance in fact does not diminish but actually heightens the pleasure we take in living by freeing us from a joyless compulsiveness and dependence. Temperance therefore means a lot more than the so called temperance movement regarding the consumption of alcoholE. F. Schumacher, in his most influential book, Small is Beautiful Economics as if People Mattered, contrasts the consumerist way of life which multiplies human wants with the simple life whose aim is to achieve maximum well being with the minimum use of the earths resources. The logic of production that demands more and more grown in consumption is a formula for disaster, he argues. Out of the whole Christian tradition, Schumacher concludes, there is perhaps no body of teaching which is more relevant and appropriate to the modern predicament than the marvelously subtle and realistic doctrines of the Four Cardinal Virtues and in particular temperance that means knowing when enough is enough. The Gospel and Wealth. When Pope John Paul II paid his first visit to the United States in 1. Speaking to a congregation gathered in New York City at Yankee Stadium, the Holy Father said Christians will want to be in the vanguard in favoring ways of life that decisively break with the frenzy of consumerism, exhausting the joyless. It is not a question of slowing down progress, for there is no human progress when everything conspires to give full reign to the instincts of self interest, sex and power. We must find a simple way of living. For it is not right that the standard of living of the rich countries would seek to maintain itself by draining off a great part of the reserves of energy and raw materials that are meant to serve the whole of humanity. For readiness to create a greater and more equitable solidarity between people is the first condition of peace. Catholics of the United States, and all you citizens of the United States, you have such a tradition of spiritual generosity, industry, simplicity and sacrifice that you cannot fail to heed this call today for a new enthusiasm and a fresh determination. It is in the joyful simplicity of a life inspired by the Gospel and the Gospels spirit of fraternal sharing that you will find the best remedy for sour criticism, paralyzing doubt and the temptation to make money the principle means and indeed the very measure of human advancement. As the basis of his teaching, the Holy Father drew upon the parable in St. Lukes Gospel regarding Lazarus and the rich man. The Lukan Gospel is particularly harsh regarding the hazards of wealth. The parable may be read as another illustration of the biblical saying that it is easier for a camel to pass through the needles eye than for a rich person to enter Gods kingdom Lk 1. What is noticeable in the parable is that the rich man is condemned because he is rich. Enclosed in his world of wealth and self sufficiency that wealth brings, he simply failed to notice Lazarus begging at his gate, much less help him. Even the natural world, symbolized by the dogs licking Lazarus sores, displayed more sympathy. The rich mans incurable spiritual condition continues into eternity and becomes permanent. The parable takes on a contemporary meaning when Abraham rejects the suggestion that Lazarus return from the dead to warn the rich mans brothers of the fate that awaits them should they not repent. The rich man and ourselves are told They have Moses and the prophets, let them listen to them. If they do not heed Moses and the prophets, neither will they believe if someone be raised from the dead.