16 December 2016
I began the day with confession at the Greenbelt chapel, had simple breakfast, and took a leisurely walk, albeit getting lost in the underpass, towards the office. I am grateful for priests who really take the time to give counsel and serve as instruments of God's mercy that opens our path to grace.
As sins of anger and jealousy prevented me from praying from the heart, I decided to take a break from my novena to Mary Undoer of Knots. Instead, I stayed up past midnight to go about Prayer Exercise 69, the prayer for Actual Choosing, in Wood for the Fire by Fr. Mon Bautista.
The first scriptural reading struck me like a hot rod: "Let no one deceive you with empty arguments, for because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the disobedient. So do not be associated by them." In the past few days, I was being tempted and lured into internal and psycho-virtual arguments by two people who represent the subjects of my discernment.
"For... now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light for light produces every kind of goodness and righteousness and truth."
"Take no part in the fruitless works of darkness; rather expose them."
"Try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord... try to understand the will of the Lord."
"This is how you can know the Spirit of God: every spirit that acknowledges Jesus Christ come in the flesh belongs to God, and anyone who knows God listens to us, while anyone who does not belong to God refuses to hear us. This is how we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of deceit."
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"No, it is something very near to you, already in your mouths and in your hearts; you have only to carry it out."
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