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<blockquote data-quote="Calamity Jane" data-source="post: 649108" data-attributes="member: 13882"><p>PG,</p><p></p><p>When I read your post this morning, I thought of the program I was watching last night, and I think you may want to see it also. It's an interview with Fr. Jonathan Morris, and he's a priest and scholar (who looks like he's about 14 yrs. old), and he's written some wonderful books. Toward the end of the interview, he's talking about a book he's just written about the Serenity Prayer. The last part of the interview was most moving for me, and I think most pertinent regarding what you and M. and your niece are dealing with.</p><p>Fr. Morris talks about the theological virtue of Hope, and how Hope heals the memory and allows us to go forward even though we've had failures in the past, because a lot of times it's the memories of the past that keep us from going forward.</p><p>Faith heals the reason and allows us to see beyond what reason can tell us.</p><p>The theological virtue of Love heals the will and allows us to be attracted to the good, and to the beautiful and to the true. The love of God allows that will of ours to be healed and thereby not attracted to selfishness, etc. Most of all, though, we get to a point where we say that our memory (of bad things we've done, bad things we've done to others, etc.) is not going to stop us now, if we are in the will of God, old memories of what I was or of what I did in the past are irrelevant...this is what God wants for me NOW, and old poison is not going to stop me from being a courageous disciple.</p><p>Here's the link, you can check it out if you like. I hope it's helpful.</p><p>Now I see why we shouldn't dredge up the past to our children who are moving forward, and we must encourage them to put the past behind them.</p><p><a href="http://www.ewtn.com/tv/live/sundaynightlive.asp" target="_blank">http://www.ewtn.com/tv/live/sundaynightlive.asp</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Calamity Jane, post: 649108, member: 13882"] PG, When I read your post this morning, I thought of the program I was watching last night, and I think you may want to see it also. It's an interview with Fr. Jonathan Morris, and he's a priest and scholar (who looks like he's about 14 yrs. old), and he's written some wonderful books. Toward the end of the interview, he's talking about a book he's just written about the Serenity Prayer. The last part of the interview was most moving for me, and I think most pertinent regarding what you and M. and your niece are dealing with. Fr. Morris talks about the theological virtue of Hope, and how Hope heals the memory and allows us to go forward even though we've had failures in the past, because a lot of times it's the memories of the past that keep us from going forward. Faith heals the reason and allows us to see beyond what reason can tell us. The theological virtue of Love heals the will and allows us to be attracted to the good, and to the beautiful and to the true. The love of God allows that will of ours to be healed and thereby not attracted to selfishness, etc. Most of all, though, we get to a point where we say that our memory (of bad things we've done, bad things we've done to others, etc.) is not going to stop us now, if we are in the will of God, old memories of what I was or of what I did in the past are irrelevant...this is what God wants for me NOW, and old poison is not going to stop me from being a courageous disciple. Here's the link, you can check it out if you like. I hope it's helpful. Now I see why we shouldn't dredge up the past to our children who are moving forward, and we must encourage them to put the past behind them. [URL]http://www.ewtn.com/tv/live/sundaynightlive.asp[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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