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Offline FlosCarmeli13

Re: Suffering from loneliness
« Reply #85 on: July 12, 2023, 12:41:34 PM »
Praying for you, Bataar

:pray:

Remember your Guardian Angel!


Angel of God, my guardian dear,
to whom God’s love commits me here,
ever this day be at my side,
to light and guard, to rule and guide.

Amen.
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Offline God and Land

Re: Suffering from loneliness
« Reply #86 on: July 12, 2023, 01:32:47 PM »
Quote from: St Giles on July 10, 2023, 10:14:53 PM
Rather than stacking coins and keeping busy with hobbies, I'd use that extra income from a second job to help the poor at church repair/maintain their house, improve their home garden, cover car maintenance and help them to afford to travel to mass more often than just on sunday, if there's mass available on other days. There's not enough community cooperation and sharing of possessions these days as there was mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles.

I'd love to hear more this.  Can you share with us your experiences with working a second job to help the poor?  Do you just pay their bills for them or give them cash?  Not sure how to go about it so would love to hear how you are managing it.  Do you write it off on your taxes and if so how to you do that?  Do you get receipts from the poor people?  Thanks.
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Offline St Giles

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Re: Suffering from loneliness
« Reply #87 on: July 12, 2023, 05:26:41 PM »
Quote from: God and Land on July 12, 2023, 01:32:47 PM
I'd love to hear more this.  Can you share with us your experiences with working a second job to help the poor?  Do you just pay their bills for them or give them cash?  Not sure how to go about it so would love to hear how you are managing it.  Do you write it off on your taxes and if so how to you do that?  Do you get receipts from the poor people?  Thanks.
Unfortunately my situation changed to where I have very little income, so I can't give as much as I'd like, but I try to give material necessities rather than just cash. I'll offer physical labor when I have some free time, either just me, or get a few friends together to tackle a job that either saves money or could cost a lot to pay a business to do it. I'll start garden plants as my hobby to plant a garden for someone, or give them gas or oil and a filter for their car. Every little bit helps especially when the miles rack up quickly when the drive to church is so far. I'm a dummy when it comes to tax stuff, so if the gov. is happy, I don't care much about writeoffs as long as I have enough to survive and help others with.
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Offline Bataar

Re: Suffering from loneliness
« Reply #88 on: September 07, 2023, 10:48:09 PM »
Kind of had to chuckle and grimace simultaneously today. During confession, the priest told me I need to spend more time with good, Catholic friends. I definitely wish I could, but I feel that I've had hermitage forced on me.
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Offline AnthonyPadua

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Re: Suffering from loneliness
« Reply #89 on: September 07, 2023, 11:11:54 PM »
Quote from: Bataar on September 07, 2023, 10:48:09 PM
Kind of had to chuckle and grimace simultaneously today. During confession, the priest told me I need to spend more time with good, Catholic friends. I definitely wish I could, but I feel that I've had hermitage forced on me.
Consolations and dis-consolations go hand in hand, the gate is strait and the way narrow.

:pray: Carrying our Cross isn't always easy, I try to find the Lords' sweetness even in the dis-consolations.

- For my yoke is sweet and my burden light.
- If so be you have tasted that the Lord is sweet.
- The Lord is sweet and righteous: therefore he will give a law to sinners in the way.
- O taste, and see that the Lord is sweet: blessed is the man that hopeth in him.
- For the Lord is sweet, his mercy endureth for ever, and his truth to generation and generation.
- The Lord is sweet to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
- Praise ye the Lord, for the Lord is good: sing ye to his name, for it is sweet.
- But thou, O Lord, do with me for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is sweet. Do thou deliver me,
- O how good and sweet is thy spirit, O Lord, in all things!
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