Category: Francsican (Page 1 of 2)

This blog has been running since 2019 and It has been about being a Catholic, Franciscan about gaming , movies and TV.
It is now changing to be more about my Catholic and Franciscan journey.
I now am starting another blog with my friend about movies, tv, gaming and streaming. I am hoping to get a better schedule for this and my other blog. This has to be the priority thought. I want to write at least once a week if not twice and the same at my other blog. I can do it if I make it a priority over things that don’t matter as much. I might be doing some Catholic / Franciscan book reviews and such. See you soon and hopefully twice a week.

Hello All.
Right before lent started I was thinking what I wanted to give up.
I usually do chocolate, pop, chips or something.
This year I am giving up time, or at least trying to.
I am trying to find more time for God.
Every morning I have a alarm five minutes after my wake up alarm to get me to pray. And another alarm at nine pm to remind me to read the bible or some other religious book and then pray.
Also I am trying to leave for work early and go to adoration if only just for 5-10 minutes before work. Luckily there is a great little Catholic church about 3 miles from work and it’s on the way also.
As I said in my previous post I am taking a prayer class at church and it’s fun and I am learning a lot. I am hoping to get closer to God this Lent. I will let you know how I am doing next week. Here hoping I am doing everything and not forgetting. God Bless.

Hello all.
Life is changing again but this time it’s good and exciting.
My term as Minister of the fraternity I am in is almost up.
Our election is in April. And I can’t wait for it.
It’s not like it’s a ton of work, but it’s work I am not good at.
Running the council is easy because of the people on it.
But the fraternity meetings are more difficult because I have to be the leader and be up front and speaking to people.
And as I have stated I am an introvert and really shy.
So being the person that leads the council and fraternity meetings are not in my wheelhouse. But I can say I have grown from it.
I once didn’t talk much during the meetings because of my shyness and such. Now I lead them and am thinking of ways to make all the meetings better. It has had me meet so many people I wouldn’t know and I call friends. Franciscans are some of the best people around.
Even though I am hesitant and don’t do well with crowds they are patient and help to bring me out of my shell. Even when I screw up and make mistakes they come at it from a place of love. And for that I can never thank them enough. I am a better person for it.

So in April after the election I will have one less meeting to go to a month. And I won’t have to worry about the meetings. I am now just be a member of the fraternity like normal. And I will focus on my SA class totally. It’s a good time to a Franciscan in my fraternity.
I can’t wait to see what all the new people do and the changes they make. Just know that God loves you and God is love.

Hello Everyone.
It’s finally Friday! I’m so happy for the weekend to come. And where I am it looks like snow on Sunday. I have some plans this weekend but not much. Saturday I am hoping to see Birds of Prey. Then Sunday mass and also my parents and I are taking my nephew out for his birthday. But Saturday is when I do my bible study that I mentioned before. It studies the readings every Sunday.

But the real reason I am writing this is to tell you Jesus loves you.
No matter if you think you are not worthy. He can make you worthy of his love, just by asking. It’s like at mass right before we have communion. We say Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof; but only say the word, and my soul will be healed.
That makes us worthy of his love and sacrifice.

If you feel you are not worthy, You may be hard on yourself or you did something in the past that makes you think you aren’t. Just go to confession and have it forgiven. You will feel better and your slate will be clean. A smarter person than me said that Gods mercy is like an ocean, all of your sins are one drop of that ocean. It may have been Mother Angelica from EWTN. If you just don’t believe you are worthy don’t worry. I had the same problem up until about 5-6 years ago. My Franciscan fraternity and a priest and brothers at a retreat helped me a lot. Just know you are loved.

Hello All.

Well it has been 6 months since I have started my Spiritual assistant class, and I have learned a lot. Here is what I have learned about so far.

1. The role of a spiritual assistant
2. Franciscan theology / spirituality
3. The Trinity and us
4. SA’s and initial formation
5. SA’s and ongoing formation
6. Franciscan writers

That’s a lot in the first six months. I have learned so much and have grown closer to God and have started praying more.
This months chapter is on the influence of Vatican II.
I am reading all about it and the reading Lumen Gentium (_{DOGMATIC CONSTITUTION ON THE CHURCH)} and Gaudium et Spes. (_{PASTORAL CONSTITUTION ON THE CHURCH IN THE MODERN WORLD}) .

I have been asking much of the Holy Spirit to help me and still need the help and prayers. I am loving the class and when it’s done it’s my most fervent wish to be a great spiritual assistant to whatever fraternity I am sent to.

Well It’s Christmas eve. It’s almost time.
My mom has the coolest old school nativity.
I believe it’s like clay or terracotta or something like that.
I have a friend that died this year that had an even older one. She died this year. She was in my Franciscan fraternity. She was a great lady and full of love for everyone. We have a meeting once a month and in December it is our Christmas party. She brings the old Nativity and the best spaghetti i have had in a long time. It’s a bit different. It has bacon in it and between the bacon and the sauce it brings a great flavor to it.
This year since she died we didn’t have her, her spaghetti or her nativity. Someone else bought their nativity and it was good just not the same. Once reason we have a nativity is St. Francis is credited with creating it. And some people don’t put out Jesus until Christmas morning and some put him out right away. I have no preference.
We had a great party but something is lost every time we lose someone in the fraternity. Change isn’t bad it’s just not easy when we are truly used to things and people.
Know that God loves you, even though you may not think you are worthy of his love. You are God can make you worthy.
I hope you all have a great Christmas eve and Christmas season.
Merry Christmas!

Hello Everyone.
I am so lucky that the Bishop leads a group of men to the Shrine of our Lady Guadalupe in Wisconsin.
This is my second time going. It is a great event. We meet together and get a bus there and then once we get there we eat a nice box lunch and the Bishop brings us up to the church which is about a half a mile from the entrance. During that time he leads us in a rosary and once there we tour the area and eventually he says a mass. This is a wonderful area, there is much to see and do. After mass I hope to go to confession, I hope to take many pictures.
It will be an all day thing. and I can’t wait. It is just a over all great day.

Gods love is great and it’s everywhere. God is love. He sent his only son to be human and die for us. He is like a Father. We are his children. He loves us even if we make mistakes. He is always hoping we come to him. If you look you will find him. Knock and the door will open. Know he loves you always.

Oh vanity of vanities. It seems both the first reading and the Gospel were about trimming down and minimizing your earthly goods.
It is one of the hardest things for me to do. Life over the last 50+ years has been about keeping up with the Jones’s. I have been super bad at that. I have been hoarding geeky things for the last 5 years or so. Actually I have been collecting things my whole life. It started with toys like HotWheels and GI Joes. Were talking the old big GI Joes.
But I was a kid and didn’t know any better. Then I found my love of comic books. Man I collected so many of those I had to get special comic long boxes to store them. And when I bought them they came with bags to put them in.

As I got older I started collecting computers and computer parts and such. I also collected video game systems and games.
Man I had to much stuff. I still have to much stuff.
I need to start getting rid of things. I’m not that old yet that I will go to the home or something. So to get it so I don’t collect so much stuff. I stopped getting LootCrate, which is a box of geeky goods. Some I loved some I didn’t. Also I am trying to not buy as much junk as before. I am buying more books and such to make me better . But I still buy to much stuff and I need to stop. Here’s hoping I win the battle of the stuff.