I'll Follow You

Happy Feast of the Annunciation! 

Now Playing: Follow You - Imagine Dragons

"A woman's love always determines the way a man loves: she is the silent educator of his virile powers."

-Venerable Fulton J. Sheen

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Yellow Balloon

The other Washington

Now Playing: Yo Te Voy a Amar - N Sync

I remember when this song was released in 2000. Somehow, we had a cassette tape with the entire N Sync album. This band had touched my young heart and this song became an anthem to my longing desire; to be loved. Have you ever heard of the Litany of Humility? It is a prayer of deliverance to anything that may keep one from becoming Christ like, and to me, it is one of the most challenging prayers to mean. I wish I could explain it better, but all I can say, is that this prayer hurts my heart! 

"O Jesus! meek and humble of heart, Hear me. From the desire of being esteemed, Deliver me Jesus.

From the desire of being loved. Deliver me Jesus

From the desire of being extolled. Deliver me Jesus

From the desire of being honored. Deliver me Jesus

....

That others may be loved more than I, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.

That others may be esteemed more than I, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.

That, in the opinion of the world, others may increase and I may decrease, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.

..."

Litany of Humility - Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val

Why is it wrong to desire to be loved? While I struggle to comprehend this, I can simply understand that there is truth to it. It was on a recent talk that I went to that open another whirl of questions for me, when Fr. Isaac let our class contemplate on the desires of the human heart. More specifically, how Adam desired Eve even before the fall. Perhaps I have forgotten most of what I had learned from theology of the body, but I question why Adam desired more if he had God. In simple terms, why did he desire a #2 when he already had his #1?

Switching subjects...

Throwback Thursday photos from a work trip to Mulkiteo. Sunny skies flying in, but cloudy for the most part. I wish to say I went hiking on the trails a bunch, but my fear of mountain lions prevented me from going far out. 

Love Never Fails

"God’s delays are mysterious; sorrow is sometimes prolonged for the same reason for which it is sent. God may abstain for the moment from healing, not because Love does not love, but because Love never stops loving, and a greater good is to come from the woe. Heaven’s clock is different from ours."

-Venerable Fulton Sheen (Book: Life of Christ)