Thirsty Thursday: Contentment & Peace

Grad Cat & Stats Cat bid me farewell from our *Dallas Cowboys* desk chair as I snap this shot to grace me with their purrfect presence on my dashboard as I drive!

As I prepared for my school trip this past week

Driver’s Prayer: Dear LORD, Protect me today in all my travels along the road’s way. Give Your warning signs if danger is near so that I may stop until the path is clear. Be at my window and direct me through when objects appear from out of the blue. Defend this vehicle and everyone inside, keep me always focused, be my watchful guide. Carry me safely to my destined place and bless this journey with Your constant grace. Amen. ~ Stephanie Wilcox [from Maryknoll Missions]

 I lifted up these petitions to the Holy Trinity at the ♥Adoration♥ Chapel:

Progress on our Stations of the †Cross† at our ♥Adoration♥ Chapel ☼Garden☼

Even if/when I …	†LORD†, please guide me away from having _______ in my ♥heart♥ to take over me
Finish my doctoral degree☼	Pride
Reap success in my career☼	Greed
Find the ♥love♥ of my life	Lust
Make time to relax☼	Sloth
See several YOLOs to consume♣	Gluttony
Am challenged with accepting Your will	Anger
Observe someone else having my desires	Envy

Especially, as Bishop Mike, my mentor, has advised

To seek the light of the ~*~Holy Spirit~*~ while remaining grounded ✌

That way, I, as a grateful and humble servant, DON’T take GOD’s blessings for granted.

Thirsty Thursday: Commandments vs. Capital Sins

In my quest to get closer to Heaven …

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I strive to thrive on the Ten Commandments and live by the Four Cardinal Virtues while doing my best to resist the Seven Deadly Sins. Here is a list of each of them: the Commandments, along with the Sins that impose temptation to break those Commandments, and the Virtues to keep in order to prevent myself from committing those Sins:

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10 Commandments = MUST Do	7 Capital Sins = DON’T Do	4 Cardinal Virtues = MUST Maintain
You shall have no other gods before me.	Greed, Pride	Fortitude, Justice, Prudence, Temperance
You shall not make for yourself a carved image – any likeness of anything that is in Heaven above, or that is in the Earth beneath, or that is in the water under the Earth.	Pride	Fortitude, Justice, Prudence, Temperance
You shall not take the name of the LORD your GOD in vain.	Anger	Fortitude, Justice, Prudence, Temperance
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep holy.	Gluttony, Lust, Sloth	Fortitude, Justice, Prudence, Temperance
Honor your father and your mother.	Anger, Pride, Sloth	Fortitude, Justice, Prudence, Temperance
You shall not murder.	Anger	Fortitude, Justice, Prudence, Temperance
You shall not commit adultery.	Envy, Greed, Lust	Fortitude, Justice, Prudence, Temperance
You shall not steal.	Greed	Fortitude, Justice, Prudence, Temperance
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.	Greed, Pride	Fortitude, Justice, Prudence, Temperance
You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not cover your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.	Envy, Greed, Lust	Fortitude, Justice, Prudence, Temperance

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