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Fran's Friday Forum...THE WAY...!!!

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Title Insurance with Patriot Land Transfer, Inc.

The early days of my life I shied away from, if not extremely disliked, READING...LATER...

Approaching middle age, I softened a bit and got my toes wet in READING...Of course, READING IS CONTAGIOUS...The more you read, the better you get, and the more addicted you become...

In the final analysis, READING is the tip of the iceberg in a LIFE OF LEARNING...!!!

WELL, now that you’ve beared with me through that tirade, I’ll get to the point...

I have arrived at a point where my READING consists of several books at a time...MOSTLY SPIRITUAL, but hardly ever FICTION, and nearly always something EDUCATIONAL OR LIFE LIFTING...INCLUDING DAILY READING OF HOLY SCRIPTURE...!!!

MY CURRENT SPIRITUAL BOOK is called ‘THE WAY’...Originally published in SPAIN in 1939 and 1950...A ‘...blend of passages from Sacred Scripture with anecdotes drawn from JOSEMARIA ESCRIVA’S life and work, snatches of conversation, and selections from his personal letters. The direct, conversational writing style and its deeply felt humanity are among the book’s main attractions and beautifully convey the belief that the human is not foreign to the divine and that fully Christian spiritual attitude can be described as unity of life.’

JOSEMARIA ESCRIVA (1902-1975), a Spanish priest, founded OPUS DEI in 1928. John Paul II proclaimed him a saint on October 6, 2002. (Opus Dei is Latin for 'GOD'S WORK)

Escriva believed that GOD CAN BE FOUND IN PROFESSIONAL AND EVERYDAY SETTINGS, and OPUS DEI members carry on HIS WORK...!!!

A SHORT EXAMPLE OF HIS WISDOM AS WELL AS HIS WIT AND EVEN A SPRINKLE OF HUMOR: “You clash with the character of one person or another...It has to be that way--you are not a dollar bill to be liked by everyone. Besides, without those clashes which arise in dealing with your neighbors, how could you ever lose the sharp corners, the edges--imperfections and defects of your character--and acquire the order, the smoothness, and the firm mildness of charity, of perfection? If your character and that of those around you were soft and sweet like marshmallows, you would never become a saint.”

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND, AND KEEP WORKING AND PRAYING ALONG THE WAY...!!!

 

 

 

Comments (2)

Mike Frazier
Carousel Realty of Dyer County - Dyersburg, TN
Northwest Tennessee Realtor

Fran, I love to read also. I read one of Ben Carson's books and he talks about his mother making him read while other kids were playing outside. He say he went from a mediocre student to the top of his class.

Fran, I keep asking tech support to revive the spiritualrain group but perhaps Satan does not want it to come back.

Sep 18, 2015 03:38 AM
Fran Gaspari
Patriot Land Transfer, Inc. - Limerick, PA
"The Title Man" - Title Insurance - PA & NJ

Mike,

Ben Carson is an amazing success story...I too have his book...great read...!!!

I think Satan is an electronics major...!!!

Thanks,   Fran

Sep 18, 2015 03:44 AM