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I'm good! Hope you guys are too. Survived parents' evening last night and a performance review with senior management this morning. Very tired now, but it is Friday tomorrow! My parish priest also replied very supportively to my email about how I'm finding it difficult to attend during term time. I always feel so guilty even though I know that I can't manage it most of the time - especially this term.

See actually your opening statement shows to me someone who has the makings of a saint. How do we become saints, by admitting our own inequity, what you've just done, in a very honest way. So it's not an insult at all

I'm with Adam here. You know your faults and admit to them. So many people don't ever actually get to that stage

Admitting them & doing something about them are two different things however; and the first is easy.

Weirdly found myself humming a hymn that I can't remember the words to earlier, which was weird. Normally I might take that as a good sign however I also yesterday told a Mormon who tried to convert me on the street that I would get the Pope to slap him if he didn't stop following me. So probably not quite off the escalator to hell just yet.

Who actually remembered not to eat meat last Friday? I forgot :'(

I remembered. It's sometimes quite a challenge trying to find something that's not meat to eat

Christian preachers on the street are either amusing or annoying. Or both

haha guys im vegetarian, what should i give up? i tried going early morning mass on friday but cannt guarantee i will have the time to always do it.

also, anyone got any advide on praying the rosary? how often do you? why do you? i know i need to but am struggling. i lose track and get distracted or sleep. and i get confused over the myseteries. and i only really like the joyful and luminous ones.

Admitting them & doing something about them are two different things however; and the first is easy.

Weirdly found myself humming a hymn that I can't remember the words to earlier, which was weird. Normally I might take that as a good sign however I also yesterday told a Mormon who tried to convert me on the street that I would get the Pope to slap him if he didn't stop following me. So probably not quite off the escalator to hell just yet.

My copy of Chicken Soup for the Soul: Living Catholic Faith has arrived Some lovely stories in there

How is everyone today?

i dont see any catholic ones. and when i see them, they notice i am brown skinned latino and assume i am muslim so try to convert me. then i ask them about their flawed pentecostal faith, and they have no answers. tis funny but sad.

also, anyone got any advide on praying the rosary? how often do you? why do you? i know i need to but am struggling. i lose track and get distracted or sleep. and i get confused over the myseteries. and i only really like the joyful and luminous ones.

I don't do the rosary as often as I should but I like to do it once in a while. I pray it as a means of petition/intercession either for myself or for someone who needs prayers. It makes me feel like I'm doing something Have you tried doing it along with someone else or with a podcast? I've found doing it with a podcast has helped me more

My favourite is the joyful too

True: I don't think I've ever seen Catholic preachers on the streets

Mass is a great idea! If you can't do Mass then maybe the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy or giving up something you love like chocolate.

On praying the Rosary I can give some advice as I soemtimes have the same problem. Firstly I'll give you the advice that Fr. Stephen Wang (teaches at Allen Hall seminary) gave me. The secret of the secret of the Rosary is to say just one decade if that's all you can do. Other advice is to maybe read some relevant scripture before each Mystery, pray with pictures of the Mystery, focus more on the fruits of the Mystery and look at how they relate to your everyday life. My favourite Mysteries are the Glorious ones

Just a random group hug for everyone
right back at ya

thanks! can you recommend any good images? ive tried reading the scriptures, but i do it on the train or while walking or in bed so dont always have the bible to hand. also, i can never envisage the glorious ones! have you read St Louis De Monfort Sectret of the Rosary? it is epic and inspitational, not too long either.

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You're in Ealing, right? If so then this might be your Parish Church, and a Benedictine Abbey as well! Lucky for some! As you see they have a Youth section which includes a Post Confirmation Class and a Young Adult (18-35) group. Community is, to my mind, one of the most (but not the most important) part of the Church and this looks like the sort of place where you should get it. Plus the Benedictines are rock-stars to my mind!

Plus they have exposition of the Blessed Sacrament which is so, SO important! Get involved with that if you feel comfortable

yup.

I live in a part of Ealing that is quite wierd........ I may well come under that Parish as I live quite close to there but I am also said to be in the Hanwell Parish of Our Lady and St Joseph (or something like that)

But I tend to go to St Peters and St Pauls (Northfields) because I once lived in that Parish, but I am open to different (more local places)

Did you live in Ealing before?

It's a nice place.

Thanks for all that stuff Adam.