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Posted: Thu May 3rd, 2007 03:27 pm |
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| I sang in a few cover bands, most notibly a Doors tribute act, "Mojo Risin", my cd will be titled; "Beyond The Doors of Dispair.....My Journey Through Hell." I'm recording it at a studio with their musicians, though I've been talking to some old aquaintences about performing it live, I have quite the show planned in my imagination!
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Posted: Thu May 3rd, 2007 04:30 pm |
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| wOw gOOD lUCK,,,,,WE ARE TRYING TO GET SPEAKERS HERE FOR OUR COMPUTER TO HEAR SOME OF YOUR MUsic YOU HAVE SOME RECORDINGS ON THE MY SPACE page right,my son got chills when I told him your Journey back, and where youve been,he said it was amazing!!!!!
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Posted: Thu May 3rd, 2007 05:48 pm |
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The only thing I have of myself loaded is the one vid of me singing a Saviour Machine Cover, I have a plethora of vids from The Doors tribute days, I may load some in the future, but the editing of my madness may take some doing! lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASl49YXL7cY
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Posted: Thu May 3rd, 2007 07:23 pm |
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Okay now being that I checked in on you all day since this morning while I was washing clothes , cleaning and cooking ,smile ,I have to leave you with some armor ,,being that you just went to confession to day,,,,,,,you must know a few things,,,,,1, It takes work to grow into the person you want to be,this is your first step,,I was told to read the gospel of , John every morn, for at least half hour , before you start your day,also I was told to offer my day to Jesus, all my sufferrings and Joys, if we start thinking of our past sins or if our weaknesses bring us down,,,offer that sufferring to Jesus as a prayer for others going through the same thing,,,,,this turns around what the evil one is trying to accomplish,very powerful
,2....Im suggesting what my catholic director told me.... veryhelpful If youre ever afraid or feel weak say ,a hail Mary , the rosary said daily brings peace to your soul and I might add great Joy and protection...... spend time with Jesus in the blessed sacrament , especially when you feel lost,,,,he heals our souls and gives direction,,,,,create a speciall place in your heart where you can have conversations with Jesus at any time,,and tell him all your hurts fears, hopes, ,weaklnesess , and just remember he dosent expect us to be perfect,we will fall sometimes,,,Its only in Jesus that we can be anything better than what we are,,,,
and I would listen to FR. Corapi as much as I could,,,,especially for strength and encouragement,and to be told like it is,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,and lastly,,,,,check out St. Faustinas book , her diary, The devine Mercy,find the pages that say Greater the sinner Greater his mercy and hold that to your heart when you have any doubts or fears,,,,,okay brother,,,,,thankyou for listening to me all day today,,,,,,,,,nagging mom
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Posted: Thu May 3rd, 2007 08:32 pm |
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| It's all good, just don't tell me to clean my room!
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Posted: Sun May 6th, 2007 09:28 pm |
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| Watching FR. Corapi now, he said; "when people see Jesus in individual Catholics, they will come and return to the Church." That's what I've seen here, and now God is begining to remove my doctrinal stumbling blocks, I don't want to just be in the Catholic Church, I want to fully embrace Her, I want every grace in my life She has to offer, this may sound selfish, and perhaps it is, but I've been dying spiritually, with no sence of being, and I want to really live! I guess what I'm saying is I want to abandon myself to Her and to God, God has indeed left me in peril, if I don't do this, I've already exausted all other options, where have I left to go?
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Posted: Mon May 7th, 2007 07:52 am |
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Hey candleMass,did you go to church this weekend and recieve the Eucharist? I hope so, I found that talking to Jesus in as much humility as you can find in your self,asking for healing, and asking to show me who he created me to be , instead of the mess I made of myself,really restores inside ,who we are and Jesus becomes a big part of us, just like super man was weakened by cryptonite, when we are humble in conversation and prayer to Jesus, he cant help but have mercy and love for us ,The Eucharist Jesus body and blood feed us and strengthen our weaknesee, transform us. he brings us to life,we have light, he shows us who we are to be in him, Jesus , how do you think Fr, Corapi became so strong and has a great sense of self? he knows to be very humble and spends a lot of time before the blessed sacrament,I can say that the weakest parts of me are the most free now, not of my own doing in fervantly humble prayer asking Jesus to do for me what I cant do,,,hope this helps
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Posted: Mon May 7th, 2007 08:06 am |
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| Indeed I did, and I plan to go tomorrow morning on my birthday!
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Posted: Tue May 8th, 2007 02:31 am |
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Candlemass wrote: Indeed I did, and I plan to go tomorrow morning on my birthday!
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According to the above quote, I'm deducing that today is your birthday! Hope it's a Happy one!  May this new chapter of your life bring you closer to that which we all search for: Light, Happiness and Truth! God bless you today and always!  Rock on and Keep the Faith! 
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Posted: Tue May 8th, 2007 08:40 am |
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| Yup, 44 today, going to Mass in an hour, I'm so looking foward to what God may do in my life this year, painful as it may be!
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Posted: Tue May 8th, 2007 10:39 am |
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Painful as it may be? expect a liitle pain,,,When I first came back to the church after living in much darkness,,I was told by my catholic counselor this story........being that I had an alcoholic mom , who didnt go to church,she said.....Imagine your mom was the leading ship and you and your sisters were the little ships following after, The big ship led the little ships through dangerous waters and went off path for a long time (Smile Then one day The Mother ship went away never to return,hopefully went to ship heaven smile, the little ships were lost,Then this Beautiful ship came to guide them on the right path, but the little ships had been through so much they had old worn paint barnickles and needed to be scraped down to the wood, it would be very painful, but soon they would be restored,,,,
except that pain it will indeed bring you closer to Jesus and restore you to your original beauty.........) and Happy Birthday CandleMass!!!!!
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Posted: Wed May 9th, 2007 10:04 am |
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| Are there catholic counselers available, this on line help has been great, but I wonder if one on one regular help would be benifical to me?
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Posted: Wed May 9th, 2007 10:27 am |
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If you go to catholictherapist.com,you could do a search for a catholic therapsit in your area, If there is noone near by,call the Pastor of the catholic church you belong to and ask,I remember before I found my councelor I was appointed a Priest Fr. Paul who was so merciful, he prayed for me and listen to my broken heart,from there he told me of a healing mass i could attend, the Devine Mercy mass for the healing of families,It was there that I met my catholic councelor,,,,You could also ask your pastor if there are any healing masses in the are you live,,stay withim the chuech during this time,noone will judge you,
One good thing is that you had said you lived in your head, well now youve found your heart, broken as it may be,Jesus wants to restore you, but you must spend much time with him in humility,youll find him only in humility,as far as Mary goes,once you come to a place of trust with Mary,you will find amothers love, who protects, guides and will impart great Joy to you,,it sounds like you never had a mothers love,,,,,Me neither,and i have begged for that love from Mary so I can give love to my children,she has answered,I ,sence her presence in my life and Ive learned to trust her, she is the refuge for sinners, you have every right to her love
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Posted: Wed May 9th, 2007 10:44 am |
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| Both my adopted parents love me, and did the best they could, it just seemed to be conditional, when I called home from California when my mind was so out of touch w/reality from drugs, my mother asked why I was calling now, that they told me this would happen, it crushed my spirit to hear that!
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Posted: Wed May 9th, 2007 10:44 am |
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| As I was cleaning It dawned on me, you mentioned you were going to the doors show the other night, If you live anywhere in Ny,I know of a fr. Greco who is a priest at St, Theresa parish in the bronx, he is young, cool and has helped alot of people I know who came back to the church coming from every siuation out there, he is a healing priest and also works with Fr. Paul the priest I use to talk too,He would actually sit out side of the church and talk to the young drug addicts,he plays the guitar too, any way if you live in Ny, there are always healing masses going on,and many people you could connect with,,My councelor lives in Long Island and knows plenty of catholic therapist in Ny,what state do you live In?
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Posted: Wed May 9th, 2007 12:02 pm |
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| I live in Ohio, the organist from "The Soft Parade" has invited me to N.Y. to see them, haven't had the opportunity as of yet.
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Posted: Wed May 9th, 2007 01:54 pm |
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| iI typed in ,Ohio Healing church mass, and came up with a few churches that have healing masses, give it a try, you might find a mass in your area we have lots of friends all over Ny,let us know when you plan to come visit Ny,, and maybe we can have you meet up with or visit with some good people,I think fr. Grochel of Ewtn works in Harlem Ny.God Bless
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Posted: Thu May 10th, 2007 02:43 am |
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Mark,
If you want to take Carolyn's suggestion and consider going to a Healing Mass, try Franciscan University of Steubenville (FUS). They have them now and then... I just went to one myself a few weeks ago. When they have a Healing Mass during the school year, it's usually in the evening (and probably on a Friday) at the 6:25 Mass. If you ever go, you might find yourself surrounded by students (naturally - it is a college!), but anyone is welcome to go to the Masses. Now, if you go to Mass on any given week-day at the noon Mass, along with the students you will see a good number of older people there as well.
I only live an hour away from FUS, so it's a little easier for me to get there, but it would probably only take you a couple of hours to get there from where you are. Check it out... http://www.franciscan.edu (I use Firefox, so I can't get this to come up as a clickable link... you'll probably have to cut and paste the website into your browser's url box). I don't know if they have any Healing Masses listed, but check on the Summer Conferences, too, because sometimes they have a Healing Mass during one of their Conference Masses. Or you can always call or e-mail the campus and ask if they have a Healing Mass scheduled. I will say Healing Masses can be pretty powerful (but if you're not used to being around Charismatics, I have to warn you... at FUS you might wonder at the number of people falling down in the aisles when they're prayed over... ). Of course, you might not be into that... but then again, you might.
Another thing... I don't personally know any Catholic Counselors off-hand right now, but you might try finding a good spiritual director (don't get me wrong! A good Catholic counselor would probably help you immensely!). I'm just suggesting another route. A priest or someone who's very devout and knowledgeable about our Catholic Faith who has a spiritual gift of Counsel might be very helpful for you to have as a spiritual director - someone who can guide you and help you on your path to holiness. I've been praying for one myself for some time. I suppose God will lead me to someone in His own good time if He thinks I really need one. I will pray for that for you, too.
At any rate, just a couple of suggestions. Hope they help... 
JMJ
- Cheri
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Posted: Thu May 10th, 2007 06:53 am |
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| I'm very weary of charasmatic services, I've seen the excess and psuedo spirituality in much of it, to wit, what was born out of the "Toronto Blessing" and Pensicola, much of it I see as psychosematic manipulation and hyper suggestability techniques, not unlike a hypnotist or magic show. Some of these services look more like a circus than anything else, I'm not saying that is the case at these healing Masses, obviously God can act in miraculous and powerful ways, I've just had enough of the counterfit!
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| What I meant by Healing Mass is The Devine Mercy healing Mass,its a regular mass with the picture of Jesus , commisioned by St. Faustina The Devine mercy ,Jesus i trust in you , at the end of the Mass the priest lays hands on each person that asks for Healing, its Quite beautiful,If you do a search, devine mercy healing Mass, Ohio, you may find out where a Devine mercy Mass is by you.I really didnt like those catholic get togethers where people are falling down in the holy spirit, when it came time for me to fall down, I coulnt, and felt like I was being looked at like I really wasnt holy enough to participate, Yes I would stay away from those gathering, seek and you shall find,,keep searching and youll find where you are suppose to be to heal.Good Luck,keep you in prayer
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Hi Carolyn,
I am from the UK, and we celebrated Divine Mercy Sunday, the second Sunday after Easter. I agree it is a very beautiful devotion, though we don't have healing masses at our Church. I must suggest this to our Parish Priest.
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Candlemass wrote: I'm very weary of charasmatic services, I've seen the excess and psuedo spirituality in much of it, to wit, what was born out of the "Toronto Blessing" and Pensicola, much of it I see as psychosematic manipulation and hyper suggestability techniques, not unlike a hypnotist or magic show. Some of these services look more like a circus than anything else, I'm not saying that is the case at these healing Masses, obviously God can act in miraculous and powerful ways, I've just had enough of the counterfit!
Mark,
Yes, I understand your concern regarding charismatic services. Been to both Protestant and Catholic ones. I will say that, to my knowledge, the Catholic Church has nothing against the Charismatic Spirituality. Please don't think I'm trying to encourage or discourage you either way regarding the Charismatic spirituality. But what I love about the Catholic Church is that there is room for all kinds of spiritualities, so to speak. As St. Paul says, "there are many gifts, but the same Spirit." I don't even think of myself as "Charismatic" per se, except to say that I do believe that "the Spirit blows where the Spirit wills." By that I mean that I am open (I hope!) to be used by God in whatever way He sees fit, so if He wants, at some point, to give me the gift of Tongues, for instance, to use for His glory, then I am open to that. Or if He wants me to have the gift of healing, then I am open to that, too. And if He wants me to "rest in the Spirit" (this happened to me twice), then I am open to that, too (though I realize that this is not exactly considered a "gift"). I don't see myself as having any specific charisms, however... but my point is that I wouldn't disregard it altogether.
Also, having been to Franciscan U and having taken part in many a Praise session, and having also observed and even visited various Protestant charismatic services, let me just say that in my observations, there generally seems to be less discernment among Protestants in their charismatic gatherings. As you say, it often comes across as a circus, a free-for-all, a show. Whenever I would go to any kind of Charismatic praise festivals or whatever at FUS, however, there would be a lot more discernment going on. They'd even have a "discernment team" that people would have to go through, for instance, if they felt they had a "prophetic word." If the team discerned that it was merely a personal word for that person, or that the timing wasn't right, or even if it was a ruse by the Enemy to confuse people, they wouldn't allow them to speak that word. Anyway... I always felt that at FUS, discernment has always had a high place of priority so that chaos, confusion and misinformation or what-not does not take over and turn it into a spiritual free-for-all. I will say that for people who aren't used to it, the Charismatic scene might seem a little odd. But I've been going back and forth to FUS every now and again over the years, and it seems like it's changed some since I attended there. It seems that the Holy Spirit may be moving the campus slightly away from the fiery passion of the Charismatic renewal into a more mature and contemplative sort of spirit. I could be wrong... I mean, it's still charismatic... but the spirituality just seems a little more... contemplative and... calmer, perhaps... Just my own observations.
But, as I said, you may not be into that whole charismatic thing at all - and that is your choice and there's certainly no requirement by the Catholic Church that you must have a certain type of spirituality or you can't be a member. Again, the wonder of Catholicism: "Beauty in diversity."
JMJ
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Posted: Fri May 11th, 2007 10:24 pm |
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Carolyn wrote: What I meant by Healing Mass is The Devine Mercy healing Mass,its a regular mass with the picture of Jesus , commisioned by St. Faustina The Devine mercy ,Jesus i trust in you , at the end of the Mass the priest lays hands on each person that asks for Healing, its Quite beautiful,If you do a search, devine mercy healing Mass, Ohio, you may find out where a Devine mercy Mass is by you.I really didnt like those catholic get togethers where people are falling down in the holy spirit, when it came time for me to fall down, I coulnt, and felt like I was being looked at like I really wasnt holy enough to participate, Yes I would stay away from those gathering, seek and you shall find,,keep searching and youll find where you are suppose to be to heal.Good Luck,keep you in prayer
Carolyn,
Personally, I wouldn't be so quick to censure any and all Charismatic gatherings. I am sorry for your experience; one should never be made to feel that they must "fall down" and no one should be looked down upon if they don't. I have heard of this happening when there are people attending such a gathering who might be a little overzealous, though. A little wisdom is in order here. As one of the priests at FUS used to say: "It's OK to have your head in the clouds as long as your feet are on the ground."
But anyway, I wouldn't completely discourage a person from attending such an event - just in case their spirituality may be geared towards that kind of thing. Like I mentioned to Mark, the Catholic Church is not against the Charismatic spirituality. It's fine if you're not Charismatic yourself, but to put down those who may be seems a little bit of a low blow (as in "Yes I would stay away from those gatherings,") I'm sure you didn't mean it to sound like a put-down... it just came across that way to me. Just being honest. :?
JMJ
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Posted: Fri May 11th, 2007 10:35 pm |
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| Cheri what I meant was that it seemed like Candlemass expressed that he was uncomfortable at such gatherings , as I was , so in that case I would advise to stay away from such gatherings ,It seems like you were insulted about that , i dont think my head was in the clouds either when i attended that one healing mass, Im sorry if you felt insulted , that wasnt my intention, Candlemass just came back to the church and hes trying to find his way, identifying with what he went through , and advising to stay away from such gatherings was my way of agreeing that those type of healing Masses could be a bit much for CandleMass at this point of his Journey , I dont think I said he should Never go to those gatherings again. I think you gave Candlemass good advice and it seems like you are a very devout Catholic, im not an authority on healing Masses or anything for that matter Im just a mOm and hopefulyy a humble servant of the lord Jesus Christ | | |
