tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3688059507983441619.post3783471941766290687..comments2008-06-02T06:34:55.087-07:00Comments on CatholicInside: The Value of PunishmentRockStorieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12371944527312982978TLSanders@gmail.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3688059507983441619.post-73182893051914015002008-06-02T06:34:00.000-07:002008-06-02T06:34:00.000-07:00Catholic Inside :We found the information you post...Catholic Inside :<BR/>We found the information you post really useful, and we decided to make a review about it in our website.<BR/>You can check it out at : http://www.mombu.com/religion/religion/t-mombu-recommends-catholic-inside-1672672.html#post6434505<BR/>Our score is :8.5Mombu.comhttp://www.mombu.com/religion/religion/t-mombu-recommends-catholic-inside-1672672.html#post6434505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3688059507983441619.post-59719307084815733102008-05-23T06:10:00.000-07:002008-05-23T06:10:00.000-07:00Ana, the email address you included here doesn't w...Ana, the email address you included here doesn't work--please leave me another comment or email me.<BR/><BR/>TiffanyRockStorieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12371944527312982978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3688059507983441619.post-60132615931857063462008-05-23T01:06:00.000-07:002008-05-23T01:06:00.000-07:00wow! thank you!! GOD Bless you!!i have just begun ...wow! thank you!! GOD Bless you!!<BR/><BR/>i have just begun to get back to my Catholic roots + am feeling it call my soul to an extent i never thought possible! i made my confirmation in 1980 + it's been 28yrs since my last confession. i can't WAIT to see a priest :-)<BR/><BR/>i just can't thank you enough for that post!! i thought of myself, i thought of my children, who i did NOT raise Catholic, of my 22 yr old daughter, who just lost her license for 4 months, who is paying off my excise tax + reinstating MY license so i can cart her around!! i now see my "ulterior motives" in this action i am taking! oh, she's also moving in, rent free + im paying 1/2 the car insurance...all on my $750 a month disability check. how will my 17 yr old eat? well, i hadn't got that far! i was too busy thinking, wow!! my license expired april 6, 2002!! i haven't had a car in 4 yrs!! so, i am selfish. i am thinking, it will help ME, no more asking my mom to drive ME around, get to dr's, grocery store, AA meetings, etc!! well, those are the only places i go..i am thinking how GREAT this whole "opportunity" is!! what you've brought to me is that; i am being selfish, NOT having acceptance for my poverty situation, NOT taking responsibility for my own life, always letting mom help me...but willing to let a willfull, OCD, impossible 22 yr old "queen of her own universe" move in + disrupt my; other daughter, my recovery, my serenity, my peice of mind, etc!!! she has NO REMORSE whatsoever for the license loss!!! oh, + did i mention this is NOT her 1st speeding ticket, it's more like the 12th, no exageration!! im just waiting for them to take it for 4 yrs :-O it WILL happen..<BR/><BR/>so on + on i've gone + i don't even know you!! im sorry to take up your time but your post had such a PROFOUND effect on me!!! i love watching EWTN aka the global Catholic network tv!! can't get to a real church so i get my Catholic medicine on tv + i watch it ALOT <BR/>:-) i pray with them, i do the rosary with the nun + my 17 yr old, on the laptop says, omg, you're brainwashed". im crushed when she says it :-( alas..another sin, + another punishment, for NOT raising them Catholic, as i was! i thank my mother today!! for "dragging us to church every single sunday"!!! i remember hating it!! <BR/><BR/>i canNOT believe how it has turned around!!! it's CALLING me!! in my adult life ive tried other religions; born-again-Christianism, Unitarian, nothing did it.... now, at 17 months sober, i am "getting" GOD!!! (in a Catholic way) + i thank GOD!! it gives me such comfort! it gives me such faith! hope! strength! it makes me look PAST my health problems + try to make a tiny difference in a life each + every day!!! i pray to be a power of example for all 4 of my children that are in my life now, that somehow they may get just a little of what i now have!!! i fear for them! they live selfish lives, they were raised street-wise, good kids, but not GOOD kids, they drive their own lives, there is no God for them. all 4 say they do not believe in GOD...more punishment for myself... i rejoice the day i "take that priest hostage for a week!!" as that is how long it will take to confess all i've done in 28 yrs!! abortion, 6 children out of wedlock!, tubal ligation! alcoholism! losing children to the state! losing EVERYTHING! wow!! he's gonna need ear plugs!! but it must be done! i never used to think pre-marital sex was a sin!! i can't believe that was ME!! i will never have sex outside of marriage AGAIN!!!!! <BR/><BR/>i have NEVER even BEEN married!! always wanted to...alcoholism made me make bad men choices. men i was better off NOT marrying...still....i feel guilt + shame....+ i can <BR/><BR/>never thank you enough<BR/><BR/>for me just "happening" to find this post!!! for reading this post + in essence, saving me!! + allowing me to "confess" some of my burden!!<BR/><BR/>thank you from the bottom of my heart!!! i hope i can post this, not being a member + all.. is there a way i can subscribe to your blog? i am willing to create one here. i have a livejournal.. <BR/>my email is;<BR/>jiinxsay_loux_jewl@yahoo.com.<BR/>maybe we can share sometime.<BR/>Bless You!!ana-princess-39http://ana-princess-39.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3688059507983441619.post-36393638834639753102008-05-22T13:13:00.000-07:002008-05-22T13:13:00.000-07:00out of dateout of dateLapahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08340171922080377774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3688059507983441619.post-33529487176838222312008-05-22T07:26:00.000-07:002008-05-22T07:26:00.000-07:00Even as I read your post, my brain was going throu...Even as I read your post, my brain was going through the many ways that I could have avoided the walk, I'm sad to say. I see now that apparently I will go to great lengths to avoid punishment, even when it is richly deserved. Thanks, I think (lol), for opening my eyes. Great post!Sandra Cobbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09492365192174678899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3688059507983441619.post-32525870647153765222008-05-16T22:28:00.000-07:002008-05-16T22:28:00.000-07:00I love it when you "Think Deep."I enjoy reading so...I love it when you "Think Deep."I enjoy reading so much more when I am seeing it through your eyes. Well written.Theresa H. Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16272112149909229882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3688059507983441619.post-84028806091870575042008-05-15T10:24:00.000-07:002008-05-15T10:24:00.000-07:00Punishment can go both ways as it can build the ma...Punishment can go both ways as it can build the man or break the man. <BR/>I guess it depends on what answer the man want to receive. <BR/>I myself have always looked for some sign of an answer and always seem to find one. <BR/>I guess it also depends on whether or not you want to open your eyes to see or see the answer so I try to remain open and seek to find an answer.Jeunelle Fosterhttp://www.jeunellefoster.comnoreply@blogger.com