43 lines
2.9 KiB
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43 lines
2.9 KiB
Markdown
*Vibrant. Connected. Not shy, but not boisterous. Broad-focused on Christ; to see Him in all peoples and things.*
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## Reinforce
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- Family meals. These are a good. I can be helpful to them. Maybe this would be an entryway for my dad to be helpful to them, or at least take some stress off of my mother.
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- Family outings.
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## Remove
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- Aimless screentime. Yes, we want to unwind and relax. But we can do so in a more soul-building, and even more relaxing way.
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- Cycles of anger.
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## Amend
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- Prayer as a gathering activity, preferably every night.
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- Normal and frequent confession.
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- The act of mutual forgiveness from byzantine compline.
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- Wednesday night lectio.
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- Card games - or other games that we actually like. Skeet go-box (rounding things up is always a pain)
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- Play the piano again (mostly a personal thing); re-introduce music into the home
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- Shadowing my parents in what they do so I can understand and generate
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## Eventuals
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- Angelus bells
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- Houses nearby
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- I don't think my mom will come around on living together. There's value in distance. But nearby - aye, that could be done.
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Top-of-mind:
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- I would like my father to be closer to you, Christ. To really seek virtue - manliness - as you lived it out. I would like him to integrate his understanding that people should develop into their individual potential - into every waking moment he works.
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- I would like my mother to be closer to you, Christ. To really understand her womanhood - and role in the family, as your mother Mary so lived out.
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- I would like my sister to be closer to you, Christ. To really understand her womanhood - to be bold and strong in it - as Mary did.
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- I will want children to lead on in my footsteps and continue the task of perfecting the world around them, but so recognize that this is to be rooted in the land and the gifts of God; relationship with them. I want my children to be fruitful and contribute to the family. I should like if they stayed close to me. I should like that my relationship with them be a good one so that they want to do so.
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- We are only ourselves for and with other people. We are never ourselves on our own; for we are perfect not for our own sake but for the sake of the world.
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- I should like my family to have a more open and involved prayer life. Here are some possibilities and ways this could begin:
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- The Liturgy of the Hours, at least in part
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- Angelus
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- Reading of sacred scripture together, in the home. Weekly lectio? Sunday lectio?
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- Parental blessing
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- Rosary
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- This can't be an imposition. It can only really come in the form of inspiration and invitation.
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- I'll need a wife. And many kids. We'd need - and want - to get back to a big family.
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My family needs to be centered on Christ, and open enough to do so. This won't happen overnight (I think), but can happen. The best time to plant such a tree is 50 years ago, the next best is now.
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We need to be players, not played.
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