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prismaticbleedThe mystery of the Scourging is that Herod KNEW Jesus was innocent, and yet he STILL HAD HIM SCOURGED!!! This is SUCH a powerful argument in mysterious support of "why do good people suffer".
Write about WHY all your patron Saints ARE so beloved by you! And if any are lacking venerable affection, GET SOME
God has worked SUCH PROGRESS IN ME during this year, which even I cannot see until I really dig deep.
I mean, LOOK AT JULY!! Back in January, I had virtually no Marian devotion OR real love of the Rosary. Now I'm three days away from Consecration and I am OBSESSED with the Mysteries.
I finally love Our Lady of Guadalupe and God mark my words, Saint Therese is next!
THE SYSTEM RESURRECTED, we got a Christmas rebranding, we pray the Divine Office together, Razor joined a convent, and we're ALL growing closer to God daily.
Chaos found his heartname-- Charis Zelos-- after YEARS of searching.
PHLEGMONI joined the Outspacer Spectrum outta NOWHERE
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Support is given from a WILLING HEART. This is why people more readily give money to things that are funny, cute, emotionally evocative, tied to their interests, etc. It's a rerouting of selfish bias to uphold a selfless cause. People DO take manipulative advantage of this, but it can ALSO be used for the great benefit of the most in need-- if people will not give out of pure charity, they will give if you associate your cause with something important to their identity, and/or with something that elicits a positive reaction in them prior to the SUGGESTION of support in any sense. Effectively, you are ESTABLISHING LOYALTY and then banking in it, literally. But TAKE NOTE! LOYALTY MUST BE HONORED!! Whatever you do TO spark that response on their end MUST BE SINCERE ON YOUR PART AS WELL. Otherwise, you're a liar, and a manipulative one at that.
But yeah. This is a huge note to self that, in the League, JOY, OPTIMISM, HUMOR, EMPATHY, & COMMUNITY ARE VITAL!!!
Blessed are they who MOURN: suffering because of illness, intolerance, inconvenience, etc. Is BLESSED because it is a suffering FOR CHRIST??? He cannot wipe away our tears if we DONT CRY ANY.
How true is love if it refuses to suffer for the loved one? That's conditional.
Write about WHY all your patron Saints ARE so beloved by you! And if any are lacking venerable affection, GET SOME
God has worked SUCH PROGRESS IN ME during this year, which even I cannot see until I really dig deep.
I mean, LOOK AT JULY!! Back in January, I had virtually no Marian devotion OR real love of the Rosary. Now I'm three days away from Consecration and I am OBSESSED with the Mysteries.
I finally love Our Lady of Guadalupe and God mark my words, Saint Therese is next!
THE SYSTEM RESURRECTED, we got a Christmas rebranding, we pray the Divine Office together, Razor joined a convent, and we're ALL growing closer to God daily.
Chaos found his heartname-- Charis Zelos-- after YEARS of searching.
PHLEGMONI joined the Outspacer Spectrum outta NOWHERE
...
Support is given from a WILLING HEART. This is why people more readily give money to things that are funny, cute, emotionally evocative, tied to their interests, etc. It's a rerouting of selfish bias to uphold a selfless cause. People DO take manipulative advantage of this, but it can ALSO be used for the great benefit of the most in need-- if people will not give out of pure charity, they will give if you associate your cause with something important to their identity, and/or with something that elicits a positive reaction in them prior to the SUGGESTION of support in any sense. Effectively, you are ESTABLISHING LOYALTY and then banking in it, literally. But TAKE NOTE! LOYALTY MUST BE HONORED!! Whatever you do TO spark that response on their end MUST BE SINCERE ON YOUR PART AS WELL. Otherwise, you're a liar, and a manipulative one at that.
But yeah. This is a huge note to self that, in the League, JOY, OPTIMISM, HUMOR, EMPATHY, & COMMUNITY ARE VITAL!!!
Blessed are they who MOURN: suffering because of illness, intolerance, inconvenience, etc. Is BLESSED because it is a suffering FOR CHRIST??? He cannot wipe away our tears if we DONT CRY ANY.
How true is love if it refuses to suffer for the loved one? That's conditional.
