A Gentleman's Strength
By Kathryn Cooper on Wednesday, January 8, 2014 at 12:41pm
“Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth” Matthew 5:5
The more I get to know Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati the more I come to love him. I was reading today about how he received a $5000 allowance once and how he immediately knew he would give the money for equipment for aSt. Vincent Conference. “With regard to money, he considered himself to be the administrator of a treasure which did not belong to him, of which he would have to give an account one day” (Man of the Beatitudes, 129). What’s your relationship with money? How do you understand need vs. want? Are you a good steward of the gifts, (physical,intellectual, financial, emotional, or spiritual gifts) God has given you?
I used to think of meekness as being synonymous with weakness or if I’m being honest with being a doormat. I was wrong! “ [Frassati] had a willpower for himself and others. He only had to exchange a few words to win a friend, whom he then looked after and advised. His whole life was characterized by numerous intense human relationships and they consumed much of his energy that he said: ‘I feel like someone who is drowning and has to find the strength for one more stroke (Man of the Beatitudes, 129).” So frequently he asked for prayers. “I beg you to pray for me a little, so that God may give me an iron will that does not bend and does not fail in his projects”(Ibid, 130). I don’t really understand meekness. However, I’m starting to see through the example of Bl. Pier Giorgio that it is a gentle strength. “He continued to live spartanly in his freezing room, which was never heated, with barely enough blankets. His manly approach to live made his engagement in the struggle for himself and others easier. (Ibid,130). What mortifications do you practice? We’re Catholic, these things don’t go outta style!
Let us celebrate the call to live meekness
Verso l’alto,
Kathryn Grace
Let us physically and spiritually sacrifice for others. Letus be thankful for those who stand in harms way so that we may live in safety.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJesfljJ1vk
This is just a journey, drop your worries!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmrOB_q3tjo
So that others might live : “And nothing again would be casual or small”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T281lL_6e44
The more I get to know Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati the more I come to love him. I was reading today about how he received a $5000 allowance once and how he immediately knew he would give the money for equipment for aSt. Vincent Conference. “With regard to money, he considered himself to be the administrator of a treasure which did not belong to him, of which he would have to give an account one day” (Man of the Beatitudes, 129). What’s your relationship with money? How do you understand need vs. want? Are you a good steward of the gifts, (physical,intellectual, financial, emotional, or spiritual gifts) God has given you?
I used to think of meekness as being synonymous with weakness or if I’m being honest with being a doormat. I was wrong! “ [Frassati] had a willpower for himself and others. He only had to exchange a few words to win a friend, whom he then looked after and advised. His whole life was characterized by numerous intense human relationships and they consumed much of his energy that he said: ‘I feel like someone who is drowning and has to find the strength for one more stroke (Man of the Beatitudes, 129).” So frequently he asked for prayers. “I beg you to pray for me a little, so that God may give me an iron will that does not bend and does not fail in his projects”(Ibid, 130). I don’t really understand meekness. However, I’m starting to see through the example of Bl. Pier Giorgio that it is a gentle strength. “He continued to live spartanly in his freezing room, which was never heated, with barely enough blankets. His manly approach to live made his engagement in the struggle for himself and others easier. (Ibid,130). What mortifications do you practice? We’re Catholic, these things don’t go outta style!
Let us celebrate the call to live meekness
Verso l’alto,
Kathryn Grace
Let us physically and spiritually sacrifice for others. Letus be thankful for those who stand in harms way so that we may live in safety.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJesfljJ1vk
This is just a journey, drop your worries!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmrOB_q3tjo
So that others might live : “And nothing again would be casual or small”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T281lL_6e44
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