Postscripts From The Catholic Spitfire Grill

And desire nothing else but only Thee.

Let me hate myself and love Thee

And do all things for the sake of Thee.

Let me humble myself, and exalt thee,

And think of nothing else but Thee.

Let me die to myself, and live in Thee,

And take whatever happens as coming from Thee,

Let me forsake myself and walk after Thee,

And ever desire to follow Thee.

Let me flee from myself, and turn to Thee,

That so I may merit to be defended by Thee.

Let me fear for myself, let me fear Thee,

And be amongst those who are chosen by Thee.

Let me distrust myself, and trust in Thee,

And ever obey for the love of Thee.

Let me cleave to nothing but Thee,

And ever be poor for the sake of Thee.

Look upon me, that I may love Thee;

Call me, that I may see Thee

And forever possess Thee. Amen

Sanctity of the Heart of Jesus, consecrate my heart; providence of the Heart of Jesus, watch over my heart; unchangeableness of the Heart of Jesus, strengthen my heart; purity of the Heart of Jesus, purify my heart; obedience of the Heart of Jesus, subjugate my heart; amiability of the Heart of Jesus, make Thyself known to my heart; divine attractions of the Heart of Jesus, captivate my heart; riches of the Heart of Jesus, do ye suffice for my heart; floods of grace and blessing that flow from the heart of Jesus, inundate my heart. O Heart of Jesus! be Thou my joy, my peace, my repose in this world and in the next. O Heart of Jesus! adored in heaven, invoked on earth, feared in hell, reign over all hearts, reign throughout all ages, reign forever in celestial glory. Amen.

I found this delightful quote in an essay by GK Chesterton titled “Why I Am a Catholic” there are more gems lurking in this particular essay and since I have provided nothing lengthy for you to read click on the link to read the rest:

Nine out of ten of what we call new ideas are simply old mistakes. The Catholic Church has for one of her chief duties that of preventing people from making those old mistakes; from making them over and over again forever, as people always do if they are left to themselves. The truth about the Catholic attitude towards heresy, or as some would say, towards liberty, can best be expressed perhaps by the metaphor of a map. The Catholic Church carries a sort of map of the mind which looks like the map of a maze, but which is in fact a guide to the maze. It has been compiled from knowledge which, even considered as human knowledge, is quite without any human parallel. There is no other case of one continuous intelligent institution that has been thinking about thinking for two thousand years. Its experience naturally covers nearly all experiences; and especially nearly all errors.

So that’s what I have been doing today instead of blogging. A pumpkin-praline cheesecake, and some shopping are on deck tomorrow.

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In retrospect, I too had the RRA Syndrome 5 years ago when my wife first started to
share Romish thoughts with me. (I am making a self-diagnosis here)
When she said “I have been thinking about returning to the Catholic Church,”
I heard: I want to join that church of infidels and man-made religion.