I took three semesters of Classical Latin in college. So I have a big portion of the grammar down, and I still have my book. Now I just need to learn ecclesiastical vocab and get comfortable enough with the grammar that I can read it at a rate faster than, oh, 0.03 words per minute.
Back when I thought I was going to become a priest, I didn’t worry about this because I knew I’d learn it in seminary. But now I need to learn it on my own, and learn it well enough to teach my future wife and kids.
Jul 02, 2007, 12:13PM PDT | 1 cheer | 0 comments
This goal needs less explaining for a man. But for me personally, it means I am in need of a true conversion from selfishness. I must live for my King and my Queen, Jesus and Mary, and not for myself. There is both a temporal and a spiritual side of this. On the temporal side, to my girlfriend I must be both a gentleman and a strong leader. I must be obedient to authority and faithful to my obligations. I must care for every person and defend the weak. All of these principles are mirrored on the spiritual side. I must be obedient to God by loving His Church and fleeing the slightest hint of immorality. I must wage war against sin and battle tirelessly through prayer, sacrifices, and acts of charity for the salvation and sanctification of souls, especially my girlfriend and those close to me. I cannot be proud, and I must not be a man of excuses.
Jul 02, 2007, 10:50AM PDT | 4 cheers | 1 comment
I need to be disciplined with prayer, with sleep, with exercise, with reading, and with various other obligations.
Discipline will require fighting my laziness, fighting self-gratification, fighting my tendency to rationalize and make excuses, and fighting my lack of care about time. Or, to put it simply, it will require fighting my will.
Jun 13, 2007, 10:18AM PDT | 1 cheer | 0 comments
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