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"It is insidious and it ...Hi Caitlynne Grace, <br />"It is insidious and it creeps up on you." Yes, exactly! Your words,"and ultimately killed the joy of the Lord" expresses sloth's effects, perfectly. That's how sloth works - it doesn't directly oppose, it side swipes people. I am working on a post, A Portrait of Sloth, that further "fleshes" (lol) out the characteristics of sloth. I want people to understand exactly why sloth is such a danger to people today. It's everywhere but very few people see it or they don't understand how it destroys the spiritual life. Thanks for commenting :)Mary N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06618318192221168152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4449799335048031917.post-33777449777392607802015-10-14T09:39:04.095-04:002015-10-14T09:39:04.095-04:00Mary, this was quite a post! I certainly never saw...Mary, this was quite a post! I certainly never saw sloth from so many angles. And yet, when I look back on my life, my childhood, I see how sloth has marked the family I came from, and how it slowly had God replaced, and ultimately killed the joy of the Lord. I knew it was the work of the devil; just didn't know the name it went by: sloth.<br /><br />I'm glad you posted on it. It is insidious and it creeps up on you. It's certainly something we must watch out for. Caitlynne Grace.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4449799335048031917.post-10865343395285522502015-10-13T15:24:12.133-04:002015-10-13T15:24:12.133-04:00Hilarious, Victor!! Maybe I better wait a few mor...Hilarious, Victor!! Maybe I better wait a few more years...<br /><br />(But oh the mental picture that painted...)Mary N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06618318192221168152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4449799335048031917.post-3197125271645014682015-10-13T14:05:54.800-04:002015-10-13T14:05:54.800-04:00Oh I believe you all right. But ... will your daug...Oh I believe you all right. But ... will your daughter? <br /><br />Perhpas you should break the story gently. The dogs were teaching the hamster how to swim ... and an accident happened. Victor S E Moubarakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04280638667651857296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4449799335048031917.post-15155355400053332782015-10-13T12:18:22.947-04:002015-10-13T12:18:22.947-04:00And Victor? In case you don't believe me - thi...And Victor? In case you don't believe me - this is simply too strange to make up! If I wanted to "put one over on you" I would have simply said she fell in the toilet. A water bowl would have never occurred to me... Mary N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06618318192221168152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4449799335048031917.post-90448631735456262922015-10-13T12:15:19.566-04:002015-10-13T12:15:19.566-04:00Oh funny!! Yes, swimming lessons should do it! Lol...Oh funny!! Yes, swimming lessons should do it! Lol! I think I'll wait another year or two before I tell my daughter what REALLY happened to Tootsie though. I'm not sure she's ready to hear that her hamster perished in a dog's water bowl yet. Though it has been 3 or 4 years since "the swimming incident" occurred. Mary N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06618318192221168152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4449799335048031917.post-34307283708176578022015-10-13T11:22:33.085-04:002015-10-13T11:22:33.085-04:00Either a new hamster; or swimming lessons for the ...Either a new hamster; or swimming lessons for the others!<br /><br />God bless.Victor S E Moubarakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04280638667651857296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4449799335048031917.post-57696653786526531392015-10-13T09:36:04.092-04:002015-10-13T09:36:04.092-04:00Ha! Ha! Funny, Victor :) Well, I don't know ab...Ha! Ha! Funny, Victor :) Well, I don't know about posting about each separately since I have posted so much about them over the years but possibly a few more on how they relate to the condition of the world right now. I am currently working on one of them. Thanks for your comment.<br /><br />Think I should get my daughter a new hamster? Lol.Mary N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06618318192221168152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4449799335048031917.post-48374311086524029002015-10-13T06:02:00.353-04:002015-10-13T06:02:00.353-04:00I knew a girl once called Acedia. I didn't car...I knew a girl once called Acedia. I didn't care much about her !!!<br /><br />Mary, are you going to write a post on each of the 7 Deadly Sins? If so, look forwards to the series.<br /><br />God bless.Victor S E Moubarakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04280638667651857296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4449799335048031917.post-48260489466632326622015-10-12T20:06:42.622-04:002015-10-12T20:06:42.622-04:00Victor, we have the mockery as well. And a recent ...Victor, we have the mockery as well. And a recent mass shooting here in the US specifically targeted Christians: http://nypost.com/2015/10/01/oregon-gunman-singled-out-christians-during-rampage/ <br />Things are just getting bad all over the world. We have both apathy and the direct opposition to Christianity here. I can very much relate to your comment. Mary N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06618318192221168152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4449799335048031917.post-28901000818732594842015-10-12T19:22:08.294-04:002015-10-12T19:22:08.294-04:00Looking at things from a UK point of view; it is s...Looking at things from a UK point of view; it is said that the British can stir themselves into a total condition of apathy. However, when it comes to Christianity I don't think apathy or indifference is the actual attitude over here. We've reached the situation where Christianity is actually mocked and laughed at on TV and radio quite regularly. <br /><br />This is not apathy; but almost direct conflict against Christianity. To believe in "an old bearded man sitting on a cloud" (actual words used on TV) is seen as old fashioned and not enlightened in today's modern sophisticated world. Opinion formers and celebrities often hint on TV/radio that you shouldn't believe. Often they say "I don't believe in God and all that, of course, but ..." thus setting the tone of the whole debate and encouraging easilu susceptible minds to follow suit.<br /><br />God bless.<br /> Victor S E Moubarakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04280638667651857296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4449799335048031917.post-74783898467111421872015-10-12T15:48:50.635-04:002015-10-12T15:48:50.635-04:00I love your comment, Nancy - we all need to throw ...I love your comment, Nancy - we all need to throw ourselves on the mercy of God. Without this mercy there would be no hope. ( Did I steal the Fulton Sheen quote from your blog too? Lol!)Mary N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06618318192221168152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4449799335048031917.post-59519142907822331142015-10-12T15:42:56.594-04:002015-10-12T15:42:56.594-04:00Thank you, Monica. "Feet dragging" is a ...Thank you, Monica. "Feet dragging" is a problem for me too...lol. But you know this about me already! Sloth, is always burdensome, even in its venial form. What so many need to understand about the deadly sins is what our compromise with them can lead to. Ven. Fulton Sheen wrote, "We would like to get back to our innocence and joy, but they are cold and sepulchered." The deadly sins encase the heart in stone. (Hmmm...I might have to use Archbishop Sheen's quote again - I like the imagery in it!)Mary N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06618318192221168152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4449799335048031917.post-82245743442719470912015-10-12T13:00:25.981-04:002015-10-12T13:00:25.981-04:00This is just..... well, I am genuinely at a loss f...This is just..... well, I am genuinely at a loss for words. I see that I am guilty of this, more than I would have imagined.... AND I have great hope! Because I am throwing myself on the mercy of God! Thank you!!!Nancy Shumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584199691076992017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4449799335048031917.post-84674989267028475322015-10-12T12:38:00.398-04:002015-10-12T12:38:00.398-04:00What a powerful post Mary. In the last few months...What a powerful post Mary. In the last few months I have been thinking of how I have been dragging my feet about a number of things, especially those things in my spiritual life. I like what you said, " The sadness that is sloth's intimate partner is one of the heaviest burdens of all. It is a heart so estranged from God that in its full measure the person becomes utterly enclosed in himself. He or she cannot feel joy or awe." How true! Thanks for writing this post!Monica https://www.blogger.com/profile/06880809740306892433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4449799335048031917.post-46006731612197514312015-10-12T11:11:51.671-04:002015-10-12T11:11:51.671-04:00Hi Barb,
Thank you for your insightful comment. Th...Hi Barb,<br />Thank you for your insightful comment. The truth is that a great majority of people do not recognize the seven deadly sins at all anymore. They are often looked upon as a "good" thing. Our country is infested with the deadly sins and people aren't aware that these sins are the root of so many problems we face today. They also don't know that virtues form a "protective shield" for the soul, something that was clearly understood in previous eras and taught and practiced regularly. As you said in your comment we take the easiest road instead of troubling ourselves with what may be a bit less "fun" for us. I am guilty of this too. Mary N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06618318192221168152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4449799335048031917.post-70538811540060887422015-10-12T10:23:49.331-04:002015-10-12T10:23:49.331-04:00Mary, I am so happy to see you writing again. This...Mary, I am so happy to see you writing again. This post gives us all a lot to think about.<br /><br />I think many people who are sad about God, who take no joy in Him, do so because they have chosen to settle into a rut, afraid of conflict, and just don't want to be bothered. I'm not sure if they realize they are rejecting God's grace that comes with His call. It sure is easier to go shopping at the mall, if that is one's thing, or head out to the lake to drink with friends on the boat all day, or whatever trips one's trigger, rather than to answer the needs of one's neighbor or take a few minutes to chat with Jesus about life. I wonder if most of us realize how much of our lives we've given over to the insidiousness of sloth, even if we're not sad about God...yet.Barb Schoenebergerhttp://www.sufferingwithjoy.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4449799335048031917.post-25973397882138447432015-10-11T21:49:56.732-04:002015-10-11T21:49:56.732-04:00Thanks, Mallory!Thanks, Mallory!Mary N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06618318192221168152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4449799335048031917.post-46537429792799418332015-10-11T20:06:25.931-04:002015-10-11T20:06:25.931-04:00Great post!!!!!Great post!!!!!rosebud101https://www.blogger.com/profile/04266675372008597168noreply@blogger.com