"Happy First Day of Spring"

 ...............Is what I said to my children as I sent them off to school on their last day of PSSA's (Pennsylvania State Assessments).  Spring is finally here but who are we to complain?  We've had springlike (if not summer) weather all month!  To think we are in March and that the temperature has reached the 70's, is remarkable!  

As I am home gaining new strength (trying to anyway) as I practice my arts and my yoga and my readings as well as my writing, I must say the weather sure came at a perfect time for me!  The east coast is okay I suppose.... I know there are many who would have loved the snow, but having this springlike weather in March sure minimized my cabin fever.......

The East Coast may not be perfect, not by any stretch, but if you look around you could  still find beauty in nature 

Is this global warming? or is it mere luck?   he suggested........

Or is it either I imposed........

    Have you ever begged for a rainy day just so you could get caught up on reading, writing,                        painting, or even use your dusty treadmill to get in a little exercise?

     Well, I do it all the time.  Except I don't come right out and ask the gracious Lord literally, rather he delivers and that's what I find so amazing.  You and I BOTH know that he takes care of all that's important.....  You and I don't have to do a thing!       

     Miraculously, when I do ask for something, however, God answers my prayers nevertheless.   Why? I ask.....  Have I been GOOD ALL my life? despite MY stupid mistakes?  and Boy I've made some DOOZIES!!!  

                     Why does Jesus love me so much he just keeps giving and giving and giving?.....  Does praying several times a day have anything to do with this?  Maybe, but I don't believe so!  The praying is already a blessing in and of itself in that it is ONLY for ME to  cope with a society that's so ruthless ...........

                                 Could it be the people in my life that I thought genuinely cared about me and my needs? Yes, I have them too! My heart and my MIND tell me NO!  Not lately........  There's NO WAY man is responsible for the GOOD that keeps steady in my life.  I gave up on that idea several months ago..........  So, it must be God/Jesus Christ/the Holy Spirit as well as the blessed Virgin Mary, Grandma and Grandpa, may God Rest Their Soul as they live a PEACEFUL life in Heaven!........

I tell you that the REASON God and his only beloved son Jesus give me days/moments as such is because I have been GOOD to others, EXCEPTIONALLY good to OTHERS.....  I have treated them with respect and dignity EVEN when they did NOT deserve it!  I have my days just like anyone else, but the good Lord knows me and what I'm made of..... I LOVE you heavenly father and I always will!

Peace Be With You In Jesus's Name,

Sharon Maria Nicole Perrotta-Thourot   

retrieved from: http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/tribunals/apost_penit/documents/rc_trib_appen_doc_20060921_stafford-reconciliation_en.html on March 20, 2012.

The author--I intend to address three themes for the renewal of the sacrament.  


Me--For now, I am only giving you one. 

1. 

A clear, unequivocal Christological Foundation of the practice of the Sacrament of Confession is necessary for any successful renewal of the Sacrament. The life and mission of Jesus Christ can be summarized in one word: confession. According to the usage of St. Augustine, the Latin word,. “Confessiones” means not only “confessio peccati” (confession of sin), but also confessio laudis(confession of praise) and confessio fidei (confession of faith). Jesus habitually confesses, admits and reveals himself through these three confessiones before the Father to be his only begotten Son. Always and everywhere he confesses himself to be the gift of the Father. For the Father is his source and origin. The acme of Jesus’s confessional drama was reached during his passion and death. Then the sinless one voluntarily underwent an “exchange of places” with all the sinners of the world. In the Last Supper, he prayed, ”Father, the hour has come: glorify thy Son that the Son may glorify thee” (Jn. 17: 1). Aware of his unique relation to the Father, he accepted the unimaginable burden of all the world’s “No” to God. Every human being throughout history has loaded his or her sins upon the Innocent One whose outstretched arms embraced them all in love. The glory of Jesus’s self-manifestation attracted Andrew. Philip invited the skeptical Nathaniel to ”Come and See.” Watching and listening to Jesus, they eventually accepted his actions during his suffering and death as the original model of a disciple’s confession. Yet, while having known that God claimed to have so loved the world that he gave his only Son, Arthur Miller, the 20th century American playwright, asserted, “Maybe I could believe in God if he believed in me”.