tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200213877765673155.post8489515420036320254..comments2023-03-30T09:39:08.211-04:00Comments on AJ's life in FOCUS: My TeamAJ Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806359199592206771noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200213877765673155.post-9287299138427700042012-02-26T14:59:20.714-05:002012-02-26T14:59:20.714-05:00Loved the video, too. I think the trick to runnin...Loved the video, too. I think the trick to running the race is to develop good habits of daily Catholic living from praying the morning offering when we wake up, to deliberately doing the corporal and spiritual works of mercy daily, to finding at least one way to deny ourselves every day. Church: it's not just for Sunday anymore."Barb Schoenebergerhttp://www.sufferingwithjoy.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200213877765673155.post-77894555021685016892012-02-20T10:17:32.681-05:002012-02-20T10:17:32.681-05:00In Matthew Kelly's book "Rediscovering Ca...In Matthew Kelly's book "Rediscovering Catholicism," he writes a whole chapter on confession and compares it to athletes who study and perfect their weaknesses. Modern society wants to pay no attention to our imperfections, but athletes spend hours critiquing these things (a golfer with his swing, a basketball player with their freethrow shot), he writes about the amazing growth we can experience in our holiness and relationship with Christ if we bring our imperfections to the Sacrament and receive His Grace.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com