Road to Redemption: How to Overcome Feeling Sorry for Yourself

May 17, 2012May 17, 2012 Paul Sposite Called by God, Change, Education, Faith, Freedom, Improvement, Life, life coach, Love, Prayer, Religon, Salvation, Self, selfhelp, Works acceptance, action, actions, archive, attitudes, author, basket, bearer, blog, bones, Carnegie, christmas, cleaver, communion, Consider, Dale, desires, destruction, Emotion, energy, event, fact, failure, Faith, freedom, friend, gift, gifts, greatest, habit, human, imperfections, interaction, items, journal, keyboard, knowledge, learn, liberation, Life, Lord, magazine, mist, moment, moments, Nation, nature, needs, Notice, obligation, outlook, output, Overcome, pain, paper, participant, perfection, person, possibilities, pray, Prayer, preform, reaction, read, receiver, recipient, redemption, rejection, requirement, road, salvation, Self, Some, sorry, spirit, Thank, think, Through, ticket, times, trust, vessel, words, world, Yourself

Feeling sorry for yourself, and you present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have. -Dale Carnegie What can we do about this, how can we change our own outlook on our own life? How do we stop feeling sorry for ourselves, stopping the self-pity and self loathing? … Continue reading Road to Redemption: How to Overcome Feeling Sorry for Yourself

The Good Thief: A Lenten Reflection

February 28, 2012February 28, 2012 Paul Sposite Catholic, church, Easter, Faith, Lent, Life, Love, Prayer, Religon, Uncategorized action, Amen, candy, Catholic, christmas, church, condemnation, crimes, Easter, fact, Fridays, friend, fulfillment, heart, hearts, hilltop, inventory, Isaiah, Jesus, John, kingdom, Lenten, lessons, Life, Lord, love, Luke, Mark, matthew, meat, Messiah, motive, obligation, paradise, Paul, prophecy, read, reflection, repentance, response, Save, sessions, Sposite, subject, thief, three, time

Lent offers us a time to examine your lives, to look deep within, to take inventory of our lives and see what is stuffed under our spiritual beds. However, how many of us really take the time to do this, how many of us look at Lent as just a time to give up candy or maybe … Continue reading The Good Thief: A Lenten Reflection

I Want… A Lenten Reflection

February 22, 2012February 22, 2012 Paul Sposite Catholic, Faith, Lent, Prayer, Religon adam, Caesarea, candy, christ, church, Corinthians, Death, desires, difference, disciples, fact, food, Fridays, friends, Friendship, heaven, Israelites, Jesus, John, Later, Lenten, Life, Luke, Mark, matthew, meat, Messiah, needs, obligation, ours, parent, Peter, Philippi, prayers, reflection, scripture, Self, Sell, Some, soul, souls, statements, stay, Sure, Temple, Testament, Thirst, villages, Want, words

Image via Wikipedia I have labored and toiled and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked. 2 Corinthians 11:26-28 We all have wants and needs, statements like this are throughout the bible, someone is always complaining, from the beginning … Continue reading I Want… A Lenten Reflection

An Open Letter to all Catholics, to all Americans

February 7, 2012February 7, 2012 Paul Sposite Catholic, Civil Rights, conservative, Conservative Catholics, Election, Faith, Founding Fathers, Freedom, GOP, History, liberal, Liberal Catholics, Life, Media, Politics, Religon, social justice Abortion, action, administration, amendment, American, Americans, Archdiocese, back, baptism, bases, beliefs, benefits, bigotry, bishop, Bishops, Boyea, brother, Cardinal, Catholic, Catholics, Christians, church, coach, compassion, concept, conference, Congressional, constitution, convictions, coverage, Dear, decisions, Democrats, department, determination, detroit, diocese, disease, Dolan, Drugs, efforts, emotions, error, errors, fact, Faith, fathers, Federal, foundation, freedom, freedoms, From, gold, government, great, health, healthcare, heart, hearts, History, Hold, Hospitals, human, importance, infancy, injustice, insistence, institutions, intervention, John, letter, Liberals, Life, litigation, Mandate, michigan, moment, Nation, needs, neither, obama, obligation, obligations, open, options, ours, Paul, payment, perfection, period, pillars, plans, politician, President, protection, regime, religion, Religious, Republicans, response, revelation, revolution, rhetoric, rights, road, ROME, serialization, services, Shepard, Socialism, Source, speech, Sposite, stance, statement, sterilization, stool, system, temptations, Through, times, Timothy, treatments, truth, Tyranny, Utopia, Victory, Washington, woman, words, world, York

Dear Catholics: This Open letter it to all Catholics, be they liberal or conservative, laps or practicing, fallen away or on their way back home to Rome. In-fact this open letter should be shared with non-Catholics, non-Christians and anyone who is concerned about their personal liberty and freedom. This letter is intended to excite you, … Continue reading An Open Letter to all Catholics, to all Americans

Could Boys Town work today? And other thoughts on Charity and Social Justice.

January 19, 2012January 19, 2012 Paul Sposite Catholic, Change, church, Civil Rights, Civil Rights, conservative, Conservative Catholics, Control, Election, Faith, Family, Founding Fathers, History, Improvement, liberal, Liberal Catholics, Life, Media, Politics, Religon, selfhelp, social justice, Tax affairs, African, Albert, Allen, america, American, Americans, Angeles, Appeal, Archbishop, Arcus, army, Arthur, article, articles, author, benevolence, Bill, Bishops, Boko, book, Both, brother, California, Call, Canterbury, Catholic, Center, Character, children, church, Citizenry, coach, coalition, college, Comment, concept, concepts, constitution, Cool, Cosby, Could, creative, Deal, Declaration, deeds, Defend, definition, depend, dependency, depressions, discussion, documents, donations, dreams, Effective, effort, efforts, Egyptian, Equal, example, extremists, fact, Faith, Faithfunder, father, fathers, Federal, Finalist, Flanagan, forces, foundation, freedom, friends, Fund, generation, generations, government, governments, great, Gross, handouts, Haram, Harold, heritage, human, independence, individuals, inspiration, January, John, justice, Kennedy, leadership, letter, Life, Link, Look, manner, Market, memory, million, Mobile, Mobilize, money, moneys, Movements, Nation, National, nature, needs, Negroes, neighbors, North, November, obligation, obligations, Occupy, oppression, organization, paperwork, path, Paul, performance, person, Philadelphia, Philanthropist, President, Principles, Prior, Private, provider, PRWEB, racism, recessions, redistribution, redistributionist, regulations, reliance, responsibilities, revolution, Richard, rights, role, salvation, Self, services, Short, Should, social, Socialism, souls, Specifics, sticks, student, study, Successful, system, talent, talks, thoughts, times, Town, treasures, True, truth, Tyranny, unit, Urgent, Vatican, victims, Walter, weapon, Weird, welfare, West, Wikipedia, Williams, words, workers, world, worth

Cover of Boys Town ‎"What’s “just” has been debated for centuries, but let me offer you my definition of social justice: I keep what I earn and you keep what you earn. Do you disagree? Well then, tell me how much of what I earn “belongs” to you -- and why?" -- Walter Williams Williams … Continue reading Could Boys Town work today? And other thoughts on Charity and Social Justice.

How to Plan a Cheap Weekend Getaway

May 13, 2011 Paul Sposite Family, History, Just for Fun, Life accommodations, Although, backyard, chamber, Cheap, Check, Commerce, cost, detours, freebies, gems, Getaway, Grab, groceries, hometown, hotel, items, Just, Kayak, Keep, Local, locations, Most, National, Nevada, obligation, park, plan, presentation, rates, road, room, Route, Sign, State, stay, tent, timeshare, Travelzoo, Vegas, weekend, world

Image by flemming. d5000 via Flickr With the weekend here and the weather turning nice, I thought I would share this: 1 Go Camping: Grab your sleeping bags, tent and some groceries and head off for your nearest National or State Park. Camping in locations that are not privately owned can be extremely cost … Continue reading How to Plan a Cheap Weekend Getaway

The 7 Priorities

April 21, 2011April 21, 2011 Paul Sposite Change, Control, Education, Ego, Faith, Family, Forgiveness, Friendship, Growing Up, Improvement, Life, Love, Politics, Religon, Self, selfhelp acceptance, accomplishment, actions, africa, African, Albert, alignment, Allegiance, American, analyses, aspects, assurance, author, belief, careers, certitude, christ, christian, code, comments, commitment, connection, constancy, context, conviction, credence, Critic, David, definition, dependence, dictionary, doctrines, Dramatist, Earth, Einstein, Eisenhower, energy, engagement, Entry, Essayist, Ethics, existence, fact, failure, Faith, fiction, followers, fortune, friends, From, German, goal, goals, great, greatest, Henry, human, humans, humilis, hypothesis, impact, Indian, Irish, Jewish, Just, ladder, Latin, Life, lights, Literature, Louis, Main, Mandela, moment, money, mysticism, Nation, nature, Nelson, Nobel, noun, Novelist, oath, obligation, observance, opinion, Oscar, outcomes, outlook, Part, path, peace, Perot, person, Physicist, Physics, Pilgrims, Poet, portion, presentation, President, preview, prize, quotes, Rabindranath, reference, reliance, religion, Robert, Ross, rubbish, Scottish, Scriptures, Self, Source, South, speech, State, Statesman, status, Stevenson, Synonyms, system, tasks, teachings, theology, theories, thesaurus, Thoreau, tools, troubles, truth, Unknown, vocation, Wilde, word, workshop, worth

Below is the start of a new presentation/workshop I am working on, I thought I will give a little sneak preview of it. It is still a work-in-progress document, and I am sure lots will change, and if you have any questions or comments, please feel free to let me know. I hope you enjoy, … Continue reading The 7 Priorities

Immigration reform

January 22, 2011 Paul Sposite church, Civil Rights, Civil Rights, conservative, Conservative Catholics, liberal, Liberal Catholics, Media, Politics, Religon, social justice About, activities, airports, aliens, america, Americans, Angeles, Arizona, associates, behavior, billion, Bishops, borders, bridge, Catholic, children, Chinese, cliques, cocaine, Come, concept, conference, cost, crime, crimes, deportation, drug, facilities, factor, Federal, felonies, felony, From, fugitive, gang, great, halls, Harbor, hell, histories, History, homicides, human, Illegal, immigrants, immigration, impact, intention, Irish, Japanese, leaders, Life, members, Mexican, million, Nation, National, neighbor, news, Nobody, obligation, offenders, operation, opinion, orders, participation, passport, Pearl, perpetrator, politics, population, predator, proportion, rail, reentry, religion, result, rights, road, Sexual, Slave, Some, southern, street, streets, times, topic, topics, USCCB, victims, visitors, words, workers

Image via Wikipedia One of the many hot topics, both in politics and religion, is immigration reform. From the Arizona law to the US Catholic Bishops from the halls of Congress to the water cooler, everyone is talking about it. It is a hot topic, one that many have an opinion on and one that … Continue reading Immigration reform

A Community of Friends

April 29, 2010 Paul Sposite Catholic, church, Faith, Friendship, Media, news, Prayer, social justice About, actions, activities, Allen, Amazon, American, areas, articles, aspect, basis, BibleGateway, blog, Catholic, Catholics, christ, christian, church, compartments, conversation, Corporal, courage, Death, Earth, ends, fact, Faith, father, fellowship, followers, Form, friend, friends, Friendship, friendships, Galaxy, gifts, help, himself, History, human, image, Jesus, John, Judas, Life, LITTLE, Magdalene, mary, mercy, ministry, moments, money, Myth, Nations, needs, obligation, parish, Paul, places, Prayer, predator, principle, Rather, Redeemer, reports, resurrection, rights, Roland, Roman, Scandal, scandals, shop, Should, situation, Sometimes, Spiritual, STATIC, Sure, talents, talks, three, times, tool, travels, truth, words, Works, world, Write

Image via Wikipedia As part of my job, my 9 to 5 job, the one that pays my bills, I get to travel the world. I love that aspect of my job, I love going to new places. Not only do I get to go to new places, I get to make new friends. I … Continue reading A Community of Friends

Stand or Kneel

April 5, 2010October 6, 2010 Paul Sposite Catholic, church, Conservative Catholics, Easter, Education, Liberal Catholics 2 Corinthians 5:14-15, actions, adaptation, Agnus, Amen, america, Amid, argument, bishop, blood, Body, Bruskewitz, cancer, Catholic, Catholicism, Catholics, christ, church, communion, confession, Congregation, Consecration, dinner, Diocesan, dioceses, Discipline, discussion, disrespect, divine, Easter, Ecclesiastes, Ecclesiastes 3:1, Eucharistic, Fabian, fact, flesh, friend, gates of hell, General, Generalis, gift, gifts, GIRM, greatest, Hades, health, heart, heaven, Institutio, Instruction, intentions, interpretation, Jesus, Kneel, Lincoln, Lord, mass, Mathew 16:18, matthew, Missal, Missalis, moment, Nebraska, Negative, New Internation Version, NIV, Notitiae, November, obligation, Offertory, option, parish, parishes, Paul, people, period, Peter, posture, Prayer, preparation, priest, Prot, Query, Radio, recitation, response, reverence, Roman, Romani, ROME, sacrament, SACRAMENTS, Sanctus, Savior, school, Scott Hahn, semblance, Seuss, signs, soul, stand, Tabernacle, the lamb's supper, Thus, troubles, True, Vatican, vessels, word, world, worship

Yesterday at after our Easter dinner the discussion of the different Parishes that we attend came up and the different practices at each. The Parish I now attend kneels after the reception of Communion until the priest is finished cleaning the vessels and is seated himself. The Parish my friend attends Stands during Communion and … Continue reading Stand or Kneel

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Road to Redemption: How to Overcome Feeling Sorry for Yourself

The Good Thief: A Lenten Reflection

I Want… A Lenten Reflection

How to Plan a Cheap Weekend Getaway

The 7 Priorities

Stand or Kneel

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