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WOW, Almost (might as well call it) A Full Year!

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Wow, it has been just 4 days shy of a year since I last posted here!

This is not good.

Even worse, my spiritual life has been a bit slack as well.  I’ve changed that recently, and you will be seeing more here as I talk more on religion, my life in religion, and the life of those around me in religion!

I’m BACK!

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Coming back on line!

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After a just under two year sabbatical, I am bringing back up “Don and His Spiritual Journey”.

My status update in life, and first new religious post will begin tomorrow, the 22nd of June 2017, and I hope frequently as time allows!

This past two years of silence has been “deafening to me”, and I need to get back on track!

 

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Prayer Life

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Well, for the past month and a half, I have been a bit slack on my spiritual life.  I haven’t really been reading much in the way of theology or within my faith (although I have done some “recreational” reading), and I have missed more of my prayer hours that I would have liked.  That has started to change today though, I am going back to my prayer life, although on a different schedule than I had as a Hermit.

I will not be getting up at Midnight to do the Office of the Readings, but will be doing them right after getting up at 5AM.  The Church I go to now does the Morning Offices prior to Mass, so I will be doing this Hour with the Congregation present at Mass.  The rest of the hours will remain at or close to their normal times. 🙂

In Christ,

Don

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