Talk:Fast Fridays: 30 Minutes for God

Upcoming topics

Deus Propicius Esto: the battle for our souls

Deus Propicius Esto a medieval prayer for God's protection in the "the dreadful judgment" perhaps originating from St. Augustine was common in Medieval "psalters," or books of prayer popular music / popular culture how do we Christians approach music and lyrics that celebrate sin? Bromley has a story about asking his Confessor for permission to see the Rolling Stones -- why ask the question in the first place? Why did the priest find it okay to attend the concert?

There is a much larger topic here about how to live in a fallen world

When we sin, Jesus suffers; When we suffer, Jesus suffers

The Cross.

St. Jean Vianney said, "When you confess your sins, you take the nails out of Jesus.” (https://www.ncregister.com/blog/st-john-vianney-confession)

> Jesus died for every sin ever committed and that will ever be committed. > he also suffers with us >> not like a mother suffering when a child suffers >> not like Mary at the Cross, "a sword piercing her heart" > no, he actually suffers what we suffer.

Imaging that God is experiencing your life in real time.

Book of Revelation

Revelation = singular

authorship context > historical > Church history > theological > anagogically

Senses of Scripture

Literal Allegorical Moral Anagogical

Sin

definition nature effect concupiscence