It's been a few days since writing, and there is a good reason: Space, myself, and Space's mom were all basically stuck in bed with illness! The three of us felt like we could barely stand up on Wednesday and Thursday. It was only yesterday that we started to feel better. This morning I was recovered enough to help out at the First Saturday Mass and Adoration, although in that recovery I still felt felt pretty weak and zoned out.

I did talk to Father today and he has been in touch with the diaconate office, sounds like multiple times all told-- so things are moving forward on that front!

I really enjoyed this article, about the differences between proselytizing and evangelizing. The first point strikes a huge chord with me: I've been working so hard on this, just meeting everyone where they are, trying to understand each person as an individual beloved child of God, and establishing a relationship with them on that ground. I have a relative who used to tell everyone they were going to hell-- I'm doubtful he's converted many by doing that, among other issues with that attitude.

The article ends with a story about a man formerly with an addiction-- it's well worth reading, and drives home the point that I've experience in my own heart, and seen with my own eyes in regards to others: the Lord has each of us on our own path, and no human can see what those paths will be.