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Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity

sprinkleeninow

(21,028 posts) Fri Dec 22, 2023, 12:54 AM Dec 2023

☦️ Truth be told, I'm hurting, struggling, grieving [View all]

and feel imprisoned, shunned, avoided, in a desert where there are no streams, doubting, not trusting fully, confused, distraught, heartsick..

No interest in any holiday hoopla. Christmas Eve and the Feastday of the Nativity hold meaning, but also diminished as in my participation. Have never ever expected or could have conceived such a state in which I would find myself.

Ukraine and now the ME is a profound weight upon my soul.

Simply speaking out into the cosmos.

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☦️ Truth be told, I'm hurting, struggling, grieving [View all] sprinkleeninow Dec 2023 OP

Makes you wonder......how could so many religions be at war with humanity? OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2023 #1

Acquiring virtues do not appear to be many beings' prioritization nowadays. sprinkleeninow Dec 2023 #2

Well, it's mostly greed masked in some kind of pretense of greater good or higher values, right? nt TeamProg Dec 2023 #10

Sprinkleeninow whathehell Dec 2023 #3

Hang in there, sprinkleeninow - cilla4progress Dec 2023 #4

Appreciate you. 🩷 I realize I'm hardly alone with these emotions. sprinkleeninow Dec 2023 #6

You are not alone, my friend. Mr.Bill Dec 2023 #5

I know. In all my born days I never could have fathomed coming close sprinkleeninow Dec 2023 #7

You are not alone, far from it. But please realize that these problems aren't just on the 'now'. This kind of human TeamProg Dec 2023 #8

I'm going to be the Cantor in church Christmas morning. SleeplessinSoCal Dec 2023 #9

I do 'sing' in our churxh choir, when I'm there. 😇 sprinkleeninow Dec 2023 #11

I'm glad you know that. SleeplessinSoCal Dec 2023 #12