Day 18
One of the things I like best about Matthew Kelly's writing is that he is able to hit the nail on the head every time. The quote he offers from St. Paul has been a favorite of mine since I was in High School. "I find myself doing not the good that I want to do but the evil that I don't want to do." I've been able to identify with this quote for a long time. Kelly helps me put it into context and offers a solution that I don't think about often enough.
The context was actually offered by Jesus but Kelly helped me see the connection. "The spirit is willing but the flesh is week." That's the context. The Eucharist is the solution. I've never really thought about the Eucharist as the solution to that dilemma. The next time I want to do the bad thing (watch more tv; not go to the gym; not pray; not eat the right thing), instead I should go to adoration; instead I should go to Mass.
It's a simple solution. I just wish my flesh wasn't so darn weak!
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