Our saint of the week is Dympna. She is one of the saints of Ireland. She lived in the 700's.
Her father was a king. (That means he was rich). He was a pagan, but her mother was a Christian, and she was baptized in secret. When her mother died, the king wanted to marry Dympna because she looked like her mother. Dympna refused. She fled with her chaplain and a friend. They went into hiding in Belgium. But the chieftain was a connected guy. . . and he found her of course. He beheaded her and her chaplain. Nice father huh? Many, many miracles have been performed in her name - including cures for mental illness and epilepsy.
I wonder how a father could murder his daughter like that? Does anger know no boundaries?
Monitor your anger. Know that people and things do not make you angry, you do. You do that to yourself by how you react. You can control your feelings . . . IF you choose to.
A little anger is ok . . . A lot is not . . .
And in the end it what you do with it or about it that matters.
No comments:
Post a Comment