{"id":26195,"date":"2011-01-24T11:11:48","date_gmt":"2011-01-24T15:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2011\/01\/tips-for-growing-in-holiness-a\/"},"modified":"2011-01-24T11:11:48","modified_gmt":"2011-01-24T15:11:48","slug":"tips-for-growing-in-holiness-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2011\/01\/tips-for-growing-in-holiness-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for growing in holiness and going to Mass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--StartFragment--><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US\">In <a href=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/2011\/01\/david-toups-priest-focused-on.html\">a previous blog post<\/a> on the Father David Toups,<br \/>\npastor of a Florida parish the author drew our attention to a young but<br \/>\naccomplished priest who was doing his best to live the vocation he was given.<br \/>\nAs a secular priest he&#8217;s pastoring souls to Jesus by encouraging them to lead<br \/>\nlives of holiness. And remember, holiness is not reserved to a few; it is<br \/>\nhowever, open and &#8220;achievable&#8221; by all. So the question becomes: How do I work<br \/>\non becoming holy?<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US\">Father Toups offers the following:<\/span><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 20px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; list-style-position: outside; list-style-image: initial; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; \">\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; \"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; \">pray in silence at least five minutes a day&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; \"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; \">read the Scriptures at least another five minutes&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; \"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; \">pray with family pray the Rosary while stuck in traffic (&#8220;texting Our Lady).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; \"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; \">One of Father Toups November &#8220;how-to&#8221; list emphasized table manners for coming to Mass. One wonders if the people of Toups&#8217; parish is following his direction, but as a he said in the article now before, a father tries to help. If you want to change the culture, talk about it, make people aware of the seriousness of communal faith. 5 points when coming to Mass:&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; \"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 20px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; list-style-position: outside; list-style-image: initial; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; \">\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; \"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; \">A dress code (&#8220;what you might wear to a wedding&#8221;)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; \"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; \">Washing up before Mass (meaning confessing sins as well as hand-washing)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; \"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; \">Coming on time and genuflecting at the entrance<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; \"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; \">Eating politely (not gobbling the Eucharist as if it were a french fry)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; \"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; \">Not sneaking out early (Toups calls ducking out the back doors &#8220;the Judas shuffle&#8221;).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a previous blog post on the Father David Toups, pastor of a Florida parish the author drew our attention to a young but accomplished priest who was doing his best to live the vocation he was given. As a secular priest he&#8217;s pastoring souls to Jesus by encouraging them to lead lives of holiness. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2011\/01\/tips-for-growing-in-holiness-a\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tips for growing in holiness and going to Mass<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[2278,2091,1791,1792],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26195"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26195\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}