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By: Father Jerry Orbos

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?any of us are overworked and overstressed. We need to rest
our bodies and our minds so that we can "fine tune" with
ourselves, with other people and with God.
Take a break. Take a walk. Commune with nature. Watch the
sunset. Enjoy the moon. Close your cellular phone and
your beeper and just allow yourself to be open to the
Divine.
Let go. Let things be. God is in charge. Experience the resting
power of sleep and rest. Smile at the sky. Walk the earth.
Whistle a happy tune, or hum a favorite melody.
And just thank God you are still alive.

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Find time to relax so you can reflect. Don't end up just relaxing. Don't end up
tired and empty because you were too busy to relax and thus found no time
to slow down and reflect.
How long has it been now since you have been in this world? What have you
done? You have work, but do you have a life? What is really important for
you? What do you still want to do or accomplish? How is your family and
relationships? And how are you relating with your God?

Is there an area in your life that needs to be healed? Is there excess luggage in
your heart? How would you like to be remembered after you are gone?

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We all fall. We all have mistakes and weaknesses. Accept your
limitations. Welcome to humanity! Be humble. Visit the "red
light" district in the church and make a good confession.

Find time to say sorry to people you may have hurt or just taken for
granted. ?ake time to visit, to write, to call, to text, to email
anyone you need to say sorry to.

Is there one bad habit you need to give up? Is there one good habit
you need to take up? This is the time for soul-searching. Promise
yourself not to go back to the pit of selfishness and sin.

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sit in the comforts of your home and watch the services of the Holy Week. ?ake the
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never too late, never too much. ?ake a generous donation. Go and visit a hospital, an
orphanage, an old folk's home or a sick person.

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you were and what you wanted to be. Clean your room and clean your heart of all the
"could-have-beens" and "should-have-beens" and accept yourself.
   
       

 

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That's right, resign.
Resign «from places and people which and who do not
bring out the best in you ...from vices and sins that are
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"papogi". Just give your best and God will take care of the
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Resign to God's will and God's plan for you and you will have
peace - that peace of Easter, that peace - which the world
cannot give or take away.

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The road that leads to true life is never easy, but the
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?ay the Holy Week be for each of us a week of cleansing,

a week of renewal and strengthening of our faith - with
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