by Scott Weeman | Aug 5, 2017 | Prayer & Scripture Reflections, The Twelve Steps
This Sunday, the Catholic Church celebrates the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord. This experience, as witnessed by Peter, James, and John, took place on a mountain top. High elevation often suggests that a spiritual experience is to take place. In this week’s...
by Scott Weeman | Jul 30, 2017 | Alcohol & Drug Addiction, Prayer & Scripture Reflections, The Twelve Steps
“Half-measures avail us nothing,” are words spoken in Twelve-Step recovery that are meant to reveal the importance of keeping our recovery efforts on the front of our minds and actions. This day-at-a-time commitment to discovering a new way of life and maintaining it...
by Scott Weeman | Jun 24, 2017 | Prayer & Scripture Reflections, The Twelve Steps
True relationship with God is rooted in honesty. Honesty with ourselves, with others, and with God. We may recognize that we are engaging in the behavior of our addiction, but are we honest with the consequences of our actions and the division it is creating in our...
by Scott Weeman | Jun 18, 2017 | Alcohol & Drug Addiction, Prayer & Scripture Reflections, Spiritual Tools, The Sacraments
The Twelve Steps of recovery and the sacraments of the Catholic Church work in a very similar way. While some of the steps and each of the sacraments have great ritual and reverence around them regarding initiation, each are to be continually practiced. Finding a...
by Scott Weeman | Jun 14, 2017 | Alcohol & Drug Addiction, Prayer & Scripture Reflections, The Twelve Steps
This Sunday the Church celebrates the Feast of Corpus Christi (the Body and Blood of Christ). All three readings this weekend move toward finding nourishment, perseverance, and true freedom after having to journey through a spiritual desert. The Egyptians traveled out...
