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Daily Rosary Meditations | Catholic Prayers

Triangle of Self-Obsession

Daily Rosary Meditations | Catholic Prayers

Dr. Mike Scherschligt

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🗓️ 2 January 2021

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Transcript

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0:00.0

This is the movement of the Holy Family, leading people to Jesus through friendship, good conversation and the Rosary.

0:12.8

Welcome to our Rosary meditation.

0:19.6

Let's begin in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

0:23.0

Let's call to mind all those that we've promised to pray for.

0:28.1

When our expectations are not met, we often react with fear, resentment, and anger.

0:37.0

These three make up the triangle of self-obsession,

0:41.0

which have more to do with our disordered expectations than reality itself.

0:46.8

Many of our character defects are forms of these three reactions, which are dangerous enough

0:52.3

in themselves that have an even darker possible outcome

0:55.6

as they can become a deep-seated vice. Resentment is the reliving of past experiences again and again in our minds.

1:05.0

As an obsession it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy as it convinces us

1:11.0

our warped selfish perception is the right one.

1:15.0

Disordered anger is our reaction to circumstances that don't match our desires.

1:19.8

And fear is often an emotional response to the unknown to uncertainty and instability.

1:25.0

It's what we feel when we think the future is out of control. All three of these are

1:30.8

expressions of selfish disorders that easily grow into

1:34.9

obsessions. They are the way we react when people, places, and things, past,

1:40.8

present and future, do not live up to our demands.

1:45.0

Our Father who arts in heaven,

1:49.0

Hollow would be your name.

1:50.0

Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

1:53.6

Give us a day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forget those who trespass against

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