This morning I watched the Extraordinary form of the mass for the Memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

After breakfast I went to the 8:3O meeting at the Western Trails AA club. I counted about 180 people there. I walked in late because I got the time wrong so I didn't catch the topic. However, I can usually catch the topic based on what people share. But in this meeting I could not. One person shared about feeling very desolate in some difficulties and about her fears and not knowing what to do. I remembered on the way that I heard a person on a radio program saying that we should invite God in to our desolation. I got to see some friends and talk to some folks in recovery.

Today I thought about how I felt like part of a reform cause in AA when I started. I thought about how this was a distraction from me making a vigorous enough commitment to the spiritual life on a personal level. Because I drew so much motivation from a group cause, my initiative to do the personal spiritual work was diluted.

I got to register my son for baseball today.
The kids all got haircuts.
I got to take the boys to a birthday party.
We got to watch little league baseball on TV.
I got to take a nap.
I got to cook some bbq.

I had a personal distraction this evening that I had to invite God into.

Thanks be to God.