Today I was grateful for the extra hour of sleep.

Before mass I got to listen to watch the litany of the Sacred Heart (on TV) and listen to the scripture readings and to a sermon online. I am grateful for this also because we had no choir at mass and we had a fundraising presentation in lieu of the homily. The priest presented a great concept in regard to the afterlife, that of the subrational the suprarational argument. I thought the subject of belief in the afterlife was very synchronous with the book I am reading about the man dealing with his impending death.

also: Reductio ad absurdum (Latin: "reduction to the absurd") is a form of argument in which a proposition is disproven by following its implications logically to an absurd consequence.

I had to exercise a good deal of patience with my kids before church. My wife and I made a mistake by taking my youngest daughter who had a fever last night. She didn't feel well and cried a lot in the children's liturgy with my wife. When the kids were released I took my daughter out of the sanctuary and we sat in the van until mass was over. When my wife came out I asked her how things went and she said terrible. She went on to characterize the children as behaving badly every mass, I had to correct her in their defense and point out that the kids had been pretty good especially when they go with me alone. She went on to vilify the children's behavior and I found myself pointing out her short temper and inconsistent conduct with them as the cause of her problems.

As I sat in the van before she and the older kids came out, I listened to a talk by Fr. Corapi in which he quoted the parable: "Physician heal thyself", that is that one should attend at their own defects not those of others.

I am still not sure if this was self centered, or inconsiderate, or unjustifiably aroused bitterness. Or if perhaps it was appropriate for me to assert this in an effort to help our family.

My parents came to visit today. We had a great time together, my wife ran errands with my mom and I got to spend time practicing baseball with my dad and the boys in the back yard. I also got to line up my psychology assignment with my mom.

In the evening I got to go to an admissions function with the Knights of Columbus.