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<\/p>\nAs 2012 draws to a close it’s time to review my resolutions and see how I did. Judgement awaits…<\/p>\n
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1. Read through the New Testament Twice<\/strong><\/span> 2. More dancing<\/strong><\/span> 3. Be more gentle with people<\/strong><\/span> 4. No sodas\/fizzy drinks<\/strong><\/span> 5. Get into the best shape of my life<\/strong><\/span> 6. Complete reading list<\/strong><\/span> The Church and the New Media<\/a>\u00a0– Brandon Vogt …these were the ones\u00a0not on the list:<\/p>\n The One Thing<\/a>\u00a0– Matthew Kelly …leaving the following books on the list unread:<\/p>\n Rediscover Catholicism<\/a>\u00a0– Matthew Kelly I’m going to move these over to the reading list for 2013.<\/p>\n 7. Keep proper track of finances<\/strong><\/span> 8. Tick something off my TODO list<\/strong><\/span> 10. Fast on Wednesday and Friday<\/strong><\/span> 11. Give up Facebook for 40 days<\/strong><\/span> 12. Make an effort to dress well for Mass<\/strong><\/span> Simon is impressed \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Now it’s time to make some resolutions for 2013! Any suggestions?\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As 2012 draws to a close it’s time to review my resolutions and see how I did. Judgement awaits…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[2969,1662],"class_list":["post-16473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcement","tag-featured","tag-new-year-resolutions"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16473"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56638,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16473\/revisions\/56638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAfter failing at this resolution for most of the year, I managed to turn things around in the final Quarter. I completed this resolution on Christmas Eve, an appropriate day, given that the penultimate verse of the Bible reads “He who testifies to these things says, ‘Yes, I am coming soon.’ Amen. Come, Lord”<\/em> Jesus…”<\/p>\n
\nSo-so… This is going to be put on the list again next year.<\/p>\n
\nMore victories than losses.<\/p>\n
\n365 days without Coca-Cola…<\/p>\n
\nThis was a biggie, but I’m extremely pleased to announce that I’m now back to the weight I was when I first came to the United States nearly six years ago and I’m definitely fitter currently than I was back then. This means I can now officially say that I’m in better shape in my 30’s than my 20’s. Hah! Take that youth! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n
\nI wasn’t disciplined enough to stick to my reading list and so ended up reading other books that weren’t on the list. Here are the ones on the list which I read:<\/p>\n
\nI\u2019m Not Being Fed!<\/a>\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0– Jeff Cavins
\nThe Passion of Jesus Christ<\/a>\u00a0– John Piper
\nFather Brown of the Church of Rome<\/a>\u00a0– G.K Chesterton
\nThe Story of Christianity<\/a>\u00a0– Justo Gonzalez
\nHow To Listen When God Is Speaking<\/a>\u00a0– Mitch Pacwa, SJ
\nGodless Delusion<\/a>\u00a0– Patrick Madrid & Kenneth Hensley
\nJesus of Nazareth<\/a>\u00a0– Pope Benedict XVI (I’m about half way through)<\/em><\/p>\n
\nPillar of Fire and Truth<\/a>\u00a0– Catholic Answers
\nQuitter<\/a>\u00a0– Jon Acuff
\nThe meaning of Vocation<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Pope John Paul II
\nOrientalium Ecclesiarum<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Second Vatican Council
\nUnitatis Redintegratio<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Second Vatican Council
\nDeus Caritas Est<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Pope Benedict XVI
\nVatican II: The Crisis And The Promise<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Alan Schreck<\/p>\n
\nJesus Among Other Gods<\/a>\u00a0– Ravi Zacharias
\nPhilosophy For Dummies<\/a>\u00a0– Thomas Morris
\nThe Path of Life<\/a>\u00a0– Cyprian Smith OSB<\/p>\n
\nSo-so. Meh.<\/p>\n
\nDone, although I don’t think I’m going to continue this in 2013.<\/p>\n
\nPretty good. Unfortunately, as my training for #5 intensified it got harder to get enough protein in me while excluding meat, so in the last month or so my Wednesday observance often switched to some other kind of penance.<\/p>\n
\nDone<\/p>\n
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