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Stephen Libor wrote:

Hi, guys —

I know it is good to make someone else feel good about themselves but:

  • How do I (respond/react) when you feel, others feel, you have possessions, they feel you do not deserve and end up envying you?

Stephen

  { How do you respond when others feel you have possessions you don't deserve and envy you? }

Bob replied:

Dear Stephen,

Thanks for the question.

If someone else is envious of you and your possessions first, you can pray for that person, and then try to be a witness, by showing that our goods are meant to bless others.

In other words, be generous, but don't do it for show, but instead, for example. People find less resentment when they recognize that a wealthy person is generous and cares about others.

It won't work in every case; for some people would rather live in a negative attitude — but others will grow into recognizing that we all can be used by God regardless of wealth or circumstance.

Peace,

Bob Kirby

Stephen replied:

Hi Bob,

Thanks for the answer. I had one other question. I live in a mobile home and rent the land in Pennsylvania.

This spring with the new growth and the start of a re-opening from the pandemic, the small plot I designed for a semi-private sanctuary of plants/garden, slowly came back into full beauty.

Into summer I was blessed with a faith-based mental health organization where people met with me and helped me make some positive changes in my life.

As summer came, with the heat, I had to move away from the outdoor setting of color, birds and breeze.

In a short time, management said the yard was becoming less attractive and they formally required me to remove or discard items they said were violations; some, which were minor but items related to religious events, had to go.

I cleaned up it up for my sake and because of park rules. They gave me a deadline. I feel violated and need to re-bless my surrounding to let God set order again.

  • Can I do this with prayer and ask God to restore my property with the feeling of hope and spirit?

Stephen

 

Bob replied:

Dear Stephen,

Thanks for the question.

You can get some Holy Water, usually available at your local parish, and use it to bless the area that you want to use for your holy space. Blessed salt is also a possibility.

Use a prayer like this for homes:

O Heavenly Father, Almighty God, we humbly beseech Thee to bless and sanctify this space and all who dwell therein and everything else in it, and do Thou vouchsafe to fill it with all good things.

Grant to them, O Lord, the abundance of Heavenly Blessings and from the richness of the Earth every substance necessary for life, and finally direct their desires to the fruits of Thy Mercy.

At our entrance, therefore, deign to bless and sanctify this house as Thou didst deign to bless the house of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob; and may the angels of Thy Light, dwelling within the walk of this house, protect it and those who dwell therein.

Through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Peace,

Bob Kirby

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