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One Letter Away

from “Danger”Household Topic for April 8, 2016

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One Letter Away From

an!er"An an!ry person stirs

up con#ict, and a hot$tempered person

commits many sins%&ro'er(s 2)*22

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+ettin! an!ry is !enerally acceptedas a natural, human tendency -utthere is also many instances in ourli'es when an!er is un.usti/ed An!er,

one of the se'en deadly sins,continues to (e a temptation for someof us e would consider it unnatural

and e'en impossi(le for a person tone'er ha'e (een an!ry in his life

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'en esus !ot mad "hen esus !ot a

whip and o'erthrew all the ta(les of thesellers of the temple without hurtin! peoplewith harsh words and without hurtin! them,then he states why he !ot an!ry3 This is

ri!hteous an!er,% e4plains Fr ilfredo5amson 5 hen our an!er fuels our /!htfor in.ustice and a!ainst corruption, then it isa ri!ht ind of an!er (ut often, we let our

emotions control us 7ts either we hurtpeople physically, throu!h painful words, ore'en with a stony silence e need to

remem(er that e'en if we ha'e a reason to!et an!ry, it ne'er !i'es us the ri!ht to hurt

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Accordin! to Fr 5amson, if we ha'euncontrolla(le an!er, it mi!ht mean we ha'e

unsettled personal issues that we need toconfront or discuss with our spiritual directoror a psycholo!ist Often, we let an!er ro( usof our peace of mind, stop us from prayin!,

and steal our .oy "hen you feel an!rysimply (ecause your happiness is impeded,thats sinful an!er,% stressed Fr erome5ecillano

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7t is ne'er easy to control an!er 7t is

(ased on passion, a sort of emotionthat a9ects our will 5ome people needto tame it, simply dismissin! the

feelin! and refuse to feed the emotion'en in our an!er, let us o9er ourhearts up to +od, prayin! that werecei'e the !race to mae the emotionour ser'ant rather (ein! ruled (y it:eminder, "an!er is only one lettershort of dan!er%

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+uide ;uestion1 hat am 7 mostly an!ry a(out< 7s it

unri!hteuos or ri!hteous an!er<

2 hat is +ods messa!e to me when 7man!ry