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Yes, if you want to learn more about the subject, pick up this book, read it front to back, and then fuck off.
This is the leatherbound Douay I own, it's a lovely Bible
Basic survival needs include food, water, and shelter (including protection from dangers\weather, clothing, and a safe place to get enough sleep). It looks like your fiance is working hard on the shelter part and on catching food. I would urge you to work on your food sources. What are you going to eat the first spring? Where will it come from. What will you plant first so that you can eat in the summer and into the fall. How much do you need to plant and how will you preserve your harvest for winter?
There are a lot of good resources out there. When we first started we bought "The Backyard Homestead" (book link below). There are probably better books out there, but this one is usually available used and it really helped me with ideas on what we could do. It has basic info on foraging, vegetables, meat, fruit & nuts, herbs and grains. Also includes info on canning and preserving.
Start off small. Practice with some gardening this next year if you can. TX is wonderful to try out a small fall garden right now, and you can plant this coming spring (usually in Feb) and start understanding what works for you. The Backyard Homestead
I don’t own either of these, but they look pretty cool and now I’m thinking about getting one too 😂
This one hits every criteria you’re looking for, but it’s not cheap: Catholic Scripture Study Bible: RSV-CE Large Print Edition
This one is half the cost, but based on the reviews has average-sized print: The Catholic Study Bible 3rd Edition
I don't know if you have a faith backround to speak of, but this book (Interior Freedom) was lifechanging for me.
The Jordanville Prayerbook from Holy Trinity Monastery. Beautiful prayers.
You'll find no better introduction than in Met. Anthony Bloom's <em>Beginning to Pray</em>. An eBook version does appear to be available here, if you'd prefer.
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If you're not already in contact with an Orthodox priest, you could simply pray, daily, "Lord, I need your guidance, help me and help me to accept that help", or something along those lines.
If you're looking for a book on prayer generally, <em>Beginning to Pray</em> is a great place to start!
If you're already in contact with an Orthodox priest, ping him with that question :)
I don’t have an infographic, but there’s a pocket sized booklet called “pray the rosary” with a blue cover that you can get for like 3 bucks that effectively does what you described. here’s the Amazon link. It goes over how to pray the rosary and then has scripture for each mystery of each category. The original version doesn’t have the luminous mysteries, but there’s a new version with those included if you want those as well.
It's not about marriage, but Interior Freedom is exactly the book you're looking for. It's a book exactly for somebody "just looking for how to be happy in this situation."
A great, orthodox Catholic, and modern spiritual writer is Fr Jacques Philippe. Check out <em>Interior Freedom</em>. While it doesn't specifically address anxiety or scrupulosity, it helped me in those areas a lot. His book on prayer, Time for God, is amazing too.
Interior Freedom by Fr Jacques Philippe. Prayer for Beginners by Peter Kreeft
How do I? I'll not go into a lot of detail, we shouldn't really discuss the specifics of our prayer rules openly. Some people have more rigorous rules than others, and those with less rigorous rules may feel that they're not doing enough, and those with more rigorous rules may feel that others are doing too little. The dangers are despair and judgement, on either side of the spectrum.
I will say that my rule is at times more rigorous and at times less rigorous. Sometimes I can go long stretches praying morning, noon, and evening prayers consistently, maybe even more than that, and other times I go a while just happy that I banged out a quick prayer getting out of bed in the morning and a quick prayer getting into bed at night. St. Paul describes our spiritual lives as a race that we're running, and I like that description. On a long run, you'll have periods where you feel like you'll never stop and then periods where you don't know how you can go on. These two cycle again and again until the end is reached. Prayer lives can be the same way I think.
If you're interested in learning more about how Orthodox Christians should approach prayer, I strongly recommend <em>Beginning to Pray</em> by Archbishop Anthony Bloom and <em>On the Prayer of Jesus</em> by St. Ignatius Brianchaninov. Beginning to Pray isn't available in eBook format unfortunately, but I recommend starting with that one and then reading On the Prayer of Jesus. They're both short, quick reads and are super approachable to anyone, even non-Orthodox Christians.
There is a book, Beginning To Pray, that might be interesting to you. It helped me a lot to redefine what prayer is, and a good portion of the book is dedicated to those who feel abandoned/ignored by God. Hope you can check it out and that it can help you as much as it helped me. Don't lose hope! Congrats on almost finishing your degree.
It’s American, so not everything applies, but take a look at The Backyard Homestead: Produce All the Food You Need on Just a Quarter Acre.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1603421386
Be prepared to make (and eat) a lot of canned and pickled food.
Hi, I don't know of any post like that but this book helped me a ton with planning my homestead. I am doing a backyard version. Still a work in progress. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1603421386/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_2BCWYA7BE4S7N16ZPXVW
Congrats on the new property! I hope it becomes everything you want it to be. It sounds like you have some good basic goals to achieve and with some good planning, should be fairly easy to achieve.
The rain barrels are a great idea. Be sure to think about an electric pump. My barrels are fairly close to the ground, so I don't have enough head pressure to water directly from the barrels without a pump. My garden is fairly small, so I don't mind using a watering can.
I think renting your roof out to produce solar, only to still lose power when the grid goes down is a poor trade off. I got a quote a few years ago for a 5.3 KW system that was only $17,000. With financing options and a down payment, you can own the panels and keep your electricity on when the grid goes down.
I also recommend the book "The Backyard Homestead" and the companion book "TBH Guide to Farm Animals."
Good luck on your new adventure!
I use a booklet to say my Rosaries (I'm new at it) but it also has long versions available where you say a sentence or so of scripture related to the story of the Mystery before each Hail Mary (and a 2nd option to say in the middle of the Rosary after "Jesus" adding "who... [did x thing]". It also has artwork you can look at while saying the Hail Maries. Here's a link to the booklet Pray the Rosary: Peyton, Patrick: 9780899420523: Amazon.com: Books
I got this book off of Amazon to help me with the same thing! Very cheap too. :)
Yes it goes into depth on each mystery and has a short and long version prayer for each. The long versions have entire scripture readings you can recite.
It’s well worth the $3 it cost on amazon
Pray the Rosary https://www.amazon.com/dp/0899420524?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
Beginning to Pray by Metropolitan Anthony Bloom has absolutely revolutionized my prayer life. I highly recommend it! https://store.ancientfaith.com/beginning-to-pray-metropolitan-anthony-bloom/ or https://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Pray-Anthony-Bloom/dp/0809115093
You might like to treat yourself to this, or indeed to any of Anthony Bloom's books
I hope I was helpful. The following is just extra information:
If you're curious about prayer, you could also go straight to the Psalms, one of the books in the Old Testament, a collection of 150 prayers (151 in Orthodoxy) that all Christians (and Jews) use regularly. It shows the various kinds of prayers (petitioning God for something to happen is only one form of prayer among others), and the words themselves show what our purpose is in saying those prayers. But, of course, this is only if you're really curious to know about prayer.
Also, you may want to get a version that has notes, as the book, like much of the Old Testament, can be difficult to understand for someone who's not already in that tradition. Sadly I don't know of a good edition in English - I like the one in the Orthodox Study Bible but, well, you would have to buy the whole Bible to get it.
For something less "biblical" and more along the lines of what a Christian usually prays, you could buy a prayer book. Again, I recommend this one but only because I haven't checked out others in English: https://www.amazon.com/Prayer-Book-Holy-Trinity-Monastery/dp/0884651754/
Of course, again, this is only if you'd like to do some further reading on Christian prayer by going straight to the source. And I only pointed to Orthodox ressources because that's what I know, maybe Catholics and Protestants wouldn't necessarily agree with what's in those books and would recommend others instead.
When I was first "investigating" Orthodoxy, I just looked on Amazon. I actually found this prayer book. It's compact and good for carrying around with you. I have it in my backpack most days. I am still on my journey and have not yet converted, but I read it along with my morning bible reading, or during times of struggle or in need of edification.
It turns out this is a thing. Google 'mini farm'.
I think this is the book my wife has. Or it is very similar. It claims to be able to sustain off just 1/4 acre! I just cannot imagine.
I think part of the problem is that my property is mostly woods. I'd have to do an immense amount of cutting to get enough sun in for planting. As such, I probably feel I need more land than I do.