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August 27,
2008
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Today has been a pretty good day.. but not so good an evening because I got a call from my Mother's nurse that she had fallen. Seems to be okay - except for a very promising black eye. Poor Mom. The cross doesn't get any easier as we get older.
I am working or not working on three different things at once.. which means of course that I'm not accomplishing much of anything. I think it means that I need to slow down, breathe and go to bed earlier. Good idea... now if I can just take me advice. Wouldn't that be something.
Now its time for night prayer. Do I feel like going to night prayer? NO, I do not feel like going to night prayer. That is what is so nice about living in a monastic setting... you can have all the feelings you want about praying or not praying.. and you still go and pray. AND of course you always feel better (well mostly) after you go... but the old procrastination genes which are very strong in my case... just have to step aside... because ... whether I feel like it or not.. it's time for night prayer.
Blessings of Peace and All Good,
Sister Patricia
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In December of 1995, I was fortunate to receive a cadaver kidney
transplant after almost four years of dialysis. It had been a long haul, and
although each dialysis session wiped me out, I always made it to work
the next day. My job as vice president for faith formation was to oversee
the campus ministry department in our high school of over a thousand
students and a hundred twenty staff members.
After a month or two I found out that my transplanted kidney was only
working at about twenty-five percent capacity and that it was gradually
getting less productive. In June of 1996, the kidney was removed and I
went back on dialysis for three to four hours at least three days a week.
It was disheartening, but I was supported by prayer and by being driven
to and from dialysis by a large number of co-workers.
My prayer throughout this ordeal was that of Jesus in the garden.
"Father, not my will but Yours be done." Although it was easy to say
this prayer, and it became my mantra, it was hard to really accept it and
make those words my own.
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Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
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Pray the first line yourself: "Give thanks to the Lord for he is good." Hear yourself or another respond: "for his kindness endures forever."
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Together in peace
Some of the world’s bravest individuals are together in my home town of Liverpool for the next few days as the World Firefighters’ Championships take place. It is a privilege to host the representatives of many lands, of many groups of individuals who risk their lives for the sake of others.
Any one of us does not need to think for too long in order to recall acts of incredible courage.
For my part, I can remember, as a small child, seeing a fireman swing down the outside of a ladder as a burning wall collapsed at the end of the road where I lived. Fortunately, he was unhurt, but that is not always the case. Fire can be a good friend, but it is also a deadly enemy. Nobody, even the most seasoned firefighter, can face a blaze without at least a faint tremor of fear. It is for that reason that, in any team, there is not only teamwork, but also an absolute trust that colleagues will give their own lives in order to preserve each other’s safety. As one man remarked, “I cannot go into a fire without knowing, in the back of my mind, that if I find myself in trouble, the others will do their best to save me.”
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“May the Lord of peace Himself give you peace at all times and in every way.... Blessed are those who fear the Lord.... On the outside you appear righteous, but inside you are filled with hypocrisy and evildoing....”
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The Thessalonians were particularly focused on preparing for the Second Coming of Christ. The Lord Himself urged watchfulness in this regard, so it is certainly praiseworthy to be serious about this matter.
However, some of the Thessalonians were so preoccupied with this, that they stopped working and other activities of daily life, and were being pests in interfering with the work of others. Paul clarifies that seriousness about the Day of the Lord does not mean that we’re supposed to drop everything and sit around waiting for it to come. Rather, all of our activities should reflect a commitment to using the gift of our time wisely in the service of God.
The drudgery of everyday life can indeed weigh on us, and it’s easy to dream of God providing us with a convenient excuse to let it all go. While all preoccupations of this life do indeed need to be subordinated to preoccupations about eternal life, all the essential tasks at hand can still be done in an industrious manner which testifies to our faith that we are called to serve God and one another especially in the great and small things of everyday life.
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