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September 9,
2008
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Thoughts from Sister Patricia
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As many of you know I am a reader blogger for the Seattle Pi (that is the link I give for leaving comments at the bottom of my message each day) and today they started a new blog about blogging for the Seattle PI called Seattle Bloggers' Forum a place to discuss about blogs dealing with Seattle and stuff.. which probably most of you are not interested.. but.... maybe some of you are bloggers too... and so I will ask the question I asked on the forum.
Do your read books and blogs about blogging? What are your favorites?
My two favorite books on blogging are
1. Naked Conversations by Robert Scoble and Shel Israel (Sorry about the title... it has nothing to do with being naked just about being truthful)... which is how blogging should be don't you think?
2. Clear Bloggingby Bob Walsh
I also have two great articles that I actually printed out... because they were so good... but they are lost at the moment on my desk... sad case about my desk... if they surface... I will share them as well.
Oh... and why I commented on the Seattle blogging forum (which I hardly do as time does not permit) is because I had just read an article from the blog at Aweber which is the company I use to send out JoyNotes about blogging. It was sort of one of those blogging circle days I think.
If you are interested about blogging you might enjoy that article too. What Email Marketing Blogs do we read?
I'm not that interested in Email blogs though as much as Catholic Blogs! What Catholic blogs do you read?
Blessings of Peace and All Good,
Sister Patricia and all the Sisters
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A Fast Recovery
Sr. Ambika Mary, F.I.H.
Kollam, Kerala, India
In 1999, my youngest sister was hospitalized with back pain. The
doctors mistakenly said she had different types of illnesses and treated
her for them. Her real illness was not diagnosed, and her condition turned
from bad to worse.
It was finally discovered that she had a five centimeter tumor on her
vertebra. The doctors prescribed an immediate operation but could not
guarantee that she would be able to walk after it. They also said it would
be several months before she would be able to stand on her leg. The whole
family started to call out for God’s mighty interference.
On November 7, 1999, the tumor was removed and she was sent to
the intensive care unit where the doctors predicted she would stay for
at least two weeks. To our surprise, she was released from ICU the very
next day and put in a regular hospital room.
On the fifth day after her surgery, my sister stood on her leg. On the
seventh day she started walking, and on the nineteenth day she went back
to work at the elementary school where she taught. Nothing is impossible
with the all powerful God!
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From the book 101 Inspirational Stories of the Power of Prayer
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Rejoice in Me
by Msgr. David E. Rosage
Plea for Protection
Psalm 57:2-3
Have pity on me, O God; have pity on me
for in you I take refuge.
In the shadow of your wings; I take refuge,
till harm pass by.
I call to God the Most High,
to God my benefactor
What a touching picture of God as our refuge, protecting us in the shadow of his wings "till harm pass by." Like the psalmist we must come to him with a humble, confident prayer and joyful trust. The Lord waits for our coming.
Please God, Jesus' lament will never include us: "How often have I wanted to gather your children together as a mother bird collects her young under her wings and you refused me!" (Lk 13:34)
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A Smile from Home - Danielle Bean
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Forgetful
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Greetings from London with Sister Janet Fearns, FMDM
Pause for Prayer
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On a personal note…
The lost lamb
I really did not know where to go. The thorns were very high and I was tired of being scratched and torn, tired of being hurt. There was nobody around to offer any sympathy and so the harder I tried to extricate myself from the mess in which I found myself, the more tangled I became.
It was tough going.
Recent heavy rain had turned the ground into a marsh, even up on the hillside. As I struggled to free myself from the thorns, my feet sank into the mud. Every time I managed to pull one hoof free, the other three sank in more deeply. It was cold, wet and miserable. I knew that I was becoming filthy dirty, but there was absolutely nothing more that I could do.
I really wish that I had listened to advice.
I wish that I had paid attention when others tried to guide me! Perhaps if I had listened to them, I would not be in this mess. If ever I can escape, I promise that life will be different. I will change my ways. I will not think that I have all the answers. I will become humble… I promise I will change.
But what is the point of making all these promises when I know that they will not be kept? It is all very well to make resolutions in times of difficulty, but things are different when life returns to normality.
Life was becoming unbearable. I could cope no longer. In my exhaustion, my struggles became weaker, but only because I had no energy left to continue the fight.
Just as I was on the point of giving up, he came and found me. I heard his footsteps before I saw him and felt him reach down to the thorns that trapped me. The thorns scratched his hands, drawing blood, but he did not seem to mind. He did not even mind that I was dirty, because he lifted me onto his shoulders and carried me home.
I once was lost, but now am found, was blind, but now, I see.
God bless,
Sr Janet
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1 Cor 7: 25-31
Ps 44(45): 11-12. 14-15. 16-17
Lk 6: 20-26
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Sep 10 Wed: Ordinary Weekday
From today's readings:
“For the world in its present form is passing away.... Listen to me, daughter; see and bend your ear.... Blessed are you who are poor, for the Kingdom of God is yours....”
On Marriage and Celibacy
Chapter 7 of Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians includes a dense synthesis of Church teaching on marriage and celibacy. While the lectionary only highlights a few verses, a thorough reading of the entire chapter, as always, will be much more advantageous.
Paul’s presuppositions are clear: most people have temperaments and characters best-suited for the married state, and thus, any consideration of Christian celibacy is not to be construed as suggesting that marriage is sinful in itself. The Lord Jesus Himself, in fact, addressed the issue of conjugal fidelity on more than one occasion (e.g., Mt 5:27-32;19:1-12).
St. Paul took pains to show how Christ’s teaching on matrimony could and should be concretely applied as moral guidance in particular situations evidently common among the Corinthians at that time - by extension, all of Christ’s teaching, especially on pureness of heart and the sanctity of marriage, can and should be applied as moral guidance in every life today as well!
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