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September 30,
2008
Father and Son
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Thoughts from Sister Patricia
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Quote for the Day:
Prayer can no more be divorced from worship than life can
be divorced from breathing. If we follow his impulse, the Holy
Spirit will always lead us to pray. When we allow him to work
freely, he will always bring the Church to extensive praying.
Conversely, when the Spirit is absent, we will find excuses not to
pray. We may say, “God understands. He knows I love him. But
I’m tired... I’m so busy... It’s just not convenient now...” When
the Spirit is absent, our excuses always seem right, but in the
presence of the Spirit our excuses fade away.
R. T. Kendall
Quote from the book, "101 Inspirational Stories of the Power of Prayer"
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Today is the feast of Saint Jerome - the great doctor of the Church. I remember him most for his powerful quote
"Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ."
Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D has a wonderful blog article today that he did for this year, and a powerful one as well that he
did in2007.
I have to tell you a funny thing that happened on Saturday. It's not a big thing but I thought it was very funny. It was a beautiful, sunny day and even though I was on phone duty I thought I would go
outside and read for a little bit on our lawn swing. The swing is located right below my office window which was open so I was pretty sure I would hear the bell if it rang. Shelley (our dog) was out
with me and we were both enjoying ourselves immmensely because the weather was warm and sunny and yet with that bit of fall crispness that is so sweet to breathe. Well.. after a bit the phone rang.
I jumped up and headed for the door, up the steps and through the screen door. It was on its fourth ring or so by the time I made it to the door.
Shelley of course thought she should come in with me as well... BUT she was too slow. She tends to like to be asked politely and then annoyingly waits till you say, "Okay, forget it" and start to close the door.
As the door is almost closed she runs up to get in. This time, I did not have time to PLAY the game. So up I zipped and Shelley too late realizing I was not waiting for her - raced after me..
but slam.. she was too late. The door had closed and I was off to answer the phone.
I finished the call and walking out of the office - saw this poor pathetic dog looking through the window. So abandoned. She really should go into acting she does such a great job. Anyway I went back out with
her and all was well. Until.... I decided it was time to go in. I stood up, walked over to the steps and just normally walked up them and opened the door. Surprise! Shelley had sped like an arrow to be right there, smack at the door as I opened it.
Her head was practically pushing me off the step in her haste not to be left out. Gosh... why didn't I try this earlier?
Sad to say.. it didn't last. The next trip out - she decided, "Oh, what the heck," and went back to her normal... "If you ask me very, very politely, and promise to be nice to me and give me a treat..... maybe I will come in." And of course I say, "Fat chance of that!" and start to close the door and she says, "Oh!, Well if you're going to be like that, here I come." And she does. And I open the door back up, and she comes in .. and another exciting day with a dog continues.
Blessings of Peace and All Good!
Sister Patricia
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When I was twelve years old, my dad inherited a granary, and my
mom began helping him run it. In the evenings, my siblings and I were
left in the care of a Mexican-American Catholic woman. Being raised in
a fundamentalist Christian faith, I was quite curious because I had heard
all these fantastic stories about their false faith.
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Virgin Mary to people and the apparitions and visions of her. I found
myself really questioning if these things could possibly occur.
One night, in my childish faith, I asked God to please show me, in
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standing, with hands open and palms out at her sides, as if in welcome. She
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Because you have the Lord for your refuge;
you have made the Most High your stronghold.
No evil shall befall you,
nor shall affliction come near your tent.
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Sep 30 Tue: Jerome, p, dr M
From today's readings:
“Job opened his mouth and cursed his day.... Let my prayer come before You, Lord.... As the days were being fulfilled for Him to be taken up, Jesus set His face to go to Jerusalem....”
Hitting Bottom
Sacred Scripture confronts the realities of life - one of the reasons it cannot be ignored even by non-believers. Having been smitten by tragedy upon tragedy, Job curses the day of his birth, and who could blame him? He bemoans his very existence, yet, he does not curse God, nor does he contemplate suicide.
Treating our faith as just a nice package of pat answers for all the problems in life is like trying to use gold coins from a treasure chest to buy junk food from a vending machine. The gold simply won’t work in the machine, but that doesn’t mean it’s worthless! The gold must be used for more than junk food, and faith must be wielded for more than shallow platitudes and glib “ivory tower” explanations about life’s mysteries. Our faith is so much more than that, and, as we shall see, the Book of Job resolutely refuses to devalue this treasured inheritance.
So this lament of Job cannot be read by itself , as if to suggest that our faith offered nothing better than the poetry of existential despair! But neither should Job’s words be ignored or dismissed, as if the “right attitude” and a naive optimism were all that one needed to make everything better! In the end, it is difficult to focus on any mere snippets of this book - the whole work must be read to understand today’s and all other excerpts. Admittedly, it is a lengthy, difficult book, but that’s what is needed to go beyond the junk food of pat answers!
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