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I'm thinking very seriously that I may have to start taking my vitamins again. I'm sort of running on empty and it occurred to me.. that might help. I'll have to figure out some strategy to get me to stay with it though. It's not my strong point.
Now it's time for night prayer. I was trying to get this done before that.. but my procrastination genes were acting up too much. Really a shame I don't get things together better.
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The Dangerous Curve
Jo Ann Breau
Leominster, Massachusetts
Three years ago, when my youngest son was eighteen years old, he was involved in an accident on his way home from visiting friends in a neighboring town. He usually came home between eleven o'clock and midnight, but this night was different.
I had gone to bed, but as usual, I would not actually sleep until I heard him come in the door. My heart suddenly became extremely panicked and I knew that his life was in danger. I took my rosary and began to pray fervently. Between my Hail Mary's I pleaded with God to please let him live. "Please Father, please don't take him. You know I am not strong enough for this. Please, I am begging you."
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Paradox of Mercy
Psalm 103:10
Not according to our sins does he deal with us,
nor does he requite us according to our crimes.
Many of us have the notion that God portions out his mercy and forgiveness as we merit it or earn it. God's mercy does not depend upon our deserving it, only on our willingness to receive his loving forgiveness.
The paradox is: God's grace is greater than man's sin.
St. Paul reminds us also: "Despite the increase of sin, grace has far surpassed it, so that, as sin reigned through death, grace may reign by way of justice leading to eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord." (Rom 5:20-21)
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A Smile from Home - Danielle Bean
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How to Pick a Husband
In the words of Father Pat Connor, a 79-year-old Catholic priest, via Maureen Dowd (I know!):
“Does he have a sense of humor? That covers a multitude of sins. My mother was once asked how she managed to live harmoniously with three men — my father, brother and me. Her answer, delivered with awesome arrogance, was: ‘You simply operate on the assumption that no man matures after the age of 11.’ My father fell about laughing.
“A therapist friend insists that ‘more marriages are killed by silence than by violence.’ The strong, silent type can be charming but ultimately destructive. That world-class misogynist, Paul of Tarsus, got it right when he said, ‘In all your dealings with one another, speak the truth to one another in love that you may grow up.’
Worth reading the whole thing.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/opinion/06dowd.html?scp=1&sq=an+ideal+husband&st=nyt
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Greetings from London with Sister Janet Fearns, FMDM
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On a personal note…
Three years ago
Three years ago from yesterday, I arrived home on holiday from Rome.Three years from today, I travelled into Liverpool as I had a couple of interviews lined up for me, only I was to be on the receiving end.With time to spare, the free Internet connection in Liverpool’s Central Library was a useful prospect… only, a few minutes after I’d logged on, the librarian came around, telling us that we had to close down whatever we were doing because of ‘routine maintenance’. At the time, I thought that she seemed rather excessively concerned about a technician coming to fiddle with the computers, but passed it off, thinking she was just having a bad day.
Heading towards BBC Radio Merseyside, I vaguely heard a radio somewhere saying that something had happened in London, but could not make much sense of the announcement, coming, as it did, over the din of the early morning rush and traffic.
It was only on my arrival at Radio Merseyside that I heard about the bombs on the London Underground and on the bus in Tavistock Square.
The events of that day are now history, yet I will never forget the silence and the calm. Yes, people were nervous, but there was also an atmosphere of “We have faced this sort of thing before and we will do so again.” As people anxiously followed every news bulletin, there were also quiet discussions about the Blitz, air raid shelters and camaraderie.
Three years later, walking through Tavistock Square, it is hard to believe that anything untoward ever happened there. The Underground is still as busy, hot and overcrowded as ever.
Yet lives were changed and some ended. For some people, life would never again be the same.
Yet this sort of thing is happening in many places across the world. Terrible as that day was three years ago, some people walk in continuous fear. Their lives are always threatened.
It is all a question of emphasis and bias, is it not? The same person can be a terrorist, a freedom fighter, a guerrilla, a bandit, militia, vigilante or whatever, depending on whichever side of the bullet one happens to be standing.
Yet, regardless of cause, people are people and human beings are all made up of bone, muscle, cartilage, skin, hair and so on. Those who experience no pain are abnormal. Normality is to experience pain, sometimes more, sometimes less, depending on the circumstances. As Shylock declares in ‘The Merchant of Venice’, “If you scratch me, do I not bleed?”
Today, we pray for all those who are hurting in whatever way. We pray for those who are victims of violence, that they might find the comfort, strength, support and understanding that they need.
We also pray for the Anglican Communion at this time in their own painful search for the truth and in their efforts to clarify their understanding of the nature of the Church. May God guide them.
…and may God bless each of us,
Sr. Janet
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July 9, 2008
From today's readings:
"Sow for yourselves justice, reap the fruit of piety; break up for yourselves a new field, for it is time to seek the LORD, till He come and rain down justice upon you.... Rejoice, O hearts that seek the LORD!... The names of the Twelve Apostles are these: first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John; Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus; Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus."
The Twelve Apostles
Here's a little trick for remembering where a list of the Twelve Apostles can be found in the Bible: St. Matthew's Gospel is the first book of the New Testament, and since Matthew was one of the Apostles, it would make sense that the list of all twelve original Apostles could be found in the that book. Everyone knows that "10 + 2 = 12" and by a happy coincident, the roster of Apostles can be found beginning with Matthew 10:2!
The word BAPTISM can also be used as an acronym to help one memorize the names of the Apostles, since the letters of that word include the first initials of all of the Apostles.
B - Bartholomew
A - Andrew
P - Peter, Philip
T - Thomas, Thaddeus
I - James, James, John, Judas
S - Simon
M - Matthew
Note that the letter "I" legitimately stands for all the "J" Apostles, since "J" was introduced in the Roman alphabet only in the 16th century, precisely in order to alert readers when the letter "I" was to be pronounced as a consonant. Also, as variations in the acronym, "Peter" could be listed under his original name ("Simon"), and St. Thaddeus could be listed under "I" with his other name, "Jude" (as we find in Luke's listing).
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