tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post1516210942396331994..comments2024-03-05T14:07:28.062-08:00Comments on Ask Sister Mary Martha: OrderSister Mary Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00580244097177195453noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-32624901939575752452013-08-05T04:36:55.966-07:002013-08-05T04:36:55.966-07:00Sister, I’m hoping you can help match my family to...Sister, I’m hoping you can help match my family to an appropriate saint; we are looking to start a novena on behalf of my sister. She is a practicing Catholic and has been in a romantic relationship for around 9 years with a non-Catholic who has expressed discomfort with even discussing marriage. She knows she is in a bad situation but cannot bring herself to end the relationship; she genuinely loves him, he does not have many friends, or a close connection to his family and she believes if she leaves he will do something to himself. She has also struggled for the past two years with finding another full time job. Her life seems to be on pause and we wish to unite our prayers for her guidance. Who would you recommend? Many blessings! A faithful reader.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-23542436682947401442013-08-04T20:12:47.982-07:002013-08-04T20:12:47.982-07:00I find it fascinating on how Orders began and now ...I find it fascinating on how Orders began and now there are as many as stars in the sky in the Latin Rite, but in other rites of the Catholic Church, I don't think they have all these Orders, but they get the job done just fine with ministering to their people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-35446018076500389882013-08-03T04:31:44.253-07:002013-08-03T04:31:44.253-07:00And yet another question on the same topic: my mom...And yet another question on the same topic: my mom told me when I was little that habits (the kind that Julie Andrews wore in <i>The Sound of Music</i>) looked the way they did because in the Middle Ages, it was not uncommon for widows to become nuns, and that was what widows wore.<br /><br />Is this totally bogus? And, how did Mother Theresa come up with the habit for her Sisters of Charity (I think that's what they're called)? I noticed some sisters walked around dressed in white-with-blue saris in a picture of Pope Francis' visit to Brazil, and at first I thought, "Gosh, I thought he was in Brazil, not India!" and then I felt dumb because, oh yeah, Sisters of Charity can be in Brazil, too. But it make me think of it. And I think they're beautiful. <i>And</i> they remind me of Mother Theresa, so even if I hadn't thought they were beautiful to start with, I would love them for her sake.SAChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03640213844813040602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-51689172893277169082013-08-02T18:10:00.615-07:002013-08-02T18:10:00.615-07:00Hello Sister,
I'm not sure if I submitted my ...Hello Sister, <br />I'm not sure if I submitted my question properly or <br />in the right place some days ago so I thought I'd give<br /> it another go. <br /><br />I recently obtained some salt blessed as a sacramental by a priest, and I want to know how it should be used. I can't imagine putting it in a salt shaker on<br /> the table, but I've read that some people do that. Is that proper? Or do you have other suggestions for how I might use the salt respectfully?<br />Thanks! <br />A faithful reader.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-7094295089210997842013-08-02T18:02:26.055-07:002013-08-02T18:02:26.055-07:00Wow, awesome info Sister, thank you! Another quest...Wow, awesome info Sister, thank you! Another question about this same subject, after one has established an Order, gotten permission from the Bishop, but hasn't yet gotten the approval from the Holy See, what are they called? Is it a Private Association of the Faithful or something of that sort? What are the stages exactly? Thank you for your wisdom!:)Shannon B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-23447700838532775072013-08-02T16:16:02.548-07:002013-08-02T16:16:02.548-07:00Sister, St Francis was never a priest. He was a d...Sister, St Francis was never a priest. He was a deacon. ;)Evelynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-38530435080565252692013-08-02T08:22:32.913-07:002013-08-02T08:22:32.913-07:00And how do we have so many orders with (kinda) lik...And how do we have so many orders with (kinda) like names... School Sisters of Notre Dame, Sisters of Notre Dame of (etc., etc.), different Franciscians, oodles of different Sisters of Charity and, when they wore them, different habits? It seems to me now that they all do pretty much the same things. Nilynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-39464307393948830632013-08-01T19:32:53.586-07:002013-08-01T19:32:53.586-07:00Sister, thank you for your blog and your time. I l...Sister, thank you for your blog and your time. I love reading,learning and being scolded at times :) I have a toddler whose speech is very delayed for unknown reasons. He is perfectly fine other than that. Do you have any patron saint suggestions? ~deryaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com