tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post1960875812665926107..comments2024-03-05T14:07:28.062-08:00Comments on Ask Sister Mary Martha: So Far to ComeSister Mary Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00580244097177195453noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-84713429580842559372009-05-08T11:39:00.000-07:002009-05-08T11:39:00.000-07:00I think I'll try the dried peas...
Thanks for the ...I think I'll try the dried peas...<br />Thanks for the wondeful explanation.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07505258364895249347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-84075045031779721402009-04-25T13:22:00.000-07:002009-04-25T13:22:00.000-07:00Great post, glad I found your blog! Especially th...Great post, glad I found your blog! Especially the illustration of the book vs. the bad movie. Huck Finn was a great story of morality. I can't imagine that story without that element.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-8686480200940872002009-04-25T07:55:00.000-07:002009-04-25T07:55:00.000-07:00Thank you for your response, Sister. I will spend...Thank you for your response, Sister. I will spend some time pondering it and sharing it. I have to admit, I need to balance my petitionary prayers with prayers of adoration and thanksgiving. Right after Communion, I tend to hit God immediately with my long list of requests (which are usually for others, but still).<br /><br />Too bad the the moviemakers lacked the courage to Mark Twain, and made such a bland movie.Marthanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-18777271509264108522009-04-24T12:21:00.000-07:002009-04-24T12:21:00.000-07:00Hello, Sister!
The best example of intercessory p...Hello, Sister!<br /><br />The best example of intercessory prayer I know of is the pleading of Abraham that God not kill the righteous with the sinners of Sodom. He bargained Him from sparing the whole city if 50 just men lived there down to only 10 just men if that's all there were. Apparently, there were fewer than 10. God got Lot out of the city anyway. And then destroyed it.<br /><br />Your version is much more fun to read, though.Denisenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-66386728687826119652009-04-24T10:48:00.000-07:002009-04-24T10:48:00.000-07:00The last line of your letter to the boys is pricel...The last line of your letter to the boys is priceless...invaluable...brilliant.Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03846547501253855220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-31867443959690431542009-04-24T07:44:00.000-07:002009-04-24T07:44:00.000-07:00Matthew,
I don't have a patron saint for you, but...Matthew,<br /><br />I don't have a patron saint for you, but I do have a prayer to share. (My 9 year old niece gave this to me for my birthday -- she must have been guided by God to know what I needed to hear.)<br /><br />"Lord, I have too much to do, but it's all important. <br /><br />"Help me to set priorities so that I don't feel lost in the pace and the pressure. <br /><br />"Give me the wisdom and energy to accomplish what's necessary without wasting time or effort. <br /><br />"And help me make the best use of my day, remembering that time is a precious gift from You."RJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-49116072464648008882009-04-24T06:00:00.000-07:002009-04-24T06:00:00.000-07:00Sister,
This post has taught me more about prayer...Sister,<br /><br />This post has taught me more about prayer than decades of church and Sunday school. Thank you so much! It's changed my entire attitude toward how I approach prayer.Melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13713015052919049834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-90600076801547130632009-04-23T19:44:00.000-07:002009-04-23T19:44:00.000-07:00Dear Sister,
In approaching the end of the school...Dear Sister,<br /><br />In approaching the end of the school year, I am feeling a bit overwhelmed by everything that I must do. I really need to be able to get things done quickly and not waste time. Is there a patron saint I can pray to for better time management?Matthewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-48032544200550362112009-04-23T15:53:00.000-07:002009-04-23T15:53:00.000-07:00Sister,
This is a brilliant explanation!! Thank yo...Sister,<br />This is a brilliant explanation!! Thank you!!! Where were you when I was back in CCD in grade school?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-33846572385627752022009-04-23T08:00:00.000-07:002009-04-23T08:00:00.000-07:00One last question about novenas. I am currently do...One last question about novenas. I am currently doing two, at 11:30 a.m. <br />I have been looking online, and I cannot find this anywhere: Do I have to say the novenas at the same time every day? I have a business presentation to give on Friday that might run long, and now I am wondering after Friday am I on day 5 or back at day 1?<br /><br /><br />Also - here's how your readers can search your archives: http://tinyurl.com/SuchNunFun<br />It's a link to Google's search option that is specific to your site, just replace "novena" with "patron saint of stupid questions" or whatever it is you are looking for in your archives, and it will come right up. That tiny-url link never expires, so that's yours forever as well.<br /><br />Thank you,Ellehttp://tinyurl.com/SuchNunFunnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-37816788519173903152009-04-23T07:10:00.000-07:002009-04-23T07:10:00.000-07:00As an ICU nurse for some 30 years now I have seen ...As an ICU nurse for some 30 years now I have seen many, many things, some of which would have been considered miracles back in the day. Every single extraordinary event that I have been witness to has been preceded by a whole of praying. My collegues and I--nurses and doctors--who believe and undersatnd what we know of science, also believe in the wonder of the human body and the human spirit. In my small section of the world, prayer is needed not so that God's will can be done, but so that God's will can be done through the intervention and hands of humans. So that Uncle Frank has the stuff which allows him to go out every day and keep knocking on doors to look for work and so that a stranger will see something in Uncle Frank that says, "This is the one. This man's gonna work just fine for you."<br />Prayers are what give us the strength to allow the divine into our work areas.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15238905633085051322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-85674924661461764512009-04-22T23:13:00.000-07:002009-04-22T23:13:00.000-07:00I think you are right that it is important to have...I think you are right that it is important to have audacity in intercessory prayer. I've been considering the woman's fear and trembling in Mark 5. She has just grabbed Jesus' clothes and been healed. As the Irish priest around here recently said, it's better to seek forgiveness than permission... at least in prayer.Janellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00383320208405368513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-66751551736267841702009-04-22T21:55:00.000-07:002009-04-22T21:55:00.000-07:00I've heard it suggested that there is sometimes a ...I've heard it suggested that there is sometimes a difference between what God permits and between what He would will if only we would bother to pray about it. <br /><br />That said, regardless of whatever influence we may or may not have over the Divine Will, both scripture and tradition exhort us to pray for ourselves and one another. That seems good enough reason to be doing so to me!<br /><br />Jenny - kneeling on the dried peas in Leicestershire, UKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-62036427291450010962009-04-22T21:10:00.000-07:002009-04-22T21:10:00.000-07:00"Talking to God takes practise. Not because God is..."Talking to God takes practise. Not because God is difficult to speak with, but because we have such difficulty hearing him." That's a wonderful explanation! I'm going to write this one down where I can look at it often (and maybe my kids will spot it, too!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-39132848795930040972009-04-22T13:40:00.000-07:002009-04-22T13:40:00.000-07:00Well I'm glad you wrote this because I had always ...Well I'm glad you wrote this because I had always thought along the same lines as the children. I assumed God already knew about people's situation and felt love and mercy for them. I felt asking him to do something for someone was insulting because he was no doubt already doing the best for them. Funnily enough, though my prayers look like your description of how they ought to be. So that's a relief! But my underlying thinking needs to change. Logic never quite seems to work when one tries to apply it to Love.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com