tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post2830008994854891158..comments2024-03-05T14:07:28.062-08:00Comments on Ask Sister Mary Martha: Drumming Out the PipersSister Mary Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00580244097177195453noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-88661104550479292522010-01-08T22:08:34.803-08:002010-01-08T22:08:34.803-08:00What a wonderful analogy and reminder to all of us...What a wonderful analogy and reminder to all of us. We may not have commited a mortal sin, but any sin can separate us from God. Thank you, Sister Mary Martha.Tamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13545454885908647405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-59963741188108737572010-01-08T17:05:42.813-08:002010-01-08T17:05:42.813-08:00Dear Sister,
LOVE the bagpipe analogy! People for...Dear Sister,<br /><br />LOVE the bagpipe analogy! People forget that we cut ourselves off by our own stupidity and stubbornness, God doesn't push us away.<br /><br />PS-Having spent a few years in my youth unsuccessfully trying to play the bagpipes (blowing in and fingering the notes is the easy part - you gotta have a seriously strong arm, which I don't, to squeeze that thing and get any noise out of it at all), I found the analogy that much funnier but am now hearing bwaaaaaaahhhhhhhngk in my head! Ugh!Suzannehttp://caffeinatedmusic.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-63568228451435676352010-01-07T02:15:22.554-08:002010-01-07T02:15:22.554-08:00JP,
thank you very much for your kind answer and p...JP,<br />thank you very much for your kind answer and prayers.Paulinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05447264111537712384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-79065585693871184202010-01-06T20:38:11.747-08:002010-01-06T20:38:11.747-08:00Now that someone has mentioned the issue of asking...Now that someone has mentioned the issue of asking for intercession as an inhabitant of a crime-infested city, I think it's time to bring up the issue with American Catholic schoolchildren as many would have no idea of what it would be like to feel so unsafe. The children of war-torn cities must often feel so discouraged and apathetic, after the fear and terrified. <br /><br />These children are in my prayers tonight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-85590418989272485612010-01-06T16:44:12.810-08:002010-01-06T16:44:12.810-08:00Hi Paulina
I am praying for you and your city!
I...Hi Paulina<br /><br />I am praying for you and your city!<br /><br />I have a couple of ideas, if I may share them with you.<br /><br />I would ask the protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Ask her to wrap her mantle around your city.<br /><br />Also, pray to St. Michael the Archangel. His prayer is like this (there are a few varations).<br />"St Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our safeguard against the wickedness and snares of the Devil, may God rebuke him we humbly pray. Do thou, O prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God, cast into Hell Satan, and all his evil minions, who wander the world seeking the ruin of souls."<br /><br />If you are in the Americas, the patron saint for us is Our Lady of Guadaloupe.<br /><br />Your specific country (or even city) may have its own patron.<br /><br />Hope there's some help there! God Bless you.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08433061807436268115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-76878104297322753242010-01-05T17:04:58.675-08:002010-01-05T17:04:58.675-08:00Sister, you have me laughing so hard that I'm ...Sister, you have me laughing so hard that I'm crying right now. My dad used to sing that "I don't want her, you can have her, she's too fat for me" song about my mother when I was a kid. I'm fairly certain that my mom would have really let him have it if she ever heard him sing it. You just brought back some very amusing childhood memories for me. I needed that today. God bless you!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08353696433987975754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-50056536931283639902010-01-05T13:22:17.990-08:002010-01-05T13:22:17.990-08:00Hello Sister,
I've been reading your blog for ...Hello Sister,<br />I've been reading your blog for some months now. I'm catholic but I have never ask a Saint for his/her help. Since I found your blog I started to learn more about Saints and their lives but I'm still very new in all this and I need some help chosing a Saint for a complete city.<br /><br />My problem is this, I live in a city where crime and violence is unbearable now. People doesn't want to go out anymore because doesn't matter where you go, something horrible can happen. We've been living like this for 2 years now, we live in war. Nearly 3000 people were murdered, more than a hundred were inocent children.<br /><br />When I'm on the streets I ask God for protection for the people I see walking on the streets, when I'm in the supermarket or wherever and the military or police enter the place I ask for protection, not only for all who are inside but for them too because some of them are truly doing their job and trying to protect us.<br /><br />So I'm looking for a Saint who can help us, pray for our protection and guide our earthly soldiers.<br /><br />P.S I apologize for all my grammar mistakes, English is not my first language.Paulinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05447264111537712384noreply@blogger.com