tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post4841657108302508276..comments2024-03-05T14:07:28.062-08:00Comments on Ask Sister Mary Martha: Judas CakeSister Mary Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00580244097177195453noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-12994471914350189062010-05-18T09:02:05.422-07:002010-05-18T09:02:05.422-07:00Anonymous @ 6:13,
nuns are analogues of monks, whi...Anonymous @ 6:13,<br />nuns are analogues of monks, which means they live in cloisters, devoted almost entirely to contemplation and prayer. Sisters (and friars) typically also do many of the Acts of Spiritual and Corporal Mercy, in a missionary manner. Sr. Mary Martha's work of educating the ignorant strongly suggests that she is a member of an order of Sisters, not nuns.Arkanabar T'verrick Ilarsadinhttp://arkanabar.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-84071495086753167542010-05-14T18:31:55.866-07:002010-05-14T18:31:55.866-07:00Sister, here is something that has come up among o...Sister, here is something that has come up among our catechists and a question from someone on another forum has brought it to mind to find an answer. Left handed kids tend to do the sign of the cross with their left hand. Is that okay? Should we be correcting them?Katneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13399336885633739593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-25808314910631229352010-05-13T18:31:35.792-07:002010-05-13T18:31:35.792-07:00What's the difference between a sister and a n...What's the difference between a sister and a nun?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-64223908017628065212010-05-11T21:08:39.843-07:002010-05-11T21:08:39.843-07:00Dear Matt,
I'm sure it's fine for you to ...Dear Matt,<br /><br />I'm sure it's fine for you to say the rosary using your computer - and you could have the blessed beads in your lap at the same time. The blessing comes, not from the beads themselves, but from the action of 1.)having them blessed (this is an Act of Faith) and 2.) using the beads (another Act of Faith). To believe otherwise would be superstitious, which is against the 1st commandment. <br /><br />Sister Mary MargaretAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-41757035079417087282010-05-11T15:02:35.809-07:002010-05-11T15:02:35.809-07:00I enjoy your blog and wonder at the absence of rec...I enjoy your blog and wonder at the absence of recent ones. What's going on? Are you okay?Mary Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02908550586505392408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-71345454625698779582010-05-09T18:25:13.432-07:002010-05-09T18:25:13.432-07:00Dear Sister - Hello! I live in upstate New York, w...Dear Sister - Hello! I live in upstate New York, where today it snowed despite its being May 9th. A Catholic friend of mine who's from Germany and whose birthday it is was excited about this. She called the snowfall "Maria Schnee" and said she felt blessed to wake up on her birthday with it snowing. I'm a longtime (if sometimes sporadic) reader of your blog, but I don't remember the story behind this ever being covered. Would you mind telling it, and is this mainly a German thing, or is it celebrated pretty much everywhere? Thank you!Kelliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461553620578869595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-67227181098947185432010-05-08T21:48:55.919-07:002010-05-08T21:48:55.919-07:00And there is yet another version of Judas story: h...And there is yet another version of Judas story: he understood that in order for the prophecy to be fulfilled someone had to “betray” Jesus and give him to the Romans; therefore, Judas took in on himself to commit this terrible sin. Still, in the end, he could not bear the consequence of his doing and committed a suicide. …We all should choose what to believe in, but to me personally, this version makes the most sense. Jesus knew his Father’s plan for him, knew what had to be done – and so did his followers.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12945267271998444569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-27464366047808563932010-05-06T08:04:35.031-07:002010-05-06T08:04:35.031-07:00Dear Sister – I love your blog. I do have a questi...Dear Sister – I love your blog. I do have a question for you. A few posts back you mentioned that saying a rosary on blessed rosary beads earns you a partial indulgence. Seven years ago I suffered a spinal cord injury that left me with the use of only one hand. It is very difficult for me to manipulate a traditional rosary. I discovered a downloadable program called the Virtual Rosary that keeps track of your prayers on the computer. It is very convenient for someone with my physical condition. That being said, do I not receive a partial indulgence because I say it on the computer? Please help!Mattnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-30760243619339755982010-05-05T06:36:50.403-07:002010-05-05T06:36:50.403-07:00Hi Sister, hope you haven't been eating rock h...Hi Sister, hope you haven't been eating rock hard pretzels or kicking things again...mphnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-83503665756646285372010-05-04T20:13:17.456-07:002010-05-04T20:13:17.456-07:00Sister, how do you celebrate Pentecost? At my par...Sister, how do you celebrate Pentecost? At my parish we used to read the gospel in lots of different languages. We used to release lots of red balloons. We used to have a picnics with parachute games. Now, not so much. It's sort of just another Sunday. Has something happened to take Pentecost odwn a notch or is it just our new priest?Lisanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-21365715484996409382010-05-03T13:42:53.153-07:002010-05-03T13:42:53.153-07:00When a person prays the rosary, do they say "...When a person prays the rosary, do they say "amen" after each prayer? For example in each decade of Hail Marys are there 10 amens or one at the end? I am not asking to be smart aleck. I have never heard anyone pray the rosary. I thought I would try it for a week and see what happened. I found the prayers online, but wasn't sure about the amen part. (And what has happened so far, is that Catholics are coming out of the woodwork. For being the Church Militant, there are a lot of you in the secret service, apparently! But all of a sudden I'm meeting a lot of you. )slimsdotterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13851592041787358791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-42548035576883452352010-04-27T11:22:12.597-07:002010-04-27T11:22:12.597-07:00Of course there was no cake! It was Lent!Of course there was no cake! It was Lent!Sister Mary Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00580244097177195453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-44119965971914712182010-04-27T08:43:48.994-07:002010-04-27T08:43:48.994-07:00Or it could refer to the what happens when you han...Or it could refer to the what happens when you hang yourself. Everytyhing in your bladder and what's left of lunch as well as your tounge will be seen.Dymphnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01469622835449220113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-836649078386299122010-04-27T07:34:43.829-07:002010-04-27T07:34:43.829-07:00I also like the third explanation.
Our priest di...I also like the third explanation. <br /><br />Our priest did discuss this a bit more; something about the suicide bit being a reference to someone in the Old Testament who killed himself and the Jewish people of the time would have recognized the symbolism. I am sorry I don't remember the details more clearly! I was not clear if one verse was symbolic and the other historic. The last explanation you give makes sense and reminds me that the whole Bible is full of metaphor!<br /><br />P.S. There was no cake.JennyHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14723895607185032324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-8005706058292100572010-04-26T17:16:23.882-07:002010-04-26T17:16:23.882-07:00The cake recipe would not pop open, perhaps, we sh...The cake recipe would not pop open, perhaps, we should hang the cake??Claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02714440790407126206noreply@blogger.com