tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post6395191889690654650..comments2024-03-05T14:07:28.062-08:00Comments on Ask Sister Mary Martha: As Old as MethuselahSister Mary Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00580244097177195453noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-55885760784340544642009-08-20T19:53:17.195-07:002009-08-20T19:53:17.195-07:00The Virgin of Guadalupe is the patron saint of my ...The Virgin of Guadalupe is the patron saint of my family! She is our guardian after I painted her image on our fence to keep Mexican gang graffiti at bay. I agree with Hodgepodge's pronunciation, with emphasis on the "loo". It means "place of the wolves" although now Mexico City has encicled all around and I don't think there are any wolves on that hill now.Mary Alicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-76467232795448826812009-08-20T06:38:02.045-07:002009-08-20T06:38:02.045-07:00Anonymous asked about Guadlupe.
Our Lady of Guada...Anonymous asked about Guadlupe.<br /><br />Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared to Juan Deigo. It's a beautiful story. She left an image of herself in a cloth that is still visible today. She is the patron saint of the Americas.<br /><br />say it like this:<br />wah da loo pay<br />or<br />gwa do loo pay<br /><br />the g is not a hard g<br /><br />I hope this helps.Hodgepodgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02859381633652195940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-87827488676605817862009-08-19T13:58:13.131-07:002009-08-19T13:58:13.131-07:00Sister,
I live with a chronic pain condition. Wh...Sister,<br /><br />I live with a chronic pain condition. Which Saint can I turn to for intercession when I don't think I can take anymore?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-63129987874067248262009-08-19T03:20:45.445-07:002009-08-19T03:20:45.445-07:00I just stumbled upon your blog and love it! You a...I just stumbled upon your blog and love it! You are funny, witty and to the point. I would like to suggest to your readers with an interest in the saints to go to SQPN.com and listen to the podcast "The Saintcast". Actually I would love for you to check out SQPN (Star Quest Production Network - run by a Catholic Priest, Fr. Roderick, who is using the new media to evangelize) and hopefully start doing a podcast yourself. It would be a great way to reach more people! Please consider this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-15005178594101500492009-08-18T19:57:51.579-07:002009-08-18T19:57:51.579-07:00While we are on the subject of saints....what do y...While we are on the subject of saints....what do you make of the other gospels - Mary Magdalen, St. Philip, St. Thomas? Inquiring minds would like to know. Blessings all round.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-30035749885679046782009-08-18T19:31:35.001-07:002009-08-18T19:31:35.001-07:00God loves you more than anything our mortal minds ...God loves you more than anything our mortal minds can grasp. He wants to spend all of eternity with us in heaven, and He became sin, died on the cross, and descended into hell so that we wouldn't have to. He suffered for all of us so that He could have all of His beloved with him forever. I believe there is a time of purification, if you will, before we can truly be united with the Lord, but I can't imagine that our Lord in his infinite love would abandon us with no hope of redemption forever. PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong.Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13674984099029150331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-66735874453655139802009-08-18T19:25:47.261-07:002009-08-18T19:25:47.261-07:00Do we, in fact go to hell at all? Jesus loves us s...Do we, in fact go to hell at all? Jesus loves us so much more than we can ever comprehend, no matter what we do. He wants us to spend all of eternity with Him, and that is why He became sin, died on the cross, and descended to hell, so that we wouldn't have to. He endured the suffering for all of us. There is a period of purification if you will before we can spend all of eternity with the Lord. But He wants to be with you in heaven, in His kingdom, where He always intended you to be, forever! PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong, but this is how I understand it.Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13674984099029150331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-72616375291958518972009-08-18T12:44:25.547-07:002009-08-18T12:44:25.547-07:00Sister, here's a nugget that's bothered me...Sister, here's a nugget that's bothered me since CCD. <br /><br />Why is it that God is happy to forgive our sins before we die, but we don't get a chance to repent after we die? Or, why aren't people who are currently in hell given a chance to repent their sins?<br /><br />What I'm trying to say is that it seems odd to me that an infinitely compassionate God refuse to forgive people after they die. Mind shedding a little light on this for me?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-19682212361701223162009-08-18T06:44:34.283-07:002009-08-18T06:44:34.283-07:00My husband pronounce Dymphna as Dimfna. My mother ...My husband pronounce Dymphna as Dimfna. My mother says Dipna. I think they're both right.Dymphnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01469622835449220113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-62277842394156134052009-08-17T23:21:58.051-07:002009-08-17T23:21:58.051-07:00I think it's important to remember that God cr...I think it's important to remember that God created man to be immortal. Taking that into account, living for a few hundred years seems more plausible, although apparently not tolerable for God since in Gen 6:3 he says, "My spirit shall not abide in man for ever, for he is flesh, but his days shall be a hundred and twenty years."sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10506256961094935196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-34066167102358272112009-08-17T22:23:39.310-07:002009-08-17T22:23:39.310-07:00Sister, how does one pronounce Guadlupe (is that e...Sister, how does one pronounce Guadlupe (is that even the right spelling?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-88029900003119399652009-08-17T19:42:05.367-07:002009-08-17T19:42:05.367-07:00Love the posting on St Helena, my confirmation Sai...Love the posting on St Helena, my confirmation Saint!<br />Perhaps you could steer me toward a patron saint of pregnant and parenting teens? I hope to one day be an advocate for them. I was a teen mother. Also, os there a good patron saint for teen fathers as well? I direct my prayers to "Madonna of the streets" which is a popular portrait of Our Lady and the Infant Jesus.Mary Alicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-71339056321131435312009-08-17T14:29:41.304-07:002009-08-17T14:29:41.304-07:00While you are looking into Saint Elizabeth Seton, ...While you are looking into Saint Elizabeth Seton, perhaps you could also break down for me the concept of just HOW our suffering aids the Lord in the conversion of souls and such.<br /><br />While I understand the "offering it up", the old "Methodist" part of me still snarls that by having died on the cross for our sins, Jesus paid it ALL and that he does not, NOT need our sufferings on top of his to aid in salvation of the masses. <br /><br />(My cradle Catholic husband also joins the choir of discontent and unbelief of this as well)<br /><br />I can ALMOST grasp it, the concept sparkles just beyond my reach. I know that the honest to the point way you have of putting things will lay this gem in my hand.<br /><br />Thanks!Minkykathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18310501516675300767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-64923596443367412032009-08-17T13:42:22.204-07:002009-08-17T13:42:22.204-07:00Agree about St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. We visited he...Agree about St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. We visited her shrine during our first home school year. The thought of having to walk miles, with all the children up a mountain to Mass, in winter, carrying your own pots and pans....well that puts my life in a whole new perspective! Getting to Mass on Sunday isn't so hard after all.Good Remedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06940075162516530378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-2665166329247330352009-08-17T13:18:58.182-07:002009-08-17T13:18:58.182-07:00I like your answer about Biblical longevity. As a...I like your answer about Biblical longevity. As a Evangelical-to-Catholic convert it made me sad to see the footnotes in Genesis of my new Catholic Bible that said it was all figurative language. I figure if God could have His son born of an intact virgin and then be physically present in our Eucharist, He could do anything He wanted like create the world in 7 days and have 900+ year old people. <br />People were also probably less polluted with sin like we are, generations later.TheSeekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15969938904815162117noreply@blogger.com