tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post7102823552263299231..comments2024-03-05T14:07:28.062-08:00Comments on Ask Sister Mary Martha: Bank On ItSister Mary Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00580244097177195453noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-24398223282470787292009-08-17T09:36:04.143-07:002009-08-17T09:36:04.143-07:00I would like to suggest St. Helen (Constantine'...I would like to suggest St. Helen (Constantine's Mother and finder of the Cross) she is obscure; in that we don't hear much about her and yet a good saint for the stay at home mom - maybe??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-36539116245611118102009-08-16T12:01:53.996-07:002009-08-16T12:01:53.996-07:00I second nerdycellist's request for a patron s...I second nerdycellist's request for a patron saint of the lazy--perhaps a patron saint to help foster self-discipline? I am sorely lacking in this area, as can well be seen by the dust in my apartment, my lack of muscle tone (too lazy to work out) and all my last-minute term papers!Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03893341464969743583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-83964872403562945502009-08-14T17:39:20.325-07:002009-08-14T17:39:20.325-07:00Thank you for the clarification of the "suffe...Thank you for the clarification of the "suffering for sinners". A recent convert, I am also one of those who would start the day offering the Lord all the cans and bottles of my life for recycling for the sake of souls. <br /><br />If I knew the day was going to be especially frought with hazard, I would offer it as I drove to work.<br /><br />However, the way you put it, it makes more sense and no doubt will go a long way helping me to get and stay close to the Lord in the times to come.<br /><br />Thanks!Minkykathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18310501516675300767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-58727829921037764972009-08-14T13:35:35.883-07:002009-08-14T13:35:35.883-07:00St. Rosalia is my Confirmation patron. Saint name ...St. Rosalia is my Confirmation patron. Saint name picked for Confirmation? I thought she was obscure until now.Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05690348821757283659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-71379223611593694012009-08-14T11:29:39.388-07:002009-08-14T11:29:39.388-07:00Hello,
I have a patron saint question for you: I&...Hello,<br /><br />I have a patron saint question for you: I've read of several female saints who wanted to remain single for Christ, but ended up getting married anyway (usually in obedience to their parents.) Are there any saints who had the opposite problem, i.e. they wanted to marry and teach their children to love God, but God never brought them a husband so they had to learn to accept this as His will for them? Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-84564247950098281872009-08-14T11:20:00.295-07:002009-08-14T11:20:00.295-07:00St John Bosco was amazingly studious and hard-work...St John Bosco was amazingly studious and hard-working and still fun - I was much inspired to get my act together by him a few months ago (that is, I was inspired to do so, not that I did, sadly). <br /><br />Hippolytus was patron saint of the diocese I lived in Austria :-) (he was an antipope - everyone was so holy in the old days that even the antipopes were saints ...)berenikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16917803593444075354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-86437762144067742822009-08-13T20:02:45.608-07:002009-08-13T20:02:45.608-07:00Sister, I've got a peculiar question: who decl...Sister, I've got a peculiar question: who declares that a particular saint is the patron saint of such-and-such? I ask because I'm a software engineer, and there is (in the lists I've seen) no patron saint of software engineers. (The closest is St. Isadore of Seville, but he's the patron saint of the Internet, which isn't the same thing.) <br /><br />In my humble opinion, St. Thomas Aquinas would make a dandy patron saint for software engineers; he spent his days dealing with fine and subtle abstractions, and so do software engineers. So who should I ask, to get him added to the list?Will Duquettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07842496412575851453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-20387008225510188572009-08-13T16:14:41.290-07:002009-08-13T16:14:41.290-07:00Sister, thank you for this compassionate, humorous...Sister, thank you for this compassionate, humorous and common-sense blog. That my suffering has value and may be offered was a new concept to me (raised Mormon!) and I really appreciate your explanations.<br /><br />I would like to call upon your superior Saint matching skills to tell me if there is a patron saint of the lazy. It's not to pray for my kids (which I don't have), but myself. And maybe also a patron saint of thieves, if there is such a thing, as I'm typing this while (lazily) avoiding work, which is technically stealing time from my employer!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-64878941541513883902009-08-13T14:44:30.502-07:002009-08-13T14:44:30.502-07:00Today's memorial: Saint Pontian and Saint Hipp...Today's memorial: Saint Pontian and Saint Hippolytus -- definitely obscure to me! Read about them: http://methodandmadnessblog.blogspot.comKristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10120271992178844108noreply@blogger.com