tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post8743555263001321566..comments2024-03-05T14:07:28.062-08:00Comments on Ask Sister Mary Martha: The Causes of SaintsSister Mary Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00580244097177195453noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-76985863202719000192007-10-08T21:30:00.000-07:002007-10-08T21:30:00.000-07:00bethington, St. Peter is the patron saint of the i...bethington, St. Peter is the patron saint of the impetuous and look how well he turned out.Sister Mary Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00580244097177195453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-34681271449256599422007-10-08T19:08:00.000-07:002007-10-08T19:08:00.000-07:00Hello,I need your help. I have 3 children. 2 boy...Hello,<BR/>I need your help. I have 3 children. 2 boys and my youngest a girl. She is 5 and she has the confidence of Miss America and a will of steal. If I had had half the confidence at her age I would have been a much happier child. However, she's impulsive...mostly out on the playground. She hits, pushes, or kicks without thinking about it. The teachers and nuns (They go to Catholic school) are so patient with her but I am trying to find her a medallion of a Saint to remind her to think before she acts. This worked with my oldest so I thought I'd try it with her as well. I'm trying to find a saint that would fit her. Like I said, she is a beautiful, smart, kind little girl with unlimited energy and confidence but lacks the understanding<BR/>of personal space. Any help with this would be great. <BR/>P.S. Just found your site tonight. I am an RCIA graduate. I'm sure I'll be writing again as I am getting ready to move home to family who is not Catholic. I may need your support. <BR/>Thanks, <BR/>BethingtonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-87153308563022496252007-09-26T19:00:00.000-07:002007-09-26T19:00:00.000-07:00Thank you Peakmoreacademy, but I don't know how to...Thank you Peakmoreacademy, but I don't know how to that.Sister Mary Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00580244097177195453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-22852197911628373172007-09-26T18:47:00.000-07:002007-09-26T18:47:00.000-07:00I visit your blog regularly (with each new entry) ...I visit your blog regularly (with each new entry) and so enjoy reading it. I have awarded you the YOU MAKE ME SMILE award which you can see at my blog (and get the graphic from there, too)<BR/><BR/>http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/PeakmoreAcademy/398164/<BR/><BR/>Have a great weekend, Sister.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-33857899620495057842007-09-26T15:08:00.000-07:002007-09-26T15:08:00.000-07:00Sister, since you don't have an email address in y...Sister, since you don't have an email address in your profile, I just want to let you know that I have tagged you in a pop quiz over at Salve Regina. Can't wait to see your answers!<BR/><A HREF="http://paramedicgoldengirl.blogspot.com/2007/09/bloggers-quiz.html" REL="nofollow">Blogger's Quiz</A>paramedicgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17524363951843887071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-3180895229277592972007-09-26T05:23:00.000-07:002007-09-26T05:23:00.000-07:00Dear Sister, in February, 2004, I had surgery for ...Dear Sister, in February, 2004, I had surgery for endometriosis. I wanted to have another child, but my doctor at the time said if nothing happened in the next 3 months, nothing would without his "help". And if something did happen within those 3 months, the odds were good that the pregnancy would be ectopic. In June of 2005, I asked Mother Teresa to ask Our Lord if I was a good parent, and if so, would he please let me have another baby. In December of 2006, I had a beautiful baby boy a month before my 41st birthday. Is that enough of a miracle to help her cause? I am forever grateful for her intervention.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-23771385131068968812007-09-26T03:04:00.000-07:002007-09-26T03:04:00.000-07:00Sister, what can you tell us about the rather unus...Sister, what can you tell us about the rather unusual artwork illustrating this entry? Not the Miracle lemon polish ad, but the guy (Jesus? Lazarus?) on the slab with what appears to be his leg grown back (or about to fall off?). Every time I look at it I see something new..but I'm not sure what I'm seeing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-60063280558450323952007-09-26T00:23:00.000-07:002007-09-26T00:23:00.000-07:00Oh, St Anthony! He's saved me from awful troubles ...Oh, St Anthony! He's saved me from awful troubles throughout my life; he is a loving and ever-present brother to us all. However :-)...he's not (neither are any of the saints, or God, for that matter) coke machines where we inster squabbles and needs. St Anthony was first and foremost a man of God, a man of prayer, an astonishing preacher who converted hundreds throughout northen Italy and France during times of terrible heresy. He was a man entirely consumed by the Gospel, by Love of God...a saint...not merely a name we invoke to find out lost trifles. I've been guilty of reducing him to that as well, but grew to know him better and love him more. God bless you all, especially Sr. Mary Martha, whose blog is a pleasure to read. Thank God that some things are black and white and always will be!antoninahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12548220816476326443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-13245186638940410902007-09-25T19:31:00.000-07:002007-09-25T19:31:00.000-07:00Your definition of a miracle is so black and white...<I>Your definition of a miracle is so black and white, so rigid. Oh that's right, your Catholic.</I><BR/><BR/>Not only Catholic, but a very funny Catholic! :} I loved the part about documenting the leg growing back!!!paramedicgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17524363951843887071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-28951823594594625062007-09-25T15:10:00.001-07:002007-09-25T15:10:00.001-07:00Mrs. G.,I'll just say that, as a reader, I didn't ...Mrs. G.,<BR/><BR/>I'll just say that, as a reader, I didn't feel disrespected. <BR/><BR/>And, I hope it wasn't sinful to play "Mass" and use Wonder Bread hosts or I've got some 'splainin' to do! My siblings and I also used white Necco wafers as hosts on occasion. We had a rather elaborate "celebration of the Mass" going on in our "forbidden to children except for on Sundays living room." We had all the accoutrements or close facsimiles thereof. I think if we were committing blasphemy, my parents, the consummate Catholics would have put a quick stop to our shenanigans. <BR/><BR/>Now, I ask you, what kind of children go to school all week at parochial schools, Mass on Fridays, Mass on Sundays and come directly home from church to "play" Mass for a couple of hours?ann nonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06426622861196955113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-4636727359178868142007-09-25T15:10:00.000-07:002007-09-25T15:10:00.000-07:00I can't speak for anyone else, Mrs. G, but I have ...I can't speak for anyone else, Mrs. G, but I have no intention of hunting you down and whacking your knuckles (or any other part of you) with a ruler (or anything else, even a communion wafer made of Wonder Bread). I also didn't take any particular offense to your initial comment.<BR/><BR/>Presumably you will likewise not take offense if I pray for you?<BR/><BR/>:-)Kasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12252276821520357094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-61466173447886309122007-09-25T13:56:00.000-07:002007-09-25T13:56:00.000-07:00Mrs. G. hopes she didn't disrespect Sister Mary Ma...Mrs. G. hopes she didn't disrespect Sister Mary Martha and her readers in her earlier comment, and that they won't hunt her down and rap her knuckles with a ruler. Mrs. G. attended Catholic schools for twelve years and is somewhat of a "cafeteria" Catholic in that she picks and chooses what she likes and passes on the other. Since an early age, Mrs. G. has been a wee bit confrontational towards hard and fast rules. She also manufactured her own communion wafers out of Wonder Bread. Her problems might be too large for Sister Mary Martha, but she appreciates the effort and loves this blog.Mrs. G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01171997573144385692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-33862974773967953082007-09-25T12:51:00.000-07:002007-09-25T12:51:00.000-07:00Anonymous,Here's a little secret my mother taught ...Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>Here's a little secret my mother taught me as a child. When requesting assistance from St. Anthony, also say a prayer to St. Jude (patron of lost causes.) I don't think St. Anthony is offended by me hedging my bets because he knows too well how proficient I am at making things disappear. Either way, the combination has never let me down. <BR/><BR/><BR/>P.S. The road to hell is paved with the theory of relativism. Go black and white!ann nonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06426622861196955113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-55235769316669286912007-09-25T10:05:00.000-07:002007-09-25T10:05:00.000-07:00Mrs. G, you are perfectly free to call every happy...Mrs. G, you are perfectly free to call every happy event in your life a miracle. (That would be "your" life, not "you're" life, as in "you're Catholic.) We are talking about what is accepted as proof that a holy person went to heaven, after the person's life has been studied in every aspect. Instantaneous and unexplainable is not rigid, it is definitive.Sister Mary Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00580244097177195453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-46711024230420463042007-09-25T09:06:00.000-07:002007-09-25T09:06:00.000-07:00Thank you Sister, that is much clearer. If I ever ...Thank you Sister, that is much clearer. If I ever do need a miracle I'll ask you who I should seek help from.<BR/>mrs.g. I am Catholic because I like the black and white. I left the wishy-washy stuff behind at my previous church. <BR/>andrea St. Anthony is fabulous. He's found all but one thing for me. Has anyone seen a blue egg basket?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-7982505742084480492007-09-25T07:53:00.000-07:002007-09-25T07:53:00.000-07:00Your definition of a miracle is so black and white...Your definition of a miracle is so black and white, so rigid. Oh that's right, your Catholic.Mrs. G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01171997573144385692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-86339126859079396592007-09-24T19:35:00.000-07:002007-09-24T19:35:00.000-07:00St. Anthony really does find everything. As a fres...St. Anthony really does find everything. As a freshman last year at John Paul the Great Catholic University, I would lose everything. Just when I was about to lose all hope, my roommate would say, "Pray to St. Anthony. He'll find it." She would say this very casually. Well, I would and he always found what I was looking for.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04080804050027464710noreply@blogger.com