tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post4606439149223130152..comments2024-03-05T14:07:28.062-08:00Comments on Ask Sister Mary Martha: The Lord Giveth and you know what comes nextSister Mary Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00580244097177195453noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-83715589384944113972013-07-19T21:20:34.006-07:002013-07-19T21:20:34.006-07:00Thank you for taking the time to answer my son'...Thank you for taking the time to answer my son's question! <br /><br />I explained the deaths as an act of free will on the part of pharoah. He was so pig headed and prideful that he was willing to ignore all the plagues and warnings, and brought it upon his own people. Had he let the Jews go after the first few plagues, he'd have saved the children. He was sure of his own gods and his status as a god. Supposedly, each plague attacked an Egyption god.<br /><br />My son will have to come to terms with the fact that he is not the ultimate authority over his own life...not even for a moment. This realization will come with maturity, God willing.<br /><br />Thanks again...he needed to read this.<br />Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12356420873078531863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-27770046249347966662013-07-15T06:18:48.233-07:002013-07-15T06:18:48.233-07:00Hi, Sister. Recently my family sold our house-- a...Hi, Sister. Recently my family sold our house-- a lot more quickly than we expected. This is great, except that now we have to find a new place to live in just a few weeks, and we're having trouble. I know you're supposed to ask for the intercession of St. Joseph to sell your house. Who are you supposed to ask for prayers when you want to find a new house...fast?<br /><br />Thank you.Elizabethhttp://perpetualfoodtour.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-5904262939311187902013-07-13T01:31:45.061-07:002013-07-13T01:31:45.061-07:00When my son was diagnosed with leukaemia, someone ...When my son was diagnosed with leukaemia, someone said to me that illness is in our lives because we live in an imperfect world. And the battle rages fiercest because of this imperfection.<br />The quotation I live by says "Christ came into the world neither to explain suffering, nor to take it away, but to fill it with His presence."Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02383223698959645624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-41052525550554603752013-07-12T08:50:02.815-07:002013-07-12T08:50:02.815-07:00Hi sister, I just learned that I had salmonella po...Hi sister, I just learned that I had salmonella poisoning, although thankfully it wasn't severe. At about the same time my best friend became extremely ill and had to be operated. All this to say we barely came out and are intensely grateful for our lives. As my friend put it, its like God came down and shook us and said wake up and see that your not immortal, fools. Is there a saint or a particular prayer for situations like these?Cynthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13227696221918307232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-45492593026533337162013-07-11T21:33:28.139-07:002013-07-11T21:33:28.139-07:00Thank you! I am in my fifties and this is the best...Thank you! I am in my fifties and this is the best explantation I have yet to hear.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com