tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post7096680945436923822..comments2024-03-05T14:07:28.062-08:00Comments on Ask Sister Mary Martha: MemorareSister Mary Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00580244097177195453noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-74897554263676473352009-02-23T20:02:00.000-08:002009-02-23T20:02:00.000-08:00Dear Sister,Somewhat miraculous to find your site ...Dear Sister,<BR/>Somewhat miraculous to find your site tonight, Following my memorare, I will sleep in peaceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-75171190069832315542008-05-12T20:21:00.000-07:002008-05-12T20:21:00.000-07:00I love the Memorare. One of my favorite prayers......I love the Memorare. One of my favorite prayers...right along with Hail Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy...<BR/><BR/>We can't forget the Mercy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-76492104131283647002008-05-03T10:30:00.000-07:002008-05-03T10:30:00.000-07:00Glad to have found your site. Very inspiring and i...Glad to have found your site. Very inspiring and informative.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-12100742108221217232008-05-02T08:56:00.000-07:002008-05-02T08:56:00.000-07:00Is there a patron saint for the disorganized? Our ...Is there a patron saint for the disorganized? Our parish could use some help lately. (Just don't send Sister Nicholas.)bill7txhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06583247635887386447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-71103145106447092422008-05-01T14:02:00.000-07:002008-05-01T14:02:00.000-07:00Hi Sister,Whatever your mom endured, she obviously...Hi Sister,<BR/><BR/>Whatever your mom endured, she obviously overcame it all and came out smelling like a rose, judging by the daughter she raised.<BR/><BR/>The Memorare I learned had a few extra words. "...that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help....". Could the Memorarae be like the Prayer to St. Michael, which seems to have several variations (protection/safeguard, cast/thrust, prowl/roam)?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-53562025099961184132008-05-01T13:33:00.000-07:002008-05-01T13:33:00.000-07:00Sister: Paradoxically, I have found my history as ...Sister: Paradoxically, I have found my history as an abused child; physically by my father, emotionally and psychologically by my mother, to be a great blessing. Not that I would wish what I went through on any child ! but that the experience, once overcome (and throw in a conversion to Catholicism in there too), has taught me incredible lessons about forgiveness, made me appreciate my children so much, taught me humility, and well, so much more. Perhaps your mother would say the same. <BR/>Anonymous: I always thought that my children deserved an unclouded relationship with grandparents and extended family, so I didn't tell them ANYTHING (and never left them alone) until they were in their late teens. Then it would easily come up in conversations like "Son, when I was young, yelling meant someone was going to get hurt. I know you are just expressing your frustration with math homework, but when you yell, it scares me. Please find some other way to express your frustration. If you need to yell, go outside." This would develop into a conversation about a small slice of Mom's history. They need to know that this is part of human nature and behaviour, but not until they are ready to deal with the information and ready to recognise the same tendencies/potential in themselves. It seems to be working, all six, now adult, have a loving relationship with their grandmother and the love of grandchildren (and great-grandchildren especially!) seems to have healed many of her hurts as well.MOmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06064918097253620269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-16214766387628362332008-05-01T08:21:00.000-07:002008-05-01T08:21:00.000-07:00Your advice matches my personal efforts. I probab...Your advice matches my personal efforts. I probably cannot count how many copies of The Memorare I kept around me during my teenage and college years to pray and I always tried to keep the focus on Mary as my mother. <BR/><BR/>I wonder how you came to know your mother's story. My oldest child is 12, so far my kids accept the "he is not a nice person" reason that they don't know certain people. I don't know if this will always work or what they should ever know if anything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-19305854716118685902008-05-01T06:40:00.000-07:002008-05-01T06:40:00.000-07:00Would St Bakhita of Sudan be considered a patron s...Would St Bakhita of Sudan be considered a patron saint for the abused as well? Just curious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-1656350717463812082008-05-01T06:14:00.000-07:002008-05-01T06:14:00.000-07:00I, too, look forward to reading your Mother's stor...I, too, look forward to reading your Mother's story. Thank you for posting The Memorare. <BR/>God bless!Soutenushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01187685398897830910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-60965926183636362312008-05-01T05:39:00.000-07:002008-05-01T05:39:00.000-07:00Thank you all, my heart has been so heavy since me...Thank you all, my heart has been so heavy since meeting this girl. I just have to do everything I can.<BR/>Prayer is, of course, the best start I can make. I will also do my best with every opportunity the Lord gives me.<BR/>Tho our earthly parents may fail us we do have the perfect Father we can always go to. Thank you again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-52499332738473892632008-04-30T15:58:00.000-07:002008-04-30T15:58:00.000-07:00I'm looking forward to your mom's story. You are ...I'm looking forward to your mom's story. You are my favorite nun ever! God bless.Terry Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09819523933502820341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-59803663963713850232008-04-30T15:10:00.000-07:002008-04-30T15:10:00.000-07:00Dear Sister Mary Martha: I'm so grateful for this ...Dear Sister Mary Martha: I'm so grateful for this post today. As the mother of two children who experienced great abuse before coming to us, I lay awake some nights wondering what is going to happen to them over the long term. Pray ... hope ... and pray some more.<BR/><BR/>I linked to your post today at my Mary blog: http://beholdyourmotherbook.blogspot.com/2008/04/sister-mary-martha-says.html.<BR/><BR/>Thanks again for sharing this glimpse into your mother's heart!Heidi Hess Saxtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02791510605285520649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-35733935759701205992008-04-30T14:49:00.000-07:002008-04-30T14:49:00.000-07:00Of course Mary is an excellent choice. I would add...Of course Mary is an excellent choice. I would add St. Germaine Cousin as well. She is the patron of the abused and her story is incredible. She is one of my daughter's patron saints - because she admires her holiness in the face of abuse, NOT because she is abused...of course.Sanctus Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06189142564821094716noreply@blogger.com