02-04-2011, 02:47 AM | #241 |
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Here are some quotes from Ven. Mother Luisita, which I think you all might appreciate.
See God, your soul and eternity, and for the rest, do not preoccupy yourself… For greater things you were born. Place yourselves in the hands of God, submissive entirely to His divine will. To love God is to long to become united with Him. If we want to be united with God, we must desire to renounce our own ideas and our own wants in order to have only the ideas, wishes, and thoughts of Jesus Christ. Than that’s the distinctive mark of true love. Trust, my child, only in God and try to please Him at all costs. I thought of you, RÃ*an, when I read this one. Raise your eyes to heaven and see the joy that is awaiting you. Let’s bless our good God in all and for all because He allows everything to happen for our own good. How beautiful, my child, to be always smiling and at peace in whatever way Our Lord has you. ---- That last one reminds me of 1 Thess. 5:18 and Romans 8:28. It can be a great challenge, but there is tremendous value in the practice of thanking God for all circumstances. Even brutal circumstances such as those you are in. Friends, would you please pray for me? I'm going on a vocation discernment trip throughout this February, visiting three different religious orders. The last day I will be with these orders is the 27th. Then I fly home. I'm sure that I'm called to the religious vocation, but I don't know in which order. So I need prayer for discernment and guidance this month. Also, prayer so I will cease to be abominably prideful, and so that I will truly abandon myself and love God alone, and all things only in and through Him. I would greatly, greatly appreciate this! Thank-you!!!
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02-04-2011, 02:50 AM | #242 |
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Lief! Good ta see ya still kickin' around... how did your trial period go? Are you going to join that order?
EDIT: Cross-posted with ya there, buddy. Prayers for your successful discernment ascending. |
02-04-2011, 01:10 PM | #243 |
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Thank you so much, Mari. That is exactly what i need... with the exception of "for a while"... I am praying for someone who will walk this life with me to the very end. Praise God!!!
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02-04-2011, 09:13 PM | #244 | |
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It's great to see you again, too! The order I visited, the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate, was excellent. I love them to pieces, and so does our Lady. This fact was obvious! But I didn't feel called to join them. I think the Lord wants me to go somewhere with greater potential for evangelistic outreach. The order I visited was pretty limited in its opportunities to bring the Word to others. Other orders are much more active. This one seems to emphasize contemplative solitude life a good deal more than it does outreach, though it has outreach as well. Many of its members don't get to participate in that directly, though, and many of those that do participate in evangelism only have a small number of windows to do it in. So I'm looking for a place where I could spend much more of my time spreading God's Word. The three orders I'll be visiting in February are all evangelistic. I've read all about them from their websites, and will be interested in looking at them up close. These three orders are the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity (in Texas), the Franciscan Friars of the Eternal Word (in Alabama), and the Dominicans (in St. Louis). So I'll be spending time with all three orders this month, and will return home on Feb. 27th.
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02-04-2011, 09:16 PM | #245 |
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I'm praying for you, Voronwen!
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02-04-2011, 10:29 PM | #246 | |
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Anyway, I will certainly pray for you for that! and also that we ALL grow in keeping the two commandments that Jesus said were everything.
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02-05-2011, 01:19 AM | #247 | |
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Of course, if you were only looking for an awesome habit, it's just one stop at the Dominicans. Unbeatable.
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02-05-2011, 06:09 AM | #248 | |
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02-05-2011, 11:58 AM | #249 |
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Ahh, silly me, i see what you mean now Thank you!!!
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02-10-2011, 05:41 PM | #250 |
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Tomorrow, at 9:20, I fly out to Baylor, for interviews for the PhD program. Prayers that it go well would be appreciated.
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03-09-2011, 01:19 PM | #251 |
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Say a few prayers for me. I have four mid-terms in three days, and this is where I find out if all of my hard work and new study techniques are going to pay off... eegh. It would be easier if I weren't having to work so many hours in the middle of this... for example tonight I'm going to lose a lot of study time to a rehearsal and choir performance and tomorrow I lose study time to my office work.
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03-09-2011, 02:13 PM | #252 |
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Will do, Tessar
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03-09-2011, 02:46 PM | #253 |
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You could blame us for not praying hard enough for you
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03-11-2011, 06:53 AM | #254 |
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I'd like to ask you to pray for Japan and the people of Tokyo, some of them my friends. I have no idea if they're safe, so please pray for their safety. And for my sanity perhaps.
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03-11-2011, 07:54 AM | #255 |
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Thinking about and praying your friends and Tokyonians and Japanese People.
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03-13-2011, 08:12 PM | #256 |
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Prayers for the Japanese and continuing for the New Zealanders as well.
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03-13-2011, 09:10 PM | #257 |
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Prayers for the people of Japan, Hawaii, and New Zealand.
Everyone who wants to help can donate to help each of these countries or specifically Japan through Red Cross, link below. http://american.redcross.org/site/Pa...name=ntld_main You can also donate $10 to the Red Cross by texting REDCROSS to 90999. (what I did) Again, prayers for all the people of these countries.
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03-15-2011, 03:09 PM | #258 |
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I asked for it before, but I'm asking again: please pray for the people of Japan.
My friend has heard nothing of his family and friends yet who live in that area, but may just be cut off from internet and phones etc. Please pray for them and for my friends.
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03-23-2011, 02:40 PM | #259 |
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Dear all, a very dear friend of mine has been hospitalised after a mild heart attack and she has to undergo bypass surgery tomorrow. Please pray for her safety and for the doctors performing the surgery.
Regarding my previous request: my friend from Japan still hasn't heard from his family or friends I'm still hoping, but whether he ever will hear from them again is becoming more and more of an uncertainty.
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03-23-2011, 03:55 PM | #260 |
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Oh no, Mari, that's terrible. Prayers ascending.
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