I am thankful for Mo taking care of my Augie. I am having a lot easier time up here knowing my baby is safe and well cared for instead of in some shelter.
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Unanswered Prayers or Blessing in Disguise?
So I was flipping through my journal from when I gave my BYA talk, because sometimes I need to read the affirmations from my fellow speakers, and I found an entry I wrote about St. Monica
From August 27, 2007 about 7 PM (in Adoration)
Today is the feast of St Monica, the patron saint of unanswered prayers.
Monica is just about the ultimate example of palanca. She lifted Augustine up in prayer everyday for years, seemingly without success.
He remained the faithless playboy he had been.
But deep down God was working, bringing Augustine to Ambrose.
It's funny how we think of our prayers and the way we want them answered, but God has different plans.
Monica probably wanted a quick, Paul-on-the-way-to-Damascus conversion for Augustine, but instead it was years and years, subtle turn by subtle turn.
Had Augustine had an instantaneous conversion, I think we'd lack an incredible example in our church. I know I relate better to Augustine than to someone like Therese of Lesieux.
Plus, Augustine opened the way for intellectuals in the Church. Without him theology wouldn't be what it is today.
St Monica has me thinking about unanswered prayers in my life. If prayers = instant gratification, I don't think that would be good. I have to agree with Garth Brooks--sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers.
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I know the spacing and line breaks are strange, but I wanted to copy this how it was in the journal.
From August 27, 2007 about 7 PM (in Adoration)
Today is the feast of St Monica, the patron saint of unanswered prayers.
Monica is just about the ultimate example of palanca. She lifted Augustine up in prayer everyday for years, seemingly without success.
He remained the faithless playboy he had been.
But deep down God was working, bringing Augustine to Ambrose.
It's funny how we think of our prayers and the way we want them answered, but God has different plans.
Monica probably wanted a quick, Paul-on-the-way-to-Damascus conversion for Augustine, but instead it was years and years, subtle turn by subtle turn.
Had Augustine had an instantaneous conversion, I think we'd lack an incredible example in our church. I know I relate better to Augustine than to someone like Therese of Lesieux.
Plus, Augustine opened the way for intellectuals in the Church. Without him theology wouldn't be what it is today.
St Monica has me thinking about unanswered prayers in my life. If prayers = instant gratification, I don't think that would be good. I have to agree with Garth Brooks--sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers.
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I know the spacing and line breaks are strange, but I wanted to copy this how it was in the journal.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
7 words
Prompts: Write a story in 7 words. From: http://www.creativity-portal.com/prompts/imagination.prompt.html
Augie stepped on a tack and limped.
Augie stepped on a tack and limped.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Reasons I wish I was my cat
- He is always getting loved on, lots of hugs and kisses.
- Full body massage – EVERY day! All that petting. J
- No work
- No cleaning.Sleeping 20ish hours a day
- No clothes to worry about
- No worries
- Awesome fur coat
- He has lots and lots of toys
- Lots of cuddles, ok, I know that goes with number 1, but seriously, it must be pretty awesome to get cradled and stuff multiple times per day
- He's small, so he fits in a lot of places I can't
- He lays in some positions, I could never could
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