Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum, benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Iesus. Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc, et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen.
Maybe looking at our familiar and standard prayers in Latin, I can learn a bit of Latin.
Friday, January 12, 2007
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Take song lyrics, mix them together and see what you get
I just want to watch the wind blow by
For as long as I'm in Your eyes
You're all that I need
For as long as I'm in Your eyes
You're all that I need
Monday, January 8, 2007
Lecture Halls and God
Halelujah, Halelujah, Halelujah!
Okay, I'm not heralding any grand event.
Some days I just want to praise God, or sing that word over and over and over ... and over.
Nothing particularly joyful, just a desire to do so.
It's along the same lines of prostrating in prayer, not knowing why, but knowing that God "likes" it, and in that same vein, I somehow also like it as well.
I like a class of mine; "Happiness, Health, and Well-being" addresses happiness and contentment in our lives.
I like how this is directly related to vocation mail I recieved in November 2006; one of the articles Sister Rita sent me was about finding happiness in the LORD. It was careful to state that happiness in the LORD was not a fleeting sensation, but inner contentment that is stable over time, an awareness of the self and the surround environment, and an inner balance and poise.
I will enjoy relating this class to what I know about God, seeking out to validate all that we know of God in modern day psychology and science. I'm sure some Darwinists, evolutionists, and secularists are tsk-tsking me at the moment. That's okay!
In class we were asked to briefly say what we did when we were stressed. Me: prayer. Of course I have my daily small prayers to the Saints and for help/intercession, but I also have my devotionals (i.e., Brown scapular). I'm getting better at running to the strong tower that God is in my life. If I can turn to Him now with minor stressors, then I'll be primed and trustful in Him with the larger, chronic stressors in my life.
I also realized during class that I enjoy being child-like in Christ. Some days my sister and Dad will be talking physics and mathematics and ask something like "why do plants always grow towards the light, even if you turn them upside down?" I cannot come up with an answer other than that is what God created them to do! Same for how did someone think that a pomegrante was edible and not poisonous. Well, although the Genesis story of Adam and Eve may be called an allegory; a metaphor for the kind of relationship our ancestors had with God, He still had to impart wisdom to them on some matters.
I cannot promise much, but I would like to start posting here more frequently, perhaps even once a week.
Okay, I'm not heralding any grand event.
Some days I just want to praise God, or sing that word over and over and over ... and over.
Nothing particularly joyful, just a desire to do so.
It's along the same lines of prostrating in prayer, not knowing why, but knowing that God "likes" it, and in that same vein, I somehow also like it as well.
I like a class of mine; "Happiness, Health, and Well-being" addresses happiness and contentment in our lives.
I like how this is directly related to vocation mail I recieved in November 2006; one of the articles Sister Rita sent me was about finding happiness in the LORD. It was careful to state that happiness in the LORD was not a fleeting sensation, but inner contentment that is stable over time, an awareness of the self and the surround environment, and an inner balance and poise.
I will enjoy relating this class to what I know about God, seeking out to validate all that we know of God in modern day psychology and science. I'm sure some Darwinists, evolutionists, and secularists are tsk-tsking me at the moment. That's okay!
In class we were asked to briefly say what we did when we were stressed. Me: prayer. Of course I have my daily small prayers to the Saints and for help/intercession, but I also have my devotionals (i.e., Brown scapular). I'm getting better at running to the strong tower that God is in my life. If I can turn to Him now with minor stressors, then I'll be primed and trustful in Him with the larger, chronic stressors in my life.
I also realized during class that I enjoy being child-like in Christ. Some days my sister and Dad will be talking physics and mathematics and ask something like "why do plants always grow towards the light, even if you turn them upside down?" I cannot come up with an answer other than that is what God created them to do! Same for how did someone think that a pomegrante was edible and not poisonous. Well, although the Genesis story of Adam and Eve may be called an allegory; a metaphor for the kind of relationship our ancestors had with God, He still had to impart wisdom to them on some matters.
I cannot promise much, but I would like to start posting here more frequently, perhaps even once a week.
Tuesday, January 2, 2007
I've been tagged
1. Favorite devotion or prayer to Jesus.
I am trying to explore the Sacred Heart of Christ Jesus.
2. Favorite Marian devotion or prayer.
The Rosary
3. Do you wear a scapular or medal?
I wear the Brown scapular and 2 medals: our Mother, and St Benedict of Norcia
4. Do you have holy water in your home?
Three separate bottles in varying sizes, two in my room and the third in my purse. I've used it to do simple (no priest needed) exorcisms, twice already this Christmas Break (Decemeber 12th to January 7th)
5. Do you "offer up" your sufferings?
Yes. I try to not complain about my various issues, aches, and pains from time to time. Other times I'll near-intentionally suffer (i.e., walk barefoot on coarse gravel out by the garden). Typically for the souls in Purgatory.
6. Do you observe First Fridays and First Saturdays?
I'm not certain what this question asks; thus, no.
7. Do you go to Eucharistic Adoration? How Frequently?
No. I "don't get it"; I don't know what I would say/do.
8. Are you a Saturday evening Mass person or a Sunday morning Mass person?
I used to love the 5pm Sunday Mass at my home parish, but with LifeTeen, it's turned irreverent. I have come to prefer the Saturday vigil Mass. I'm aiming for daily Mass, though.
9. Do you say prayers at mealtime?
Grace before Meals
10. Favorite saints.
Mary, Joseph, Thomas the Apostle, Paul, St Benedict of Norcia, St. Catherine of Sweden.
11. Can you recite the Apostles' Creed by heart?
I get confused between this and the Nicene Creed. It's the longer one that I recite for Mass as well as for the Rosary.
12. Do you usually say short prayers (aspirations) during the course of the day?
Yes, but I intend to do so with more frequency and more meaning (see post below in Resolution).
13. Bonus Question: When you pass by an automobile accident or other serious mishap, do you say a quick prayer for the folks involved?
Yes. I say something quick like "God help/bless them; Let Your will be done." I tend to do it also for people who've got car troubles late at night on the freeway.
I am trying to explore the Sacred Heart of Christ Jesus.
2. Favorite Marian devotion or prayer.
The Rosary
3. Do you wear a scapular or medal?
I wear the Brown scapular and 2 medals: our Mother, and St Benedict of Norcia
4. Do you have holy water in your home?
Three separate bottles in varying sizes, two in my room and the third in my purse. I've used it to do simple (no priest needed) exorcisms, twice already this Christmas Break (Decemeber 12th to January 7th)
5. Do you "offer up" your sufferings?
Yes. I try to not complain about my various issues, aches, and pains from time to time. Other times I'll near-intentionally suffer (i.e., walk barefoot on coarse gravel out by the garden). Typically for the souls in Purgatory.
6. Do you observe First Fridays and First Saturdays?
I'm not certain what this question asks; thus, no.
7. Do you go to Eucharistic Adoration? How Frequently?
No. I "don't get it"; I don't know what I would say/do.
8. Are you a Saturday evening Mass person or a Sunday morning Mass person?
I used to love the 5pm Sunday Mass at my home parish, but with LifeTeen, it's turned irreverent. I have come to prefer the Saturday vigil Mass. I'm aiming for daily Mass, though.
9. Do you say prayers at mealtime?
Grace before Meals
10. Favorite saints.
Mary, Joseph, Thomas the Apostle, Paul, St Benedict of Norcia, St. Catherine of Sweden.
11. Can you recite the Apostles' Creed by heart?
I get confused between this and the Nicene Creed. It's the longer one that I recite for Mass as well as for the Rosary.
12. Do you usually say short prayers (aspirations) during the course of the day?
Yes, but I intend to do so with more frequency and more meaning (see post below in Resolution).
13. Bonus Question: When you pass by an automobile accident or other serious mishap, do you say a quick prayer for the folks involved?
Yes. I say something quick like "God help/bless them; Let Your will be done." I tend to do it also for people who've got car troubles late at night on the freeway.
Monday, January 1, 2007
Happy New Year!!!!
Happy 2007!!
& Good riddance to 2006
This is my New Year's Resolution:
Philippians 4:4-9
Rejoice in the LORD always. I shall say it again: rejoice! Your kindness should be known to all. The LORD is near. Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God. Then the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Keep on doing what you have learned and received and heard and seen in me. Then the God of peace will be with you.
Amen!
What can that mean as a resolution, you could possibly ask?
- To rejoice always in the LORD
- That my kindness should be known to all
- That I should be without anxiety
- Everything is done through prayer, petition, thanksgiving
- That God knows my heart, and that I want to hide nothing from Him
- That I ponder and think of honorable, just, pure, lovely, gracious, and praiseworthy things
- That I continue to practice what I have already learned in and of the LORD.
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