May 14, 2012
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Need a Hand? How About Two?
Hello all!
I have just returned from some time home; my sister was married on May 5th! It was an absolutely beautiful Mass; so often a wedding can be very bride- or couple-centered but it was all 100% Christ-centered. It was about the Sacrament of Matrimony and about making a covenant with Christ. I can only hope the very best for my sister and my new brother!
This week I am playing catch-up after being away for a week and a half; I have all sorts of things to do. I have a future post in mind but I likely won’t get to post it until next week. In the meantime, however, I wanted to extend the invitation to all of you to send me your prayer requests either below in the comments or via message if the requests are personal or require a degree of privacy.
On Friday, at the ripe old age of 28, I’ll be having all four of my wisdom teeth removed. One of them has already emerged so it will be easy to remove; another will be fairly easy. My bottom two, however, will be extremely difficult! All this to say that I will likely have looooooooooooooots of time to pray over the weekend, since I plan to do nothing but recover and go to Mass. So send me your prayers and I’ll keep them with me all weekend before I copy them down in my prayer journal.
God bless; you are all loved. If you know of others on Xanga in need of prayer, send them over! And if you are looking through the comments here and see someone’s intention that touches or moves you to want to pray for them, too, do so!
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Congratulations to your sister!
Congrats to your sister and *hug* on the wisdom teeth, I have to remove mines as well but I can’t find the courage to do it
Today I read there’s people suffering and being killed in Phillipinas, so I’d like to request a prayer for them if you’d be so kind.
Just pray for me in general. God has been really good to me lately (not that he isn’t in general, but you know what I mean), but I’m having trouble accepting certain things, I think. I hope your wisdom teeth surgery goes well! Eat lots of ice cream
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Ouch that does hurt
That’s absolutely wonderful to hear of your sister! I love hearing that there are still those out there who truly have an understanding and respect of the Sacrament of Matrimony and God’s purpose for marriage. You are truly blessed!
I will pray that your recovery will go smoothly and without complication. =D
Congrats! Were is the cake???
Jacob, be sure to remind them that God offers them the opportunity to be Co-Creators of a new human being: they can choose the gender of the child, if they so wish. It is a special fruit of obedience to the Pope’s teaching against artificial birth control, and for natural methods of birth regulation, i.e. The Billngs Method developed by Drs. John and Evelyn Billings of Australia in response to Paul VI’s plea for discovering a way to regulate birth that was pleasing to God. The Billings Method (www.woomb.org) is approved by the Church, and needs no pharmacological aids, it is completely natural. Fruits of this system are: a)it is the FULFILLMENT of God’s command that “what He has joined together let no man put asunder,” because
the male discovers his own sexual cycle is the woman’s cycle and they bond in an animate way that was heretofore impossible. A truly amazing discovery indeed. b) not only are their bodies mysteriously bound together through the Billings Method, but their minds reach full accord on the role and place of mutual sexuality. This is, again, an incredible and amazing realization that is a fruit of Jesus’ SACRAMENTAL action, in obedience to the Father, and pleasing…it is the key to chastity in marriage, permanence, and exclusivity that the sacrament calls humans to. I can say, Jacob, that the Billings Method saved my marriage, for without it I would not have been able to fulfill my vows. Finally, c) it allows the couple to choose the gender of their child. Knowing the Billings processes, they can arrange through coital accord the outcome of the act: a boy, or a girl, accordingly.
But who pays attention anymore to Pope Paul VI? what about his previous encyclical: “Populi Progressi”???????
P.S. you never commented on my interpretation of Jesus’ words: give unto Caesar what is Caesar’s and give unto God what is God’s…. I think you bought into an accommodated interpretation…Jesuitical? while I bought into a more radical and literal interpretation, more Franciscan perhaps….did you catch that comment of mine somewhere?
congratulations to your sister and new brother – I have two prayer request, my Aunt Butch, actually her name is Mary Lucille Moore, has a brain tumor, she’s been taking treatments since last November, She lives in Wheeler Texas. Also my very good friend Linda Stout has been battling Ovarian cancer for about 9 years now, she lives in Stanton Virginia… I pray for strength of spirit and body for the both of them…thanks so much <3
I will be praying for you that the removal, and recovery, go well. If you are feeling well enough I would greatly appreciate prayer for my two ‘lost’ children to find their way back to God, and more and more blessing, for the one that belongs to God.
I look forward to hearing that you are doing well after the surgery. Wishing God’s blessings for you Jacob.
Lynn
I wish you well and a speedy recovery when you get the wisdom teeth pulled.
I have a prayer request. My cousin and his wife are serving in rural Cambodia as missionaries. His wife, Kim, just came down with and is diagnosed with H1N1. They have 7 kids 2 here in college and the rest with them.
@mortimerZilch - Oh my brother, no need to worry there! They’ve been taking natural family planning classes and so they are all up to speed on that. Their primary focus in all their preparation was the ministry of the Sacrament of Matrimony, and the Mass as well as the reception reflected that awareness. It was the most Catholic wedding I’ve been to in a very long time! Thanks for our concern, though; keep praying for good marriages!