Comments on: Feeling taken care of

By: TracyKidd

TracyKidd — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 06:51:52 +0000

All people deserve wealthy life time and business loans or short term loan would make it much better. Because people's freedom relies on money.

By: His Servant

His Servant — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:59:07 +0000

As your sister…God has given us His spirit which dwells within us every moment of every day! We did absolutely nothing to deserve it; it is pure grace and WE can draw on His spirit any moment of any day whether we are driving kids to 65 different places or sitting alone in our prayer closet "listening" to Him. Good stuff sister, thanks for sharing.

By: Peter and Nancy

Peter and Nancy — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:42:43 +0000

A friend of mine who had 4 kids in under 6 years said that there were many days when she couldn't pray or read her Bible. One day, she told God that all she could do was crawl into his lap and take a nap, and offer it to Him as an act of worship. Isn't it amazing that He's been here, and understands fatigue and our human limitations? What a beautiful new experience of Mass for you.
Nancy

By: Ann Voskamp @Holy Experience

Ann Voskamp @Holy Experience — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:36:10 +0000

You eat God.
And you are always taken care of because who can't be with Such Sustenance?

Stunning, Jen.

You'll never know how your notes, posts, life, has graced mine and yes, sustained me.

Humbly indebted,
Your non-protesting Protestant sister ~shy smile~
Ann

By: truthfinder

truthfinder — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:32:59 +0000

As a former Protestant, now Catholic, I can tell you there were many weary Sundays when I just stayed home to avoid active participation in Bible Studies or other cerebral activities. I so much appreciate "being taken care of" in the Mass, and I am so grateful.

By: deb

deb — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:38:33 +0000

This was just a beautifully authentic post.
Thank yo so much for all that you share here. Wow.
And I will read through these comments , they look equally inspiring.
How lucky we are sometimes to have these spaces to share and give hope.

By: Erika

Erika — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:53:36 +0000

"Normally when the lectors get up to read the first and second readings I have my nose in the missalette and am energetically analyzing the Scriptures from all possible angles to wring from it as much meaning as possible."

HaHA! That's exactly me! Thank God our current parish (which is actually a university "mission") doesn't have missals…

By: Robinsonpack

Robinsonpack — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:21:04 +0000

I just wanted to see I teared up reading this. Not sure exactly why, except that I have been there and I resonate with feeling taken care of by the Church in this way. I love that the message/liturgy/truth of the Church is ultimately accessible to all. It was also a reminder to me to access this gift more often (other than Sunday mass and the occasional daily mass), even when I feel at my wits end.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:16:26 +0000

To Mujerlatina:

I have to confess that as a woman who wanted children but never had them, I've sat in church and been jealous of the people there with children, never dreaming that they'd want or need any help from me. Thank you for the eye-opener.

By: Johanna Lamb =)

Johanna Lamb =) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:30:20 +0000

Our Church is doing a whole segment on Spirituality where the message is that the missal is to be read before Mass and during the Liturgy of the Word our job is to open our hearts to the word and receive it, the message God wants to give us, not the message we pick for ourselves when follow along and read it.
This has helped change my attitude toward this part of the Mass and it has been wonderful to experience the Word this way. Thanks for sharing!