Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): What does St.
VisitationSiste: Hi Lisa
Lisa C: Hi Mother,
VisitationSiste: Thank you.
Lisa C: Hi 9709
Guest9709 (Guest): Hi Everyone and welcome back Mother.
VisitationSiste: Thanks Judy!
VisitationSiste: I read it!
VisitationSiste: The meetings were intense but profitable-
Lisa C: What were the meetings about
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Ruth (Guest): Hello Sr.
Guest9709 (Guest): (
VisitationSiste: Hi Ruth!
Lisa C: Hi Ruth
VisitationSiste: Yes sometimes the writing Judy is a bit old fashioned?
Lisa C: What kind of elections do you have Mother?
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VisitationSiste: Federation President and Council for the other Federation,
VisitationSiste: I think what St Francis wants us to know is that we need to be at peace about everything and that sadness is our worst enemy
Guest9709 (Guest): (
VisitationSiste: Hi Carol Anne!
VisitationSiste: He says :
Lisa C: Matthew 6:
Ruth (Guest): I thought this chapter was very pertinent for me –
Carol Ann: Hi Everyone!
Dawn (Guest): Hello everyone!
Lisa C: Hi Carol Ann and Dawn
Dawn (Guest): Hi Sister
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Ruth (Guest): that is to deal with the problem
Ruth (Guest): Hi Carol Ann.
Guest9709 (Guest): (
VisitationSiste: Hi Dawn!
Ruth (Guest): Hello Dawn.
Carol Ann: Anxiety is one of the great problems our culture faces
Lisa C: When we think there is no remedy for our troubles,
VisitationSiste: It is more difficult to hear that inner voice of the Lord when it is blocked by anxiety
Dawn (Guest): Good to be here with everyone,
Carol Ann: We missed you too Dawn
Dawn (Guest): thank you
Ruth (Guest): I think that St.
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Ruth (Guest): Missed you,
VisitationSiste: He says:
Lisa C: Anger can be justified.
Dawn (Guest): our chat has become a good habit and all of you,
Ruth (Guest): Good similie:
Carol Ann: ST.
Ruth (Guest): I liked SFdS’
Dawn (Guest): I had not considered state of anxiety to be the presuror to retaining graces and then less strength.
Guest9709 (Guest): (
Ruth (Guest): I don’
Ruth (Guest): St Francis addresses anger here,
Guest9709 (Guest): (
Carol Ann: That is true.
VisitationSiste: He also says :
Ruth (Guest): He does,
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VisitationSiste: Not waiting on God causes anxiety in me sometimes
Guest7276 (Guest): Hi Sister Susan ,
Carol Ann: Yet waiting can be so hard,
Lisa C: If our will is to submit to God’
Ruth (Guest): Sister [Sorry as at 7:
Lisa C: This may be what StF means having our soul in our hand.
Lisa C: Trusting God
Dawn (Guest): Hi Brian!
Guest9709 (Guest): (
VisitationSiste: It is a beautiful image
Ruth (Guest): Sometimes I think I just have to “
Lisa C: Thinking about offering difficulties for souls helps
Ruth (Guest): Welcome Brian!
Ruth (Guest): Good idea Lisa.
Carol Ann: Hi Brian
Dawn (Guest): I ask God and trust that he will heal these things in me ,
Guest9709 (Guest): (
Guest9709 (Guest): (
Ruth (Guest): Judy,
Guest9709 (Guest): (
Dawn (Guest): your reflections are helpful Judy,
Guest9709 (Guest): (
Ruth (Guest): Regarding how dark/
Dawn (Guest): also.
Guest9709 (Guest): (
Ruth (Guest): I’
Dawn (Guest): the type is light and now I notice it much
Ruth (Guest): And almost fills the screen.
VisitationSiste: keep a calm,
Ruth (Guest): Yes,
Carol Ann: Every time we feel that calm slipping we need to turn to Christ
Guest9709 (Guest): (
Ruth (Guest): Judy,
Dawn (Guest): at that moment!
Guest7276 (Guest): Amen Carol Ann
Ruth (Guest): That is what I meant.
VisitationSiste: This I really like:
Ruth (Guest): Oops!
Guest9709 (Guest): (
Guest7276 (Guest): It helps to also remember specific events that Christ has gotten us through in the past !
Ruth (Guest): Yes,
Guest9709 (Guest): (
Dawn (Guest): good reminder Brian,
Ruth (Guest): While driving today,
Guest7276 (Guest): Amen Judy happened to me this morning st training !
Carol Ann: To have a trusted confidante as well as a confessor is so very necessary
Lisa C: Sometimes I think that only God can understand some things
Guest7276 (Guest): At training
Lisa C: Things seem too complicated
Carol Ann: Amen indeed!
Lisa C: Only God can understand everything about us,
Guest7276 (Guest): Remember simple childlike Faith !
Ruth (Guest): Telling a trusted friend:
Guest9709 (Guest): (
Dawn (Guest): glad you knew realized to pull over Ruth!
Guest7276 (Guest): Amen Judy !
VisitationSiste: Sometimes the Lord gives answers over time to our innermost questions even if we never discuss them with anyone
VisitationSiste: I keep trying to image soul in hand.
Guest9709 (Guest): (
Dawn (Guest): that happened to me,
Lisa C: Soul in our hand is realizing that our free will can allow us to give our soul to God or just let it rot in the world
Ruth (Guest): Another good observation,
Lisa C: All those creatures outside the castle of St.
Dawn (Guest): that is simply it Lisa
Lisa C: The things trying to destroy our soul
Guest9709 (Guest): (
Ruth (Guest): Dawn.
Guest7276 (Guest): I was taking Kairos Advanced Training really having episodes of fear about leading upcoming weekend retreat because we are temporarily short a retreat leader .
VisitationSiste: Yes great thought Judy
Guest9709 (Guest): (
Ruth (Guest): And yet another,
Dawn (Guest): no,
Guest7276 (Guest): Totally irrational fear that I should not have waited so long to share !
Carol Ann: Amen!
Lisa C: https://catholicstrength.c
Dawn (Guest): thank you Lisa <
Lisa C: Some things we cannot say in words they just happen between God and us
Guest7276 (Guest): Thank You Lisa!
VisitationSiste: Yes and this I can share Lisa but I may not make myself clear
Ruth (Guest): I once,
Dawn (Guest): Truly,
Ruth (Guest): offer it to the Lord.
Guest7276 (Guest): Spent weekend at Christ the King Seminary East Aurora.
VisitationSiste: I was in Rockville VA Fri and knew I could not get back to NY without filling up on gasoline But I never do self serve so I was nervous about ot.
Carol Ann: Oh Ruth,
Guest9709 (Guest): (
Ruth (Guest): Glad you had a good weekend,
Ruth (Guest): Sister,
Carol Ann: What a lucky break,
Lisa C: Yes,
Guest7276 (Guest): Thanks Ruth !
Dawn (Guest): Sister,
Guest9709 (Guest): (
Lisa C: I was talking more about how some things we cannot even understand and that God understands and touches us and we know He is doing it and it is overwhelming
Ruth (Guest): Carol Ann,
Guest7276 (Guest): Amen Lisa !
Guest9709 (Guest): (
Carol Ann: I do Ruth,
Dawn (Guest): Lisa,
Lisa C: Yes Dawn
Guest9709 (Guest): (
Guest7276 (Guest): Amen Dawn !
Dawn (Guest): Ruth,
Guest7276 (Guest): Amen Judy !
Ruth (Guest): It was very sad to lose my precious little pet.
Lisa C: Ruth,
Ruth (Guest): whether I live or die.
VisitationSiste: Thanks for sharing this experience Ruth
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VisitationSiste: Meaning-
VisitationSiste: Beautiful-
Dawn (Guest): reading thru everyones posts I see understanding even simple daily events in the supernatural,
Guest7276 (Guest): Had too transport a friends beloved birds to new home last week !
Guest9709 (Guest): (
VisitationSiste: very well said!
VisitationSiste: the freedom we have-
Dawn (Guest): beautiful words
Ruth (Guest): Yes,
Carol Ann: As always,
Guest9709 (Guest): Judy)
Lisa C: When I see rays coming out of the clouds I always think they are the rays coming from Blessed Mother’
Dawn (Guest): as was said,
VisitationSiste: Also a great expression-
Guest7276 (Guest): Imagine Mary when she held Jesus when He was taken down from the Cross !
Ruth (Guest): I CAN avoid trying TOO hard if I TRUST sufficiently.
VisitationSiste: a great and beautifully expressed conversation-
Guest7276 (Guest): Amen Dawn and Ruth !
Ruth (Guest): Such a poignant scene,
Guest9709 (Guest): (
Guest7276 (Guest): Amen Ruth !
Lisa C: Sweet Judy
VisitationSiste: May these rays protect your souls all week!
VisitationSiste: God bless!
Dawn (Guest): Brian,
Carol Ann: God bless you too,
Guest7276 (Guest): Soo nice to be back together with you all !
Lisa C: God be praised!
Guest9709 (Guest): (
Carol Ann: Blessed week everyone !
Ruth (Guest): Such tender Love!
Dawn (Guest): A beautiful imagine.
Dawn (Guest): Ruth,
Dawn (Guest): good’
Ruth (Guest): I feel a whole lot happier,
Ruth (Guest): Thank you,