Discuss your relationship with your guardian angel. Do you have a regular devotion, are you in need of kindling a relationship? Why do you think God has assigned us angels? Does it seem superfluous if we have the Holy Spirit? Who do you think St. Francis is referring to when he says, “these dear, small lambs”? Might it be the sisters under the care of St. Jane Frances? What does this say about the lambs that we are caring for? Have you told the Lord today that you love Him? What does it mean to crucify our
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How can we make it more of a natural inclination to long for the Lord and His will?
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Adrianna (Guest): I came upon it by accident and just went down the rabbit hole…here I am.
Aug 8, 7:20 PM
Sr Susan (Guest): We have been doing this for a number of years- glad it was a safe accident!
Aug 8, 7:20 PM
Adrianna (Guest): I do have deep Visitation connections so I was interested.
Aug 8, 7:21 PM
Sr Susan (Guest): So then you know it is St Jane”s Feast this coming Thursday\
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Adrianna (Guest): Yes, she is very special in my life, as well as St. Margaret Mary.
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Sr Susan (Guest): Wonderful! Last year was St Margaret Mary’s 100th anniversary of canonization, and in 2022 we celebrate St jane’s 450th anniversary of birth
Aug 8, 7:24 PM
Adrianna (Guest): I did not realized that St. Margaret Mary is such a “new” saint.
Aug 8, 7:25 PM
Sr Susan (Guest): She was beatified in the mid 1800″s I think- and then canonized 1920 It took a while I guess
Aug 8, 7:27 PM
Adrianna (Guest): The first picture I saw of Jesus was of the Sacred Heart.
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Adrianna (Guest): I guess I was 2 or 3.
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Sr Susan (Guest): That is amazing actually. What an impression He made on your soul
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Sr Susan (Guest): To remember that
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Sr Susan (Guest): We have a novice here who also met the Sacred Heart of Jesus in statue form as a child and she never forgot either
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Adrianna (Guest): I did not realize at the time, but we always sat in a certain pew at church when I was very small and it was only years later that I looked up while visiting the church as saw that it was a stain glass window of St. Margaret Mary!!
Aug 8, 7:30 PM
Sr Susan (Guest): I can see why you know or connect to the Visitation
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Sr Susan (Guest): welcome viewer
Aug 8, 7:30 PM
Sr Susan (Guest): Hi Elena!
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Elena (Guest): I only just started actively praying to my guardian angel last year, after hearing a good homily on the topic. I’ve been relying on my angel for things like protection and nudges , but I would like to be more attentive to that relationship. In particular, asking my angel to help me in prayer and with certain spiritual struggles I have.
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Ruth (Guest): I used to think that my guardian angel took way too many holidays and vacations.
Aug 8, 7:38 PM
Sr Susan (Guest): I am not consistent but my angel has helped me in what for me seem extraordinary ways. I need to be more faithful
Aug 8, 7:38 PM
Adrianna (Guest): I talk to my angel alot!!
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Sr Susan (Guest): One time I really needed to talk to a particular priest and I sent my angel, mentally, to him and a day or so later the priest called I was not in any type of regular communication with this priest either
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Simone (Guest): wow.. that is quite a testimony.. I think Padre Pio did that too
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Sr Susan (Guest): Yes I believe so
Aug 8, 7:40 PM
Simone (Guest): I must confess.. faith in personal angels is a bit of a white patch in my Catholic Spirituality
Aug 8, 7:40 PM
Adrianna (Guest): My angel has protected me from danger.
Aug 8, 7:40 PM
Elena (Guest): How beautiful. Thank you for sharing that story, Sister.
Aug 8, 7:40 PM
Sr Susan (Guest): That’s sort of close to what happened for me in a serious situation
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Adrianna (Guest): My angel actually pushed me out of danger.
Aug 8, 7:41 PM
Elena (Guest): I’m pretty sure I keep my angel on the run with a lot of saving me from danger. ha
Aug 8, 7:41 PM
Sr Susan (Guest): How Adrianna?
Aug 8, 7:41 PM
Simone (Guest): my father in law -not a Catholic -heard a voice in the car saying ” Doug slow down” – and he just reached the top of a hill. and he could not see that there was an accident right after the top.. he would have fully crashed into it
Aug 8, 7:41 PM
Elena (Guest): Adrianna, would you be willing to tell that story?
Aug 8, 7:41 PM
Simone (Guest): yes Adrianna
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Adrianna (Guest): Sure
Aug 8, 7:42 PM
Elena (Guest): wow, Simone! That’s amazing. God is so good to us.
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Ruth (Guest): Now, somehow, by the grace of God, I think my Guardian angel has done an amazing job of keeping me alive, at the very least, and helping me to keep on seeking the Truth and seeking to serve God as best I can, but I often don’t give my guardian angel credit, or even bother to talk with her/him. I am much more comfortable with the Saints, because I can better understand their “minds.”
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Adrianna (Guest): I used to own a horse named Gabriel after the Angel…and one day I was walking him out of the barn and he stepped on a sharp rock and reared up and his hoof was about to strike my jaw with great force and my angel literally pushed me out of the way and I fell backwards. I felt his hoof just graze my cheek like a feather.
Aug 8, 7:44 PM
Sr Susan (Guest): That is beautiful!
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Elena (Guest): Adrianna, wow!Angels are a bit terrifying, TBH. The way they’re described in the Bible is intense. They aren’t sweet faerie looking beings with feathered wings. 45 PM
Adrianna (Guest): They are powerful no nonsense beings doing their job for God.
Aug 8, 7:45 PM
Simone (Guest): Thanks for sharing Adrianna
Aug 8, 7:45 PM
Sr Susan (Guest): I think we are “called” to these relationships and we cannot force them to happen
Aug 8, 7:45 PM
Sr Susan (Guest): or maybe invited?
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Elena (Guest): I also have heard it said that we should not try to learn the name of our guardian angel, or place a name upon it/him/her.
Aug 8, 7:46 PM
Simone (Guest): So.. the main”job” of an angel is to protect my physical life? I am sorry. I hardly ever had teaching on this
Aug 8, 7:47 PM
Adrianna (Guest): Say the guardian angel prayer, what are the words….
Aug 8, 7:47 PM
Sr Susan (Guest): I also had an interesting “fall”. I was on my way in Jersey City to my spiritual director, back in the late 80’s, to tell him I decided to enter the Visitation As I was walking down the street I fell over nothing but when I landed the sidewalk felt like a pillow, so soft I figured it was my angel
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Adrianna (Guest): Say the guardian angel prayer, what are the words….
Aug 8, 7:47 PM
Sr Susan (Guest): I also had an interesting “fall”. I was on my way in Jersey City to my spiritual director, back in the late 80’s, to tell him I decided to enter the Visitation As I was walking down the street I fell over nothing but when I landed the sidewalk felt like a pillow, so soft I figured it was my angel
Aug 8, 7:48 PM
Simone (Guest): I can see you landing on a bed of feathers Sister Susan
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Adrianna (Guest): Wonderful angel Sr.
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Elena (Guest): I think our angels are here to guide us in the Lord’s will and to protect us physically and spiritually.
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Elena (Guest): Awesome, Sister!
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Sr Susan (Guest): Angel of Guardian , guardian dear to whom God’s love commits here ever this day be at my side to light and guard to rule and guide Amen.\
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Elena (Guest): Did you take that as an affirmation of your vocation?
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Elena (Guest): Did you take that as an affirmation of your vocation?
Aug 8, 7:49 PM
Elena (Guest): I say that prayer every morning, now.
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Sr Susan (Guest): Yes one of the affirmations My director also confirmed the choice
Aug 8, 7:50 PM
Elena (Guest): I love how God uses things that would be deemed as loss to give us something huge.
Aug 8, 7:50 PM
Simone (Guest): So.. was that an angel then? Back in early 2000’s my husband wrote a church – if they would take him on staff.. while he was writing he heard an audible voice saying ” Write this other church first”. My husband thought first.. well. I just ignore that. but got so convicted in his heart about disobedience that he did write the other church – he still has the half finished letter filed. Because of this “other church” we befriended a Catholic priest – who ushered us with his prayers into the Catholic Church
Aug 8, 7:50 PM
Ruth (Guest): The one time I literally heard a voice say something that turned out to be very important toward helping keep me hopeful despite a dismal prognosis, I told my former pastor who is also my designated health care proxy about the incident. I was completely surprised by his response. But it made sense scientifically.
Aug 8, 7:50 PM
Elena (Guest): Trying to wrap my brain around that one, actually. I should be asking my guardian angel’s help with that. It’s pretty big stuff.
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Elena (Guest): These stories are all such incredible witnesses to God’s love. I also believe that our angels worship with us and help us to glorify God with our lives as part of their own adoration of Him. I don’t know if I explained that well…
Aug 8, 7:52 PM
Sr Susan (Guest): I am sure others in heaven could also communicate somehow with us when God so allows
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Sr Susan (Guest): I am sure others in heaven could also communicate somehow with us when God so allows
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Simone (Guest): I always look up when we sing the Holy Holy Holy during mass.. Somehow I know that angels are there at that moment
Aug 8, 7:52 PM
Sr Susan (Guest): Q: Why do you think God has assigned us angels? Does it seem superfluous if we have the Holy Spirit?
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Q: Why do you think God has assigned us angels? Does it seem superfluous if we have the Holy Spirit?
Aug 8, 7:53 PM
Elena (Guest): I love this question because I get confused on this a little. Like, who do I thank in the moment when something is found or goes my way or I’m saved from some minor or major catastrophe.
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Adrianna (Guest): Thank God first angel second
Aug 8, 7:54 PM
Elena (Guest): Simone — I agree! I do the same thing. They are worshipping and glorifying God at the eternal Banquet with us.
Aug 8, 7:54 PM
Simone (Guest): It seems – from what I read here mostly in the testimonies.. that you somewhat “know” when an angel steps up in your life
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Elena (Guest): Always thank God first. Good point, Adrianna. M
Ruth (Guest): Sr. For me, that would’ve been my fat padding.
Aug 8, 7:54 PM
Adrianna (Guest): Oh you do know it…it is usually quite clear.
Aug 8, 7:55 PM
Simone (Guest): Angels are Spirit beings – but is it correct that they can take on a human form?
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Carol (Guest): Hello!
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Simone (Guest): Hi Carol! Full house tonight!
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Elena (Guest): Hi, Carol!
Aug 8, 7:56 PM
Carol (Guest): And an awesome topic!
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Adrianna (Guest): I think they can for certain missions…they do in the bible. PM
Elena (Guest): Yes, like the angel at Mamre. 57 PM
Carol (Guest): I couldn’t find the reading for tonight. We are speaking of angels in our lives ?
Aug 8, 7:58 PM
Adrianna (Guest): I bet we have seen our angels and not even know it at some point or other.
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Simone (Guest): I once got totally lost on a beach in Spain. I was about 8 years old. A strange man took my hand and lead me back to the place where my parents were. When my Dad wanted to thank me – he was gone
Aug 8, 7:58 PM
Sr Susan (Guest): The Holy Spirit is God and 3rd person of the Trinity while Angels are created spirits by God so I think there are different roles for them
Aug 8, 7:58 PM
Elena (Guest): What.. oh Simone, that sends shivers down my back. How amazing!
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Carol (Guest): Simone, what a great story
Aug 8, 7:58 PM
Sr Susan (Guest): heres the newsletter Carol : http://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=1029793&f=1988&s=2046&m=621942&t=44f0d18c19339967b1be43b205c1596fa07d3b2574e5f4560987969cb886fdda
Aug 8, 7:59 PM
Elena (Guest): There are all differing kinds of spirtual beings, right.. principalities, dominions, etc.
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Adrianna (Guest): Yes Simone exactly like that..
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Simone (Guest): I still remember that very vividly. I never felt afraid with this man. Although I was a very anxious child around strangers usually
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Carol (Guest): Thank you Sr Susan
Aug 8, 7:59 PM
Sr Susan (Guest): yes choirs of angels
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Sr Susan (Guest): I am not sure how this was discovered or revealed tho
Aug 8, 8:00 PM
Ruth (Guest): Yes, Carol. Hmmm, Adrianna: Seen a spirit? Maybe the way we can “see” the wind, by the effects it/they have on us and on natural objects in the environment.
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Simone (Guest): So – what would you all recommend for me to develop my relationship with my angel? M
Elena (Guest): I think God has assigned us angels for them to share in God’s love for us… not that he needs the help, but the same way God wants us to pray to participate in his plan of redemption.
Aug 8, 8:00 PM
Carol (Guest): There are so many stories of actual sightings though
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Carol (Guest): Simone, I would just greet him and ask him to stay near
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Sr Susan (Guest): Maybe start with gratitude or thsnksgiving for the angels presence with you
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Adrianna (Guest): Just talk to your angel, like we are now.
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Simone (Guest): I think I will do that. I feel comfortable thanking GOD for the presence of angels and I feel comfortable starting to talk.
Aug 8, 8:02 PM
Elena (Guest): Guardian angel live chat room LOL
Aug 8, 8:02 PM
Simone (Guest): talk to the angel I mean
Aug 8, 8:02 PM
Carol (Guest): Elena,
Aug 8, 8:02 PM
Simone (Guest): lol.. maybe our angels are in a parallel chat room right now
Aug 8, 8:02 PM
Elena (Guest): hee hee
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Adrianna (Guest): I always ask my angel to help me find lost things or a safe parking spot.
Aug 8, 8:02 PM
Carol (Guest): I can only imagine what they are saying
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Carol (Guest): Me too
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Elena (Guest): yup me too. Although I do go to St. Anthony for finding things. And he helped me out big time with an auto accident situation I’m dealing with. But def. I talk to my guardian angel and pray whenever I get into my car.
Aug 8, 8:03 PM
Adrianna (Guest): I guess they may be assigned at conception?
Aug 8, 8:04 PM
Elena (Guest): I’ve hear that, yes, Adrianna. Fr. Ripperger gave a homily on guardian angels that I heard on YouTube.
Aug 8, 8:04 PM
Ruth (Guest): Usually we use a person’s NAME when we greet them; so why this business about not asking one’s guardian angel the angel’s name, or giving the angel one, just so that we can converse “normally” with our guardian angels?
Aug 8, 8:04 PM
Elena (Guest): I wonder that too, Ruth.
Aug 8, 8:05 PM
Elena (Guest): I’m sure there’s some spiritual principle behind that.
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Carol (Guest): I think because they are higher beings than us we are not supposed to know
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Simone (Guest): naming something includes authority
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Elena (Guest): We probably coudn’t pronounce their names.
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Elena (Guest): Simone – yes
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Sr Susan (Guest): Topic shift when you are ready: Who do you think St. Francis is referring to when he says, “these dear, small lambs”? Might it be the sisters under the care of St. Jane Frances?
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Elena (Guest): I would think that’s his reference.
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Adrianna (Guest): Not knowing his name has never interferred with my talking his ear off sometimes.
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Carol (Guest): Many cultures have public vs private names because naming gives you a type of power PM
Sr Susan (Guest): Topic shift when you are ready: Who do you think St. Francis is referring to when he says, “these dear, small lambs”? Might it be the sisters under the care of St. Jane Frances?
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Elena (Guest): I would think that’s his reference.
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Adrianna (Guest): Not knowing his name has never interferred with my talking his ear off sometimes.
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Carol (Guest): Many cultures have public vs private names because naming gives you a type of power
Aug 8, 8:07 PM
Adrianna (Guest): Yes, the sisters.
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Sr Susan (Guest): ? What does this say about the lambs that we are caring for?
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Sr Susan (Guest): Topic shift when you are ready: Who do you think St. Francis is referring to when he says, “these dear, small lambs”? Might it be the sisters under the care of St. Jane Frances?
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Elena (Guest): I would think that’s his reference.
Aug 8, 8:05 PM
Adrianna (Guest): Not knowing his name has never interferred with my talking his ear off sometimes.
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Carol (Guest): Many cultures have public vs private names because naming gives you a type of power
Aug 8, 8:07 PM
Adrianna (Guest): Yes, the sisters.
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Sr Susan (Guest): ? What does this say about the lambs that we are caring for?
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Carol (Guest): Those in our families, parishes & workplaces
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Elena (Guest): I suppose everyone has a lamb or lambs to care for… depending on one’s state in life. And it could be something fleeting, not necessarily a long-standing relationship.
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Sr Susan (Guest): We are like lambs to each other too PM
Simone (Guest): for me a lamb represents something very vulnerable. I have often associated it with young believers, who could easily be a prey for the enemy
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Sr Susan (Guest): We are like lambs to each other too
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Simone (Guest): in what way Sister?
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Sr Susan (Guest): Shepherding one another with these thoughts and inspirations
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Simone (Guest): oh.. I seePM
Carol (Guest): We are both lamb and shepherd, under the One ShepherdM
Sr Susan (Guest): and gentleness is the best approach 8:12 PM
Sr Susan (Guest): St Francis said : But what are we to give these dear, small lambs? Love itself, for either they live on love or do not live at all: there is no middle course between death and love for them; they must either die or else love, for ‘he that loveth not’ says St. John ‘abideth in death’.
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Ruth (Guest): Elena, I like that explanation; couldn’t pronounce their names. As for higher being. So is God, and I understand the Jewish notion of NOT speaking God’s name or even writing “G_d” — still, as New Testament people we have a clearer sense of God’s immanence, not just his transcendence and OTHERness, distance. He’s a loving Daddy, “Abba,” Not a King of Siam type that we JUST formally bow down to. Our Daddy-God willingly takes his children on his lap and plays innocent games with us.
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Carol (Guest): He does indeed Ruth
Aug 8, 8:13 PM
Elena (Guest): This is St. John Bosco’s starting point with “his boys.” To love them first, and everythin else follows.
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Elena (Guest): Amen, Ruth!
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Adrianna (Guest): A heart with no love is a cold dead place.
Aug 8, 8:14 PM
Elena (Guest): Since coming to work for St. John Bosco Schools here in Rochester, I have become a big fan of his. I pray to him a lot in my work, but also in my personal life, for that loving gentleness. He’s one of my posse now, lol.
Aug 8, 8:14 PM
Ruth (Guest): Carol: “Rumpelstiltskin”
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Simone (Guest): I agree Ruth.. but Abba – is a “relational” name – not a “personal” name. We do not name God – we attest to our relationship with Him
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Sr Susan (Guest): and St John Bosco’s patron is St Francis de Sales!
Aug 8, 8:15 PM
Elena (Guest): In that book I mentioned, A Wrinkle in Time, there’s a cherub whose name is Proginoskes. Appropriately hard to pronounce lol
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Elena (Guest): In that book I mentioned, A Wrinkle in Time, there’s a cherub whose name is Proginoskes. Appropriately hard to pronounce lol
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Carol (Guest): That’s a good one Ruth. My inner child has ballet slippers
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Elena (Guest): Yes, Sister!
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Elena (Guest): I teach the Salesian Way to our Middle School students and am trying to help them integrate it into their lives.
Aug 8, 8:16 PM
Simone (Guest): that sounds very interesting Elena.. Where do you get the material from?
Aug 8, 8:16 PM
Ruth (Guest): Interestingly, in the Garden of Olives, when Jesus suffered in anticipation of the Crucifixion, He spoke with his Father. The Father sent him an angel to comfort and strengthen him. Jesus did not address himself to his angel.
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Elena (Guest): Not that *I* teach it — it’s the school’s mission and basis to live work and learn the Salesian Way.
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Simone (Guest): that is so insightful Ruth
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Elena (Guest): Ooo Ruth, that’s a great point.
Aug 8, 8:17 PM
Simone (Guest): I love that. I wish my daughter could have gone to a “Visitation school”
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Simone (Guest): Angels often seem to be sent for comfort -Elijah for example too18 PM
Elena (Guest): We’re lay-run with no connection to an order, unfortuantely. I wish we were. As it stands, we cannot have the Blessed Sacrament in reserve in our chapel. We are not Diocesan, either. 18 PM
Simone (Guest): oh.. ok.. it seems though that there is pretty good stuff going on8 PM
Elena (Guest): Yes, it’s an amazing school. I’m blessed to be there.
Aug 8, 8:18 PM
Adrianna (Guest): I went to a visitation convent boarding school, it was a blessing from God.
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Ruth (Guest): Good observation, Simon. And what is important! But there ARE some multiple names used at least in the O.T. e.g. Adonai
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Simone (Guest): sigh Adrianna… I envy you. ( in a not sinful way ) :19 PM
Simone (Guest): but I consider Adonai also a relational name
Aug 8, 8:19 PM
Adrianna (Guest): Wish you could have been there!
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Simone (Guest): Gosh, me too Adrianna.. But God allows the Visitation Spirit in my life now in many other ways. I am thankful for this
Aug 8, 8:20 PM
Carol (Guest): God names Himself I AM to Moses and not even Moses dared to say it
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Sr Susan (Guest): We still have schools but most of the boarding opportunities no longer exist
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Adrianna (Guest): Yes it is truly sad and what I was taught was first hand living in a convent.
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Simone (Guest): another sigh Adrianna
Aug 8, 8:21 PM
Sr Susan (Guest): Final 3 Questions: Have you told the Lord today that you love Him? What does it mean to crucify our
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How can we make it more of a natural inclination to long for the Lord and His will?
Aug 8, 8:21 PM
Elena (Guest): Adrianna — how wonderful.
Aug 8, 8:21 PM
Simone (Guest): good point Carol
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Ruth (Guest): Yes, today’s reading: “Get up and eat!” to the nearly suicidally depressed prophet. 2 PM
Elena (Guest): I say “I love You” to Jesus a lot. I know that I also need to remember “Jesus I trust in You” as the ultimate “I love You.”
Aug 8, 8:22 PM
Simone (Guest): I have not specifically told the Lord today that I love Him, but I hope when he has watched me today, that this would be his conclusion
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Simone (Guest): There is power though in saying ” I love you” to the Lord in prayer
Aug 8, 8:22 PM
Adrianna (Guest): I love you is the simplest prayer.
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Elena (Guest): Crucifying our spirit, as we’ve commented in other chats, is obedience and humility to the little things as well as the big things.
Aug 8, 8:22 PM
Carol (Guest): I also like to tell Him I live you too
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Ruth (Guest): Good thought, Simone.
Aug 8, 8:23 PM
Carol (Guest): Abandoning ourselves to Him in every moment so we no longer even think if ourselves
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Elena (Guest): How can we make it more of a natural inclination to long for the Lord and His will? This is a lifelong pursuit, I think. I am still pushing or pulling in my own direction more than I would like.
Aug 8, 8:23 PM
Simone (Guest): I find my love for GOD so inadequate – compared to His love for me – that I do not even want to mention it. But I think, that it is powerful.
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Elena (Guest): Simone — yes I agree!
Aug 8, 8:24 PM
Sr Susan (Guest): I feel similarly
Aug 8, 8:24 PM
Elena (Guest): I mean, that my love is so inadequate. THat was my thought this morning during Mass.
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Sr Susan (Guest): But I do want to do His Will
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Elena (Guest): Yes!
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Sr Susan (Guest): always trying to do better
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Adrianna (Guest): We are frail humans, but we are given the graces to soldier on.
Aug 8, 8:25 PM
Ruth (Guest): When I say, “I love you” often to our Triune God, I am constantly reminded to add: “And I believe that YOU love me” — even if I do not feel that LOVE.
Aug 8, 8:25 PM
Simone (Guest): In the rare moments when I could sense that His will and mine somehow fused – I felt an indescribable happiness..
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Carol (Guest): Yes Simone 26 PM
Simone (Guest): oh Ruth.. that is beautiful – it is so hard – in times of spiritual darkness – to stand in faith – and receive His love 6 PM
Adrianna (Guest): When I am in His will I feel at peace.
Aug 8, 8:27 PM
Simone (Guest): not sure if spiritual darkness is the right word Ruth..
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Elena (Guest): One of the Sacred Heart ejaculations is “Sacred Heart of Jesus, I believe in Your love for me.” That one is very special to me.
Aug 8, 8:27 PM
Sr Susan (Guest): I want to take this opportunity to say we will post anewsletter for next week but I am unable to be at chat next Sunday
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Sr Susan (Guest): I want to take this opportunity to say we will post anewsletter for next week but I am unable to be at chat next Sunday
Aug 8, 8:28 PM
Simone (Guest): oh.. on that note.. I am flying to Austria and won’t be back until 25th of August
Aug 8, 8:28 PM
Carol (Guest): How fun Simone
Aug 8, 8:28 PM
Sr Susan (Guest): Good to know also!
Aug 8, 8:28 PM
Simone (Guest): On Sunday the 29th of August is my birthday.. and I do not know if I can make it -since we might have some friends over
Aug 8, 8:28 PM
Elena (Guest): Thank you for letting us know, Sister. And Simone! I’m not sure about next weekend, myself. My new housemate is arriving on Sunday, so I may be otherwise occupied.
Aug 8, 8:28 PM
Simone (Guest): but it would be a treat for me to chat with you all on my birthday
Aug 8, 8:29 PM
Sr Susan (Guest): Should I skip a week with newsletter or post the questions and whoever is here take the lead?
Aug 8, 8:29 PM
Carol (Guest): It would! We would live to share your day
Aug 8, 8:29 PM
Simone (Guest): thanks Carol.. although – it is more a trip to visit my Dad.. and make some medical decisions for him
Aug 8, 8:29 PM
Adrianna (Guest): Prayers for your safe travels Simone.