What are the purposes of the blessings of others? Why doesn’t God just bless us? And what does it mean that we can call down God’s blessing; do we have control over God?There are a million places where we could live and work. How can we go in peace where God calls us and not feel like we’re “missing out”?What is the importance of a guardian angel? Will they not help us if we don’t know about them or if we don’t call upon them? And why can’t God just guard us?How can we know the work God calls us to?And to use St. Francis’s question in regard to St. Ignatius’s martyrdom: “What can stop us from going joyfully in the name of our Saviour, since this saint went so blithely to be martyred for our Savior?”What was the effect of giving St. Jane a note of encouragement each evening? Is there some way we can use this method to encourage one another?St. Jane founded many convents of Visitation Sisters. And yet today, religious communities are faltering. How were the conditions different then, and what can we do to bring back a more fertile ground for religious vocations?
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SrSusan (Guest): first q What are the purposes of the blessings of others?
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Paula (Guest): Hi Rose! Welcome
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Bettychao (Guest): I got holyland illustrated bible from Amazon is published by Feb
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Bettychao (Guest): Can
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Donna (Guest): To encourage each other
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Donna (Guest): Hi Rose!
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Bettychao (Guest): Csb version
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Rose (Guest): hello
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Paula (Guest): to help others
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Donna (Guest): To give hope
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SrSusan (Guest): Hi Carol Hi Rose
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Carol (Guest): Hi Everyone!
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Donna (Guest): Hi Carol!
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Paula (Guest): we see their needs and ask God to help them
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Paula (Guest): Hi Carol!
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Bettychao (Guest): It is Christian standard bible
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Paula (Guest): Sometimes it’s difficult to see our own needs in the thick of things
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Carol (Guest): I think Elena might be leaving for her pilgrimage
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Donna (Guest): Where I forgot
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SrSusan (Guest): Korea!
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Donna (Guest): Wow!
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Carol (Guest): The blessings of others build up the whole community
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Donna (Guest): Yes
ep 15, 4:37 PMBettychao (Guest): I been to Korea from Taiwan
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SrSusan (Guest): In monastic life, blessings legitimized actions as well as imparted grace
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Donna (Guest): Ok
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SrSusan (Guest): in a way a blessing goes along with an obedience
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Donna (Guest): Wow
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Carol (Guest): It does Sr?
Sep 15, 4:39 PM
SrSusan (Guest): Sure, esp in the Orthodox tradition but also in ours
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Paula (Guest): spiritual support to accomplish the task
ep 15, 4:39 PMBettychao (Guest): Some monastery is strict
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Donna (Guest): Makes sense
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SrSusan (Guest): Superiors usually give blessings every night
ep 15, 4:40 PM
Carol (Guest): I have not heard that before. Can you explain a little?
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SrSusan (Guest): Which part Carol
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Bettychao (Guest): Working
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Carol (Guest): About how blessings come from obedience
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Bettychao (Guest): Obey rules
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SrSusan (Guest): Blessings for a good night, blessings as you start a new charge, blessings to leave the enclosure
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Paula (Guest): Blessings after morning prayer
Sep 15, 4:42 PM
Carol (Guest): Oh, okay. I was thinking it was obedience to God
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SrSusan (Guest): so if a superior gives a Sr a new task, under obedience, she also gives a blessing to the Sr to accomplish it with grace
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Bettychao (Guest): Follow you a here
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Donna (Guest): Yes
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Donna (Guest): I see that in the saints movies
Sep 15, 4:43 PM
SrSusan (Guest): q Why doesn’t God just bless us? And what does it mean that we can call down God’s blessing; do we have control over God?
Sep 15, 4:43 PM
Bettychao (Guest): Follow the abbess
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Donna (Guest): He wants us to do as well as believe/receive blessings
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Carol (Guest): We can call down blessing through intercessory prayer and God hears all prayers
Sep 15, 4:44 PM
Paula (Guest): because God gave us the gift to do so
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Donna (Guest): Yes
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Bettychao (Guest): We follow Jesus this is why we got blessings
Sep 15, 4:44 PMDonna (Guest): Doing good for God’s glory
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Paula (Guest): Jesus gave the apostles authority to caste out demons, etc.
Sep 15, 4:45 PMSrSusan (Guest): We petition God but dont control Him, certainly!
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Donna (Guest): Yes
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Paula (Guest): it’s easier in helping to spreading the Gospel
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Donna (Guest): Yes
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Bettychao (Guest): Jesus gave clergy to do healing job and cast out ghost
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Paula (Guest): And likewise Sisters have authority to help in their work too
ep 15, 4:48 PMCarol (Guest): Yes, we should all be asking God to bless othera
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Donna (Guest): Yes
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Carol (Guest): S and the whole world
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Paula (Guest): And we do…when we pray for others
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Bettychao (Guest): Sisters do a lots many jobs sometime go to poor countries to take care poor
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SrSusan (Guest): q There are a million places where we could live and work. How can we go in peace where God calls us and not feel like we’re “missing out”?
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Bettychao (Guest): Or help clergy take care church
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Donna (Guest): Believing God is with us He gives a deep abiding peace
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Bettychao (Guest): We have to obey Jesus even he call us
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Donna (Guest): A perfect peace
Sep 15, 4:51 PM
Donna (Guest): Even if the circumstances look like the opposite
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Carol (Guest): It is hard for me because I am vowed to stability but am something of an itinerant for wirk
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Donna (Guest): Can I ask what exactly
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Paula (Guest): That’s difficult….but sometimes the place we don’t want to go is where we are needed
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Paula (Guest): for example St. John Vianney…ended up in Ars
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SrSusan (Guest): I did not know Carol you had that vow too
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Carol (Guest): Yes! I go where I am sent but have no literal home
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Paula (Guest): we have to just trust
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Donna (Guest): O
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Donna (Guest): Thanks for clarifying
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Carol (Guest): The last year has been quite the adventure Sr
ep 15, 4:53 PMDonna (Guest): How
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Bettychao (Guest): This is come from gospel according to first Corinthians chapter 12 verses 9 and 10
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Donna (Guest): What order are you Carol?
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Paula (Guest): As SFDS says….bloom where you are planted
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Carol (Guest): I belong to the Brothers and Sisters of Charity, domestic. Little portion.org
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Donna (Guest): Thanks
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Donna (Guest): So you can stay in one place or travel
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Donna (Guest): Ok
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Carol (Guest): We are supposed to stay in one place. But i have not
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Donna (Guest): Wow I see
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Donna (Guest): You have a special gift
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Bettychao (Guest): Our wonderful place or home is with Jesus in heaven
Sep 15, 4:57 PMDonna (Guest): True our true homeland
ep 15, 4:57 PMCarol (Guest): My true home is in Jesus’ heart
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Donna (Guest): True!
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Paula (Guest): Jesus had no home either….the Son of Man has no place to lay His head
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Donna (Guest): Yes hard to believe
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Bettychao (Guest): Every Christians believe in year 2024 is the end of the world Jesus come to earth change the
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Bettychao (Guest): We hope Jesus come
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SrSusan (Guest): Only God knows the day and the hour
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Bettychao (Guest): Yes
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Carol (Guest): We do not know the day or the hour. We just know He is comj g
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Bettychao (Guest): We wait for him
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Carol (Guest): For some reason he has me in no earthly home (that’s mine) lime Him
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SrSusan (Guest): q What is the importance of a guardian angel? Will they not help us if we don’t know about them or if we don’t call upon them?
Sep 15, 5:00 PM
Paula (Guest): to light to guard to rule and to guide
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Donna (Guest): Amen!
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Bettychao (Guest): We need angel to guide us pray for us
ep 15, 5:01 PMSrSusan (Guest): The angels help us regardless
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Carol (Guest): I know mine has had quite a tough assignment
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Rose (Guest): Do they all have names? silly question but to “call upon” you need a name no?
ep 15, 5:01 PMDonna (Guest): We could not survive without them!
Sep 15, 5:02 PMDonna (Guest): God named them already
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Paula (Guest): but it’s like having insurance or money….a resource that is unused if you don’t ask them for help
Sep 15, 5:02 PM
Bettychao (Guest): I saw a one person sick die in hospital but his friend pray for him and God hear her and sent angel bring him back to life
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Donna (Guest): We cannot name them because we have no authority over them
Sep 15, 5:03 PM
Donna (Guest): but they have authority over us
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Carol (Guest): We don’t know what they are though. I read we are not supposed to,name them because they are above us in creation
ep 15, 5:04 PM
Carol (Guest): Their job is to do God’s will in helping us
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Bettychao (Guest): Sr Susan I got kidney sick and liver too and high blood pressure and diabetic type 2
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Donna (Guest): Father Mitch Pacwa EWTN answered a phone call on that subject
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Rose (Guest): if we have “guardian angel” do they not have names? or is it irr
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Bettychao (Guest): Not yet but I did pray for healing
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Bettychao (Guest): But my blood sugar is better
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Donna (Guest): Betty are you under a special kidney doctor or Endocrinologist
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Donna (Guest): Prayers for you Betty
Sep 15, 5:06 PM
Bettychao (Guest): I did pray to Jesus have him help me find one
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Bettychao (Guest): Thanks
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Donna (Guest): You’re welcome
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Carol (Guest): There are three Archangels named in the Bible, Michael Gabriel and Raphael so we can call them that
Sep 15, 5:06 PM
Donna (Guest): Yes
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SrSusan (Guest): I think they have names Some saints have seen their guardian angels but I cant remmeber if those saints knew the name of their angel or not
ep 15, 5:07 PM
Donna (Guest): I have read of exceptions
Sep 15, 5:07 PM
Donna (Guest): Or listen to audiobooks
Sep 15, 5:07 PM
Donna (Guest): Like St Patrick knew his
Sep 15, 5:08 PM
SrSusan (Guest): q How can we know the work God calls us to?
Sep 15, 5:09 PM
Carol (Guest): Now that’s a tough question
Sep 15, 5:09 PM
Bettychao (Guest): Just like God call us to be a nun or clergy we need to obey
Sep 15, 5:09 PM
Paula (Guest): by His will …manifest through others around us
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Donna (Guest): By prayer and exploring our options
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Donna (Guest): Perfect peace from God
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Paula (Guest): by our talents
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Donna (Guest): Or no peace at all!
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Donna (Guest): Yes our gifts help a lot
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Donna (Guest): We start to see a pattern
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Donna (Guest): And the good or bad or no fruit
Sep 15, 5:11 PM
Donna (Guest): “Spinning out wheels”
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Bettychao (Guest): We need to bear fruit a spiritual fruit
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Donna (Guest): Or digging a firm foundation
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Paula (Guest): by the burning desire that we have in our heart
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Donna (Guest): Without even realizing it!
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Bettychao (Guest): Ask holy spirit
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Donna (Guest): Yes
Sep 15, 5:12 PMCarol (Guest): Outside help with discernment is priceless but what we choose is up to us in the end
ep 15, 5:12 PMDonna (Guest): And then weighing as if on a scale!
ep 15, 5:14 PMPaula (Guest): not necessarily…..St. Paul …..didn’t get much of a choice
Sep 15, 5:14 PMDonna (Guest): No God chose for him!
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SrSusan (Guest): To recognize His call and then choose for Him
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SrSusan (Guest): a real task of love
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Donna (Guest): but St Paul was happy so in love with Jesus
Sep 15, 5:15 PMDonna (Guest): Even in all his suffering
ep 15, 5:16 PM
Donna (Guest): Always saying he was the least of the apostles because he persecuted the church
Sep 15, 5:16 PM
Paula (Guest): but that was after he got thrown from his horse
Sep 15, 5:16 PM
Carol (Guest): Paul was lucky to have his call so,obvious
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Donna (Guest): Of course
Sep 15, 5:16 PM
Donna (Guest): After Saul became Paul
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Donna (Guest): So humble
Sep 15, 5:17 PM
Bettychao (Guest): I saw a news that a electric person pregnant have baby that is against God
Sep 15, 5:17 PM
Donna (Guest): Yes
Sep 15, 5:17 PM
Donna (Guest): Robot ?
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Paula (Guest): But it wasn’t so obvious until later when he was persecuted and stood up for his faith
Sep 15, 5:17 PM
Donna (Guest): A Robot?
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Bettychao (Guest): A robot pregnant have robot babies
Sep 15, 5:18 PM
Donna (Guest): Really?
Sep 15, 5:19 PM
Paula (Guest): are you sure that is not fake news?
Sep 15, 5:19 PM
Bettychao (Guest): Why God created Live human is ask human live with him obey him
Sep 15, 5:20 PM
Paula (Guest): God created us to know, love and to serve Him
Sep 15, 5:20 PM
Bettychao (Guest): Just like God created angels in heaven
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SrSusan (Guest): if you read the newsletter for chat St Francis gave St Jabe a niote each nite to encourage her and the community ”What was the effect of giving St. Jane a note of encouragement each evening? Is there some way we can use this method to encourage one another?
Sep 15, 5:21 PM
Donna (Guest): St Jane must have needed a note of encouragement every evening
Sep 15, 5:21 PM
Carol (Guest): Consistent encouragement is a real blessing
Sep 15, 5:21 PM
Paula (Guest): it was a way of affirming her
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Donna (Guest): St Francis must have been inspired by God
Sep 15, 5:22 PM
Bettychao (Guest): We honor saints because saints obey God strictly and live holy life
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Paula (Guest): yes, positively affirm each other
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Donna (Guest): We have a note of encouragement every day in the Bible
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Donna (Guest): It is nice to get it from each other too
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Donna (Guest): A real help!
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Bettychao (Guest): We need keep deeper meditation to read bible
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Paula (Guest): when my grandmother was alive. she told me at night i was a good girl before going to bed. when she did, i slept well and did not snore
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Paula (Guest): when she did not I snoredep 15, 5:24 PM
Carol (Guest): We should all do that fornour friends
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Donna (Guest): Give me your email and I’ll try to encourage you each every day
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Rose (Guest): I just want to say it made me appreciate seeing st francis and jane portraits together with a different depth
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Carol (Guest): for our friends and family
Sep 15, 5:25 PM
Paula (Guest): positive affirmation….reinforcement
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Bettychao (Guest): When I sleep I sleep with statue of Mary when I was little girl
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Donna (Guest): My email is donnalong657@yahoo.com
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SrSusan (Guest): Good point- getting to know these saints better
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Donna (Guest): It would be a lot of
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Bettychao (Guest): When I am teenager I become alter girl in my own church
ep 15, 5:26 PMSrSusan (Guest): last q St. Jane founded many convents of Visitation Sisters. And yet today, religious communities are faltering. How were the conditions different then, and what can we do to bring back a more fertile ground for religious vocations?
ep 15, 5:27 PM
Donna (Guest): Do what St Francis did for St Jane and his other spiritual children
Sep 15, 5:27 PM
Bettychao (Guest): She want them take vows and married Jesus become bride of Jesus and live holy life
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Carol (Guest): It starts with the family. Vocations are fostered there first
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Paula (Guest): People then saw clearly how frivolous life was
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Donna (Guest): All good points
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Rose (Guest): i think the ground is actually very fertile. but time is what people are buying/selling now and silence is very hard to come by.
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Donna (Guest): True
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Paula (Guest): Today people are distracted by all that is in the world
Sep 15, 5:28 PM
Donna (Guest): True
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Paula (Guest): not until later in life do people realize how empty it all is
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SrSusan (Guest): Blessings Betty
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Bettychao (Guest): You too
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Donna (Guest): True
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Bettychao (Guest): Thanks
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Rose (Guest): dont remember who wrote “just imagine the worse things people would be doing if they werent so distracted” i try to think of that heh
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Carol (Guest): And it helps when the parents help a child who expresses interest explore rather than saying no
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Paula (Guest): I think that the time is ripe for late vocations
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Carol (Guest): Don’t think too hard Rose!
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Donna (Guest): Praying the Rosary helps foster vocations
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Paula (Guest): That is so true Carol!
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Rose (Guest): i think a lot of parents have done that sadly
Sep 15, 5:31 PM
Donna (Guest): Mother Mary is raising up her army
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Carol (Guest): I am one of the late vocations in here. Most places were not interested because after a certain age we are set in our ways and it’s hard to re mold
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SrSusan (Guest): May we all be part of it in some way
Sep 15, 5:32 PM
Carol (Guest): We are!
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Donna (Guest): Many young Catholic families want religious vocations for their children
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SrSusan (Guest): I need to leave now Have a good week and may the Lords grant you grace!
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