hmmmm...

Ok. So, I said that I would post something that I read on the night of my Hidden Messages post that was, imo, the coincidence of all coincidences. Ha!

I should probably do this in the morning but I don't get up early enough (even though 5 min would be plenty of time), so I read daily meditations from A Catholic Woman's Book of Days each night before I pray. Here is the entry for November 18 (the 1st part is scripture, the 2nd is the author's words and the 3rd is a prayer for the reader, reflecting on the passage):

Do not lag in zeal, be ardent in spirit;

serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope, be

patient in suffering, persevere in prayer.

-ROMANS 12:11-12

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It is easy, sometimes, to grow weary of prayer.

Physical fatigue is not the problem. No, it's the temptation to let hope drain while we wait for answers.

When those answers don't seem to come, we can tire. We wonder if anyone is there. We wonder if we're just not worthy of God's attention.

Paul reminds us to persevere. And we remember the times that Jesus reminds us that, if human beings respond to requests from those they love, God surely will, too.

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Father, as I lay my needs before you, help me trust that you are listening.

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(me again) You can only imagine what was going thru my mind when I read this....some things just make you go "hmmm....".

a prayer

Your Cross

The everlasting God has in His wisdom foreseen from eternity the cross that He now presents to you as a gift from His inmost heart. This cross He now sends you He has considered with His all-knowing eyes, understood withHis divine mind, tested with His wise justice, warmed with loving arms and weighed with His own hands to see that it be not one inch too large and not one ounce too heavy for you. He has blessed it with His holy Name, anointed it with His consolation, taken one last glance at you and your courage, and then sent it to you from heaven, a special greeting from God to you, an alms of the all-merciful love of God.

-St. Francis de Sales

i read this on All You Who Hope's blog and it moved me to tears. i plan on printing it out and carrying it with me; i imagine it will do wonders for me in my "down times".