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Well it happened again---I was here , but helping thru a pm. Now I come here and look at the clock 11: 15 no comprehension of time . Well may be in a future time.=========So, to all our sisters may we find peace within. For all that question, let us find answers. All that feel threatened, let them be protected. Let us enjoy our moments that make us happy. For those that question their faith, let them receive a sign that what we have always believed in, is true. For those that must make decisions, give them courage to believe without regret that it is the correct decision for this time, with no look back and re-questioning. Let us love unconditionally. Namaste sheila
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Theresa ------two wonderful celebrations in one day. Let both be blessed with joy
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Good evening ladies, my family and I are rv-ing at Zion, it's our last night tonight.
Hi Theresa, I'm hanging in there, thanks for asking about me
Been offering up prayers for everybody here daily. I'm also praying for the people in Somalia, who's suffering from famine. The war lords are blocking/stealing the food and medical supplies, I pray that our Lord Jesus intervene. They also need the much needed rain and the world to reach out and help them. I'm also praying for our soldiers out there. I'm just so sorry that there are so much sufferings out there. We must all pray to ease their sufferings.Namaste, have a great weekend all !
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I'm so happy to find a Catholic group on here! I don't know what I would be like if it weren't for my faith...it's what has kept me calm (well, most of the time!) for the last four months.
God is good, indeed....always!
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Barb58--------welcome, we hope you find solace here. We have 2 other sites , The thread headers will explain how they are used . I will go and get the links and add them to this post.
http://community.breastcancer.org/forum/38/topic/760274?page=3#idx_70
http://community.breastcancer.org/forum/38/topic/760131?page=6#idx_156
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HI LADIES !!!!!!!!!!!
I am am dropping in to say hello !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I pray for our group and BCO ladies daily....
I am busy planning a big trip for a lot of people.... keeping my grandkids again ( moms a teacher) and working full time now...... I AM CRAZY!
Anyway.... I will be checking in here daily again soon.......
Love and Blessings to you all!
Any new sister here................... WELCOME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If anyone needs anything, PM me... I am answering those daily. Blessings!
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welcome Barb!
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Hi Ladies
Today is 15 August and here it's a church holiday - Feast of the Assumtion of our Lady. Will be at 7 00pm mass tonight as I'm in the office today (as usual). My custom before mass is to lit a candle and say a prayer for myself, 2 other friends who have medical probs, those suffering SEs from Herceptin and you my sisters on this Catholic tread. I also say the prayer to St Peregrine each day.
((( Esteep ))) Looking after your grandkids - I can't believe that you are a granny you look too young ! You must have been a child bride
take care all
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Thank you for the welcomes!
Happy Solemnity of the Assumption of our Blessed Mother!!!
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Welcome Barb! We are a very loving bunch!xo
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Blessed Assumption Day everyone!
It was a nice weekend, even though it rained, so we didn't get to do the outdoorsy things we wanted to do... like kayaking. I've never been kayaking and wonder how my Tamoxifen legs and surgery arm would handle it, but I wanted to try. My daughter and her family could not make it ... she had a double ear infection and sinus infection. She's getting better. But my son and his wife came down and my two sisters with their daughters and grandchildren and we gathered at my cousin's house and sat in the carport while the rain came down. The youngin's enjoyed playing in the rain.
I'm having an "I don't want to be at work" day. :-(
Paula - what's rving at Zion?
Welcome Barb!
I pray for you all. My co-worker's husband quit his chemo and has given up. Please pray for Lyn that she can deal with what lies ahead for her. Prayer for her husband, Tom, has he copes with cancer and depression. His prognosis wasn't bad .. he didn't like the side effects of chemo. He has melanoma.
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Excerpt from today's Office of Reading.
Reading The Apostolic Constitution of Pope Pius XII on the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Your body is holy and glorious
In their sermons and speeches on the feast day of the Assumption of the Mother of God, the holy fathers and the great doctors of the church were speaking of something that the faithful already knew and accepted: all they did was to bring it out into the open, to explain its meaning and substance in other terms. Above all, they made it most clear that this feast commemorated not merely the fact that the blessed Virgin Mary did not experience bodily decay, but also her triumph over death and her heavenly glory, following the example of her only Son, Jesus Christ.
Thus St John Damascene (c. 676 - 4 December 749) was a Syrian Christian monk and priest,) who is the greatest exponent of this tradition, compares the bodily Assumption of the revered Mother of God with her other gifts and privileges: It was right that she who had kept her virginity unimpaired through the process of giving birth should have kept her body without decay through death. It was right that she who had given her Creator, as a child, a place at her breast should be given a place in the dwelling-place of her God. It was right that the bride espoused by the Father should dwell in the heavenly bridal chamber. It was right that she who had gazed on her Son on the cross, her heart pierced at that moment by the sword of sorrow that she had escaped at his birth, should now gaze on him seated with his Father. It was right that the Mother of God should possess what belongs to her Son and to be honoured by every creature as the God's Mother and handmaid.
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To celebrate the Feast of the Assumption, our church is doing a twilight walking Rosary tonight at 8:30 p.m. My daughters and I are planning to attend.
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Michelleo - that sounds wonderful. You and your daughters received lots of graces for that! :-)
God bless my sisters and brother today!
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The walking Rosary was very beautiful and moving. We stopped walking and sang hymns between each decade, and ended up with everyone holding candles in the darkness singing "Go Light Your World". I'm so glad we went.
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Michelle, Sounds so wonderful. Wish I was there!! xo
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Please include Greg in your prayers, It is his one year anniversary, Ds steve is coming home tomorrow. I know that days pass each year , but it will always be in my mind that it is tonight at 12.30 am. I did have a break trough 2 weeks ago and I believe I wrote about it. Two things--1. I still believe I didn't do enough to save him-------nothing could have saved him. 2 The insomnia thing-I'm sleeping in the same room that he died. I have been reliving his death every day since. I was able to share with the counselor yesterday these two thoughts. I said I can deal with them on an intellectual level, but now I have to deal with them on an emotional level. His reaction to both were strong, he hadn't realized that I was in the same room. He said I haven't begun to deal with it on an emotional level. I think that is true. I have been a supporter of Hospice since before it entered this country. But what I have just told you now, about being in the same room. I have never seen this in print as to having an affect. My feeling about this has completely changed. People may want to pass at home, but now I question whether it's healthy for the survivor to have it be in the room shared for so many years, let alone the marriage bed. I know reading this will add sadness to some thoughts. Very often b/c of space the patient is moved to the living room b/c of bed and equipment. In our case that was not a necessity. I had no idea what it would mean long term. I don't know if I would have done something different. I just know I am less well. I don't know if the mourning/PTSD would have been less. I have something to focus on, to try to fix it. But.............
I can't thank you all enough for being with me, during our time together. Your prayerfulness and care not only for me and each other is quite special. I have recently gone in on another Catholic site. It seems more like a teenage site. To much is said in symbols versus words. Symbols have great meaning, but not the same as words. Be joyous in life, even with trouble. Namaste
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sas-schatzi
Big hugs & love to you ...am thinking of & praying for you in hopes that you can find some peace.
Prayers for all of us too.
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SAS
Saying special prayers tonight for you. I hope and pray that His love will wash over you through this time. One day at a time. I can't imagine your pain and suffering but is sounds like you have come to a turning point acknowledgement of the emotional healing that still has to occur as well as sharing is a new beginning for you. Blessings to you now and always
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Liz and mnmon-----thank you
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Sas, I've been saying special prayers for you and everybody on this thread daily. I'm feeling your pain and I know the empty feeling. I am still searching for answers myself about my mother. Although we knew her health was declining but my sister and I just spoke tonight that we should have talked to her more before they gave her her first morphine shot. The shot put her out and she was in an induced coma. The should've would've scenarios. We both need to work out the emotional kink and let ourselves heal. "Those who know best how to comfort a sorrowing friend have themselves needed comfort along the way - author unknown".
Theresa (sorry for the late reply, just logged on from since my last post). RVing meant that we took our motorhome and parked it at a RV resort at Zion. DH and kids did canyoneering, rappelling and long hikes.
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Sas, I pray that all the wonderful memories of that room fill your mind and each memory brings you a little more peace to close your wounded heart, that your soul fills with smiles when you remember that special look, that feeling when you touched, the laughter that filled the room....may God bless you with peace of mind that you will heal.
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Puala----------it is the same, we each experienced death. I wish we could go to a previous time that death was more accepted. But I do understand better the old time tradition of one year of mourning.
In my 30th's my mom, when I asked why the Irish had a wake that had a party/ cellebration She explained in IRELAND a birth was mourned b/c of the trouble the child would know, and that a death was celebrated b/c they were released from the troubles of the world. Hence the Irish Wake.
Our mourning is individual, where the feelings come from, I don't know. I have had people, I love die , but never felt the hurt that you feel for your Mom or my DH. We both know as may others here, that it hurts. Having our belief in our Catholic religion helps so much.
A similar thing happened to DH his last day as your Moms, when he went to sleep we were all afraid to touch him b/c he had such a horrible day. His last words were sheila "I'm not going to make it" Within minutes he went into the most peaceful sleep that lasted about 6 hrs. Then he passed, within about 10 minutes. Why / how/ what-------------don't know -----------we didn't get to say good bye or I love you------------I know you left and were called back and Mom was gone. We just have to deal with it. what was ---------is........ everyday. Paula we will get better, we will hold them in our hearts. I'm sure you and your sisters prayed at her bedside--so did DS and I. Death will happen to us all. I think I can deal better with my own,than DH's or DS's If we believe in the afterlife, Paula we will see those that we cared for in this life. What we mourn is their presence now. We never wanted them to leave us. That's why I say, I wish I could be apart of the old ways. It was understood---death was apart of life. Only in this last 40 some years did we think we could extend it beyond. Your love of your mom and your grieving her loss compares to no others, she was your mom, same as my DH, we love, but we also believe in the afterlife. You can talk to your Mom every moment you feel the need. Again you are missing her physical presence, but b/c of your Catholic belief ,she whenever you want to talk to her b/c she entered the Holycourt of heaven , you can do so. We miss them so, but we must continue on
Paula----------you have an ability to bring prayerful words to others. Where did you learn this. From your Mother most likely. Would she not want you you continue in this ministry of words. Love you much Namaste Sheila
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(((((((((((((( Sheila )))))))))))))))
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I am new to this forum and I am glad to see it. I had a life-changing experience in early June. The community orchestra that I have played with for 23 years was selected by Choir of the Pope's Diocese, Rome to accompany them in their first US tour. We performed in the NYC area at 6 venues in 8 days. The monseignor who directed the group truly is a holy man--he wrote or arranged all of the music we performed. He also knew Pope John Paul II well and wrote the official hymn of the Beautification ceremony on May 1, 2011, "Open the Doors to Christ." I am thinking of joining the Catholic Church. Take care.
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Welcome lee and all new people!
SAS, you are such a dear, I am holding you in my heart as you get through these anniversary days of Greg's death. God bless you sweetie. xo
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Sheila.. you are in my prayers. You have been through so much and still find time comfort us when we need. I pray you find comfort and peace and that your healing continues. We are with you sister always!
much love and prayers to you!!!
Maria
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Sheila
I am sorry you are feeling pain, but know that you feel that pain because you loved so much! What a blessing that you had Greg and that you knew that kind of love. I pray for you today that you may embrace that love within and let it nurture you now and comfort you.
Paula I hope you are feeling better, sounds like a fun get away with your family! I thank all of you for your prayers had my most of my scans and biopsy and all was negative ....praise GOD!
Just one more scan next month, the bone scan, I have to say ladies sitting around and waiting for results is NO FUN and it is just downright anxiety producing. DH is still without a job so trying to keep a stiff upper lip like so many here>
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MMM5 you remain in my prayers as well! hugs!
namaste sisters
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LOVE TO EVERYONE THAnK YOUmmMM5 let them be clear
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