Praises to the Holy Spirit! Please tell your story!

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MariaG:
Praise to you oh Lord. My head hurts with a huge headache, but I can do all things through Christ.

Praise to you oh Lord, I have not eaten all day yet I am not hungry.

Praise to you oh Lord. Thank you Holy Spirit for leading and guiding me today. As I did my liquid fast today, seeking truth with Edwin, I had You as my constant companion. When I wavered and thought what did it matter if I ate or not, You strengthened my resolve. Help me to continue to not look past this moment. Help me to live for You now, and not worry what the future will bring, (or when food will be in it!) Thank you Holy Spirit!

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Hi Maria,
Just a quick note, I should be in bed but I am not nearly as tired tonight as I was last night. I like your prayers at the bottom of your posts. And in this manner at night I often find, as I freewheel in my language, that my words come out and surprise me, for I find I am giving words to the answer I am seeking. Possibly this is why Christ said that the prayers of the ones who repeat a prayer over and over do not find comfort. So as I find joy in freewheeling in prayer, which is not nearly as glorious sounding as the ones written by others, I suggest that you do this too, as you do in your prayers at the bottom of your posts.
Answers will come as you give the Holy Spirit a chance to join you in your prayer, something which He cant do in a rote prayer.
my love to you
my heart aches for you Maria
May Christ fill you with joy and fruit,
walk in love
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edwinG:
Hi mercygate,
It is another day, and I was just coasting down to find a posts of Maria to give some information to her and I saw and read your post again,
Yes God never stops working because He is always pouring out His love on all of creation. Judgement doesnt come until Christ comes. In the mean time He is moved only by love. Which involves protecting some against others and in pruning those He loves, but only in love is He moved. As is Christ.
May Christ fill you
walk in love
edwinG
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Amen. (BTW, Evangelical and Catholic theology both concur in the theology of an immediate judgment upon our death followed by the second general or final judgment at the Second Coming – did you mean to challenge that? I didn’t think so but perhaps I am a little foggy.)
 
EdwinG,

You know, don’t you, that we Catholics pray “in our own words” all the time.

You make a good point about one’s own fumbling words. I have always claimed that God is more pleased with my own mediocrity than with a glamourous and beautiful offering I have stolen from someone else.

That said, there ARE times when written or learned prayers perfectly state the case, and there is a sense of communion when we pray those prayers along with the millions of others also praying them. For me, this is particularly true of Ignatius of Loyola’s self-offering:

“Take, O Lord, and receive my entire liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my will. Whatever I am or have, you have given me; and I return it all to you to be disposed of according to your good pleasure. Give me only your love and your grace, and I will be richly satisfied, and I ask of you nothing whatever more.”

Every time I say that prayer (usually in Latin), I sense the power in it, in confidence that the Holy Spirit is at work through my desire and his good pleasure.

As usual, with Catholics, our prayer is not EITHER/OR but both/and – we move back and forth according to the spirit of the hour, the company we are in, the need of the heart. Our prayer takes many forms, both formal and spontaneous. (Blut I did get a laugh out of my pastor about that. He had offered a beautiful spontaneous prayer for a special situation in our parish, and afterwards, I told him “You pray as good as a Baptist!”)
 
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As usual, with Catholics, our prayer is not EITHER/OR but both/and – we move back and forth according to the spirit of the hour, the company we are in, the need of the heart. Our prayer takes many forms, both formal and spontaneous.
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That is so true. A prayer is only rote when the heart does not engage. The Lord’s prayer is a good example. Most non-Catholic Christians pray the Lord’s prayer, but it is not considered rote. When the heart and head engage together, even a memorized prayer is greatly pleasing to our Lord. We do both!
(Blut I did get a laugh out of my pastor about that. He had offered a beautiful spontaneous prayer for a special situation in our parish, and afterwards, I told him “You pray as good as a Baptist!”)
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It is said we a blessed by the “Holy Spirit” the momment we are baptized.
Long story short…I was baptized into the Catholic faith, completed my First Communion and Conformation as a young child.
I left the Church 15 years ago after a life changing event.
Some thing happened that brought me back after all those years and I strongly beleive it had something to do with the Holy Spirit.
I have been truely blessed to have this happen to me.
I’m a much stonger Catholic than I have ever been…in my whole life!
With this said…I pray every night that the Holy Spirit continue to dwell in me, guide me and keep my faith strong so that I may follow the Lords teachings:gopray2:
What a wonderfull thing he has done for me:thumbsup:
 
This is a great thread!!!
I always try to remember to call on the Holy Spirit in every day situations that may esculate or cause harm in some way.
If I see thier is a misunderstanding or I’m uncomfortable with something for example I pray, “come into this situation Holy Spirit”.
He never lets me down!!!
Another little trick I learned from EWTN is to say hello to a persons guardian angel, especially if it’s someone who is giving me uncharitable thoughts. I just turn my mind from thinking negatively about a person and instead say (in my mind) Hello guardian angel, and God bless and heal this person.
 
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edwinG:
Hi misericordie,
Yes that is a rule, but the Law of Liberty is the truth. What Maria and I are doing is pleasing to Jesus: we are aware of this as we are the participants and He is helping us.
If our public display is displeasing to you, I pray that you do not follow this thread because we dont want our faith to cause you to be unsettled.
I recognise your compassion in not wanting us to waste our good works. I love your cartoons. Gems.
Please assist us in this,
Christ be with you
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edwinG
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Remember the teaching of Christ: “do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing”?
 
Please see www.isthebeast .com I believe it represents the Holy Spirit’s gift of knowledge, truth, wisdom, understanding. Fasting has incredible benefits! IHS Daryl
 
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mercygate:
Amen. (BTW, Evangelical and Catholic theology both concur in the theology of an immediate judgment upon our death followed by the second general or final judgment at the Second Coming – did you mean to challenge that? I didn’t think so but perhaps I am a little foggy.)
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Hi mercygate,
Thanks for raising this reading, If it was not addressed someone may inadvertantly misread what I meant to say. I agree totally with what you say, believing that on our death we go either to paradise or hell, until the Second Coming, where all, except those who died for Christ during the tribulation and then lived and reigned with Him for a thousand years, face judgment. This period in hell is the prison for those who have to pay their debts.
The Lake of Fire after judgement is eternal. Death and Hades are also thrown into the Lake of Fire, so in the new world there will be neither death or hades, I suppose.
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walk in love
edwinG
 
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asquared:
is there a place to go for a course on Smileys 101
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Hi asquared,
If you find one sign me up to please.
Christ be with you
walk in love
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mercygate:
EdwinG,

You know, don’t you, that we Catholics pray “in our own words” all the time.

You make a good point about one’s own fumbling words. I have always claimed that God is more pleased with my own mediocrity than with a glamourous and beautiful offering I have stolen from someone else.

That said, there ARE times when written or learned prayers perfectly state the case, and there is a sense of communion when we pray those prayers along with the millions of others also praying them. For me, this is particularly true of Ignatius of Loyola’s self-offering:

“Take, O Lord, and receive my entire liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my will. Whatever I am or have, you have given me; and I return it all to you to be disposed of according to your good pleasure. Give me only your love and your grace, and I will be richly satisfied, and I ask of you nothing whatever more.”

Every time I say that prayer (usually in Latin), I sense the power in it, in confidence that the Holy Spirit is at work through my desire and his good pleasure.

As usual, with Catholics, our prayer is not EITHER/OR but both/and – we move back and forth according to the spirit of the hour, the company we are in, the need of the heart. Our prayer takes many forms, both formal and spontaneous. (Blut I did get a laugh out of my pastor about that. He had offered a beautiful spontaneous prayer for a special situation in our parish, and afterwards, I told him “You pray as good as a Baptist!”)
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Hi mercygate,
I feel confident your pastor is blessed by your membership in his church. Being a pastor must be a most difficult life. I pray daily for mine. So many people coming at them and asking and all with different reasons and different expectations. How they dont end up as complete cynics beats me. I can picture a pastor seeing someone approaching him and he would be thinking what does he want and does he come with any sincerity. To remain open and treat each new request at its face value must take a special man.
That your pastor cops humor must be like fresh water to him. Expect a big serving from his christmas largess. Keep up the humor.
my love to you
let love be your source of energy
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kayla:
It is said we a blessed by the “Holy Spirit” the momment we are baptized.
Long story short…I was baptized into the Catholic faith, completed my First Communion and Conformation as a young child.
I left the Church 15 years ago after a life changing event.
Some thing happened that brought me back after all those years and I strongly beleive it had something to do with the Holy Spirit.
I have been truely blessed to have this happen to me.
I’m a much stonger Catholic than I have ever been…in my whole life!
With this said…I pray every night that the Holy Spirit continue to dwell in me, guide me and keep my faith strong so that I may follow the Lords teachings:gopray2:
What a wonderfull thing he has done for me:thumbsup:
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Hi kayla,
How great it is to hear talking about Him and His loving work. Each day we should be reading of the work Jesus is doing in our life for the Holy Spirit does as He hears.
Christ be with you
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Calbreese:
Please see www.isthebeast .com I believe it represents the Holy Spirit’s gift of knowledge, truth, wisdom, understanding. Fasting has incredible benefits! IHS Daryl
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Hi Calbreese,
Thanks for your post. I tried twice to access this site but it would not open. I will try again on another day.
Christ be with you
walk in love
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misericordie:
Remember the teaching of Christ: “do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing”?
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Hi misericordie,
Thanks for posting. Can you give me a meaning for this please? obviously it baffles me.
Christ be with you
walk in love
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Carrie Andrews:
This is a great thread!!!
I always try to remember to call on the Holy Spirit in every day situations that may esculate or cause harm in some way.
If I see thier is a misunderstanding or I’m uncomfortable with something for example I pray, “come into this situation Holy Spirit”.
He never lets me down!!!
Another little trick I learned from EWTN is to say hello to a persons guardian angel, especially if it’s someone who is giving me uncharitable thoughts. I just turn my mind from thinking negatively about a person and instead say (in my mind) Hello guardian angel, and God bless and heal this person.
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Hi Carrie,
Maria will be pleased and I am also that you like this thread. Thanks for posting about the Holy Spirit in your life.
I have never thought about addressing someones guarding angel. It brings to mind the lesson in scripture where we are to pray for those who would or do harm us. Apparently this heaps coals on their head.
Christ be with you
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edwinG
 
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MariaG:
That is so true. A prayer is only rote when the heart does not engage. The Lord’s prayer is a good example. Most non-Catholic Christians pray the Lord’s prayer, but it is not considered rote. When the heart and head engage together, even a memorized prayer is greatly pleasing to our Lord. We do both!

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Hi Maria,
I note that this is your only post and it does not appear to be finished. My prayers are with you.
My fast finished after 69 hours. That was about 9 oclock last night. It happened while I was praying. Then after my prayers, I came back onto the net to talk about free wheeling in prayer. I went back to bed and then while talking to my wife, Tui, I realised I could now eat. I thought about it for a short time but in that time some testicular pain came over me. It was not too severe, but uncomfortable. Then I didnt know what to do, so I prayed about this and asked that if the pain left in 10 seconds I would eat immediately, but if the pain continued, I would continue fasting. The pain left me immediately. I ate 5 large sausages, 3 eggs, 6 slices of toast, a bowl of ice-cream and an individual packet of muesli which was dated, Jan04. I ate the ice-cream while the sausages were cooking.I received the same message this morning as I woke.
The question Regarding Mary
The answer One God, He alone.
I thank you Maria for asking me to ask God. I feel very confident that He has being directing us for longer than we imagine. Just look at the past events.
My pleading prayers for you continue.
May Christ fill your heart
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edwinG
 
Hi,
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misericordie:
Remember the teaching of Christ: “do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing”?
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I think what he means here is that you should not be telling people that you are fasting. I think there are situations when it is permissible though - “The Law of Liberty is the truth”, as edwinG has said. It’s up to the heart attitude. If you are honestly doing this for each other’s good, and not out of pride, I don’t see why it would not be allowed.

God bless,
TTM
 
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TTM:
Hi,

I think what he means here is that you should not be telling people that you are fasting. I think there are situations when it is permissible though - “The Law of Liberty is the truth”, as edwinG has said. It’s up to the heart attitude. If you are honestly doing this for each other’s good, and not out of pride, I don’t see why it would not be allowed.

God bless,
TTM
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Hi TTM,
Thanks again TTM. Scripture passages are amazing. We have a knowledge of them and then something happens sometimes and the meaning we have is not really changed, but moved fractionally and then it falls into a slot and you know in your heart that this deeper meaning is the fulfilled meaning. Amazing words. I thought maybe something might happen to me to give me that deeper meaning of the passage but I am still at the same level.
May Christ come to you TTM
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edwinG
 
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edwinG:
Hi Maria,
I note that this is your only post and it does not appear to be finished. My prayers are with you.
My fast finished after 69 hours. That was about 9 oclock last night. It happened while I was praying. Then after my prayers, I came back onto the net to talk about free wheeling in prayer. I went back to bed and then while talking to my wife, Tui, I realised I could now eat. I thought about it for a short time but in that time some testicular pain came over me. It was not too severe, but uncomfortable. Then I didnt know what to do, so I prayed about this and asked that if the pain left in 10 seconds I would eat immediately, but if the pain continued, I would continue fasting. The pain left me immediately. I ate 5 large sausages, 3 eggs, 6 slices of toast, a bowl of ice-cream and an individual packet of muesli which was dated, Jan04. I ate the ice-cream while the sausages were cooking.I received the same message this morning as I woke.
The question Regarding Mary
The answer One God, He alone.
I thank you Maria for asking me to ask God. I feel very confident that He has being directing us for longer than we imagine. Just look at the past events.
My pleading prayers for you continue.
May Christ fill your heart
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edwinG
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Hi Edwin, May I suggest maybe next time you might want to read Isaiah 58. I think it will be less painful. 😃 God Bless
 
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