tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23871629.post115938682468377631..comments2014-07-25T20:59:21.332-05:00The Ironic Catholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990289461877567408[email protected]Blogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23871629.post-31817550945675811422011-09-21T10:27:22.350-05:002011-09-21T10:27:22.350-05:00You know I love you, IC, but I have to say, duh! You stopped praying!Stephen Taylorhttp://www.hermitofbardstown.com[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23871629.post-3318375316053519412011-09-21T09:31:41.813-05:002011-09-21T09:31:41.813-05:00Thanks to you writing with such brutal honesty, I got to witness yet another merciful rescue by God of someone like me. Thanks for the gift.Rozhttp://exultet.blogspot.com[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23871629.post-16735366192512438582010-06-20T11:43:41.202-05:002010-06-20T11:43:41.202-05:00Don&#39;t know if you&#39;ll ever read this comment since the post is so old, but your story reminded me of a variation on a hymn that I often run through my brain - Lord, send our your spirit...to smack me upside the head.<br /><br />I loved the 2 x 4 reference because I often long for that kind of jolt from God to wake me from my day-to-day lumbering through the universe.<br /><br />Thanks!Mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10237250735344657527[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23871629.post-81084541103361386942007-10-15T05:49:00.000-05:002007-10-15T05:49:00.000-05:00Very inspiring and reminds me the song "through your pain you will discover me strong and constant is my love..strong and constant is my love." like you God spoken to me, being a catechist I got to know him, for the sake of the children I teach. Now I must say that I have an intimate relationship with the Lord and not frightened anymore to face the challenges. If God be with me who can be against me.bargohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14199054109221937628[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23871629.post-39389366987698746162007-09-21T13:18:00.000-05:002007-09-21T13:18:00.000-05:00Beautiful, I.C.!<BR/><BR/>Getting rid of those venial sins in Confession, frequently, helps to unstop the blockages. <BR/><BR/>And Father Corapi always has the ready answer:<BR/><BR/>Can't pray? Lord, help me to pray.<BR/><BR/>Can't do a task? Jesus, please help me with this.<BR/><BR/>Need humility? Holy Mother, teach me to accept these humiliations which afflict me.<BR/><BR/>Suffering? Merciful Savior, I offer these pains to you in gratitude for all you have done for me.Ray from MNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08332138030182107580[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23871629.post-14783517630322571522007-09-21T10:30:00.000-05:002007-09-21T10:30:00.000-05:00I just had something similar happen to me....and so I too made an appt. with our priest FOR MY NINE-YEAR-OLD. It was a perfect answer to a question we didn't even know she was asking. It was a miracle, and that is not a word I overuse.Jenny from Chicagohttp://chasedbychildren.typepad.com/chased_by_children[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23871629.post-29572512976151970082007-02-06T14:07:00.000-06:002007-02-06T14:07:00.000-06:00Awesome. Thank you so much for writing down and sharing your experience! Yes, God is pretty cool like that;).Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14134284847318136878[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23871629.post-68014617032571964422006-12-26T19:01:00.000-06:002006-12-26T19:01:00.000-06:00His mysterious ways :-) <br /><br />I just prayed an Ave in thanksgiving for your blessed honesty.Honorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07078911947881458502[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23871629.post-1159721084904181372006-10-01T11:44:00.000-05:002006-10-01T11:44:00.000-05:00IC, I so relate with this post. It wasn't so long ago that I was struggling with going to confession, and I can feel it welling up in me again. Thank you for sharing your beautiful reflection!Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05154454029656977215[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23871629.post-1159628677630710782006-09-30T10:04:00.000-05:002006-09-30T10:04:00.000-05:00Oh, Martha...<BR/>(hug)The Ironic Catholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990289461877567408[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23871629.post-1159617155969315242006-09-30T06:52:00.000-05:002006-09-30T06:52:00.000-05:00from one anxiety-ridden person to another, i could identify with this post more than i would be able to put into words, because the words are escaping me.<BR/><BR/>sound familiar?<BR/><BR/>thank you for this. just, thank you.~m2~http://www.blogger.com/profile/04934137902418594877[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23871629.post-1159560991156419602006-09-29T15:16:00.000-05:002006-09-29T15:16:00.000-05:00God is good, all the time.<BR/><BR/>Even when He is taking us somewhere we don't want to go for reasons we cannot comprehend.angelmeghttp://www.angelmegtm.blogspot.com[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23871629.post-1159494183800357032006-09-28T20:43:00.000-05:002006-09-28T20:43:00.000-05:00The "clue by four"--I love it!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the positive comments, everyone. I hesitate putting these things to words, because the words always fall short of the experience. But this was just far too cool a thing to keep to myself...when God acts like this, you realize in a fresh way how great God is.The Ironic Catholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990289461877567408[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23871629.post-1159470149817661922006-09-28T14:02:00.000-05:002006-09-28T14:02:00.000-05:00Ah, God and His infamous "clue-by-four." I've been hit with it many, many times. (I'm a slow learner.) I'm always relieved when I discover I am not alone! :)<BR/><BR/>The Peace of Christ be with you!March Harehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06521211369549628901[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23871629.post-1159416254903236512006-09-27T23:04:00.000-05:002006-09-27T23:04:00.000-05:00IC,<BR/><BR/>I am sorry that you have to go through the process but I am glad that God walked with you in the midst of it and that you received his grace in the sacrament. <BR/><BR/>The ministry of the priests is a mighty thing to witness when it is enacted by godly men in concert with the Holy Spirit.<BR/><BR/>Jason Kranzuschaxegrinderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14788838707756891584[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23871629.post-1159414232267651262006-09-27T22:30:00.000-05:002006-09-27T22:30:00.000-05:00Marvelous, IC, thanks. God's irony trumps and transforms all our little ironies.Jonathan Potterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504072979728588034[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23871629.post-1159410290936735302006-09-27T21:24:00.000-05:002006-09-27T21:24:00.000-05:00Thank you for sharing - very inspiring. And btw, this is my very favorite website, so please keep going. Let us know if we're supposed to do a novena or something to keep it going, I'll do what I must!Jennifer[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23871629.post-1159410029299655252006-09-27T21:20:00.000-05:002006-09-27T21:20:00.000-05:00A really great and beautiful story. Thanks for sharing it. :-)Julie D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13531034731461673925[email protected]