tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post3665619571082152079..comments2023-09-22T06:56:46.508-05:00Comments on Adoro te Devote: Living in the MomentAdorohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02853244433854822731noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-88026754123455503872007-05-27T20:18:00.000-05:002007-05-27T20:18:00.000-05:00BELIEVEToday is Pentecost - the wind is a-blowin' ...BELIEVE<BR/><BR/>Today is Pentecost - the wind is a-blowin' - listenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-51234479011416600592007-05-27T16:32:00.000-05:002007-05-27T16:32:00.000-05:00OK, I can't believe people are throwing money at m...OK, I can't believe people are throwing money at me and I'm questioning it. Granted, for a purpose, but this is a little hard to take!<BR/><BR/>I actually DO have a paypal account I had to set up several years ago in order to maintain a membership at a certain website...that's the only way they would accept payment for the account or store items, etc. But I haven't used it in awhile and at that time, I only used it once or twice a year when I paied for my website account status, and I ALWAYS have to renew the password. Once again, I have no idea what it is. Or what email I had it under. <BR/><BR/>I appreciate your generosity, all of you, but I really need to pray about this very seriously before I say any more. I am very touched that people who have never met me are willing to help me in a very real way. It just kinda blows me away.Adorohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853244433854822731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-21015783573660863752007-05-27T12:23:00.000-05:002007-05-27T12:23:00.000-05:00Hey there, Ms Julie - time to get off your backsid...Hey there, Ms Julie - time to get off your backside and get that PayPal account open.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-86277785139307298882007-05-26T22:13:00.000-05:002007-05-26T22:13:00.000-05:00Yes, we will give donations for the worthy cause o...Yes, we will give donations for the worthy cause of Adoro Te Devote!<BR/><BR/>Just do it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-16458814412808285632007-05-26T11:46:00.000-05:002007-05-26T11:46:00.000-05:00Before you go for a P.O. Box, Adoro, open a PayPal...Before you go for a P.O. Box, Adoro, open a PayPal account. It is an easy way for someone to send money to another person's email address. And only the receiver pays a tiny percentage.<BR/><BR/>It was originally set up to facilitate eBay purchases and became so successful that eBay purchased it from the original owners.<BR/><BR/>And now people use it for all kinds of reasons to send money to children, make purchases, make contributions, fund raising, blog "blegging", etc.<BR/><BR/>www.paypal.com<BR/><BR/>And you are indeed still on my Prayer List, Adoro.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08332138030182107580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-82630482463180358022007-05-25T18:12:00.000-05:002007-05-25T18:12:00.000-05:00As a side-bar comment, G-d so oftens tries to answ...As a side-bar comment, G-d so oftens tries to answer our prayers and we ingnore Him because, we surmise, that isn't the way G-d would do it ... yeh, like putting His Son on the cross - He'd never do anything like that, now, would He?<BR/><BR/>Incarnation - Jesus became man ... He became enfleshed. We are now His continuation: As St Paul writes, "It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives ... in me!"<BR/><BR/>So how should I respond to your need?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-26081730914331492992007-05-25T18:01:00.000-05:002007-05-25T18:01:00.000-05:00my check is ready but i have nowhere to send itwha...my check is ready but i have nowhere to send it<BR/><BR/>what say you, oh loyal readers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-8246412773378253472007-05-25T06:03:00.000-05:002007-05-25T06:03:00.000-05:00Hi, Hidden One, thanks for commenting. Except that...Hi, Hidden One, thanks for commenting. <BR/><BR/>Except that I'm not confused; I'm just stuck with no way out - under my own power, anyway. That's why this entire post was about "living in the moment", but it's gotten off track in the combox as everyone latched onto only the grad school thing. If I can't go to grad school it's not the end of the world. I'm facing far more issues than that. <BR/><BR/>My whole problem is actually appreciating the moment, dealing with each moment as it comes, and I think that's what God is asking me to do, because I can't seem to provide a future for myself, I can't get out of my job, I can't pay for school....and here I am. Trust is very difficult for me for many many reasons. <BR/><BR/>But it's not confusion. I thank God it's not confusion.Adorohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853244433854822731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-65955369045384393202007-05-24T22:03:00.000-05:002007-05-24T22:03:00.000-05:00I'm reading, Adoro.My only advice to you, beyond w...I'm reading, Adoro.<BR/><BR/>My only advice to you, beyond what has been said, is to remember that confusion isn't from God. So flee from it, to Him, in whatever and every way you can. It's tough, and it's worth it.Hidden Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06042188431683942338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-82228309806585119952007-05-24T20:24:00.000-05:002007-05-24T20:24:00.000-05:00Cathy and melody, Yeah, I know I know...but it's r...Cathy and melody, <BR/><BR/>Yeah, I know I know...but it's really convenient not to remember that because I so want to get out of this hell-hole I've gotten myself into! <BR/><BR/>And that, right there, that "I want" is the reason I'm not a Saint. That, and I'm not dead yet. <BR/><BR/><BR/>Uncle Jim ~ I'm not sure Youth Ministry is my thing. I'm not into the "Life Teen" pop culture thing (in fact, I'd be recruiting teens for Gregorian chant choirs), I can't play the "cool" card because it's totally against my nerdy nature, and it's been a long time since I've worked with kids...and they burned me out. Granted, they were really emotionally, mentally disturbed and violent kids, but lots of bad memories there. I fear I'd go into "mental health counselor" mode if I worked with adolescents/teens again. LOL! <BR/><BR/>Of course, the experience would come in handy with that crowd...the teenage years are NOTHING but angst. <BR/><BR/>I highly doubt that any of my wonderful, loyal, readers would actually send me money for Grad school. I'd fall over dying, in fact, if that happened. <BR/><BR/>Although maybe I'll get an Amazon wish list when I get my book list for classes and see what happens. <BR/><BR/>So! Up for a vote...who is in favor of my getting a PO box for donations???<BR/><BR/>Is anyone even reading this post anymore?Adorohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853244433854822731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-17709343701067350302007-05-24T19:57:00.000-05:002007-05-24T19:57:00.000-05:00and at our parish, the High School Youth Minister ...and at our parish, the High School Youth Minister just bailed this week<BR/><BR/>sure you wouldn't like to try your hand at that for a while?<BR/><BR/>and congrats on the 98, also<BR/><BR/>get a P O Box that can be used as a donation drop-box ... all your loyal readers will flood it with checks ... and all will live happily ever afterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-62929322266749589502007-05-23T19:35:00.000-05:002007-05-23T19:35:00.000-05:00Cathy is right, that..."Even the most seemingly ir...Cathy is right, that..."Even the most seemingly irrelevent or meaningless job/task has a purpose in His plan." I am working in (and enjoying) a job in a field I thought I had firmly closed the door on, years ago. And even if past experience has no direct bearing on one's ultimate career, the lessons learned and the people who touched our lives (and vice versa) are all part of the work of God in our lives. I'll pray for you, that God will guide you to where He wants you to be.Melody Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00442985285647041700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-13018935183758062372007-05-23T14:26:00.000-05:002007-05-23T14:26:00.000-05:00Adoro: Congrats on that 98! Never think that your...Adoro: Congrats on that 98! Never think that your time has been wasted. Even the most seemingly irrelevent or meaningless job/task has a purpose in His plan.Cathy_of_Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16795566831031491371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-79268981228346726362007-05-23T12:55:00.000-05:002007-05-23T12:55:00.000-05:00I'll keep praying for you.I struggle with "living ...I'll keep praying for you.<BR/><BR/>I struggle with "living in the moment" too, but with different things.<BR/><BR/>It's hard for me to choose to be really present to my boys, when I'm anxious and upset. My ex has ways of pushing buttons, and sending me over the edge, emotionally. It's all I can do to hold on. <BR/><BR/>After an upsetting incident, I usually retreat, and introvert for days. It's hard to be there and be the daddy my boys need me to be.<BR/><BR/>I always look forward, down the road, to when things will be 'better', or 'easier', and then i'll start praying more, or start really living more, or something. <BR/><BR/>There is no later. There is only 'what will I do now', and 'what is next' may or may not happen how we think.<BR/><BR/>Each day, you take a step. When I look at the picture over 30 or 90 days, or over the next year, I don't know how I can continue. When I take today, and do what I can, then I survive, and I am present, at least a little bit, for my own life.<BR/><BR/>WarrenWarrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053407632823479165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-57377549263634133672007-05-23T10:46:00.000-05:002007-05-23T10:46:00.000-05:00Hi, Swissmiss! Yes, it is these moments that teac...Hi, Swissmiss! <BR/><BR/>Yes, it is these moments that teach us, but it's so hard! <BR/><BR/>I already looking into employer tuition reimbursement...the school would both have to be accredited AND it would have to be business related. Pastoral Theology does not qualify. <BR/><BR/>Of course I'm looking for a new job, but normally one would have to be emplooyed anywhere for a year before X employwer would allow them to use tuition reimb, as far as I know. <BR/><BR/>There are also no parish scholarships or ARchd. scholarships or grants available that I've found. My parish is in very dire financial conditions so a scholarship fund would not be in the works esp. for a lay person who doesn't even work in a church! <BR/><BR/>So this is all in God's hands, and if there are no funds when the time comes, then there will also be no Grad school, thus God's will will be very directly perceived. <BR/><BR/>If I take only 1 course, I might be able to swing that, but the books will go on teh credit card. Unfortunately, the scholarship is dependent upon taking 4 or more credits....if I can't pay the rest and books and addt'l fees, then I'll be stuck. <BR/><BR/>God's will be done. I wish He would just send me an e-mail and TELL me what to do, or send me a check in teh mail written out to Ave Maria or something. I'd be happy with that. <BR/><BR/>:-) <BR/><BR/>~ AdoroAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-70269374138477792852007-05-23T10:14:00.000-05:002007-05-23T10:14:00.000-05:00Adoro:Haven't heard all that came before this that...Adoro:<BR/><BR/>Haven't heard all that came before this that got you to this point, but you have my prayers. It's hard to live in the moment and trust God, but I have found that it is exactly these times that (in retrospect always!), bring you closer to doing just that. I still want to take care of the day-to-day things and let God focus on the big picture instead of letting Him do it all. The Chaplet of Divine Mercy has helped me...Jesus I Trust in You.<BR/><BR/>I don't know what your schedule is like nor what you have already tried, but many employers pay for education expenses. Just a thought. Good luck in school!swissmisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11091563100968996825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-60784853722209199622007-05-23T09:50:00.000-05:002007-05-23T09:50:00.000-05:00Sanctus ~ Loans aren't an option. As AMU is't accr...Sanctus ~ Loans aren't an option. As AMU is't accredited, there are no student loans available. I could get a personal loan, but the going percentage is 11% at best. I can get a better rate on a credit card! <BR/><BR/>I have considered getting a roommate, but my townhome is too small. I also don't know anyone needing a home although I'd be open to sharing my home wiht someone. I actually left a bad roommate situation which was one of the reasons I bought a house. <BR/><BR/>Now my house and car own me. *sigh* <BR/><BR/>Thanks for your prayers! <BR/><BR/>~ AdoroAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-9951806682141698672007-05-23T09:43:00.000-05:002007-05-23T09:43:00.000-05:00I paid for graduate school with loans. I know that...I paid for graduate school with loans. I know that's not ideal, but its reality for most grad students.<BR/><BR/>I pray you are able to find a job that will help pay your bills and for school. Would getting a roommate be a possibility? Could help you financially...just a thought. Could also be a great help in growing in patience - this is the case even living with spouse and kids!<BR/><BR/>I can relate to your stress and I'll offer an Ave for you this morning.Sanctus Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06189142564821094716noreply@blogger.com