A Funny Thing About Praying For Help

[Mercy me]

Prayers for you LD!

That is so cool how God was working on you. Well I think that He made it clear where he stands!! You can't have a more powerful ally! Stand back Satan!

[jmjtina]

God has a sense of humor!!!!!

Prayers as always my friend!!!!!

[93 Phillies]

Wow that is interesting. I often find myself frustrated and anxiously looking for answers to my prayers.

The strongest I have ever prayed for anything was when I was twelve. My mother was dying of auto-immune hepatitis. She was too far back on the liver transplant list and at one point her doctor told her she had 72 hours left to live before liver failure.

My father was living with her in the hospital for about a month. I had two little brothers who were ten and six, and a sister who was two years old. Our neighbors and relatives took turns watching after us, but really I had a lot of responsibility. I remember breaking down crying in the bathroom at school, because I was too ashamed to do it in front of anyone, and didn't want my siblings to lose hope.

About 48 hours after the doctor's "sentence", my mother's liver started to miraculously regenerate and she lived. She prayed through Padre Pio and St. John Neumann very often.

Her doctor, openly non-religious, said that it was truly a miracle that my mother lived, and said he did nothing that would have caused her liver to regenerate.

This helped me to believe in the power of prayer. My mother is still alive today because of God.

I often wonder though, if our family hadn't been religious, would my mother have died? And if so, why are religious people given this advantage to people who were never even introduced to Christianity?

Prayer is very confusing to me. I thought God already knows what is going to happen. Can prayer really change what is supposed to happen?

[Lil Red]

L D, you have my prayers today!

[IcePrincessKRS]

Mine, too! God Bless you LD!

[MIKolbe]

LD-

Your strength inspires me.

Thank you.

[Thy Geekdom Come]

God's cool. May you never become blind to His hints.

[Domine ut Videam]

addiction does smell of elderberries........i know, in different way.

[zabbazooey]

God bless you, LD you have more dedication and strength than you know

God is on your side!

[Lounge Daddy]

thanks for the thoughts and prayers, everyone this is a huge help

God has blessed us all

[quote name='zabbazooey' post='1129131' date='Nov 27 2006, 07:19 PM']
God bless you, LD you have more dedication and strength than you know

God is on your side!
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: thanx, Zaba
I miss you ...it's nice to see you still hanging around

[MIKolbe]

[quote name='Domine ut Videam' post='1129085' date='Nov 27 2006, 02:40 PM']
addiction does smell of elderberries........i know, in different way.
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Amen.

[Mary-Kathryn]

[quote name='Lounge Daddy' post='1128643' date='Nov 26 2006, 11:31 PM']

And so this evening the wife is sleeping, and the kids sleeping… I hid some beer that I bought and stashed in my weakness earlier in the day. I sat in front of the computer, cracked the Michelob Light, logged on the Internet, tuned in Ave Maria Michigan Catholic Radio (online) …and I hear the beginning of today’s talk by Father Corapi.

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I once saw a Dominican priest speak on EWTN. His story about himself and his father was fascinating. He is the editor of "The 12 step review". I've received a couple of mailings in the past and they seem OK. Here is their website [url="http://www.12-step-review.org/about/index.html"]http://www.12-step-review.org/about/index.html[/url] Their 12 steps seems to be rooted in the Christian perspective [I haven't read through it all so I cannot say]

Of course, they sell books and tapes and I'm not really sure what's good. Father Groschel's book is a safe bet and "The Anonymous Disciple" the story of 2 Jesuit priests who struggled though recovery sounds good. I think it's awesome you made it through your day. I know it can be a moment-to-moment struggle.

Keep going!

[Lounge Daddy]

I did receive Fr. Corapi’s talk titled “addictions” in the mail a few days ago… and wow! Very interesting stuff.
I have listened to it 3 times already, once at home and a few times at work.

Obviously, it’s quite different than the support group talk that I have heard at AA
Fr. Corapi focuses heavily on the spiritual warfare aspect, and how addiction is Hell’s greatest weapon – and is being used everywhere in our world today.

Fr. Corapi touches on something theological that I think I would like to learn more about … addiction and sin.
We hear so much about the clinical psychological and sociological aspects of addictions – but not the spiritual. This is something I would like to read up more about.


[quote name='Mary-Kathryn' post='1129673' date='Nov 28 2006, 09:49 AM']
I once saw a Dominican priest speak on EWTN. His story about himself and his father was fascinating. He is the editor of "The 12 step review". I've received a couple of mailings in the past and they seem OK. Here is their website [url="http://www.12-step-review.org/about/index.html"]http://www.12-step-review.org/about/index.html[/url] Their 12 steps seems to be rooted in the Christian perspective [I haven't read through it all so I cannot say]

Of course, they sell books and tapes and I'm not really sure what's good. Father Groschel's book is a safe bet and "The Anonymous Disciple" the story of 2 Jesuit priests who struggled though recovery sounds good. I think it's awesome you made it through your day. I know it can be a moment-to-moment struggle.

Keep going!
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Thank you so much – I definitely checking these things out with great interest.