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an email forward from my sister-in-law:

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Blessed be the name of Joseph Henceforth and for ever. Amen.   
  Happy Feast of ST.JOSEPH
ST.JOSEPH He was a just man; that means a holy man. He gave to God what belonged to Him and to the creatures what belonged to them. Being ‘just’ means to give every person their due. We must show them love because they all belong to God. God loves us and the others also. We believe that we are tabernacles of the living God. �All did not receive the same amount of talents but I must work with what I have received – with five, two or one. Saint Joseph got two talents – faithfulness and love – to serve Jesus. (Blessed Teresa of Calcutta)

Dear Eveline,

May the Peace and Joy of Jesus fill your heart during this holy season of Lent.

Thank you so very much for all your e-mail.
We are uniting with you in prayer of intercession for Melanie & Dom to Blessed Teresa. Mt 7:7; Mk 11:24; Lk 1:37!
Your petition has been placed on Mother Teresa�s tomb in Calcutta and every Friday the Missionaries of Charity Sisters
in the Motherhouse in Calcutta are offering a Mass at 4 PM for all those seeking Blessed Teresa of Calcutta�s intersession. In Jesus we place our trust.
May Jesus lay his healing hand upon her he and fill her with new hope.

We would be very happy to send you and her a relic and a Novena to Blessed Teresa of Calcutta if you would send us your and her mailing address.
Say often this prayer: Mary Mother of Jesus be Mother to her now and always.
May Our Lady and St Joseph keep you close to Jesus in the Eucharist and may she obtain for you all what you need most at this time.
God bless you and your family.
United in prayer
Sr. M. Elia M.C.

evidently my mother-in-law posted a petition on the Missionaries of Charity website.

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  • Actually, I have to confess that while I have occasionally been able to meditate well when praying the rosary, I have much better luck with the Liturgy of the Hours. Usually what happens with me when I pray the rosary is I start thinking of my shopping list or some such thing. (Yes, I know if I worked harder at mental discipline, it would get better. And the reason I copied this article is because the insights it provides will help to keep me on track.)

    But I also find that Ignatian prayer, the kind of visualization the article describes,  doesn’t work for me at all. I read in a book, Prayer and Temperament: Different Prayer Forms for Different Personality Types<img src=“http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=catholicnetrevie&l=as2&o=1&a=0940136023&#8221; width=“1” height=“1” border=“0” alt=”” style=“border:none !important; margin:0px !important;” />, that my personality type is not really very compatible with Ignatian prayer. And my experience has shown me that I’m not very good at that kind of mental visualization.

    That’s actually one thing that frequently bugs me, the assumption that there is a one-size-fits-all method of prayer, and that the rosary is it. I’ve been told by some people that I’m not a good Catholic because I don’t pray the rosary every day.

    In fact, various prayer forms work better for some people than others.  I respect the rosary and I’m trying to pray it more often than I do, but I also know that putting the Liturgy of Hours first in my priority list does me more good than a rosary would. It’s just as good an entry into the Gospel if you pray it with the understanding that all the Psalms can be read as being about Christ. Thus they can be the same kind of windows into meditating on the mysteries of the Gospel.

  • That is a grand explanation, and it is why we needn’t get upset at the old ladies rustling their beads through some of the Mass.  No doubt it’s a holdover from when the Mass was sung in Latin (slower-moving), but it’s possibly a dual celebration of Christ.  They aren’t missing Mass as I’d once thought (as I did while wondering about them!) and perhaps are praying the whole Gospel, with Mary expanding upon the homily..  I’m going to read the link in a moment, but indeed, praying the Rosary (away from Mass) is a perfect vehicle of meditation and, surprisingly, of contemplation.  There are unique insights that come with nearly every praying of the Rosary that will astound us in their depth. 

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