Comments on: The Hard Road http://snoringscholar.com/2010/02/the-hard-road/ just another day of Catholic pondering by Sarah Reinhard Wed, 23 May 2012 06:47:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: colleen http://snoringscholar.com/2010/02/the-hard-road/comment-page-1/#comment-3168 colleen Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:12:07 +0000 http://snoringscholar.com/?p=4418#comment-3168 Me again - Bumping into God - http://www.amazon.com/Bumping-into-God-Stories-Unexpected/dp/0829416544 - short little stories about finding Ggod in unexpected places. There are three of them out I think - written by a priest. Very enjoyable and some laugh out loud stuff if my memory serves me right. I read them a long time ago. Me again – Bumping into God – http://www.amazon.com/Bumping-into-God-Stories-Unexpected/dp/0829416544 – short little stories about finding Ggod in unexpected places. There are three of them out I think – written by a priest. Very enjoyable and some laugh out loud stuff if my memory serves me right. I read them a long time ago.

]]> By: colleen http://snoringscholar.com/2010/02/the-hard-road/comment-page-1/#comment-3167 colleen Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:07:23 +0000 http://snoringscholar.com/?p=4418#comment-3167 I started writing a reply and lost it! I don't know where it went!! lol. Thank you so much for your book recommendations. I will choose your Number One - My Ideal. As for a laugh out loud book, I do not have one of those right now but will think on it. I am reading the Divine Embrace by Ken Gire. I enjoy his writing. On my itouch I have an ebook - Be Still and Know That I Am God by Judge Reinhold, a good book for lectio divina. Short little meditations that give me food for thought. Or pondering! :) God bless! I started writing a reply and lost it! I don’t know where it went!! lol.
Thank you so much for your book recommendations. I will choose your Number One – My Ideal.
As for a laugh out loud book, I do not have one of those right now but will think on it. I am reading the Divine Embrace by Ken Gire. I enjoy his writing.
On my itouch I have an ebook – Be Still and Know That I Am God by Judge Reinhold, a good book for lectio divina. Short little meditations that give me food for thought. Or pondering! :)
God bless!

]]> By: Rae http://snoringscholar.com/2010/02/the-hard-road/comment-page-1/#comment-3166 Rae Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:28:52 +0000 http://snoringscholar.com/?p=4418#comment-3166 Thank you for providing a new (to me) way to talk about Mary. "As she holds me, I realize that, while I’m not as much like her as I’d like, we have more in common than I thought." Exactly. Thank you for providing a new (to me) way to talk about Mary.

“As she holds me, I realize that, while I’m not as much like her as I’d like, we have more in common than I thought.” Exactly.

]]> By: Sarah Reinhard http://snoringscholar.com/2010/02/the-hard-road/comment-page-1/#comment-3165 Sarah Reinhard Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:12:25 +0000 http://snoringscholar.com/?p=4418#comment-3165 Thank you all for your continued prayers. We are touched and uplifted by them. We need them. Colleen, my favorite book on Mary is...oh, that's a hard question for a person with a Mary shelf! But the one I feel called to recommend to EVERYONE right now is My Ideal: Jesus Son of Mary. It's just a little thing, but it has strengthened and deepened my relationship with Mary. In close second, and also a recent read of mine, would be Amy Welborn's Mary and the Christian Life. It's also a quick read, but packed with devotion and history and earthiness (which isn't quite the right word). And, because three's a charm, I will also recommend St. Louis de Montfort's True Devotion. Whether you have read it or not, it's worth reading (again). De Montfort's love for Mary is inspiring and like a virus...it spreads to you from the pages. The translation I read had a way of sitting with me, simmering over into the rest of my day. Oh, and did I mention The Glories of Mary, by St. Alphonsus Liguori? I guess I'm out of room and you just wanted ONE book. If you have to pick ONE and I can only hand you ONE, it's going to be My Ideal: Jesus, Son of Mary (I bought my copy from the Catholic Company, got it in three days). Let me know what you pick and what you think of what you pick. And shoot a book recommendation my way, would you? Something that will make me smile...or even, better yet, laugh out loud... :) Thank you all for your continued prayers. We are touched and uplifted by them. We need them.

Colleen, my favorite book on Mary is…oh, that’s a hard question for a person with a Mary shelf! But the one I feel called to recommend to EVERYONE right now is My Ideal: Jesus Son of Mary. It’s just a little thing, but it has strengthened and deepened my relationship with Mary.

In close second, and also a recent read of mine, would be Amy Welborn’s Mary and the Christian Life. It’s also a quick read, but packed with devotion and history and earthiness (which isn’t quite the right word).

And, because three’s a charm, I will also recommend St. Louis de Montfort’s True Devotion. Whether you have read it or not, it’s worth reading (again). De Montfort’s love for Mary is inspiring and like a virus…it spreads to you from the pages. The translation I read had a way of sitting with me, simmering over into the rest of my day.

Oh, and did I mention The Glories of Mary, by St. Alphonsus Liguori? I guess I’m out of room and you just wanted ONE book.

If you have to pick ONE and I can only hand you ONE, it’s going to be My Ideal: Jesus, Son of Mary (I bought my copy from the Catholic Company, got it in three days).

Let me know what you pick and what you think of what you pick. And shoot a book recommendation my way, would you? Something that will make me smile…or even, better yet, laugh out loud… :)

]]> By: colleen http://snoringscholar.com/2010/02/the-hard-road/comment-page-1/#comment-3164 colleen Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:44:21 +0000 http://snoringscholar.com/?p=4418#comment-3164 Sarah, this is really beautiful. Right from the heart. I hope your sister in law reads it when she is ready. I am sure she will find comfort in it. I think it is harder to watch someone you love suffer. I watched my husband a suffer a lot when he had open heart surgery about 12 years ago and then threw a clot and had emergency surgery. I remember wishing I could trade places with him. St Bernadette is one of my patron saints for 2010. I will read your article. Also I have a question. You can answer here or email me at colleen (at) colleenspiro (dot) com. Just wondering what is your favorite book on Mary - one that really helped you to feel you know her better and helped you feel closer to her. I am looking for one to read. You and your family are in my prayers. God bless. Sarah, this is really beautiful. Right from the heart. I hope your sister in law reads it when she is ready. I am sure she will find comfort in it.
I think it is harder to watch someone you love suffer. I watched my husband a suffer a lot when he had open heart surgery about 12 years ago and then threw a clot and had emergency surgery. I remember wishing I could trade places with him.
St Bernadette is one of my patron saints for 2010. I will read your article.
Also I have a question. You can answer here or email me at colleen (at) colleenspiro (dot) com.
Just wondering what is your favorite book on Mary – one that really helped you to feel you know her better and helped you feel closer to her. I am looking for one to read.
You and your family are in my prayers.
God bless.

]]> By: Mary http://snoringscholar.com/2010/02/the-hard-road/comment-page-1/#comment-3163 Mary Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:22:32 +0000 http://snoringscholar.com/?p=4418#comment-3163 Dearest Sarah, I think it is harder to watch someone we love suffer than to go through it ourselves. How do we comfort and encourage them? It's a question that is answered differently each time with each person. Only prayer reaches everyone everywhere. I pray as you minister to your sister-in-law that Mary stays close by encouraging you and bringing you peace of mind and heart. I will be praying for you both... Blessings and Grace... Dearest Sarah,
I think it is harder to watch someone we love suffer than to go through it ourselves. How do we comfort and encourage them? It’s a question that is answered differently each time with each person.
Only prayer reaches everyone everywhere. I pray as you minister to your sister-in-law that Mary stays close by encouraging you and bringing you peace of mind and heart. I will be praying for you both…
Blessings and Grace…

]]> By: ViolinMama http://snoringscholar.com/2010/02/the-hard-road/comment-page-1/#comment-3162 ViolinMama Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:28:59 +0000 http://snoringscholar.com/?p=4418#comment-3162 This was lovely, raw, and real...all like what Mary must have seen and felt and knows for us all. I'm praying for you and your whole family. I know after the burial and Mass and people going home, it is not over as the family grieves. Praying for you all today, and every day.... Much love! This was lovely, raw, and real…all like what Mary must have seen and felt and knows for us all.

I’m praying for you and your whole family. I know after the burial and Mass and people going home, it is not over as the family grieves. Praying for you all today, and every day….

Much love!

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