"Now that's the Spirit...."
Today is the Feast of All Saints
I was in need of some ‘ritual’ so today at lunch I went to ‘Mass’ here at work. The mass began at noon. It was over at 12:30 – this had to be one of the fastest masses I have ever gone to…
It also happened to be a pretty powerful service. This feast recognizes all the ‘Saints’ – the priest saying the mass brought up the point that the Saints don’t need our prayers – for them...however, they DO need our prayers in order to help us...sort of an interesting take.
He also mentioned Stephen Hawking and his latest book on ‘Black Holes’ – I was very impressed with this priests fervor and humour as he gave his sermon. I left feeling better – I had gone to pray for my son for some guidance and for the ‘spirits’ of my mom and dad and his grandparents to watch over him and guide him.
Even though I also consider myself to be Wiccan (I consider myself to be a lot of things when it comes to my spirituality) and even though I also honour and worship the Goddess/Great Mother, I find myself praying constantly for those I love and care for – Prayer not necessarily in terms of what most Christians would consider prayer - it’s more a matter of just sending out ‘good energy’ their way…but sometimes, when you are so close to the ‘forest, you can’t see the actual tree, and you need a little help yourself.
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I have been stuck in the office all day today with a co-worker whose negativity is really starting to grate on my nerves and I don’t know what to do – I am getting seriously a bit angered by all of her comments and attitudes. I know she is sick of working. I know she has problems – I just don’t know how to help her – I try to be compassionate and to listen but there is only so much whining I can take...I wish there was a better way to interact with her...
I know this is not in keeping with what I wrote above but there’s other things I ‘pray’ for at times and one of those ‘things’ is patience and wisdom to help me deal with what I need to deal with. All my friend think I am ‘strong’ (LOL ‘strong like bull’) – I guess I AM strong – but it’s not always something internal I am drawing on – sometimes I get a little help from my friends...
*smiles*
Goddess bless and keep you all.
I was in need of some ‘ritual’ so today at lunch I went to ‘Mass’ here at work. The mass began at noon. It was over at 12:30 – this had to be one of the fastest masses I have ever gone to…
It also happened to be a pretty powerful service. This feast recognizes all the ‘Saints’ – the priest saying the mass brought up the point that the Saints don’t need our prayers – for them...however, they DO need our prayers in order to help us...sort of an interesting take.
He also mentioned Stephen Hawking and his latest book on ‘Black Holes’ – I was very impressed with this priests fervor and humour as he gave his sermon. I left feeling better – I had gone to pray for my son for some guidance and for the ‘spirits’ of my mom and dad and his grandparents to watch over him and guide him.
Even though I also consider myself to be Wiccan (I consider myself to be a lot of things when it comes to my spirituality) and even though I also honour and worship the Goddess/Great Mother, I find myself praying constantly for those I love and care for – Prayer not necessarily in terms of what most Christians would consider prayer - it’s more a matter of just sending out ‘good energy’ their way…but sometimes, when you are so close to the ‘forest, you can’t see the actual tree, and you need a little help yourself.
********
I have been stuck in the office all day today with a co-worker whose negativity is really starting to grate on my nerves and I don’t know what to do – I am getting seriously a bit angered by all of her comments and attitudes. I know she is sick of working. I know she has problems – I just don’t know how to help her – I try to be compassionate and to listen but there is only so much whining I can take...I wish there was a better way to interact with her...
I know this is not in keeping with what I wrote above but there’s other things I ‘pray’ for at times and one of those ‘things’ is patience and wisdom to help me deal with what I need to deal with. All my friend think I am ‘strong’ (LOL ‘strong like bull’) – I guess I AM strong – but it’s not always something internal I am drawing on – sometimes I get a little help from my friends...
*smiles*
Goddess bless and keep you all.
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