First Holy Hour In A Long Time

[MissyP89]

I hear you, Red. I hate them too. I almost punched my old priest in the face when he told me to let go and let God for the 27,000th time. Yet somewhere along the journey I always have a moment where I realize, dang. The man was right again.

[Lil Red]

lol. dang priests...always telling us about God n' stuff....

[BG45]

Nothing wrong with being a bit cranky at times!

[IcePrincessKRS]

[quote name='MIkolbe' timestamp='1303447826' post='2231066']
Peyton & I went to Holy Thursday Mass. They had the incense. It was cute because once she noticed the incense, she started to breathe really deeply through her nose. I think she likes the smell. LOL

Had a mini procession after Mass to the side chapel. Father mentioned/suggested we all spend time in adoration (always nice to hear a priest suggest this) and that at midnight, they would do compline (sp?).

I thought I could come back at 11 and stay an hour, experience the compline.

Got home around 9pm with Peyton after Mass, really tired. I off-handedly mentioned it to Shea. She wondered if I was young enough to stay up that late. I told her I wondered that too. I was tired. really tired. Quite honestly, at 10:15 I was already 'snoring' (I call it breathing deeply) on the couch. When Shea said she couldn't hear the TV because of my 'snoring', I told her sorry and that I was going to bed.

Then the oddest thing happened, she asked if I was going to Adoration. Firstly, my wife really isn't incredibly interested in my religious practices. She is not rude or snobby or anything, she's just uninterested. Secondly, my wife has never called it Adoration. She has always called it 'going to Church'. (for those who may not know, my wife is not Catholic) Anything from CCD to Adoration to Stations to a Bible Study is all 'going to Church' to her.

Then....then she says, 'come on, you're almost there...just leave in 15 minutes and you'll be fine'. She was encouraging me to go to Adoration. That phrase along kinda snapped me awake and quick.

So I went.

Possibly one of the best nights of my entire life.

Maybe this is weird, but I felt like we were talking. Does this happen? Another odd thing...I called Him 'Master'. I have never done that...not out of any pride or anything...It just has never really happened before. I felt extremely comfortable calling Him 'Master'. Is this odd? Has anything like that ever happened to anyone before?

iono...just wanted to share this experience, I suppose..
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That's amesome that Shea was so encouraging.

I don't think it's weird to have "conversational" prayer with God. Matt and Adrienne have both told me that they hear God's voice when they pray. I, personally, have never experienced that. I'm slightly jealous. It must be nice! But I am also very happy for them that they have this unique sort of prayer connection. Adrienne actually told me that she hears Him when she prays at night in her bed, especially after her sisters are already asleep. "But I don't really hear it with my ears," she said. I asked her if it was more in her head and her heart and she told me yes, that's exactly what it was like. She also once told me "Sometimes I feel like I can hear God's voice on the wind." I might just have an odd child but I like to think that in all her innocence she really is hearing God in a very special way. It also makes me feel like, for all my faults, I must be doing something right.

[Brother Adam]

That's great to hear. We had more people than previous years stay until midnight this year at the altar of repose. After all, Jesus asked his disciples why they could not wait with him but one hour. The altar of repose is symbolic of the garden of Gethsemane.

[missionseeker]

[quote name='Lil Red' timestamp='1303453120' post='2231105']
well, they are helpful some people for me, i just feel like punching someone in the face when they say one to me personally.... course, i am normally a bit cranky. lol
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hahaha! Same here. I'm so glad I'm not the only one. LOL

[MissScripture]

[quote name='MIkolbe' timestamp='1303447826' post='2231066']
Peyton & I went to Holy Thursday Mass. They had the incense. It was cute because once she noticed the incense, she started to breathe really deeply through her nose. I think she likes the smell. LOL

Had a mini procession after Mass to the side chapel. Father mentioned/suggested we all spend time in adoration (always nice to hear a priest suggest this) and that at midnight, they would do compline (sp?).

I thought I could come back at 11 and stay an hour, experience the compline.

Got home around 9pm with Peyton after Mass, really tired. I off-handedly mentioned it to Shea. She wondered if I was young enough to stay up that late. I told her I wondered that too. I was tired. really tired. Quite honestly, at 10:15 I was already 'snoring' (I call it breathing deeply) on the couch. When Shea said she couldn't hear the TV because of my 'snoring', I told her sorry and that I was going to bed.

Then the oddest thing happened, she asked if I was going to Adoration. Firstly, my wife really isn't incredibly interested in my religious practices. She is not rude or snobby or anything, she's just uninterested. Secondly, my wife has never called it Adoration. She has always called it 'going to Church'. (for those who may not know, my wife is not Catholic) Anything from CCD to Adoration to Stations to a Bible Study is all 'going to Church' to her.

Then....then she says, 'come on, you're almost there...just leave in 15 minutes and you'll be fine'. She was encouraging me to go to Adoration. That phrase along kinda snapped me awake and quick.

So I went.

Possibly one of the best nights of my entire life.

Maybe this is weird, but I felt like we were talking. Does this happen? Another odd thing...I called Him 'Master'. I have never done that...not out of any pride or anything...It just has never really happened before. I felt extremely comfortable calling Him 'Master'. Is this odd? Has anything like that ever happened to anyone before?

iono...just wanted to share this experience, I suppose..
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That sounds like my Holy Thursday Adoration 4 years ago. I didn't get to go to Mass, because I was driving home from school, but I got home in time to go over to Adoration, and I broke my glasses on the way out the door, so it was kind of illegal for me to drive, and it was winter in MN, and I didn't have a jacket, but I just felt like I HAD to go. And after being there for a while, I was thinking I should probably head back home, but I felt Him ask me to stay. And we talked, like more than just the typical one sided me telling Him what I think he should do. And at the end, He hugged me. I kid you not, it felt like Jesus hugged my soul and told me that everything was going to work out (I was freaking out over a school project). And then He told me I could go. And it was the most incredible night! (And I got an A on the school project, and the prof. told me it was the best one he had ever read...so, yeah, Jesus was right again. Go figure. )
I'm really happy for you that you got to have such an incredible experience!