AnneLine Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Each year LilRed offers the chance to have her pick patron saints for us for the coming year. I believe she intends to do this for Advent again this year! Last year I offered a similar offer... but not for patron saints. I offer Virtues and Continents!!! Many people find it helpful to add a virtue to practice and a continent to pray for during the coming year. It's the custom in many religious communities, but I think it is a good thing for our Pham to do as well! St. Therese's community did this -- she prayed especially for North America the last year of her life. Last year I set up a bowl with the continents listed on slips of paper, and some nice virtues to foster for the coming year in a second bowl. I'm looking forward to pulling these again this year. Last year, for example, I received Peacefulness and the Continent of Asia. I have found fostering peacefulness has been a wonderful goal during 2013, and I don't look at news stories from and about Asia and the Middle East without praying for them.... I am going to start pulling and posting them on Sunday evening, November 17, and I will continue to have them available throughout the end of December 2013.If you want me to choose a continent and/or virtue for you, please let me know by replying to this post. Let me know if you want one or both.... Thank you! Pray for me, and I pray for all of you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anastasia13 Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 (edited) No continent please. Just virtue for me. Edited November 7, 2013 by Light and Truth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted November 7, 2013 Author Share Posted November 7, 2013 Sounds good, L&T. For everyone's reference, I will select BOTH a continent and a virtue UNLESS you tell me otherwise... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossCuT Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Ill take a virtue and a continent! Is this random? Or do we pick? Or do you assign it? :smile4: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted November 7, 2013 Author Share Posted November 7, 2013 Hi, CrossCut, I don't think you were around for this last year. I do the pulling, and it is totally at random... or actually, in the Hands of the Holy Spirit, as I pray while I am pulling them. People's comments last year was that it was truly uncanny what ended up being selected for them. You can read last year's thread here: http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/topic/125102-time-to-get-your-virtues-and-continents-for-2013/#.UnwPb53TlMs Just as last year, I'm putting the continents in one bowl, and a list of virtues that we might like to grow into a second... and I pull them in the evenings. (Pacific Time) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truthfinder Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 AnneLine, I'm in. Please pull both for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmilyAnn Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 I'll take both again please. You and Lil Red rock for doing this. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheresaThoma Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 I'll take both again! Thank you for doing this!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissyP89 Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Lay it on me, mama. This will be my last full year as a single lady... :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 What does one pray for if they get Antarctica? :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anastasia13 Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 What does one pray for if they get Antarctica? :| Glacial patience, but at least they won't have a heart as cold as ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristinaTherese Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 What does one pray for if they get Antarctica? :| There are scientists on Antarctica, right? Maybe other people too. And there are icebergs and rocks near there that can cause shipwrecks if the captain/pilot isn't careful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comingback Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Oh, neat idea! Pull both for me, please. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie-Therese Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 I'm going to request just a virtue. Thanks so much for doing this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandelynmarie Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Both please. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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