Comments on: Following Our Mother’s Example http://catholicexchange.com/2007/06/25/94541/ Catholic News, Catholic Articles, Catholic Apologetics, Catholic Content, Catholic Information Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 By: Guest http://catholicexchange.com/2007/06/25/94541/comment-page-1/#comment-12631 Guest Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:56:06 +0000 #comment-12631 <p>Like Emily, my husband was not Mr. Faithful Catholic. Raised as a non-practicing Protestant, he was willing to accept my faith as part of the package. He converted while we were engaged, and while our differing religious backgrounds have been a struggle at times, I would gladly marry him again. Also like Emily, he was able to accept NFP, which was a key point for me. I did pray the Rosary Novena to marry the right person and I have never doubted that Mary led me to the right place. Mr. Faithful Catholic would have been nice, but maybe my husband needed my faith more.<br /></p> Like Emily, my husband was not Mr. Faithful Catholic. Raised as a non-practicing Protestant, he was willing to accept my faith as part of the package. He converted while we were engaged, and while our differing religious backgrounds have been a struggle at times, I would gladly marry him again. Also like Emily, he was able to accept NFP, which was a key point for me. I did pray the Rosary Novena to marry the right person and I have never doubted that Mary led me to the right place. Mr. Faithful Catholic would have been nice, but maybe my husband needed my faith more.

]]> By: Guest http://catholicexchange.com/2007/06/25/94541/comment-page-1/#comment-12621 Guest Mon, 25 Jun 2007 21:45:06 +0000 #comment-12621 <p>When I was in my early thirties and still single, having newly relocated my life from California to Michigan to start a new job, I remember how isolated and lonely I felt. Long story short, God brought into my life five women friends, who began to get together regularly to pray for one another. Within a year, three of us were married, and four of us had begun our families -- three through adoption, and one by hosting exchange students. That was ten years ago, and we still get together twice a year to keep in touch with each other, despite our busy lives.</p><p>It was because of my loneliness that I began to turn to Our Lady for her intercessions. Three weeks in a row I asked her for someone to sit with at Mass, and three weeks in a row she sent a different person. I write about it in my book "With Mary in Prayer" (Loyola Press). Never lose hope! God's perfect plan for our lives depends not on our timetable, but His alone.</p><p><br />Blessings--</p><p>Heidi </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Heidi Hess Saxton Editor, <a href="http://www.canticlemagazine.com">"Canticle" Magazine</a> <a href="http://www.christianword.com">Blogroll</a> </p> When I was in my early thirties and still single, having newly relocated my life from California to Michigan to start a new job, I remember how isolated and lonely I felt. Long story short, God brought into my life five women friends, who began to get together regularly to pray for one another. Within a year, three of us were married, and four of us had begun our families — three through adoption, and one by hosting exchange students. That was ten years ago, and we still get together twice a year to keep in touch with each other, despite our busy lives.

It was because of my loneliness that I began to turn to Our Lady for her intercessions. Three weeks in a row I asked her for someone to sit with at Mass, and three weeks in a row she sent a different person. I write about it in my book "With Mary in Prayer" (Loyola Press). Never lose hope! God's perfect plan for our lives depends not on our timetable, but His alone.

Blessings–

Heidi 

 

 

 

Heidi Hess Saxton Editor, "Canticle" Magazine Blogroll

]]> By: Guest http://catholicexchange.com/2007/06/25/94541/comment-page-1/#comment-12611 Guest Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:50:06 +0000 #comment-12611  I was fortunate in my husband, even though he wasn't Catholic but rather still a searcher when I met him.  He admired my commitment to my faith and wanted to do nothing that would cause me to stumble in my practice of the faith.  This was of primary importance to me when I fell in love with him.  The fact that he put great importance to living out his commitments and expected that I would as well was one of the reasons I could put my trust in him and he has not let me down.   I do not think mixed marriages are ideal, there is a sadness when a loved one has not received the fullness of the Faith and it isn't a perfect setting to raise children in but my beloved was too good a man to reject. <p> </p><p>And almost 13 years into our marriage,having been greatly blessed with four children and after several years of helping me keep my commitment to the faith and aiding me in  raising our children Catholic, he's  taken the step of joining RCIA.  I been greatly blessed to be of help to him in his journey.  </p><p>I have been blessed to know and love a man who was willing to live out the Church's teachings on birth control simply becouse it was important to me, even though at the time the only reason I could give was that this was what the Church required of me. </p><p> </p><p>Emily </p><p> </p><p> </p>  I was fortunate in my husband, even though he wasn't Catholic but rather still a searcher when I met him.  He admired my commitment to my faith and wanted to do nothing that would cause me to stumble in my practice of the faith.  This was of primary importance to me when I fell in love with him.  The fact that he put great importance to living out his commitments and expected that I would as well was one of the reasons I could put my trust in him and he has not let me down.   I do not think mixed marriages are ideal, there is a sadness when a loved one has not received the fullness of the Faith and it isn't a perfect setting to raise children in but my beloved was too good a man to reject.

 

And almost 13 years into our marriage,having been greatly blessed with four children and after several years of helping me keep my commitment to the faith and aiding me in  raising our children Catholic, he's  taken the step of joining RCIA.  I been greatly blessed to be of help to him in his journey. 

I have been blessed to know and love a man who was willing to live out the Church's teachings on birth control simply becouse it was important to me, even though at the time the only reason I could give was that this was what the Church required of me.

 

Emily 

 

 

]]> By: Guest http://catholicexchange.com/2007/06/25/94541/comment-page-1/#comment-12591 Guest Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:06:06 +0000 #comment-12591 I so relate to this.  I married at 35, and for many years thought that marriage was not in my future.  And I very strongly experienced the ticking of the biological clock.  I am so glad to see singles ministry growing within the Church;  the unique needs of single Catholics really need to be addressed. I so relate to this.  I married at 35, and for many years thought that marriage was not in my future.  And I very strongly experienced the ticking of the biological clock.  I am so glad to see singles ministry growing within the Church;  the unique needs of single Catholics really need to be addressed.

]]> By: Guest http://catholicexchange.com/2007/06/25/94541/comment-page-1/#comment-12589 Guest Mon, 25 Jun 2007 10:34:06 +0000 #comment-12589 The story of the 54-day novena can be found <a href="http://catholicdoors.com/prayers/novenas/p00074.htm">here</a>. The story of the 54-day novena can be found here.

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