[Magdalen] Two prayer requests

[Scott Knitter]

Thank you...make it three, I guess:

3. For my dear partner, who is in utter despair over what he feels is
a lack of support from our parish for his monastic vocation. He met
with our rector about this and heard some hard-to-hear truths, and
he's doing a lot of projection and magnification of what he heard,
that he's being told he's wrong, is messed up, and so on. The truth is
he's harboring a lot of resentment and bitterness over not receiving
some specific encouragement that I don't think most parishioners
anywhere are aware or equipped enough to give. The "parish" isn't a
single-voiced monolith unanimous in not supporting him: the truth is
there are individual parishioners interested in his vocation,
interested enough to ask him about it and listen. Beyond that I don't
know that he can fairly expect "support" unless someone excitedly
steps forward to join him in being Benedictine. Anyway, I can't talk
with him about it (he rejects any comments I make right now).

I'm not at liberty to pray or do much of anything right now, so I do
appreciate your help, friends. Lord, have mercy.

On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 4:39 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:
> Of your charity, please pray:
>
> 1. For my aunt and uncle, Robert and Eileen Smith of Cedarburg,
> Wisconsin. Uncle Bob was taken to hospital a day or two ago with
> pneumonia, and Aunt Eileen was taken to the same hospital shortly
> thereafter, as a staff member in their assisted-living home couldn't
> wake her. My cousin says neither illness is life-threatening at this
> point and they're getting good treatment. But they are 88.
>
> 2. For me, that I may continue to overcome my extreme burnout on this
> work project that has been going seven days a week since October, with
> the sole exception of Christmas Day. Just got my passport, so I can
> travel to Ottawa Jan. 8-13 to help finish up. I would really rather be
> rewarded for all this sacrifice by not being required to travel to
> Ottawa (nothing against Ottawa, just against business travel). It'll
> be fine, but no trip at all would be best. Anyway, back to editing...
>
> Thank you.
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA



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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA