[Magdalen] Two prayer requests

[Marion Thompson]

Prayes ascending from Whitevale.

Marion, a pilgrim
On 12/30/2014 7:48 PM, Scott Knitter wrote:
> Thank you...make it three, I guess:
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> 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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