This is a pangolin. There's one in the zoo in Singapore. You can think about it when you're not sleeping; I plan to.
Posted on 07/01/2010 9:03:55 AM PDT by Mad Dawg
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val
O Jesus! meek and humble of heart, Hear me.
From the desire of being esteemed, Deliver me, Jesus.
From the desire of being loved, Deliver me, Jesus.
From the desire of being extolled, Deliver me, Jesus.
From the desire of being honored, Deliver me, Jesus.
From the desire of being praised, Deliver me, Jesus.
From the desire of being preferred to others, Deliver me, Jesus.
From the desire of being consulted, Deliver me, Jesus.
From the desire of being approved, Deliver me, Jesus.
From the fear of being humiliated, Deliver me, Jesus.
From the fear of being despised, Deliver me, Jesus.
From the fear of suffering rebukes, Deliver me, Jesus.
From the fear of being calumniated, Deliver me, Jesus.
From the fear of being forgotten, Deliver me, Jesus.
From the fear of being ridiculed, Deliver me, Jesus.
From the fear of being wronged, Deliver me, Jesus.
From the fear of being suspected, Deliver me, Jesus.
That others may be loved more than I, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
That others may be esteemed more than I, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
That, in the opinion of the world, others may increase and I may decrease,Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
That others may be chosen and I set aside, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
That others may be praised and I unnoticed, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
That others may be preferred to me in everything, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
That others may become holier than I,
provided that I may become
as holy as I should, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
Dominicus Gabriel Mariae
O most gracious Lord Jesus:
To redeem an undeserving humanity
You gave up everything you had.
In your mercy, grant us the grace
of despising all things but you
and your love
That we may know the joy
you brought to us
through your dolorous Passion
and Death,
Who live and reign in might and bliss
with the Father and the Holy Spirit,
One God, in everlasting glory.
Bad drug reaction: Up all night.
Y’all, say your prayers. I’m going to try to sleep now.
Good luck with the sleeping!
Amen to the prayer.....and I hope you are soon much better. ;-)
I’m very sorry to hear that. Hope you’re feeling better soon.
Joining my prayers to others for the blessing of sweet sleep for you.
Thank you all. I hope God helps me to make better use of sleepless hours. But I did finally haul down about 6 hours worth.
I'm going to say an extra prayer for you, Mad Dawg... hope all is better.
I’m very sorry about the drug reaction.
Quit taking it and tell the doc.
:o[ Hope you feel better. Thanks for the ping.
I email the doc every couple of days. I THOUGHT I had it levelled off when I moved to taking the pill in the AM. Last night I did not hear 0200 strike, so that’s not SO bad. I just wish it would keep trending that way.
The doc really is trying to work with me. But he’s going off to do good works in Honduras for a week, leaving a wee from today. So I hope to get this all resolved one way or another before he goes.
This is a pangolin. There's one in the zoo in Singapore. You can think about it when you're not sleeping; I plan to.
What fools we are still to seek and work for the admiration and approval of creatures when we have been showered with the love of their Creator!
Yet so we are, and it is as fools that we must present ourselves before Him.
Owing to (a) the bizarre customs of the Papists (Saturday 'vigil' Masses); (b)the decision of el queso grande (the big cheese, aka the bishop) to visit our parish on a Sat PM; (c)The DRE's request that I be there to "represent", I am not going to services today. It feels weird!
To my bubbas and sissies who are not Catholic: Happy Day! On this day many, many, many weeks ago, the Lord rose from the dead and set the universe to rights! Let us always rejoice together!
A Placido Domingo to you, Mad Dawg, and I wish I’d had one at church this afternoon, because I couldn’t hit a note to save my life. Falta de dormir ...
Have you been through the beta blockers already?
What about clonidine...They use it with little hyper active rug rats to help them sleep but it started out life as a b/p pill.
Going underslept will contribute to hypertension just because it raises your stress level.
And the same to you. This is a very placido Domingo owing to going to the dumb vigil. I hope the remainder of yours is.
I am achieving new heights of geekness. I have the Litany on my CrackBerry and I just haul it out and pray it after mass.
People look at me funny. Hmmm
If I’m not sleeping better by the end of this week, it’ll be time for something else, for sure.
I am getting kind of sad aout this. They throw drugs at me, I get sick, and they throw other drugs. Three statins, which really messed me over good. Then more than 6 months of lisinopril. And now I have to go through more trials (experiments)? I have stuff to DO which I can’t do if I’m wandering around bumping into things, or coughing all night, or losing my memory and emotional equilibrium (all the statins) and the rest of it.
If I could be assured of not having a debilitating stroke but just dying, I’d drop the meds, arrange my affairs, and go to Mass a lot. Because this is not living. Or it may be living, but it’s not me. or something.
Brother Xzins:
I thought you might want to think about joining us in prayer. There Are a lot of feelthy papists here, but it’s a non-denominational group. And you’d be very welcome.
We usually go to Mass at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday. It’s weird, but it gives us time to get organized in the morning. The schedule is supposed to change in the fall, but to what, I do not know. They’re trying to get more bodies per weekend into our small multi-purpose parochial facility.
Finding an appropriate b/p pill can be something of a trial.
Unfortunately there is no one size fits all treatment.
You might want to think about seeing a cardiologist.
Statins were heralded as a miracle drug when they first came out...Now not so much.
Sad I can understand..
Mad Dawg, don’t get discouraged. Just keep offering it up. Your suffering can be used to save souls! Mother Angelica said (I’m paraphrasing) that one day, when you get to heaven, you will thank God for this opportunity to suffer, and you will know what it really meant.
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