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Good (yawn) morning.

This is your still have BAD side-effects to the newest meds 10:30 AM wakeup call.

("Put not your trust in pharmacists" -- I'm pretty sure that's in the Psalms somewhere.)

Still, Glory to God! May He hear our prayers and work such wonders in our hearts that men may see our good works and glorify Him in heaven.

This is the 12th day of the Noxena. I need your prayers more and more, and I trust that God, hearing mine, sends and will send blessings to you.

For people newly added to my list. Of COURSE you can ask to be off the list! And no doubt you're wondering what a "Noxena" is. That's okay, so are we. We're finding out together.

A little background: Some of us thought that our own fractiousness and pride contributed to the bad vibes of the Religion Forum. So we thought, "We know what to do when we're messed up on the side of the road: Call for the Good Samaritan!" And so this prayer group started.

Originally we were going to pray together for 9 days, from July 1 through July 9.

In Catholic tradition (gag, koff, hack) a commitment to nine days of prayer involves a remembering the nine days from the Ascension to the Pentecost and is called a "novena" with the Latin root "novem" meaning "nine."

One of our number suggested s/he might not be able to hit it every day. That's FINE. "Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ." We carry each other. Even if I pray it everyday, my heart is so stony that I rely on your hearts of love to make up my deficiencies, while maybe some of you can rely on my ornery persistence to make up for your being unable to pray on this or that day.

SO, anyway, I suggested "some-ena". And then somebody said he thought Novena was a skin cream.

So now we are all praying a Noxena.

Okay, Maybe you had to be there.

ANYWAY, it is as clear as clear can be that when I prize getting my "propers" from man and forget that God has given me what is proper to Him and undeserved by me, namely: Love and Mercy, that I am guaranteed to be a massive jerk. So, on the off-chance that any of you have the same affliction, let's pray for the grace of humility.

Have a blessed day!