View from the Domestic Church: If you can't sleep

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Love for Laundry: Folding Hail Mary’s
Laundry: a never-ending task,
Looming over me, growing beside me,
Requiring my time and lots of energy.
How can a mother embrace this job?
Quietly, I pray.
Folding my family’s clothes,
I think of them and of you, Lord.
Thankful for this blessing;
The awesome privilege
Of caring for them!
Dear Lord, please grant me all of the graces I need to see the hidden treasure in housework and in caring for my family!
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

If you can't sleep :: Catholic News Agency (CNA)

Are you awake at night? Do you pray during the night?

If you can't sleep :: Catholic News Agency (CNA)

4 comments:

RosarioAugust 18, 2010 at 1:04 PM
Thanks for sharing this post. I have the same problem. But like the writer of this post, I sometime think there is a reason for me waking up in the middle of the night. Sometimes God is calling me to pray.
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Donna-Marie Cooper O'BoyleAugust 18, 2010 at 1:15 PM
I'm with you and the writer, Rosario. I feel called to prayer in the night. If I'm awake, I'm praying my Rosary and other prayers for the people who have asked my prayers.
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Roxane B. SalonenAugust 20, 2010 at 12:33 PM
Donna, I love this. The article is nicely done. I love the way she's been able to take a new look at these nighttime interruptions and see them as an opportunity. I have done the same during sleepless nights. Might as well do something useful with that time. Might as well talk to God! :)
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Donna-Marie Cooper O'BoyleAugust 20, 2010 at 12:47 PM
I agree Roxane. It's wonderful to use that time wisely. :)
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