Article #625
Subject: 2017 Prayers with Patty Hoenig
Author: Andrew W. Harrell
Posted: 12/5/2017 10:50:52 AM
Hi Andrew~
You are always so very thoughtful. I suppose it would not do any good to say that we did not need gifts
:) Hearing from you means much more.
That being said, I know you must already have them purchased and you need our new address anyway.
Please find it below.
How are you?
I realize that my answer to that same question seems to always be the same: Busy. I suppose it’s the
time-of-life that we are in.
Walter’s job as a software engineer continues to produce unrelenting amounts of work. There has also
been vast change at his office - which simply comes at an unfortunate time (the same year that we lost
Paige). His very closest friend and long-time co-worker/boss was either fired or resigned. It’s splitting
hairs really. I think he kind of lost his temper as he explained to upper brass why a project timeline was
untenable. Walter misses seeing Mychael each day and they worked brilliantly together. Since that
change, as you might image - more shifting has happened. He still loves the aspect of his job but the
players have changed. He says that not no longer is a, “family-friendly,” work environment and it
saddens him.
Will works crazy hours as well. Likes it - but nobody loves that much work. There is some discussion of
him moving to the Seattle Bain office in late Spring. We shall see. As it were - we really don’t see a lot of
Will. He was here for four days over Thanksgiving - and that was nice. Becky and Pierre came down and
it was a nice diversion away from missing Paige so very much.
Jack (I am sure you recall) is a senior and varsity football player. His team is doing well. We are in the
play-offs again this year. 3 more contests to go to win State. If we were to win - it would be a whopping
7 State Championship Titles for this team - 5 of them consecutive. I believe that it is the extra-ordinary
commitment, time spent on pro-level conditioning and a lot of talent that has brought them this far. It’s
pretty exciting stuff in the small-town suburb for which we live :)
My photography business is growing. I have more work than I can handle. I have a friend who would love
to partner with me. However, Front Porch (my little LLC) is kind of the only thing I have that is truly all
mine. I take the jobs I want, decline the ones that I don’t have a good feel about, etc. Also, my pro-bono
work for Lake Travis Football takes a lot of time. However, I love it. I will include a link below to my
SmugMug account (photography web-site) and you can peek at some of my most recent work. Jack is
#64 I suggest that you copy and paste the link into your browser. We just came up from playing a team
in the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas. We all took a bit of time to visit the beach while we were there.
That was nice. I always feel most peaceful at the shore.
Jack is likely going to accept an offer from Baylor University. I have no idea how we will pay for it! :)
Likely debt for all - but he is excited and he has worked hard. There are still a few schools that have not
replied yet, but Baylor was his first choice.
Thank you so much for checking in and thanks in advance for the gifts - as I know we will adore them.
Love, hugs and peace,
Patty
12 Tourney Lane
The Hills, Texas 78738
512.773.3368
https://pattyhoenig.smugmug.com/120217-LT-vs-Los-Fresnos-17-Regional-Champs/
Patty Hoenig
W.F. Calohan, Ltd.
pattyhoenig@gmail.com
512.773.3368
On Dec 5, 2017, at 8:33 AM, Andrew Harrell wrote:
Patty,
Yes, did you have a good Thanksgiving and get moved? I am getting your package of Christmas
gifts ready and need an address to mail it to next week.
Andrew
On Oct 27, 2017, at 12:00 PM, Patty Hoenig wrote:
Hi Andrew~
Thank you for checking in. It’s always nice to hear from you. We are moved in - still no internet. There is
an issue with the companies running their lines to our house for to create a, “point of service.” We are
diligently working with the companies to resolve the issue. Until then - I office from a near-by coffee
shop.
Yes, Linda’s death was unimaginable painful and a shock to all of us. Not sure what is going on with the
bright, sweet, intelligent young women in our family. And, yes - I always consider you family because of
course you are :)
That was very sweet of you to send flowers, I have no doubt that Susie and Youcef and Myriem were
touch by that.
Thank you for the prayers - they are lovely and always appreciated. I keep you in my prayers as well.
It sounds as thought you had a bit a of a series of unfortunate events - so sorry to hear about all of this
calamity. However, it sounds as though it is all getting sorted out?
Please keep me posted on how you flight status comes along. That can be both exciting, but agreed
that any accident regarding an aircraft in a big deal.
Much love and peace,
~Patty
Patty Hoenig
W.F. Calohan, Ltd.
pattyhoenig@gmail.com
512.773.3368
On Oct 27, 2017, at 9:29 AM, Andrew Harrell wrote:
Hi again Patty. I need to check in with you some more for some more prayers. I hope you have moved to
your new house by now and things are going
well, still okay.
The death of Susie’s daughter caught me completely by surprise (as did the death of Paige), two
precious children lost in our family in one year.
I hope you don’t mind me saying “our family” since I don’t have any children and yours and susie’s are
some of the few children of my close relatives.
Susie, did not seem too adverse to me sending flowers for the funeral, but I have not tried to talk in
depth with her about what happened.
I think it probably caught her completely off guard, what a deeply frightening tragedy.
Here are some of my prayer tweets for the last month. I was able to find a plane to rent and start my
flying back up, after some serious mistakes and criticisms of my
performance back in May.
But, unfortunately as soon as I prequalified, the plane had a small accident ( every accident is serious in
flying) with someone else flying it and
i am back grounded for a while. Not to mention, yesterday when I went by to pick up my friend Francis’
to take her to the car repair place, which is in the
shop for her relatives having an accident in it picking her up after a hospital procedure, she direct me to
look to the right while I was backing the car
out of her narrow driveway, and a tree hit my car me from the back and the left. She said, don’t worry
about it, because it will probably be only a scratch. But,
it turns out to cost $1007.
On the possible side, the Chancellor of UC Berkeley has ruled in favor of me on a little matter of the
head of I-House deciding not to install a brick I donated four years ago
which he wrote a letter accepting, but never installed.
The brick said:
“When God is One,
His Truth is One,
YHWH Christ.”
Kind of ironic considering what he did to me (not keeping his word) is exactly the opposite of what the
brick says.
He may lose his job, but I hope not.
Here are some of my recent prayer tweets from twitter:
How to love others as ourself? How do we have Eternal life this way? Not trying to believe in others isn't
it.
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If you don't try to believe in someone, give them a chance, before you ask them to believe in, help
you...Then that's egotism in God's Book.
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For some of us, God is dead. For others, He is alive. In those He is dead, may He live again, in others of
us may He yet live, forevermore.
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God created the World out of nothing, and us out of something, Himself...in order that He and we
should better be able to judge and rule it.
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Saying "You should do the right thing" is not where religion goes wrong, but when and where it is in the
right.
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Also on the positive side my small company weighted heavy stocks have made me 20% to 30% profit in
the last six months.
This all goes in cycles, so its wisest not to try and emulate, by following on someone else’s strategy.
God Bless,
Andrew
On Aug 28, 2017, at 2:30 PM, Patty Hoenig wrote:
Hi Andrew~
Yes, we are all okay.
Hope all is well with you too. Please stay safe and prayers with you as well.
We will be moving next week - the weather is looking better.
Many thanks for checking in.
I do not have contact with Sharon or Susie, so not sure about them.
Prayers and peace be with you,
~Patty
Patty Hoenig
W.F. Calohan, Ltd.
pattyhoenig@gmail.com
512.773.3368
On Aug 28, 2017, at 1:41 PM, Andrew Harrell wrote:
Hope you are alright there in Austin and the hurricane does not upset your plans to move next week.
Keeping you in my prayers during this time of transition for you.
Is Sharon’s family alright in Sugarland hopefully the flooding is not
as bad in the Houston suburbs?
Andrew
On Aug 23, 2017, at 7:41 AM, Patty Hoenig wrote:
HI Andrew~
This is all so beautiful.
Thank you for sharing. As you can imagine - each new day for us is a new challenge in managing our
grief and loss for Paige. I just miss her immeasurably.
These words below are helpful, insightful and healing. Thank you so much.
I hope you are well. The next couple of weeks will be busy ones for us. Our house sold. We are packing
up - a huge job!
We will be moving the first week of September. However, we must stay at a near-by condo for 6 nights
as an interim move.
Hopefully after 10 September, things will calm down. Although Jack just began his senior year of high
school with varsity football, college applications and his greatest joy - his work with his church.
So it will be an all-consuming semester for sure. I suppose, in reality - I expect and hope that it slows a
bit after 1 January.
Thank you again for thinking of me. Please continue to keep me posted on your comings and goings. I
always love to hear about your trips/ journeys and your work.
You remind in my prayers.
Peace and Love,
~Patty
Patty Hoenig
W.F. Calohan, Ltd.
pattyhoenig@gmail.com
512.773.3368
On Aug 23, 2017, at 7:20 AM, Andrew Harrell wrote:
Hi again Patty, I hope we can keep praying for each other, some more, especially after the tragedy with
Paige. I believe what you need for your peace of mind, is more prayer talking together not less. More
listening and caring of your relatives not less.
attached are some “notes on love” and a prayer letter I sent out to some others i am praying with. I
thought you would
appreciate. More thoughts on this are at http://www.ourprayergroup.blogspot.com most recent posting
on a trip
to NYC and return to Calvary, also attached are some Biblical thoughts about the recent eclipse.
Baptist Church 123 West 57th St., that is, Princeton NJ, Washington DC June 28-July 6 2017
Total Eclipse of Our Heart in the US Heartland.
Author: Andrew W. Harrell
Posted: 8/21/2017 07:55:50 AM
August 21, 2017
Dear Beloved Prayer Friends,
Thank you for your continued prayer encouragements.
The days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, are days of Peace, and Rest, days of Awe, days of
“Homecoming” or “At-Onement” and of “Rebirth” for The Father and The Mother and The Son, a day of
return home for Jesus Christ, Saint Mary and Our Father in Heaven. These are days when for they and
their Family Name YHWH is One.
Shalom and La Shanah Tovah 2017-2018
As the Lord has said face to face to Saint Moses: “I know you by name, depart from here to the
promised land, and wherever you go, the Presence of God, goes with you, and it shall give you rest.
And, my Name YHWH shall go before thee” and Moses said to the Lord, “You said I know you by name,
and you have found favor in my sight. If I have found favor in your sight, show me the way, show me
your glory. But, then the Lord passed by and Moses was hidden in a cleft of the rock, covered by God’s
hand as The Lord’s Glory passed by” Exodus 33:11-14
Later on Saint Andrew, the first Saint Jesus called to help Him, has said, “We have found Him, by which
he meant, the Presence of God, the Name of God YHWH incarnated as the Christ.” Gospel of John If
you listen carefully you will hear God and both of these Saints still saying these words to God and us.
” .
Still praying in God’s Love with you,
Dr. Andrew W. Harrell
YHWH School of Christianity
Notes on the Rev. Thich Nhat Hanh’s notes on “How to Love”
“Our Heart is like a River.” We need to let God place an open door that cannot be shut in it.
What are the four elements of True Love?
1) Through its loving kindness (cf. St. Paul epistle to the Corinthians)
True Love has depth and is expansive. “The essence of loving kindness is being able to offer
happiness.”
2) Through its compassion Love has breath and strength (see
http://www.ourprayergroup.blogspot.com 49 days from Passover to Shavuous of Jewish Christin[sic]
prayer discussion about great concepts associated with God). “Compassion is the capacity to
understand suffering in oneself and another.”
3) Through its joy, Love lasts and is good (ibid). “When you know how to offer joy it nourishes you and
the other person.”
4) Through its equanimity Love is Truthful, as it has to be to victorious. And, when it is victorious with
God’s help it is a glorious thing that dwells in us forever as us knowing God’s Name as a crown of glory
at the mountiantop of our souls. “The fourth element of true love is equanimity. We can also call it
inclusiveness or non-discrimination.”
“Body and Mind are not two separate entites. What happens in the body has an effect on the mind, and
vice versia.”
“Good will is not enough. Good intentions are not enough, you have to be artful.”
Dear prayer friends your home is the same home as mine. We are after the same ever-after, God’s
Kingdom dwelling inside and outside of us here on this same earth on which we were both born. To live
here you must first “get saved”, having faith in and being Jesus Christ is God’s way of us “getting
saved”.
One way to understand how Jesus Christ is the Logos, the connection between God’s body and God’s
mind dwelling in us is to know how our backward goal oriented purposeful faithful thinking can be
chained together rationally with mental forward object oriented rational thought. I have written a
computer mathematics paper on this for the Corps of Engineers that shows how to order the about 100
rules of an river repair expert system logically. It is posted on my curriculum vita part of the
yhwhschofchrist.org website.
“A deep thirst. Sometimes we feel empty a vacuum, a great lack of something. We don’t know the
cause. It is very vague.”
We are all together Eternal souls swimming in a river of God’s Eternal Life. We all have a deep thirst,
unconsciously, to swim in that River.
“Opening the Door. Once you know how to come home to yourself, then you can open your home to
other people., because you have something to give.”
The One Buddha who is God’s Son, Christ Jesus, like Jesus, is a door, an open door which cannot be
shut (cf. Gospel of John and Book of Revelation). Instead of putting stone or metal statues of Him in a
room with a closed door to meditate inside of, why not open the door to the meditation room and
meditate on Him dwelling in the people coming into the meditation room as they enter the door?
“Nourishing our love with edible food. The first source of nourishment is edible food. The second
source is sensory food, sensory impressions, what we consume with our eye and ears. The third source
of nourshment is volition. This is your desire, your hope, your aspirations. The fourth source of
nourishment is collective and individual consciousness. The fifth source is the four immeasurable parts
of our divine minds, loving kindness, compassion, joy, equanimity…already discussed.”
“Meditation. Meditation consists of generating three kinds of energy…mindfulness, concentration, and
insight…These three kinds of energies give us the power to generate happiness and take care of our
suffering.”
We can also nourish it, love, through meditation on the Word of God, which is also our food. Our faith in
God’s promises contained in his Words in the Bible help us love ourselves and each other more,
Eternally.
“Love as an offering, and the greatest gift. To love is not to possess the other person or to consume all
their attention or love. To love is to offer the other person joy and love as a balm for their sufferings.
One of the greatest gifts we can offer another person is to embody nonattachment and non fear.”
But, how do these thoughts apply if the other person is God?
Since God is Love Itself He does not need Love in our prayers as an offering. He or She is already Love.
God does not want our prayers to be offerings. The only people who believe that don’t know who He or
She is. He or She is there to serve us, and to accept our offerings, but when we Love others as God
Loves us, then we will want to give each other this type of offering, Love.
The greatest gift of Love to another is to offer that other person your self in order to create new self
through both of you.
“Friendship. Be a friend to yourself. If you are a true friend to yourself, then you can be a true friend to
another person.
"To have loyalty from a friend, be loyal to a friend." Virginia May Calohan Harrell Mid-1980s
Thoughts in quotes are the Rev. Thich Nhat Hanh, the other thoughts are Mother's and mine.On Jun 11,
2017, at 3:50 PM, Patty Hoenig wrote:
Hi Andrew~
I am not terribly surprised that neither Susie nor Sharon told you about Paige.
It is interesting that you had a feeling about something awful like this happening around the time in
which it did. You are not the only one. My close high school friend, had dreams (or actually nightmares)
regarding Paige before she died. My friend did not want to worry me - and assumed that it was just due
to the fact that she and I had discussed Paige, so she did not tell me.
Another friend of mine who did not know Paige at all - but knew her from my stories about her - could
not get Paige off of her mind at all - the week preceding her death.
I actually had a premonition about it 7 months earlier - but I chalked it up to just being very concerned
about her - and I felt like God used the premonition to help me know what to pray for. How wrong I was.
I certainly do hope that you consider me and the boys “family.” We are honored to call you our family
and hope that you feel the same. Distance does not tear apart familial bonds - only hate can do that. I
am not familiar with who Jonathan is in California? What part of California does he live in?
I am so sorry that you did not know Paige well. She obviously struggled a lot with depression - but you
would likely never have know it - even if you did get to know her. It was more important to her to keep
those around her happy than to have her own happpiness. Like your Mother - she was a gifted creative
writer, deep thinker and literary genius. She was extremely well read and traveled - even for her young
age. Most of all she was warm and loving. We miss her terribly. The pain is physical and tormenting - as
one would expect, I suppose. Walter and I - and the boys are just trying our best to put one foot in front
of the other, each day. However, I can tell you, it is not easy. Some days I just don’t know how I will make
it past this. Other days are a slight bit better.
I have looked for the manuscript of your Mother’s. I am so sorry - I can’t seem to find it. If it was quite
some time ago - there is just no telling where it is. We have had a couple of renovations on this house
and we have cleaned a lot out in order to place it on the market. There is just no telling. However, If I
ever find it - I will get it to you right away.
We have had the house on the market for 4.5 months. There have been a fair number of showings - but
no offers yet. I keep trying to just remind myself - if it is meant to be, than it will happen. If not, it is in
God’s hands.
Thank you for your thoughts and prayers.
Peace,
~Patty
Patty Hoenig
W.F. Calohan, Ltd.
pattyhoenig@gmail.com
512.773.3368
On Jun 11, 2017, at 10:45 AM, Andrew Harrell wrote:
I had no clue Patty, neither Sharon nor Susie mentioned that to me in the emails I had with them
recently on 23 and me. i felt that somebody dear to somebody i was praying with died about a month
ago, but I thought it was someone with the people I pray with in California or at Gordon College, they
also haven’t wrote, or the poplin Missouri, sometime things happen to them while we are praying and
they don’t even mention it as part of there positive thinking self-training I guess, i didn’t have
any idea that something like this was happening to our family, that Paige might do something like this. I
say “our family” because I don’t have much of one except you and the others there in Texas, Jonathan
in CA. I guess I didn’t know her very well, since she never wrote when i prayed with you about her. I just
prayed then turned it over to God.
I wish I had tried more to establish better pray contact with her and you about her.
Don’t worry about not being able to find the short story, it was 40 or 50 hand typed pages about the
trip down the river in a flat bloat from Canonsburg VA to Texas that Mother wrote and tried to submit to
the Reader’s digest to be published and they rejected it. I have some other short stories she wrote in
the files next to me here, but for some reason I can’t find it. Just let me know if you can’t find the copy I
sent you, was it as long as five years ago, and I will try to find it here to send to Susie.
With prayers for Paige and our whole family,
Andrew
On Jun 11, 2017, at 9:47 AM, Patty Hoenig wrote:
P.S. I am sorry that I have not informed you before now. I have thought of writing to you about Paige,
often - but I just have not been able to get to it. There have been so many things to do - all while
swimming in a sea of grief.
Sharon and Susie have been particularly cruel to us during this time. They believe they have all of the
facts concerning our daughter - but I assure you, they do not. There are mitigating circumstances that
they know nothing about.
So again, I hope you will excuse my tardiness for not contacting you earlier. I have had you on my mind
to do so.
~Patty
Patty Hoenig
W.F. Calohan, Ltd.
pattyhoenig@gmail.com
512.773.3368
On Jun 11, 2017, at 9:30 AM, Andrew Harrell wrote:
Hi again Patty,
Hope are things still going well with you and you are making progress selling the house? Things are
fine here in Vicksbutg, MS and I published the blog on my trip to India, thanking you for praying with me
these last six months, at ourprayergroup.blogspot.com.
Got an email from Susie today, she has had her 23 and me genetic tests done, didn’t mention any
problems if there are any, and says she is interested in genealogy. I asked her if you had ever sent her
the short story Mother wrote on our family’s trip from
Pennsylvania to Texas. I can’t find the copy I made then of what I sent you in Mother’s files here in the
room. Here is a thought! Since, as I hear, you two don’t speak or talk much presently do you have time
do a good deed for me and
send me back a copy to send her or also just one for her also to her home? Do you have her address?
Also heard from Sharon, she is doing pretty much alright too if you are interested in that information?
Andrew
On Apr 3, 2017, at 1:57 PM, Patty Hoenig wrote:
Hi Andrew~
Indeed. Thank you for that input.
I will keep you in the loop.
Take care!
~Patty
Patty Hoenig
W.F. Calohan, Ltd.
pattyhoenig@gmail.com
512.773.3368
On Apr 3, 2017, at 11:43 AM, Andrew Harrell wrote:
I am glad you finally took a good vacation with your family. Traveling abroad is a lot of work nowadays
but I think it is really worth it.
I had some neck, back pain for about 3 months 3 years ago, after pulling a muscle from a injury I got
mountain climbing in Canada.
I consulted a back pain specialist who comes over from Jackson every month. The sports injury pain
doctor in town
doesn’t treat these problems anymore. I guess because they are so widespread and difficult to solve
completely. This doctor turned out to be trained at Berkeley and the chief Mormon missionary in the
state
We had a long talk about Mormonism, Christianity and Yoga he gave me some penetrating salve to rub
on for a month and it went away after a few weeks. But, he said Yoga exercises can help and you just
have to bear through it for a couple of weeks. It turns out over 60% of adults over 50 in US have some
type of back pain problem like this. Mine hasn’t come back and I hope you get some prayer answers and
yours goes away quickly now and also doesn’t come back.
The house will sell when the time is right for everyone concerned, you and those who are going to buy
it.
Sincerely,
Andrew
On Apr 3, 2017, at 11:14 AM, Patty Hoenig wrote:
Hi Andrew~
So nice to hear from you. Yes, the house has been on the market for 8 weeks. We have had a lot of
showings but no contract as of late. We are pretty laid back about it. If it sells, than it is meant to - if
not, we can stay put for a while.
We took a trip to Spain (in March) with Walter, Jack and myself. A really severe pain/injury flared up in
my left, neck/back/shoulder just before we left. Honestly, I probably should not have gone. It was and
still is very painful. I saw two docs while in Spain. The first one did not help. The second one helped a
little but told me that I needed an MRI and neurosurgeon when I returned to the Sates. It might be a
result of 40 lbs. of photography equipment that I haul around everywhere. I now have a rolling bag for
my lenses, etc. I did take a fall last May at UT Graduation. I missed some dimly lit steps. That perhaps
could have contributed as well. Falls are awful!
I have had the MRI - bulging disk! I see the neurosurgeon this Wednesday. I am hopeful he may have
non-surgical alternatives but my primary doc believes that this will likely end in surgery. Jeez!
We managed to enjoy Spain still - just at a slower pace. I was on pain meds :) We were unable to make
the train ride to Barcelona, due to the level of pain that I was in. However, we delighted in Madrid. Next
time, Barcelona for sure. We did make a day-trip to the holy city of Toledo and that was miaculous! I
can’t even begin to describe how beautiful I found it to be.
India sounds fantastic. I can’t imagine why anyone would have issues with inquiries? I am hoping that
did not stop you. We learn when we ask questions. I always like to say, “Seek first to understand……
there is always time for judgement later.”
Thank you for touching base. We are all okay. I would love to get some answers regarding my injury. I
will keep you posted.
Much love,
~Patty
Patty Hoenig
W.F. Calohan, Ltd.
pattyhoenig@gmail.com
512.773.3368
On Apr 3, 2017, at 8:59 AM, Andrew Harrell wrote:
Hi again Patty,
Just checking in with you. Hope things are going well. How is the business about selling your
house,
moving or not going? And, how about your family, things still going well with them?
Had a fascinating 3-week trip to India. Very trying getting a visa, going through all the big
airports along the way
about 50 hours of flying there and back, heavy security, traveling
by bus on some very dusty roads, which set off my sinuses. Not all my Cal Berkeley Alumni companions
appreciating
me asking the guide a lot of questions about religion But, I actually think I learned some things about
history of India and its ancient religions. Which I believe are still connected to ours.
Andrew
On Jan 9, 2017, at 11:10 AM, Patty Hoenig wrote:
Thank you.
Patty Hoenig
pattyhoenig@gmail.com
512.773.3368
Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 9, 2017, at 10:40 AM, Andrew Harrell wrote:
Hi Andrew~
I am so pleased to know that you had a good trip and that you have arrived home safely.
I loved hearing about your journey and your recollections regarding yours and your mothers civil rights
efforts. It makes me proud to know that I have family lineage that stands up for what is right. I was just
explaining to Jack why I (hopefully respectfully - but pointedly - from time to time make political posts
on Facebook). I have not done so recently. However, just following 8 November - I did quite a bit.
Frankly, I did not care at the time who thought anything about it. Jack feels that perhaps I should,
“mind-my-own-business,” more. Perhaps I should. However, I tried to explain to him that it is important
to be judicious regarding your choices on when and if to speak up/out. If you feel that you are speaking
against grave injustice and even worse - than you are perfectly within your province to do so, and
should. Your refections have made me realize that maybe I come by this naturally.
Just Jack plays football. Will and Paige were swimmers and they participated heavily with Speech and
Debate.
Jack enjoys the game - and tried his best to balance its heavy demands with his even weightier
academic demands. He does pretty well.
If you feel like the prayer calendar would be a blessing, then please do send it - if it is not too much
trouble.
I think that I mentioned this, but we are listing the house soon.
We do not know where we can move yet, but as soon as I know - I will let you know.
Thank you again for the update.
Hugs,
Article #633
Subject: Rare Christmas Eve Triple Blessing
Author: Andrew W. Harrell
Posted: 12/25/2017 09:20:31 AM
Rare Triple Blessing given to us watching Christmas Eve 2017 mass on TV.
1)May the God of Infinite Goodness who by the Incarnation in us of His Son, and who has driven
darkness from the World by that Glorious Birth, Who has illumined that most Holy Night, drive far from
you the darkness of vice and illumine your hearts with the Light of Virtue.
Amen Saint Francis and may you be blessed likewise by all the Saints in Heaven and God
2)Then may God, who willed the great joy of that birth be announced by Shepherds, announce that to
your mind gracefully that you may be Heralds of His Gospel.
Amen Saint Francis and may you be blessed likewise by all the Saints in Heaven and God.
3) May god, who by the incarnation brought together the earthly and heavenly realms, fill you with the
gift of His Peace and Favor and may You share it, this gift of Peace and Favor, with the Church in
Heaven.
Amen Saint Francis and may you blessed likewise by all the Saints in Heaven by God
December 25,2017
Dear Prayer Friends,
A Christmas present from God, this Christmas 2017. What would God give us for a Christmas present,
this year, if He had the opportunity?
Would it be money? I don’t think so, we would have to make that for ourselves.
He would give us an understanding of Himself and Herself, and this is not related to money.
He would give to us and understanding of Who He or She is just like He did 2000 years ago. And who is
He or She? He or She is Love.
Who or What is God’s Love? We know that it is a correspondence between God and the World and us,
that most of the time it exists for the sake of the World and us living in it.
Hopefully, also it exists some of the time for Himself. That’s where you come in Saint Mary with the
possibly of Him having a child with you, a gift of the Love of God in the World and you outside of
Himself back to Him and you. Love is not just a One way communication dear. For, when God is Two, His
Truth is Two, and when God is Three… You, Him, and Jesus, His Truth is You.
The Bible, in the Gospel of John, tells us that God so Loved the World and us, that He gave us His and
Her Only Son, that we might have Eternal Life and have it Abundantly.
“God’s Love blesses our life in many ways. The beauty of new-fallen snow in winter, fresh blossoms in
spring, songbirds in summer, and brightly colored leaves in autumn—these are just a few reminders of
God’s blessing, a few of our favorite things.” [1]
When God’s Love shines through us as joy and peace like this, ‘We want to pass it on.’
God’s Love is beautiful and good like nature and its four seasons. But, is it beautiful and good in a more
important ways, a logical, divinely ordered way?
How is the Love of God, the Father, like the Love of His Son, fulfilling Itself Truthfully, as it dwells inside
of Each of Them and us as a Holy Spirit?
We know logically, that God is omnipresent, and because He is omnipresent, omniscient, and because
He is omniscient, omnipotent.
Like the Love of His Son, the Love of God the Father is Omnipresent or Full. It has to be because His
omniscience depends on His omnipresence or fullness logically.
The Fullness or the omnipresence of the Love of God Our Father and His Son outside of themselves
comes from the Fullness and omnipresence of Their Love inside of Themselves.
And, when this Love outside of Themselves is taken away, that part of It which is inside, of Themselves,
remains.
God’s Love and the Love His Son dwelling in us is as wide as It is deep. It has to be in order to be
Omnipresent.
The Breath or omniscience and strength or omnipotence of God’s Love follows from its compassion and
equanimity.
Its Truthfulness, also, follows from Its equanimity.
And, if you think about what we said above, you will see that it has this omnipotence and strength,
because it is omniscient.
The Light of this Love surrounds you, wherever there is Its Truth, may there be Truth.
The Power of this Love enfolds you and the bright future that God expects and believes in for you.
Peace be with you Endlessly and Eternally. This God’s Love inside of you is all the good that Eternal Life
can bring, and all you need Endlessly and Eternally,
Lovingly, Hopefully, Faithfully,
Andrew
[1] Letter from the Silent Unity prayer group, December 1, 2017.