Sep 03 2008
I’m A Saint (In My Memes)
I’ve been tagged by Cathy of A Bit of the Blarney! Here’s the question(s) of the day:
“What picture would I use for my holy card should I make it to sainthood, and of what cause(s) would I want to be patroness?”
I didn’t have to think about this one for too long. If I ever make it to sainthood I would like to be known as:
“Patroness of Lay Contemplatives Languishing in the Workforce”.
Yes, little ones, you may call on me to intercede if:
a) You would rather stay home and pray than earn money, but your spouse and/or bank manager is not in agreement on this point, and you do, in lucid moments, acknowledge the importance of feeding the children;
b) Your daily commute finds you consistently failing to disembark at the right stop because you were deep in prayer (despite the multitude of cell-phone conversations going on all around you, none of which, as far as you could ascertain before you “slipped away”, were conversations with God);
c) You are no longer welcome in staff meetings because your colleagues neither comprehend nor appreciate your morals/ethics/point of view/silence; you now rather enjoy being ostracized because you can actually feel St. John of the Cross slapping you on the back, urging you to put down your calculator and go make coffee for everyone, and make it properly;
d) You are considered a snob because you have missed every office function for the last fifteen years since they all conflicted with your beloved liturgical calendar;
e) You skip out at lunch just for Mass but when you emerge from the church it is dark outside and upon making your way back to the office you find everyone has gone home and the door is locked. Again.
St. Gabrielle
Patroness of Lay Contemplatives
Languishing in the Workforce
I tag for sainthood (if they have time):
Hush of Mother of the Life Within
Pia of Beyond the Horizon 3
Ann of Poetry, Prayer, and Praise
MarieCecile of Soulful Longings
3) Harpo’s picture on a holy card/icon??
2) Which name to use??
1) What, me patroness??
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“Tol. Matilda
Near-patroness of Indoor Pond Life”
nahhh… Owen, you do it.
THANK YOU for that, Gabrielle….wehn I tihnk of one for meysel, and when I can stop laughing long enuf, i will let you know. However, if you ahve any sugestions, you are certainly wlecome to share them w/me!
(there is a tune rnnning in my head right now: “I feel happy, oh so happy…”from some broadway musucail somwhere, sometime.
Yes, I could (most definitely) use your prayers and intercessions in the following areas: (a.) I can most definitely identify w/this one…and now have to add in the mandatory “medical bills” that are suddenly popping up in my mailbox every day…. (b.) this one really shouldnt apply to me, since I drive a car to work each day….however, I COULD use your prayers, for when I am distracted in thought, and could unwittingly create a “traffic jam” on my way to work…. (c.) doesn’t really apply, since I have only been at this new job for 9 months….however, it DID apply at my prior job, when I would bow out on the invitations to “ladies’ night out”….. (d.) back when I was a Catholic, the employers I worked for had no earthly (or heavenly) clue why I would ask to have extra time at lunch to attend Mass….and so I usually kept it to weekend attendence.
BTW, for some reason I pictured you as a redhead…..
It sure did feel good to laugh today, Gabrielle….tho my co-workers kept their distance from my ofc, when they heard me in there, laughing so loudly….
Carol (aka: Tolerable Matilda) you are something else (in a good way)!!
I can’t wait to read what your other “tagged friends” have to say….
Ann, well you could all become saints right here! Finding your way around my site is also a great test of fortitude and love.
Can’t wait to see what you post.
Mike, good idea; I’ll get right on it! But what do you mean, “just in case”??? Oh ye of little faith! Three demerit points.
No soup for you.
MC, I can’t wait to see what you choose. There are a couple of things I think you might decide on, but I’ll just have to be patient and see!
Kristin, maybe you’re thinking of, “I feel pretty, oh so pretty” from West Side Story? (I think). Let’s see now, about your saintly title. How does “Patroness of Newlywed Head Injuries” sound? I rather like it, but we have to bring you back to the fold first, girl! St. Gabrielle has a side-line you know. (and moi? a redhead? only once or twice by mistake, and it was more of an auburn).
Cathy, don’t worry; I give retroactive graces. It’s like nothing bad ever happened.
For the life of me I have no clue Gabrielle, Ima pondering and thinking on the funny side of this meme thing. Can I turn the memes into a youyou instead, lol. I will give it my best.
Lose your car keys? Say a prayer to St. Anthony and there they are…in the refrigerator behind the Activa yogurt. Just where you left them.
Feeling compelled during a busy workday to set aside some time to say the Chaplet of Divine Mercy and then see if you can make the leap from the third to the fourth Mansion and transition from the purgative to the illuminative way? Just say a prayer to St. Gabrielle of the Haven and before you know it someone has announced that it is Jeremy’s (the accounts payable supervisor) birthday and that everyone is going out to lunch together because Jeremy has a company credit card and can charge the whole thing with nobody finding out since he pays the bills so everyone in the office wants to go and eat for free but the poor receptionist will have to stay to cover the phones and she never gets to go to anything so you put on your best martyr’s face and volunteer to cover the phones because it is the right and fair thing to do and everyone says what a generous thing that is to do and then they all exit the office as a herd leaving you to direct all of the calls to voice mail while you say your Chaplet and move ever closer to Divine Union.
Oh that St. Gabrielle. She really comes through!
Terry: “Feeling compelled during a busy workday to set aside some time to say the Chaplet of Divine Mercy and then see if you can make the leap from the third to the fourth Mansion and transition from the purgative to the illuminative way?” I just knew you were one of the star pupils. My job here is done.
Now if I could just win the lotto and set up my retreat centre. Sigh.
Not worried in the least, I was attempting humor like everyone else on here with the joke of the week. That’s what I see about meme’s, it’s all a joke.
Carol, I’ve always wondered why so many people say Catholics can’t sing. I guess it’s not everyone’s experience, but I’ve always been blessed in many different parishes with beautiful choirs and congregations who loved to join in! Well, it’s too bad that your angel experience was not what you had hoped; but it reminded me of how well watched-over you are by the Little Flower, and I’m sure your own guardian angel is doing a fine job too!