Comments on: Prayers, Goddesses, & Patron Saints for Writers http://www.natashafondren.com/writing/musings/re-patroning-the-saints/ Adventures in Writing on the Road Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:10:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Natasha Fondren » OMG! I Focused! http://www.natashafondren.com/writing/musings/re-patroning-the-saints/comment-page-1/#comment-3604 Natasha Fondren » OMG! I Focused! Tue, 06 Apr 2010 02:41:51 +0000 http://www.natashafondren.com/writing/musings/re-patroning-the-saints/#comment-3604 [...] for the crock pot.) And a mid-day caffeine nap (scientifically proven, I swear!). And I lit my St. Martin Caballero [...] [...] for the crock pot.) And a mid-day caffeine nap (scientifically proven, I swear!). And I lit my St. Martin Caballero [...]

]]> By: Natasha Fondren http://www.natashafondren.com/writing/musings/re-patroning-the-saints/comment-page-1/#comment-3111 Natasha Fondren Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:06:02 +0000 http://www.natashafondren.com/writing/musings/re-patroning-the-saints/#comment-3111 Ha!!! That is SO true, Kate! I feel so silly, but I didn't notice that, LOL! :-) Yeah, I'm thinking I should sit down with all these saints and goddesses every day! :-) Ha!!! That is SO true, Kate! I feel so silly, but I didn’t notice that, LOL! :-)

Yeah, I’m thinking I should sit down with all these saints and goddesses every day! :-)

]]> By: Kate Sterling http://www.natashafondren.com/writing/musings/re-patroning-the-saints/comment-page-1/#comment-3110 Kate Sterling Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:59:12 +0000 http://www.natashafondren.com/writing/musings/re-patroning-the-saints/#comment-3110 Well, I don't think we should be so quick to dismiss ole Francis here. I mean, one of the meanings of "de" is "of", which would make his the patron saint of sales. ;) I don't know about you, but I could use a saint blessing the sales of my books.:D Well, I don’t think we should be so quick to dismiss ole Francis here. I mean, one of the meanings of “de” is “of”, which would make his the patron saint of sales. ;)

I don’t know about you, but I could use a saint blessing the sales of my books.:D

]]> By: Natasha Fondren http://www.natashafondren.com/writing/musings/re-patroning-the-saints/comment-page-1/#comment-3071 Natasha Fondren Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:52:20 +0000 http://www.natashafondren.com/writing/musings/re-patroning-the-saints/#comment-3071 Perfect, Ottavina! I love it. I'm going to go to this page every day. Perfect, Ottavina! I love it. I’m going to go to this page every day.

]]> By: Natasha Fondren http://www.natashafondren.com/writing/musings/re-patroning-the-saints/comment-page-1/#comment-3070 Natasha Fondren Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:51:23 +0000 http://www.natashafondren.com/writing/musings/re-patroning-the-saints/#comment-3070 <i>"Rabbit’s feet come from unlucky rabbits, after all."</i> HAH! HAHAHAH! You're right! “Rabbit’s feet come from unlucky rabbits, after all.”

HAH! HAHAHAH! You’re right!

]]> By: Natasha Fondren http://www.natashafondren.com/writing/musings/re-patroning-the-saints/comment-page-1/#comment-3069 Natasha Fondren Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:50:16 +0000 http://www.natashafondren.com/writing/musings/re-patroning-the-saints/#comment-3069 Me either, LOL! If you hadn't pointed it out, I wouldn't have noticed! Me either, LOL! If you hadn’t pointed it out, I wouldn’t have noticed!

]]> By: Natasha Fondren http://www.natashafondren.com/writing/musings/re-patroning-the-saints/comment-page-1/#comment-3068 Natasha Fondren Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:49:58 +0000 http://www.natashafondren.com/writing/musings/re-patroning-the-saints/#comment-3068 I love it, Heather! Love it! It's perfect! I love it, Heather! Love it! It’s perfect!

]]> By: Natasha Fondren http://www.natashafondren.com/writing/musings/re-patroning-the-saints/comment-page-1/#comment-3067 Natasha Fondren Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:49:37 +0000 http://www.natashafondren.com/writing/musings/re-patroning-the-saints/#comment-3067 I guess I'm not Catholic anymore, not completely, but I think it's one of those things that once a Catholic, always a Catholic. :-) I guess I’m not Catholic anymore, not completely, but I think it’s one of those things that once a Catholic, always a Catholic. :-)

]]> By: Heather Dearly http://www.natashafondren.com/writing/musings/re-patroning-the-saints/comment-page-1/#comment-3064 Heather Dearly Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:37:22 +0000 http://www.natashafondren.com/writing/musings/re-patroning-the-saints/#comment-3064 I love that, Bernita! Thanks for sharing. :) I love that, Bernita! Thanks for sharing. :)

]]> By: Ottavina http://www.natashafondren.com/writing/musings/re-patroning-the-saints/comment-page-1/#comment-3063 Ottavina Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:24:36 +0000 http://www.natashafondren.com/writing/musings/re-patroning-the-saints/#comment-3063 I think contemplative monk and writer Thomas Merton should be one of the go-to guys for writing. He's not a saint, but he wrote this prayer that seems to fit the uncertainty of where one's writing or one's life may be going: "MY LORD GOD, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end.Nor do I re ally know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road though I may know nothing about it. Therefore will I trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone." I think contemplative monk and writer Thomas Merton should be one of the go-to guys for writing. He’s not a saint, but he wrote this prayer that seems to fit the uncertainty of where one’s writing or one’s life may be going:

“MY LORD GOD, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end.Nor do I re ally know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road though I may know nothing about it. Therefore will I trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death.
I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.”

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