Hail and blessed be the hour and moment in which the son of God was born
of the most pure virgin Mary at midnight, in Bethlehem, in piercing cold.  In that hour vouchsafe, O my God to hear my prayer and grant my desires through the merits of our savior Jesus Christ and of his blessed mother amen
( It is piously believed that whoever recites the above prayer fifteen times a day form the feast of St Andrew ( November 30th) until Christmas will obtain what is asked…)

so here goes… another prayer for a huge financial miracle…( yes i am even being bold enough to say … for the next multimillion dollar lottery ticket… or powerball or both…HA!  and for for protection from all harm… 

I saw eat  pray love again today… ( 3 day rental…from blockbuster…. )… and i was a bit worried when the movie got to where he went to India… to pray to this one lady… is that like the catholic….. saints… because it seemed really ridiculous for all these people to be praying to this woman… did she do miracles? is she some healer? or maybe the entire saint thing is just like that…. making some mortal into this god like person… and honestly i don’t think that woman from India probably has any  more god given qualities than any one …. so was it just a total waste for me to be saying this prayer to St Jude for one year.. and now it is one year and  4 months…  what if st. jude has no more power to grant prayers.. to intercede to God than this woman form India????  if that is the case i feel pretty  foolish… and my once hopeful heart that actually believed that prayers could be answered.. and dreams and wishes could come true… is feeling a bit on the shakey side… I had tried to get an appointment to ask a priest some of these questions…  but no one would get me an appointment… so does anyone know the answer? luv to know what you think?  I man i was the one who  actually got my dad to listen to the bible cd’s …. and tried telling people that God is big enough to answer all prayers… i listen to joel osteen and  love the way he is so positive about Ephesians 3:20 decade… where God can do exceedingly abundantly above and beyond…maybe just maybe by this Christmas… prayers will be answered…. right? luv mary jean ziska