I spent most of my week in Melbourne — one of the best cities in the world. I told my friend that I had considered at one point recently, moving back to Sydney to be with friends and family — but… that’s running away and it wouldn’t necessarily help anything, if anything I’d be back at square one, the same kind of situations only in a different city. And the bottom line is that, Sydney is a hole in comparison to Melbourne (sorry for any Sydneysiders, I have forsaken my hometown, I know, I know… but the truth hurts.)
The week was full of dramas, fun and more dramas. On the upper we stayed in a swanky hotel in St. Kilda after Sarah missed her flight at a really cheap rate which had a beautiful beach view. I loaned my car to another friend and relinquished driver’s control since I was just too tired to do anymore driving myself. (A major pull of trust if you ask me, considering my car isn’t insured to anyone except moi.) My poor little car, it’s old and dingey and must have done at least 15 to 20 hrs of driving this week with some minor repairs… and yet she still runs.
It was a really prayerful week, thank God. I had a devotion going on Wednesday to the Infant of Prague and we were inspired enough to do the Rosary each day and a Divine Mercy Chaplet at the hour of Mercy each day… The graces we get from these prayers is just immeasurable. I’ve grown to love doing it, rather than seeing it as a labour of love.
I have discovered that I get really distracted by too many things in my life, and don’t spend enough time in prayer so I am going to try to start rectifying that by spending more time off the computer, more time reading and more time praying. More time doing works of God. It’s the only way to strengthen my personal prayer life. While I get a lot of inspiration and draw a lot of strength from group prayer, I know it’s probably more important to pray in quiet, one on one with God. It’s not even a case of it being hard, it’s just a case of … doing it.
Anyway, I have so much work to do. And I need to eat lunch. So off I go? I don’t have too much to say or talk about or anything deep to say right now cos I have some work hanging over my head and impeding my ability to think clearly about anything else. So I’ll be broadcasting something a little more substantial after the weekend.
God bless, everyone. Please keep my friend Antonia in your prayers as this week leads up to the birth of her baby and she is heading in to a high-risk c-section. Pray through Jesus Christ for God to bring her comfort and peace leading up to the surgery and that He may place His Holy hand upon her and bless her abundantly during this time and allow both Antonia and the new addition to be safe.
