http://pauseforprayer.stblogs.com Finding God in the events of daily life...by Sr Janet --- Vatican Radio Wed, 14 May 2008 19:19:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ...except that it is not a game. It is a tragedy beyond anything that most of us can conceive. During the past few days, we’ve heard a great deal about the devastation caused by Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar and the earthquake in China. Today we heard that there might be another ... http://pauseforprayer.stblogs.com/2008/05/14/the-numbers-game/ A conversation overheard at a bus stop earlier on today, between a young girl, Ashley, aged about 16, and a couple with a baby, went like this: Girl: How is your little sister? Ashley: She is 11 now and she is already smoking. Girl: 11 and already smoking? Ashley (laughing): Yes. She went out ... http://pauseforprayer.stblogs.com/2008/05/11/bus-stop-conversation/ A few minutes ago, three fighter jets flew by the house in close formation. Hopefully, within a few minutes more, there will be another fly past.  Will they be the Red Arrows, I wonder? The iconic RAF display team is wonderful to watch, and, at sunset, if they trail the ... http://pauseforprayer.stblogs.com/2008/05/07/the-day-thou-gavest-lord-is-ended/ Why bother about sleeping? Underneath the window, the Council has come to dig up and repair a road that seemed okay to me less than three hours ago. The first vehicle was fascinating. It sucked up the tarmac as though it were a starving beast, spewing out the road surface into ... http://pauseforprayer.stblogs.com/2008/05/06/repairing-roads/ Standing at a bus stop one day, I was distracted by a painting on a nearby wall. I did not agree with the theme, but I had to admit to myself that the image of an irate husband and his anxious wife looking out of a window whilst the dishevelled ... http://pauseforprayer.stblogs.com/2008/05/04/cans-festival/