RE: Study Habits Part 2

[JL]

<begin Rant mode>Lest we become deluged by by prayers to the "Invisible Pink Unicorn" or the "Multi-Tentacled Purple Squid', not to mention many other slightly more mainstream religions, I think such chants and neditations should be left off list. I would like to think that educated, highly technical people would have no need for such mindless superstitions, but alas, I am constantly reminded that while people can be VERY intelligent in one area, they are extremely deficient in others.<end Rant mode>

 

Can we please keep our respective religious beliefs off line and all focus on our goal of certification?

 

thank you,

JL

 

BSOFH

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of gwakin
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 10:07 AM
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Subject: Re: Study Habits Part 2

this is strictly theological piccadillo.... but it's the 'Prayer of St. Francis.'  disclaimer- Contrary to popular belief, we RCs worship neither the saints nor the pope, so semantical inaccuracies like this tend to make some of us a little edgy.
Seems appropriate that we can add hard work and study to a virtuous, principled life prayer... the only thing we can't really claim is the Franciscan vow of 'poverty, chastity, and obedience', especially if we're studying for a certification that will allow us to earn $120K/yearly and above.
 

Chuck Larrieu wrote:

Prayer to St. Francis

Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow
love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where
there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is
sadness, joy.

O, Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to
console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love; For it
is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; it is
in dying that we are born again to eternal life; it is in studying that we
pass certification tests

Chuck

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