I was borught up a tea drinker; though I prefer coffee now and very much prefer my home made wine. I remember one time on , 'Little House on the Prairie', when Mr's Engels could not get coffee and took bad headaches because of withdrawal symptoms. But I think the was we drink instant coffee in Ireland is very,very different than the USA. Coffee pots are as rare as teeth on chickens in Ireland.
Wow, Lumena, amazing, I had no idea. I also lived in Christchurch after the quake. I thought the statue was placed in the chapel of the Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer in St. Albans after the quake. I love that chapel, and the Sons .I am glad to hear though that she is in the Pro-Catbedral now. God bless all here, sorry again for going off topic
Instant coffee--pardon if I sound harsh--is just hot brown water. A freshly brewed cup of coffee first thing in the morning is bliss. Add toast and jam and life is good.
Lumena, I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned rooibus tea. It has no caffeine in it but is full of antioxidants and is very good for you You can put milk and use like normal tea I now prefer it to normal tea. I would find it really hard to go without tea. I hope that whatever you do works out well for you.
I too thought it might be Our Lady of Zeitoun! But Mary was with you...albeit in the bell tower! Took a earthquake to get her a proper place...but she’s there...hopefully protecting everyone!
,I am just trying to overcome a coffee addiction. Just started this week. Trying to replace coffee with tea (knowing it contains caffeine, too), and replacing the sweets with nuts. I love all the personal stories here. God bless
The Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer have an almost identical statue, I think. There were several of them made at the time they were made, which I imagine was maybe in the 1930's or 40's and so I have seen others that are the same as the one who turned around. These days there is an annual procession but instead of using the actual miraculous statue, they use a replica to process with, in order not to risk anything happening to the miraculous one. Yes, Beth you are right, Our Beautiful Lady had been squirrelled away to a storage room for probably decades. The Cathedral was an absolutely beautiful old Church, (designed by Francis Petre) but it had been modernised somewhat before the Quakes and some very sad things had happened there with regards to the commissioning of some modern Stations of the Cross, in which a local artist who was not even a Christian had depicted our Lord without loin cloth. see here: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10111393 Some Faithful had protested and picketed on the street and were on the national evening News - but to no avail. The new Stations of the Cross, which cost a small fortune,were hung up, scandalising the parishioners, (not all of them though) and that is why I believe the Cathedral ultimately was not saved through the Quakes. I feel that God had withdrawn protection of it and through this most dreadful trial of the Quakes, God glorified Our Lady. She was the STAR! The Cathedral ruins still stand today and the future for it is still uncertain, I believe. I sometimes drive past it and it is a somber sight to be sure.
I am furtively making coffee right now in the midst of all of you tea drinkers and those who have given it up. I give you credit for your sacrifices. But I am weak
I like both tea and coffee. Lipton is the tea I always go back to, though I like Twinnings Earl Grey from time to time, green tea, as well as white. Don't like herbal teas much. Peace Mark
Thank you Rose ! I will try Rooibos. At the moment I am drinking Peppermint tea and Lemon Ginger tea, both without milk. I like both of these but the Lemon Ginger was not so good on an empty stomach. Everyone is different of course but I find I need to eat first. I also learned that the day that I gave up Tea was the day a whole group of men are starting an Exodus 90 in the US and they complete the 90 days on Easter Sunday. So I am joining them in Spirit and will try hard to go 90 days without Tea. After that the idea is that the brain is rewired and I wont need it any more - but I could possibly have the occasional cup on special occasions.
I don't know how to start a new thread but I am asking for prayer.I gave up tea 3 weeks ago and it is going well but some stress has come to my workplace and I cant go in to details but the shock of it has meant that I have had to take solace in tea. It might blow over, but I ask for prayers for protection from hostile and toxic work colleagues. I believe one of them is about to depart the workplace, thanks be to God, it can't happen soon enough for me, but I need prayers to get me through til this person actually leaves!
This book of prayers has helped me immensely. Will pray for you, Lumena. Hopefully it won’t be long until the worker leaves! Keep reminding yourself that everything is in God’s hands and He is fighting this battle for you. “Stand still and watch the deliverance of the Lord.”
Thank you so much for your prayers. This morning I felt compelled to write 2 emails to my superiors about some of the problems. It was not possible to tell them everything, as some things we know, are fires that are better not to add fuel to, but I was able to lay out some concerns with them. To know that you are praying for me is a great comfort.
I have just gotten home from my evening shift at Work and the situation has changed dramatically! I cannot go in to too much detail - but the person who was being so toxic to me came in this evening and was humble and contrite to me!!! I cannot believe it but its true. And she also told me something that reveals the cause of a mystery that was afflicting the client that we care for. So all of the difficulties I was having seem to have been resolved in this one conversation that just took place and the very real fears that I have had just evaporated like the dew. Crisis averted, Thanks be to God, and thank you for your prayers, it has been a miraculous turn of events. Simply stunning. This morning when praying the Rosary, I could barely get the words out, I was sick with worry. But now
