Anxiety

I was blog surfing and came upon Heidi's meme called Pondering in My Heart Monday and it's a chance to reflect on what's truly important in our lives.  The below verse is one she is pondering and it spoke LOUDLY to me.

Have no anxiety about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.  Philippians 4:6


I've been asked to make an announcement on something I am organizing (Rosary Rally Crusade) in my area and it's something I believe in yet, I hate public speaking.  My parish priest asked me to make the announcement to encourage parishioners to join me in this rally which makes sense.  But, I wish the anxious feelings about public speaking would GO AWAY!


To add to that, I was asked to sub as a reader for two days in daily mass and again, my heart started pounding with me thinking "can I do that?"  I know I can but can I do it without my voice shaking?  Pronouncing all the words accurately?  We shall see because I agreed to do it.  


I don't want to be fearful in speaking in God's house so I will try and conquer this fear.  


I'm linking this up with L.A.C.E. because I need all the prayers I can get!!


Please pray for me!!


Blessings,
Noreen

Meme: Patron Saint of ??

Sue of Sue Elvis Writes, tagged me for this saintly meme.

Assuming you are a saint, and your cause has been executed, your miracles confirmed, your date on the calendar established, all that is required is select that of which Holy Mother Church will name you Patron(ess).

For this meme, you must name your patronage and then tag 5 other people who would like to play along. Link your answer to your nominator's post.

Immediately, I thought that I would want to be Patron Saint of the Unborn.  I would want to join the ranks of the wonderful saints who are devoted to the unborn such as, St. Joseph, St. Gerard Majella and St. Padre Pio.  I've had an awakening of sorts this last year when I learned of the abortion clinics in my town.  I've returned numerous times to one of them to pray and make the sign of the cross on the doors with holy water.  This is a disturbing reality in our culture that needs to be reversed.  Much prayer is needed to fight the abortion industry and the lies it promulgates to our young girls.

Then, another idea was placed on my heart and that would be the Patron Saint of Purgatory.  However, I don't know much about it yet have a strong desire to research it.  I was raised with the notion to pray for the holy souls in purgatory and have read a bit about saints who have claimed to have been shown purgatory by Our Lady or Jesus himself.  The thought of my loved ones being there and longing to be in Heaven spurs me on to pray for them.  I recently bought the book, Purgatory: Explained by the Lives and the Legends of the Saints written by Fr. F.X. Shouppe, S.J. 


Here's the fun part.  I get to tag 5 of my blogging friends and invite them to participate in the Patron Saint Meme.  I hope they will play along!


Tiffany from Family at the Foot of the Cross
Tracy at A Slice of Smith Life
Helen at Catholic Seeking
Cecilia at Little Saints in the Making
Jamie at Lord, Make Me a Saint

Blessings,
Noreen