In this busy workaday world with so many distractions and noise trying to have an active prayer life is difficult at best. We fill every moment of our lives with outside stimulus with our phones, computers, television, and all our time saving appliances that leave us with no time left.
And behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake; 12 and after the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice. –Revised Standard Version. (1 Ki 19:11–13)
The prayer-to-distraction ratio in our prayer lives is very small and outside stimulus drowns out the still small voice not even allowing it to be a voice crying out from the wilderness.
It is easy to represent this as a mathematical relationship of of prayer power to the noise power.
Yet how do we know what is an acceptable ratio for our lives and maintain the proper perspective from using consumer products or being consumed by products?
Well if you want to hear that still small voice than the new SSV-33 full spectrum distraction analyzer is the product for you!
The SSV-33 measures the prayer signal-to-noise ratio in units of Distraction Babels (dB) or distrabels. The distrabel is a logarithmic unit in that it can also take into account the log in you own eye. The distrabel is also a factor of 10 Commandments.
Simply turn on the SSV-33 and point it around you to get a reading of the amount of distraction pollution around you. A high distrabel reading means you need to start turning off devices around you and/or shutting down activities that have become unbalanced in prudential use of time. While use of goods and involving yourself in activities is morally neutral, the greater good is taking time frequently to be alone with him who we know loves us as St. Teresa of Avila would say.
The SSV-33 full spectrum distraction analyzer will not measure seeming sources of distractions like spouses and other people. Contrary to popular opinion people are not distractions but persons to be loved and even their quirks and annoyances provides us channels to respond to grace. Hell is not other people, Hell is selfishness brought to its final end.
The sooner you start the better since studies have shown that prolonged exposure to distractions can cause you to become spiritually deaf. Though if this happens we also offer the St. Peter Spiritual Hearing Aid. The St. Peter Hearing Aid harnesses Apostolic power to let you hear Jesus since Jesus himself said to the Apostles “He who hears you, hears me.”
Let nothing disturb you,
Let nothing frighten you,
All things pass away:
God never changes.
Patience obtains all things.
He who has God
Finds he lacks nothing;
God alone suffices.
And the SSV-33 full spectrum distraction analyzer will get you there!
13 comments
Looks like a PKE meter.
For what “IT” is worth, sinner vic keeps reminding me that there’s nothing wrong with being greedy but the important thing as Christians is to be prepared to share “IT” all with your fella Man and also find a little time in silence to speak to your soul.
I hear ya! But what about woman NOW? 🙂
Peace
I was listening to music and cruising blogs when I came upon your post. I believe your product could be exactly what I could be looking…. wait there’s my phone, just a second…..
Distraction are to be faced in peace, as in Santa Tersa de Ávila poem, but peace means victory and not passivity, in a war against the disgusting undermining of the peaceful fruits Our Holy Mother brings us.
ENORMOUS fruits are 30,000 plus Sacramental Reconciliations!!!!!!, that a “converted” former heretic Mary’s hater, tries de undermine. The walking talking monument to the deathly sin of gluttony, pontificates:
More of the Fraudulent Fruits of Medjugorje!!! Such vile accusation comes, because some abusive priest pilgrimaged there.
Have you ever heard of such hatred against Mary’s fruits? Has that glutton considered how many, distracted from a possible Reconciliation there, will point the finger at him in the Final Judgment?
Correction, ENORMOUS fruits are 30 MILLION (the entire “Catholic” USA population), a conservative calculation, considering the SIX MILLION pilgrims that visit Medjugorje yearly, since de mid 80’s.
The latest offering from Popeco Products?
did anyone get the gist of Guillermo’s screed? I must have been distracted…
Dear G B
Mary’s fruits!?
Forgive me but I’m really not sure what you mean?
Shalom
Dear Victor,
Those are enormous by any measure, if you count 30 MILLION plus Sacramental Reconciliations (the entire “Catholic” USA population).
Cordially
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(((Guillermo Bustamante { 01.18.12 at 9:17 pm } Dear Victor,
Those are enormous by any measure, if you count 30 MILLION plus Sacramental Reconciliations (the entire “Catholic” USA population).
Cordially.)))
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Dear G B,
With all due respect, what you said above, still does not tell me what you actually meant by using the expression “Mary’s fruits”?
Peace
Dear Victor,
Mary’s multiple miracles in Medjugorje, have as an outstanting FRUIT (one of numerous “Mary’s fruits”, undestand now?) the MILLIONS a year of Sacramental Reconciliations, again, in Medjugorje. She is busy in other sites too, perhaps not as glamorous in number of miracles.
Many reconversions were from MILLIONS of pilgrims distracted with “Cafetería” menus, & very far until that reconciliation from sharing her main occupation or fruit as she did in Caná: bringing us the gifts of Her Son.