Some happenings in May 2010

Miss Maisie at Calvin's soccer game!

Calvin on the soccer field.

Peter's birthday party with the family.

Calvin & Zachary at one of Zachary's game.

Sophie and Jim at one of Ethan and Owen's games.

Ethan showing us his style!

There he is, Owen!!

Dick with his two sisters, Marlene & Barbara, at Luke's baptism.

Luke is baptized by his grandfather who is a Deacon while his dad, Shawn Doherty, holds him. and mom and Auntie Kellie look on.

Watching Calvin and Maisie last week while mom worked!!

Happy Memorial Day, Everyone!!

A great picture (taken by Uncle Dan of course) of Jim marching in the parade.

Happy Birthday, Peter!!

Here's Peter on his Confirmation Day with Fr. Roche!

Happy Birthday, Peter!!

Hope your day is great!

Love you!!

Feast of the Visitation, Monday May 31, 2010

Visitation | Saint of the Day | AmericanCatholic.org

Today Mary took time to visit her cousin Elizabeth because she knew that Elizabeth needed her help. She gave of herself that her cousin might have an easier time.

Isn't that what we are all asked to do each and every day? To give of ourselves that others might have an easier time? But doesn't the human condition desire to make life easier for ourselves and not care what we take from others in order to obtain that end? It is when we search our own hearts and discover the sin in our own lives that we truly become compassionate and caring people. It is when we recognize this sin in our own lives and forgive ourselves that we can then forgive others.

The English language has only one word for love. It's the same word we use when we say we love our spouse or we love our car. But does it mean the same? Sometimes it does. If we treat our spouse or others as an object for our use than the word love means the same in both cases. But God calls us to a deeper and more meaningful love of others. A self-sacrificing love where we give up all in order to give everything of ourselves to the other. And the return is tremendous. But we are incapable of this great self-sacrificing love just because of our human condition. Why do think God sent Jesus to walk in our midst? He came to love us back from the darkness of sin and death. We experience eternal death even here on earth when we do not walk in the presence of God. Remember always that hell is not a place but a state of mind and it is always the absence of God.

Love one another today with the self-sacrificing love called Agape! We know from the Bible what love is:

Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. (1 Corinthians 13)

We have heard it read at just about every wedding. But how many marriages truly are built on this kind of love? Remember what love is not -

It is not ignoring the needs of another.

It is not screaming and yelling to make oneself heard.

It is not desiring things over the beloved.

It is not how much money you make.

It is not how big your home is.

It is not how nice your car is.

It is about what you give and how much you give up and how important God is in your life.

God bless!!

The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, Sunday May 30, 2010

Taken from the May Magnificat (pg 405):
The Catechism teaches that "by sending his only Son and the spirit of Love in the fullness of time, God has revealed his innermost secret: God himself is an eternal exchange of love, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and he has destined us to share in that exchange" (221). "The complete Trinity dwells in us" (R.P. Philippon). By worshipping the Trinity we realize the full truth of ourselves. "In the communion of grace with the Trinity, man's 'living area' is broadened and raised up to the supernatural level of divine life. Man lives in God and by God" (Pope John Paul II).

We live in God and God lives in us whether we believe in the existence of God or not. Whether we worship him or not. We can deny him but he cannot deny us. He is our creator and he knows everything about us. Turn to him in prayer and adoration and you will be amazed at the difference he makes in your life!

God bless!!

The Captain of My Ship

We all want to be the captain of our own ships. But it's pretty amazing how when things do not go well we blame the Captain of all Ships, our God. What do we do however when there is no God in our lives? Do we then blame ourselves when life goes awry? Can you imagine working on a boat and you are at the wheel and the captain tells you what you should do to keep the boat and everyone on it safe and you decide to do it your way instead? Then you hit the sandbar and blame the captain. He should have been more explicit I guess or you should have followed his directions instead. That's what life is all about - following the guidance of our ever loving God. But the human condition is such that we do our own thing instead and then place blame when it does not go well.

God is pure love and he loves us all whether we love him or not. He sees the whole picture and wants to guide us down the road or through the sea of life. Most of us today do not want to listen to his guidance. We trade infinite happiness for finite happiness and wonder why it doesn't last forever. We give up the pleasures of eternity for the moments of pleasure that we gain on this earth. We listen to the voice of lies rather than to the voice of truth. We can see, feel and touch the lies, but we are insensitive to the truths that lie in moral absolutism. There has never been a society of relativism that has survived. As Dr. Peter Kreeft tells us -  that society will either be the first in history to survive; or that society will repent of its ways and turn to God; or that society will perish. We only have to look at the rise and fall of the Roman Empire to see what happens to a society that believes in abortion, same-sex marriage, and human embryo research. We are sliding down a slippery slope.
God bless!!

Saturday May 29, 2010

Our God watches; He waits; and He smiles down upon us with great love. He desires to change our stony hearts to hearts of flesh that we might understand and know his presence in our lives. He put his fingerprint on our very being when he created us in our mother's womb. He is always there; always present within - waiting, watching, and smiling because he loves us. We can deny his presence in our lives; but he will never deny us. We can choose to have other gods before choosing him, but he will continue to wait for us with great patience and great love. We know deep within that he is there, but we choose to run from him. We fear that if we give in to his will for us, we will lose our own wills. But what we don't know is that in giving up all for him, we gain all and our lives will never be the same. We live in chaos as we run from him; when we deny him. And he waits so patiently. He knows that our only choice is to turn to him fully and allow him to work completely in our lives so that he might lead us to the greatest joy. And then when we do finally turn to him we discover that no matter what comes into our lives, even suffering and sorrow, we carry it with great joy because we now live completely in his love. Come to him and discover the truth for it will set you free!
God bless!!

Saturday 8th Week in Ordinary Time - May 29, 2010

Saint Teresa of Avila:
"Whoever has not begun the practice of prayer, I beg for the love of the Lord not to go without so great a good. There is nothing here to fear but only something to desire. Even if there be no great progress, or much effort in reaching such perfection as to deserve the favor and mercies God bestows on the more generous, at least a person will come to understand the road leading to heaven. And if one perseveres, I trust then in the mercy of God, who never fails to repay anyone who has taken him for a friend. For mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone with him who we know loves us. In order that love be true and the friendship endure, the wills of the friends must be in accord... And if you do not yet love him as he loves you because you have not reached the degree of conformity with his will, you will endure this pain of spending a long while with one who is so different from you when you see how much it benefits you to possess his friendship and how much he loves you."
(Taken from the May Magnificat)

Wednesday May 26, 2010

"If we do what we have always done, we will get what we always got!" A saying I heard when active in a 12-step program. So true!!

Change came to me on a Saturday August 2, 1980 when an elderly gentleman from my parish knocked at my door and asked if I could say one rosary every day. I said that I could, not knowing fully the demand he had made on me. Not knowing completely just how much this was going to change me. But it was a beginning of a new day!

God bless!!

Tuesday May 25, 2010

When we open ourselves up to the presence of God in our lives, we change! Is that not a good thing? For most of us, we live daily with feelings of unrest which could include feelings of anger, resentment, unforgiveness, etc. But God's presence is like a well that is opened and the waters of Love are released. To know that we are loved ALWAYS is a great gift. But we can only receive this knowing by our first letting go of our will and allowing God to fill us.

God bless!!

Back to Ordinary Time!! Easter is over for this year!

On my walk this morning I was gifted with some sightings that were amazing. The first was a Cardinal, bright and cheery for the early morning. And then as I rounded the bend a deer came out of the woods, stood there for what seemed like minutes, staring at me and I frozen staring at him before he darted off. The last sighting was of a poor robin. I had seen him, and I'm sure it's the same one, a few days ago. He is obsessed with a window in one of the condos. He looks at himself in the window as if in a mirror and then pecks continuously, flying off now and then, but always coming back to the same spot. I feel sorry for him. It reminds me of total need and selfishness and the saying, "If you do what you have always done, you will get what you always gotten!" Our own selfish needs make us look in the mirror and see only ourselves and our wants. If we are being served and loved, it matters not if those serving and loving us are loved in return. I can only imagine that the little bird is looking for a mate and thinks the mirror of himself is what he needs and wants. But it's a futile desire. For when we look to meet only our needs and wants, we fail to see the bigger picture around us. Just like the little bird! If he were to drag himself away from the mirror of his image in the window, he might meet a mate flying through the air or perching in the trees. We too, when we learn to love others not because they serve our needs, but because they too are creatures created by the same God who desire love as we ourselves desire love. And it's a love without conditions. Since we are truly imperfect human beings, we desperately need to be loved unconditionally and always! When we can drag our inner eye away from the image of ourselves in the mirror of our souls, we will see the bigger picture of all that God created for us to enjoy and love. For God is love and it is in love that we find him.
God bless!!

Easter: Day Fifty, Pentecost Sunday May 23, 2010

Today is Pentecost Sunday, the last day of Easter. Today is the day the Holy Spirit filled the hearts of the apostles and gave them the gifts to fulfill the journey Jesus had set out for them.

Many of us live today in the darkness of Hell which is simply the absence of God in our lives. In this darkness we seek happiness from everything outside of ourselves instead of seeking true happiness which is the Trinitarian life of God which lives within all of us. Because we seek happiness outside, we tend to be very critical and judgmental of others. We do this because we expect that others will give us the happiness we seek. And if we cannot get that happiness from another, we seek it in things. It could be houses, cars, etc or it could be alcohol, drugs, etc.

We can live in the joy and light of Heaven here on earth when we discover the Trinitarian presence of God within. When we do this, we discover the sin in our own lives and it humbles us. Remember that pride was the first sin and continues to be the first sin. Our humility over our own weaknesses and faults will allow us to be compassionate, understanding and caring for those God has put into our lives. We can then find something good to say about the other each and every day where before we could only find something bad to say about the other. Seek God first and all good comes from that seeking. He lives the Trinitarian life within which is the love of God the Father for the Son and the love of God the Son for the Father which love produces the Holy Spirit. And the Holy Spirit desires to give us gifts -

• The gift of wisdom, by detaching us from the world, makes us relish and love only the things of heaven.
• The gift of understanding helps us to grasp the truths of religion as far as is necessary.
• The gift of counsel springs from supernatural prudence, and enables us to see and choose correctly what will help most to the glory of God and our own salvation.
• By the gift of fortitude we receive courage to overcome the obstacles and difficulties that arise in the practice of our religious duties.
• The gift of knowledge points out to us the path to follow and the dangers to avoid in order to reach heaven.
• The gift of piety, by inspiring us with a tender and filial confidence in God, makes us joyfully embrace all that pertains to His service.
• Lastly, the gift of fear fills us with a sovereign respect for God, and makes us dread, above all things, to offend Him.
  (Taken from New Advent - a great resource on the web)

And from the gifts of the Holy Spirit proceed the fruits which are our actions. You can tell that we are alive with God by the way we live. Those fruits are -
 St. Paul (Galatians 5:22-23): "But the fruit of the Spirit is, charity, joy, peace, patience, benignity, goodness, longanimity, mildness, faith, modesty, continency, chastity." 
(Taken from New Advent)
God yearns to give you the fullness of life. His love never fails and is always unconditional. If you grew up with a punishing God then you have much to learn. He is love - pure love - and love cannot not love!!
God bless!!

Happy Anniversary, Paul & Renee - 1999

Happy Anniversary, Paul & Renee!!

Easter: Day Forty-Nine, Saturday May 22, 2010

Galatians 5: 16-25
"Live in accord with the spirit and you will not yield to the cravings of the flesh. The fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patient endurance, kindness, generosity, faith, mildness and chastity. Since we live by the spirit, let us follow the spirit's lead."
God bless!

Easter: Day Forty-Eight, Friday May 21, 2010

"Paradoxical as it may seem, it would not even occur to a person - no, nor to an angel or saint - to desire contemplative love were it not already alive within him. I believe, too, that often our Lord deliberately chooses to work in those who have been habitual sinners rather than in those who , by comparison, have never grieved him at all. Yes, he seems to do this very often. For I think he wants us to realize that he is all-merciful and almighty, and that he is perfectly free to work as he pleases, where he pleases, and when he pleases."
The Cloud of Unknowing - author unknown

Easter: Day Forty-Seven Thursday May 20, 2010

1 Corinthians 2: 9-10
Eye has not seen, ear has not heard, nor has it so much as dawned on man what God has prepared for those who love him.

Yet God has revealed this wisdom to us through the Spirit. The Spirit scrutinizes all matters, even the deep things of God.

God bless!!

Easter: Day Forty-Six, Wednesday May 19, 2010

Ephesians 2: 8-10
By grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not from you; it is the gift of God; it is not from works, so no one may boast. For we are his handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for the good works that God has prepared in advance, that we should live in them.

St Teresa of Avila
Our best plan is to place ourselves in the Lord's presence, meditate upon his mercy and grace and upon our own lowliness, and leave him to give us what he wills... He knows best what is good for us.

God bless!!

Happy Anniversary, Adam & Elizabeth - 2007

Three years - one son - one daughter - and one brand new car!!

Happy Day!!

Love you!!

Easter: Day Forty-Five, Tuesday May 18, 2010

From the Magnificat:
Psalm 90: 12 - Make us know the shortness of our life that we may gain wisdom of heart.
"A human life may sometimes look too short to be worth much, but God, who sees the works of his hands from the perspective of enduring love, clothes even the passing wildflowers with splendor. We may be but a breath, a puff of wind, a handful of dust - but the breath of life that animates us is the Spirit of God!
God bless!!

Easter: Day Forty-Four, Monday May 17, 2010

Excerpts taken from "Theology and Sanity" by Frank Sheed:
"Of spirit we have already spoken as lacking the properties of matter... Spirit would still be something even if matter did not exist... material things have constituent parts, and spiritual things have not... a spirit has no parts: therefore it cannot be taken apart . It can exist only as a whole... What has parts can occupy space - space indeed may be thought of as the arrangement matter makes to spread its parts in... The air is beyond the reach of one particular sense, namely sight, because it lacks color. Spirit is beyond the reach of all the senses (and so of imagination) because it lacks all material qualities."

Some words to think about! Read the book! Wonder no more whether there is a God!! There is much more that we do not see nor do we understand just because we are material beings and the spirit is outside our realm of understanding. We can only imagine what our senses have experienced. What our senses have never experienced, we can never fully understand or begin to imagine.
God bless!!

Easter: Day Forty-Three, Seventh Sunday of Easter May 16, 2010

Today is the Day of the Lord. The Day God planned for us to not only rest, but to be fed by the Body and Blood of His Son Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This was planned from the beginning of time that we might taste the sweetness of Heaven while still on this earth. Blessed are those who receive Jesus' presence today!!
God bless!!

Easter: Day Forty-Two, Saturday May 15, 2010

Psalm 8:
How great is your name, O Lord our God, through all the earth!

Your majesty is praised above the the heavens: on the lips of children and of babes you have found praise to foil your enemy, to silence the foe and the rebel.

When I see the heavens, the work of your hands, the moon and the stars which you arranged, what is man that you should keep him in mind, mortal man that you care for him?

Yet you have made him little less than a god; with glory and honor you crowned him, gave him power over the works of your hand, put all things under his feet.

All of them, sheep and cattle, yes, even the savage beasts, birds of the air, and fish that make their way through the waters.

How great is your name, O Lord, our God, through all the earth!

God bless!!

Saint MatthiasApostle - May 14, 2010

St. Matthias, pray for us!!

Saint MatthiasApostle - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Easter: Day Forty-One, Friday May 14, 2010

Jesus ascended into Heaven and promised to send the Paraclete, the Holy Spirit. And the Spirit will give us these gifts:

1. Wisdom - desire for the things of God, and to direct our whole life and all our actions to His honor and glory
2. Understanding - enable us to know more clearly the mysteries of faith
3. Counsel - warn us of the deceits of the devil, and of the dangers to salvation
4. Fortitude - strengthen us to do the will of God in all things
5. Knowledge - enable us to discover the will of God in all things
6. Piety - love God as a Father, and obey Him because we love Him
7. Fear of the Lord - have a dread of sin and fear of offending God

In order to receive the gifts of the Holy Spirit, we must open our hearts and seek God's ever present Love. Be not afraid!! For this world is passing away and all that you desire here will be gone some day. Desire God first. For He will never pass away!

God bless!!

Ascension Thursday

Pray and reflect on the Ascension!

God bless!!

Lent Story - Catholic Online

Ascension Thursday - Day Forty, Thursday May 13, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI
"The meaning of Christ's Ascension expresses our belief that in Christ the humanity that we all share has entered into the inner life of God in a new and hitherto unheard of way. It means that man has found an everlasting place in God." It would be a mistake to interpret the Ascension as "the temporary absence of Christ from the world." Rather, "we go to heaven to the extent that we go to Jesus Christ and enter into him." Heaven is a person" "Jesus himself is what we call 'heaven.'"
God bless!!

Easter: Day Thirty-Nine, Wednesday May 12, 2010

God is everywhere! God is in all things and all people!! He is everything!! Then why do so few of us recognize His presence? Why are we not aware of His presence? We are all chosen! We live because He wills it. Everything we have and everything we are is because our good and loving God has willed it. He is patient and kind. He waits! He has eternity to wait. To wait for us to acknowledge His presence in our lives. And when we do, we come to a realization of just how much He loves us. If we truly see all the beauty and love that surrounds us each and every day, we would then only have a glimmer of the love that God has for us. He desires to give us everything, but He waits for us to choose Him first. We can see the beauty of this earth, but we don't realize it is only a shadow of the beauty of God. Take time today to thank God for His presence in your life. For His great love for you.
God bless!!

Easter: Day Thirty-Eight, Tuesday May 11, 2010

Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity
"'The Spirit himself gives witness with our spirit that we are children of God. But if we are children, we are heirs as well; I mean heirs of God and co-heirs with Jesus Christ if only we suffer with him so as to be glorified with him.' It is to bring us to this abyss of glory that God has created us in his image and likeness... This is the measure of holiness of the children of God: to be holy as God, to be holy with the holiness of God; and we do this by living close to him in the depths of the bottomless abyss 'within.'"
God bless!!

Michael O'Brien

Michael O'Brien - Harry Potter and the Paganization of Culture

What are the stories about Harry Potter doing to our culture??
http://www.studiobrien.com/writings_on_fantasy/preface-to-harry-potter-a-the-paganization-of-culture.html

Michael O

St. Damien of Molokai - May 10, 2010

Today is the feast day of St. Damien.
St. Damien of Molokai, pray for us!!

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Easter: Day Thirty-Seven, Monday May 10, 2010

Do you ever miss the reception of the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ? Do you ever yearn to go to the table of Our Lord and be fed? He calls us and desires our presence. And when we go, we go with deep humility and sorrow for the sin that has defaced our souls and marred our spirits. We go knowing that He alone can cleanse and heal and truly forgive us. He gave us this great sacrament to feed us and strengthen us for the journey. But he also gave us the great sacrament of confession so we can know our sins and share them with the person of Christ who forgives and heals us. Who longs to give us the sacramental graces we need to complete this journey and return to our Heavenly Home!
God bless!!

Happy Mother's Day!!

Paul and the gang, Liam, Keegan, and Zachary! 

Renee had already left for work!!

Beautiful tulips from Paul and family!

Another vase full was in the kitchen!!

Ethan and Owen with the biggest smiles!!

Beautiful geraniums from Peter and family!!

Didn't get the full picture of this!!

Sophie and Evan came on Saturday!!

Beautiful petunias from Jim and family!!

A little soggy from all the rain!

Easter: Day Thirty-Six, Sixth Sunday in Easter May 9, 2010

(I messed up the count for the days of Easter since I counted the first day as Monday instead of Easter Sunday.)

Today's Gospel - John 14:23-29

Jesus said to his disciples: "Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him. Whoever does not love me does not keep my words; yet the word you hear is not mine but that of the Father who sent me.

"I have told you this while I am with you. The Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and remind you of all that I told you. Peace I leave with you: my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid. You heard me tell you, 'I am going away and I will come back to you.' If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father; for the Father is greater than I. And now I have told you this before it happens, so that when it happens  you may believe."

Ascension Thursday is this week!! God bless!!

Friday Night game with the Doherty boys

Zachary, Liam, and Keegan holding the bottle cap in front of his face. It was either that or the bottle. He would not let me get a picture of his face. Next time!!

Easter: Day Thirty-Four, Saturday May 8, 2010

Luke 6: 45
A good person out of the store of goodness in his heart produces good; for from the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.
God bless!!

Easter: Day Thirty-Three, Friday May 7, 2010

From Magnificat:
"At the time, all discipline seems a cause not for joy but for pain, yet later it brings the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who are trained by it." (Heb 12: 11)

"When seen in the light of Easter joy, our sins can weigh us down with discouragement. Yet God's love does not deal in punishment as human vengeance does. God's love disciplines and prunes us in order to free and purify us - sometimes a painful process - so that we may not die like a withered branch but live and bear much fruit in the risen Christ."
God bless!!

Easter: Day Thirty-Two, Thursday May 6, 2010

We walk each day with the presence of the Trinitarian God within us - God loves the Son, the Son loves the Father and their love begets the Holy Spirit who desires to give us the gifts of wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety and fear of the Lord. In order to know the presence of God within we must open our hearts and receive his love.
“I will give them one heart, and put a new spirit within them; 

 I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh 

…then they shall be my people, I will be their God.” Ezekiel 11:19 

God bless!!

Easter: Day Thirty-One, Wednesday May 5, 2010

Father Bede Jarrett, O.P.
"The peace of the world meant that I had all that I desired, the peace of Christ that I desired no more than all I had."

Easter: Day Thirty, Tuesday May 4, 2010

From the Magnificat:
"Jesus shows us the way to true peace: obedience to the Father's will rather than to the clamor of self-interest. In living as he lived, we not only live in peace ourselves, we also make a place of peace for all those around us."
God bless!!

Sts. Philip and James - May 3, 2010

Happy Feast Day, James!!
Sts. Philip and James, pray for us!!

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Easter: Day Twenty-Nine, Monday May 3, 2010

Blessed Teresa of Calcutta -
"The less we have, the more we give. Seems absurd, but it's the logic of love."...

True love causes pain. Jesus, in order to give us the proof of his love, died on the cross. A mother, in order to give birth to her baby, has to suffer. If you really love one another, you will not be able to avoid making sacrifices.

The poor do not need our condescending attitude or our pity They only need our love and our tenderness.

To me, Jesus is the Life I want to live, the Light I want to reflect, the Way to the Father, the Love I want to express, the joy I want to share, the Peace I want to sow around me. Jesus is everything to me.

If faith is scarce, it is because there is too much selfishness in the world, too much egoism. Faith, in order to be authentic, has to be generous and giving. Love and faith go hand in hand...

God has created us so we do small things with great love. I believe in that great love, that comes, or should come from our heart, should start at home: with my family, my neighbors across the street, those right next door. And this love should then reach everyone.

God bless!!

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Here's a cute video promoting the book, "Small Steps".

Enjoy!!

Easter: Day Twenty-Eight, Fifth Sunday in Easter, May 2, 2010

From St. Faustina's messages:

"Fourth Day: Today bring to Me those who do no believe in God and those who do not yet know me.

I was thinking also of them during My bitter Passion, and their future zeal comforted My Heart. Immerse them in the ocean of My mercy.

Most compassionate Jesus, You are the Light of the whole world. Receive into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart the souls of those who do not believe in God and of those who as yet do not know You. Let the rays of Your grace enlighten them that they, too, together with us, may extol Your wonderful mercy; and do not let them escape from the abode which is Your Most Compassionate Heart.

Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon the souls of those who do not believe in You, and of those who as yet do not know You, but who are enclosed in the Most compassionate Heart of Jesus. Draw them to the light of the Gospel. These souls do not know what great happiness it is to love You. Grant that they, too, may extol the generosity of Your mercy for endless ages. Amen."

God bless!!

The Feast of Joseph the Worker: The 'Gospel of Work' and our Contemporary Challenge - May 1, 2010

St. Joseph, pray for us!

St. Joseph, pray for all workers, especially those who are unemployed!

St. Joseph, pray for all fathers, especially those who find fatherhood difficult!

St. Joseph, pray for us!!

The Feast of Joseph the Worker: The 'Gospel of Work' and our Contemporary Challenge - U.S. News - Catholic Online

Easter: Day Twenty-Seven, Saturday May 1, 2010

The Way, the Truth, and the Life
"This is proof that 'no one comes, but through me,' while the words, 'and the truth, and the life,' are the proof that these statements will be fulfilled without exception. 'If I am the Truth, then nothing is false on my part, and, if I am also the Life, not even death itself will be able to prevent you from coming to me. Besides, if I am the Way, you will not be in want of a guide; and if I am the Truth, there is nothing false in what I have said; and if I am the Life, even though you die you will receive the fulfillment of my word.'...(The disciples) took great comfort from the idea of 'the Way.' He meant: 'Well, then, if I am in control of bringing men to the Father, you will come there, without a doubt.'"
(Saint John Chrysostom)