tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68202692516180246812024-03-13T02:10:05.703-04:00Mercedarian FormationMy Journey with the MercedariansPatrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00911655532157688702noreply@blogger.comBlogger300125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820269251618024681.post-73703693434915782312010-09-05T20:56:00.002-04:002010-09-05T20:57:51.756-04:00Taking a break from the blog till next spring, 2011Please keep me in your prayers and know that I will be praying for all my followers and all people of the world! Prayer warriors unite!Patrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00911655532157688702noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820269251618024681.post-86235189250695677012010-09-01T08:52:00.002-04:002010-09-01T08:57:26.225-04:00Mercedarian Beggars<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7GXMppOrTek-SWuMW8Uks_TsuAvk9HzSGRL8dfJeE9lMZiBoOvWdB_IJ5UjSZ5F8uuH_0jZ0xmm5y3U2LuYvXEzWThO2skxlb_EekOeodTr_iO2FwdftmlaXZEB2S0PG9Bmm2ca8Y0b7m/s1600/DSC_0584.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 261px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7GXMppOrTek-SWuMW8Uks_TsuAvk9HzSGRL8dfJeE9lMZiBoOvWdB_IJ5UjSZ5F8uuH_0jZ0xmm5y3U2LuYvXEzWThO2skxlb_EekOeodTr_iO2FwdftmlaXZEB2S0PG9Bmm2ca8Y0b7m/s400/DSC_0584.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511928394709057794" /></a><br />Mercedarians are also a group of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendicant_orders">mendicant orders</a>, casually known as beggars. One of the historical writers of our order, Brodman, speaks of this.Patrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00911655532157688702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820269251618024681.post-76696790543108680952010-08-31T08:54:00.000-04:002010-08-31T08:54:34.712-04:00Mercedarian Formation: Solemnity of Saint Raymond Nonnatus<a href="http://patrickhartmercedarian.blogspot.com/2010/08/solemnity-of-saint-raymond-nonnatus.html">Mercedarian Formation: Solemnity of Saint Raymond Nonnatus</a>Patrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00911655532157688702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820269251618024681.post-3028226198091643502010-08-31T08:44:00.003-04:002010-08-31T08:53:45.755-04:00Solemnity of Saint Raymond Nonnatus<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg8x1Zp4AoU5YjNNHC1VFIPfJyanow5Lmq_mQIgNpC24PY0_4zomBuRNwX7HgNK1ZCKenlGwlGSyMbUsjQoTZdoH3n3z7_v2l8bZMfSMb4oCpKK-Sk7jYcxNmy94XoD0xNC2tnDaSjj1Y8/s1600/DSC_0501.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 261px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg8x1Zp4AoU5YjNNHC1VFIPfJyanow5Lmq_mQIgNpC24PY0_4zomBuRNwX7HgNK1ZCKenlGwlGSyMbUsjQoTZdoH3n3z7_v2l8bZMfSMb4oCpKK-Sk7jYcxNmy94XoD0xNC2tnDaSjj1Y8/s400/DSC_0501.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511555772403935138" /></a><br />Mercedarians around the world celebrate the solemnity of our most recognized saint: <a href="http://http://www.salvemariaregina.info/SalveMariaRegina/SMR-149/Nonnatus.htm">Saint Raymond Nonnatus</a>. He is the patron of the unborn, Christian families and expectant mothers and midwives. I have a sister and a sister in law that are expecting. St. Raymond, please intercede and ensure all expectant mothers, especially Emily and Christine that they have healthy deliveries without incidences and that the babies are perfectly healthy, holy and live a long life of virtue, pro-life values, saintliness and charity to all people in the catholic faith!Patrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00911655532157688702noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820269251618024681.post-48447547403498474862010-08-30T13:14:00.002-04:002010-08-30T13:18:20.480-04:00Novice master quotesAs the phone rings, "It's the Vatican!"<div><br /></div><div>as we go out the door to work, "CBS News on the move!"</div><div><br /></div><div>as you make a joke, "Laugh it up!"</div><div><br /></div><div>May Our Lord and Lady and St. Peter Nolasco bless our beloved Fr. Euguene!</div>Patrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00911655532157688702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820269251618024681.post-50148187016940158142010-08-30T11:58:00.003-04:002010-08-30T12:15:01.656-04:00First book report of novitiateBetter said, we have a spiritual book report due on the novice masters choice of books. This month it was <i>Called to Communion: Understanding the Church Today</i> by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger. Here are some quotes that stood out for me:<div><br /></div><div>"New Testament as a whole strikingly demonstrates the primacy of Peter; we have seen that the formative development of tradition and of the Church supposed the continuation of Peter's authority in Rome as an intrinsic condition. The Roman primacy is not an invention of the popes, but an essential element of ecclesial unity that goes back to the Lord and was developed faithfully in the nascent Church." pg. 72.</div><div><br /></div><div>In reference to St. Peter's primacy...</div><div><br /></div><div>"The men in question (apostles) are so glaringly, so blatantly unequal to this function that the very empowerment of man to be the rock makes evident how little it is they who sustain the Church but God alone who does so, who does so more in spite of men than through them." pg. 73.</div><div><br /></div><div>"The reconciliation with God that the Eucharist offers always demands reconciliation with one's brother as a prior condition (Matt: 5:23)" pg. 79.</div><div><br /></div><div> "What is great and liberating about the Church is not something man-made but the gift that is given to us all. This gift is not the product of our own will and invention but precedes us and comes to meet us as the incomprehensible reality that is "greater than our heart" (1 John 3:20)" pg. 140.</div>Patrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00911655532157688702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820269251618024681.post-37395876820944336002010-08-30T10:53:00.004-04:002010-08-30T10:59:31.565-04:00Weekend visitors2<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz8strNhO8fgXniYmh3lO7Tv4GUOROmZ4r0cqrrMCInOPPkGop7Kf8a7-A8BrwOymOxNmGMFECQBI4wow70x4LoClMVqunNx6QV5rdB_zCoDEPzkQXWAMF-GjNT6ZDIUWXp85VwK3FE2qP/s1600/DSC_0542.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz8strNhO8fgXniYmh3lO7Tv4GUOROmZ4r0cqrrMCInOPPkGop7Kf8a7-A8BrwOymOxNmGMFECQBI4wow70x4LoClMVqunNx6QV5rdB_zCoDEPzkQXWAMF-GjNT6ZDIUWXp85VwK3FE2qP/s400/DSC_0542.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511217661744547618" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSzUabBmB9HhnZf0A8z_o6vdogLxFaAswfL7Mpiz2NtAqLlUOStQ9Bf_zLOhyphenhyphenr6_jHXiZXkOIF8QVqTDaaRE1PFY09WKOCCkugxxGAw5DEyEYvaqF2KLw8IRmoGXxfF1W1rsaAeyerRIEa/s1600/DSC_0543.JPG"><img style="float:left; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 233px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifJEWNCfNg2OKhmSI0cU-25wS0UBFQBjD-fBInKujwrxJqemlvHeogksTnG99v2HVCd8plywstRKtW_xCo-J9t5pMyyDv-CkTyQ_jI0nzMYQrEJXjO_p1IZQ5PQLAMOWgHT4BaQcUbEZQL/s400/DSC_0330.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509398601699372866" /></a><br />The novitiate reading involves a lot of articles and books about the origins of religious life, which of course is Jesus Himself and trying to closely live out the gospel. The reason consecrated life, the more correct term, seems at times to be irrelevant is the encroachment of the pagan world, a place where we all live. We all have to deal with the present moment we find ourselves and to find a way to communicate the gospel to those who are deepest estranged from living the gospel message. Mercedarians are particularly focused on redeeming those in captivity, whatever form that captivity may take. Consecrated life blossoms from families and people of faith, though not necessarily Catholic, yet none-the-less. God calls, no matter your situation, but it helps if you have the disposition to hear it because a family is already prayerful and open to different vocations. As you can read in this picture, "hearing the message" is often more about being disposed, quiet enough to hear it, and observant enough to see how it is manifesting itself over time. Do you want to live the gospel as close a possible? Do you have a desire to give yourself whole-heartedly to Jesus and Mary? Do you want to do great things for God? Have attempts at dating and married life gone awry, despite your best efforts? Do you have a great desire to be a martyr for the faith, or be heroic in saving souls? Maybe you have a vocation to be a consecrated religious? <div><br /></div><div>Consider asking Jesus and Mary to give you the grace to see, understand, know and feel what your true vocation is. Ask Our Lady to grant you the grace to see the fruits of your vocation and know your vocation you've had your whole life. God doesn't make mistakes, we do. So we have to detach ourselves from sin and vice of all sorts and ask Jesus to show us how to see and then see the way He wants us to see so that we can find our true vocation. It worked for me, it can work for you. Peace and blessed discernment to all those who seek the true vocation of their life.</div>Patrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00911655532157688702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820269251618024681.post-9871241476922321232010-08-25T07:41:00.002-04:002010-08-25T07:45:15.173-04:00Catechesis conference<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhpmPx1uo1nMMxq2WxvehHqfKWO7xshEUmir-8fvOQ5OLIH9wdwWPku8VEXOmu3r9ZKnGLtJ5LfDq90vO9W_P2VqwkX88m-cI5UjXm268HOSrmkj8H_JQqvSvGNRjhWBzsSGfsHxnMquLa/s1600/DSC_0282.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 261px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhpmPx1uo1nMMxq2WxvehHqfKWO7xshEUmir-8fvOQ5OLIH9wdwWPku8VEXOmu3r9ZKnGLtJ5LfDq90vO9W_P2VqwkX88m-cI5UjXm268HOSrmkj8H_JQqvSvGNRjhWBzsSGfsHxnMquLa/s400/DSC_0282.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509312179448072114" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaYWLoIlg8g3InMZx2aYBliWhpAsVo9_FmVobSKECPZnu76f0taALxGQoeYXvvHL0gRg0UcB28Jy7IL1b4q9AZPsZUKJNqlWWK5gQ_TFrVAxBxoJy8KxTSrAq76vNz1G3sn9QhOQTjRQEM/s1600/DSC_0280.JPG"><img style="float:left; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7u1dMhXtZA7mP2KKVQwuZYs4KJF-44EoIB2b9NdsI0gBXF3YuiIj7n1w4koWV255r2xkuCjrwx5ebKyi2tOtZ0kZp1OKNXb9mPhPUgVNwI5WZQi-24SGnIcTBWmxuaoo8rkiXTuvOVjYU/s400/DSC_0392.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509160205237057506" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOUaNloWOnUKmzOXHjsAvMtCilDelwlzLUgHh29nMeyNKfPzwbBpCGkDF_eq5cTGfHkuvisIyTwIoL1Pz7P0-ijjYFUFXzglmLcNzh7N6QWOmVdbV8xIkD89IZ2k1Re3cE6yKwEpytFE9p/s1600/DSC_0396.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 261px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOUaNloWOnUKmzOXHjsAvMtCilDelwlzLUgHh29nMeyNKfPzwbBpCGkDF_eq5cTGfHkuvisIyTwIoL1Pz7P0-ijjYFUFXzglmLcNzh7N6QWOmVdbV8xIkD89IZ2k1Re3cE6yKwEpytFE9p/s400/DSC_0396.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509160197041539010" /></a><br />I had an eventful day and God the Father gave us a truly extraordinary cloud cover and sunset! May Our Heavenly Father be blessed forever and ever with great love for His Creation and Generosity!Patrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00911655532157688702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820269251618024681.post-42333609337232692342010-08-20T16:35:00.002-04:002010-08-20T16:43:54.803-04:00Called to Communion<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5vuUJpOpJhyoPEIVm1FXyj1iB8rEu6HilVNes7S5z47EJFdX1mVOOZk3ZNul3RmQ4uwfI0TC8qyxZhjTUu13ipemErLVrRUNzBKmGkMDMDiyLO2DZLyW88YS3lW8N_29um4hM6iGgYOR0/s1600/DSC_0147.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 261px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5vuUJpOpJhyoPEIVm1FXyj1iB8rEu6HilVNes7S5z47EJFdX1mVOOZk3ZNul3RmQ4uwfI0TC8qyxZhjTUu13ipemErLVrRUNzBKmGkMDMDiyLO2DZLyW88YS3lW8N_29um4hM6iGgYOR0/s400/DSC_0147.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507595592788989538" /></a><br />My monthly book report is coming due at the end of August so I'm starting to piece together my paper, despite my occasional blocks. Here are some notable quotes from our beloved Pope Benedict XVI, writing as Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger:<div><br /></div><div>"Morality retains its seriousness only where there is forgiveness--real forgiveness ensured by authority; otherwise it lapses back into the pure empty conditional." pg. 151</div><div><br /></div><div>"He who loves desires to know." pg. 130</div><div><br /></div><div>"If loving Christ implies getting to know him, it follows that the willingness to undertake committed and careful study is a sign of the seriousness of one's vocation ad of the earnest inward search for intimacy with him." pg. 130</div><div><br /></div><div>"...throughout her history, the Church will have to apply constant care that an excess of human structures does not disguise her authentic spiritual center." pg. 94</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Patrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00911655532157688702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820269251618024681.post-46230979263264272602010-08-19T09:50:00.003-04:002010-08-19T22:03:46.148-04:00Off to grocery shopping...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIXvgH6Tcp59mMnaKxoSF8Fi9N13mx2-6uHds600vcJF1gc-aYq6_OmpYI9m54OXL9Rb7ftwsiDLXoQnLKzLXYcLLupDSGYcWqFaJeefy0zkEyj-Bn2F6p-EoIovD3daHnzCiObCXmZ_MQ/s1600/DSC_0128.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 328px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIXvgH6Tcp59mMnaKxoSF8Fi9N13mx2-6uHds600vcJF1gc-aYq6_OmpYI9m54OXL9Rb7ftwsiDLXoQnLKzLXYcLLupDSGYcWqFaJeefy0zkEyj-Bn2F6p-EoIovD3daHnzCiObCXmZ_MQ/s400/DSC_0128.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507119245011594098" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV21JIZnJyqN6OdG9SNozlijvPq5wwOz3MwK7_jzd5jWxKiSQPGwiDQP_P9_WpZfcv1dHyaERvaMm3R9wSVuY9ywLKwRR4crx5lortPxFIaHT3gJK76zCUyJH19Fl3Gw9rWmgoH4_nyjqy/s1600/DSC_0119.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV21JIZnJyqN6OdG9SNozlijvPq5wwOz3MwK7_jzd5jWxKiSQPGwiDQP_P9_WpZfcv1dHyaERvaMm3R9wSVuY9ywLKwRR4crx5lortPxFIaHT3gJK76zCUyJH19Fl3Gw9rWmgoH4_nyjqy/s400/DSC_0119.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507119242149493090" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg7M1FltsDk4y6v8IeQwEefm9EEsj4Kp7zFCCI8L2Y2AYqByenFQikWNjze-C-6aO9Bri-6h9D1g19XxSmB2jtt-gEh4xTixsCpLQV4W90H8rug5nF7FBoi2o99Pb_pk5vOh_YGpSj5eb3/s1600/DSC_0103.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg7M1FltsDk4y6v8IeQwEefm9EEsj4Kp7zFCCI8L2Y2AYqByenFQikWNjze-C-6aO9Bri-6h9D1g19XxSmB2jtt-gEh4xTixsCpLQV4W90H8rug5nF7FBoi2o99Pb_pk5vOh_YGpSj5eb3/s400/DSC_0103.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507119232908939922" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrsIocA1ku7pCbpsgYAWGMFr42a52PEd6j8kfPGxVsJGx16ti5BQRmqhIn62_MmiqWe6NlDGIAeX2N6vMrfa_sOiWe9EAxBXBZat6YMXu2Z-45P2m3RDrwaPjfasapb4XKYZYe3dnCaWBg/s1600/DSC_0094.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrsIocA1ku7pCbpsgYAWGMFr42a52PEd6j8kfPGxVsJGx16ti5BQRmqhIn62_MmiqWe6NlDGIAeX2N6vMrfa_sOiWe9EAxBXBZat6YMXu2Z-45P2m3RDrwaPjfasapb4XKYZYe3dnCaWBg/s400/DSC_0094.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507119227382978978" /></a><br />Last night afforded a great evening sky for about 20 minutes. I scurried to get my gear set for the right shot and was getting a blood transfusion by the hordes of mosquitos. Don't let anybody tell you a northern climate doesn't have mosquitos...I'm sure they called all their buddies to suck me pale last night! Despite all that I was happy that God gave several good pictures to take back to the computer. Praise be Our Heavenly Father!Patrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00911655532157688702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820269251618024681.post-17157521528431335842010-08-18T15:13:00.002-04:002010-08-18T15:31:38.585-04:00Nursing home<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGxKht9cy53GjhuKlGpuKEYuE-ku3PZMa28soGuh9p08WrB2x2Ygak0BT2k0jhuXB9fJF1AQUb3ExUCpyz2bzeH9brXxWnrvTwcm15pzBZ9sLsMhQJh3sscvuNDpApYOrvW9EBimUN3Opd/s1600/DSC_0061.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGxKht9cy53GjhuKlGpuKEYuE-ku3PZMa28soGuh9p08WrB2x2Ygak0BT2k0jhuXB9fJF1AQUb3ExUCpyz2bzeH9brXxWnrvTwcm15pzBZ9sLsMhQJh3sscvuNDpApYOrvW9EBimUN3Opd/s400/DSC_0061.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506834751468105058" /></a><br />Fr. Eugene, my novice master, had me come with him to mass at local nursing home here in LeRoy. 195 beds! We met in the lunch room and set up an ad hoc altar amidst about 20 residents. I had a conversation with a resident who wanted to know if it was okay for her to sit in on mass, even though she wasn't catholic. Recognizing her good intentions, I said, "yes", and then began to tell the story of <a href="http://http://www.catholicity.com/cds/downloads/mp3.html">Scott Hahn's conversion story</a> that involved sitting in the back of a catholic mass and discovering how much scripture was in the mass, how it all made sense the way it was put together. After mass, Father went around to several rooms and distributed Our Eucharistic Lord to those who were bedridden. What a graced time to bring Jesus to people!<div><br /></div><div>I also had an opportunity to talk about St. Joseph. How God chose him in all of time for to be the earthly provider and protector of the Blessed Virgin Mary. And so, God was also giving us a model saint to call upon to provide and protect us as well in our lives and needs. Looking to pay off a house, I told her to pray to <a href="http://http://www.bulin.com/stjoe/sjprayer.html">St. Joseph</a> or <a href="http://http://www.wf-f.org/OurLadyGoodRemedy.html">Our Lady of Good Remedy</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div>What a great day when you get to talk about the faith with those who are open and believing!</div><div><br /></div>Patrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00911655532157688702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820269251618024681.post-87092214688980871832010-08-13T15:32:00.004-04:002010-08-13T15:44:55.428-04:00Hobby<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4hoJ5PG0ERNh37dDC_oB8JMdvbn_NLZUsj1ul-PGFEKx-M_8hXXHH7x3MjWvA1P_OopMU_NldH5eF5443as1J_RMHjXnaKZUWhrwyzEyL7wj6CVH9fviBsJq7yNzXwNZPj4nJUA3jWsfp/s1600/DSC_9963.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 295px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4hoJ5PG0ERNh37dDC_oB8JMdvbn_NLZUsj1ul-PGFEKx-M_8hXXHH7x3MjWvA1P_OopMU_NldH5eF5443as1J_RMHjXnaKZUWhrwyzEyL7wj6CVH9fviBsJq7yNzXwNZPj4nJUA3jWsfp/s400/DSC_9963.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504982786685961986" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivxiDg-ZRRwjP4dyrzoi714KJpk_qUTJoDQ_iNu6USaLaxs_v9oRx1g84fzhyihme3HpmheGENDMZ0k0NZMml_L1xXtUj1OyXf4nC5ZIQb5xrtf3FNcRtxnFxW_1HHEG2uncLMrnXMWcaL/s1600/DSC_9960.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 261px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivxiDg-ZRRwjP4dyrzoi714KJpk_qUTJoDQ_iNu6USaLaxs_v9oRx1g84fzhyihme3HpmheGENDMZ0k0NZMml_L1xXtUj1OyXf4nC5ZIQb5xrtf3FNcRtxnFxW_1HHEG2uncLMrnXMWcaL/s400/DSC_9960.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504982778855952802" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZ77yFqDkwj7HprZ6oqpv1TIKv_SWIdyZjYzBv13dsrjscEP7RHrUkADWMBUtoIItbpWP544m8aFqLAaFOBrvil8h1ZoOoAMX9KcmVY6b-r3H03BURo5bblJAqtWUEsh1pntbsPr-CFDq/s1600/DSC_9956.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZ77yFqDkwj7HprZ6oqpv1TIKv_SWIdyZjYzBv13dsrjscEP7RHrUkADWMBUtoIItbpWP544m8aFqLAaFOBrvil8h1ZoOoAMX9KcmVY6b-r3H03BURo5bblJAqtWUEsh1pntbsPr-CFDq/s400/DSC_9956.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504982768085531842" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYLyCrGmNMB9Q3kXGgWDJElnQ9gQB1f7x2EvdevEkFTfNdsX4Fh1g_jDInsqrh0J4Dn5J1jdt7mNMfXwyzb1WPU7HQkVsMog1ddfgF1E9TShyphenhyphen6QYlaL36gxwZeuHD7WZD-CfljRSFpsCQ1/s1600/DSC_9950.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYLyCrGmNMB9Q3kXGgWDJElnQ9gQB1f7x2EvdevEkFTfNdsX4Fh1g_jDInsqrh0J4Dn5J1jdt7mNMfXwyzb1WPU7HQkVsMog1ddfgF1E9TShyphenhyphen6QYlaL36gxwZeuHD7WZD-CfljRSFpsCQ1/s400/DSC_9950.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504982760331804994" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoCSx60FyBnko6zLc_bEeiymFPNVX5ZBRsn7boUb29dXIAbd9BOSlN3MhUmHxZZtpOYWTRW55zL-p49LzSruoVLFjPbiwPQG2A83G83Gc0uNFeu4FMmU0_5Fu2RuKEvAlZv-lAaU7v06l1/s1600/DSC_9932.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 261px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoCSx60FyBnko6zLc_bEeiymFPNVX5ZBRsn7boUb29dXIAbd9BOSlN3MhUmHxZZtpOYWTRW55zL-p49LzSruoVLFjPbiwPQG2A83G83Gc0uNFeu4FMmU0_5Fu2RuKEvAlZv-lAaU7v06l1/s400/DSC_9932.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504982751840095186" /></a><br />I've noticed when I engage in my hobby of photography, it frees me up to live my faith because I can be spontaneous and creative. Many creative people fear they will lose their inspiration, but after having lost it several times and then having been shown by Our Lord how to regain it, you trust it will always be there. If only we could remember how we were found and reborn again in creativity and spontaneity.Patrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00911655532157688702noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820269251618024681.post-26573516413748643782010-08-07T15:43:00.001-04:002010-08-07T15:47:38.496-04:00St. Joseph Oratory<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMeZMDYYcVba0tI_AynyX5t0cSXXDFc7q9pNvvYx9eqVXizs5LyItbQ_LW6XxAj3FdJhHuSs6zllopTMPbmo1nhG9Hr5XjiReR5ksBPhTO9i20XHl_AxYV9trKqOXsO8i4Tns5uL6ddg3N/s1600/DSC_9678.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 198px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMeZMDYYcVba0tI_AynyX5t0cSXXDFc7q9pNvvYx9eqVXizs5LyItbQ_LW6XxAj3FdJhHuSs6zllopTMPbmo1nhG9Hr5XjiReR5ksBPhTO9i20XHl_AxYV9trKqOXsO8i4Tns5uL6ddg3N/s400/DSC_9678.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502756910069346210" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_iek-Z0_udkjJuSFdUn9K0eCk3wW1zPTU3Gr-qK2xGGlQPM0fzl97LCpiUCP1D7ib1F1iRTh_PsuHsC47LyuAMPAfKDfaRSRcPeX8prthQd9BkrCiA1djsEgPdl7NvhJ6f_6P0CSWDhxG/s1600/DSC_9677.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 236px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_iek-Z0_udkjJuSFdUn9K0eCk3wW1zPTU3Gr-qK2xGGlQPM0fzl97LCpiUCP1D7ib1F1iRTh_PsuHsC47LyuAMPAfKDfaRSRcPeX8prthQd9BkrCiA1djsEgPdl7NvhJ6f_6P0CSWDhxG/s400/DSC_9677.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502756904614372194" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioA2gmzrvUETfVVAHlpa6-oZGU9PNw599sLZOrfPKfu56Ad5C9UB7Rd9SAcJY4aA_CqzWWbKU2iyrdxcHeLfUAfye_sycsiTL6tcGR9RyJ0yHQc-aEYkGY_8E6zMJNfXlCp2PEPk0Lkecn/s1600/DSC_9676.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 317px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioA2gmzrvUETfVVAHlpa6-oZGU9PNw599sLZOrfPKfu56Ad5C9UB7Rd9SAcJY4aA_CqzWWbKU2iyrdxcHeLfUAfye_sycsiTL6tcGR9RyJ0yHQc-aEYkGY_8E6zMJNfXlCp2PEPk0Lkecn/s400/DSC_9676.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502756897370288210" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG00Z64sDGD9qa6ne7PN86kp18BnHhwfMHjyk5H3evsa7GXqFVAQj2DdxA-QtkLcFslpmcnqAEiesi_K78O3040xlGLTuY5g7OTZrXAt0wt9ufHRRYxfPFN_y0ct1pOECt15Qt_mUVzFVF/s1600/DSC_9690.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 261px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG00Z64sDGD9qa6ne7PN86kp18BnHhwfMHjyk5H3evsa7GXqFVAQj2DdxA-QtkLcFslpmcnqAEiesi_K78O3040xlGLTuY5g7OTZrXAt0wt9ufHRRYxfPFN_y0ct1pOECt15Qt_mUVzFVF/s400/DSC_9690.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502756888277849682" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghqcFncBmXfO6nQoVzfiD1QxaVCU7CO389rhR-ncZeHAnV1ZD0qOySTjlXxxBlrBmzj0zWbbwkMp1Js9Nq-zf-Y_8JjaezKlj49hDB5UerElsUWYxFKmLWW5MIVnmY3KM2WW-IqFvZ56lJ/s1600/DSC_9662.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 342px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghqcFncBmXfO6nQoVzfiD1QxaVCU7CO389rhR-ncZeHAnV1ZD0qOySTjlXxxBlrBmzj0zWbbwkMp1Js9Nq-zf-Y_8JjaezKlj49hDB5UerElsUWYxFKmLWW5MIVnmY3KM2WW-IqFvZ56lJ/s400/DSC_9662.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502756879976232466" /></a>Patrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00911655532157688702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820269251618024681.post-74868546724858111572010-08-04T08:51:00.002-04:002010-08-04T08:53:29.801-04:00Br. David gets air<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS6D7FQYTogzdfACPvTHokg_rSHQJnJVcvcCm7YA6nF0sJ71p6dNyqh-m5uK-p-Z7BfcXT8blZCF9y7oFfx38eM99B0syiODlP6IyNActWiU93sz6b5Pz2_EFy069gSznlZbjJR8Szuhfn/s1600/DSC_9622.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 261px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS6D7FQYTogzdfACPvTHokg_rSHQJnJVcvcCm7YA6nF0sJ71p6dNyqh-m5uK-p-Z7BfcXT8blZCF9y7oFfx38eM99B0syiODlP6IyNActWiU93sz6b5Pz2_EFy069gSznlZbjJR8Szuhfn/s400/DSC_9622.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501536989908423810" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmnLB9ctRgqYF44yyyqUV1WPJPbzs-WZXu3ZHYuNrwawkJ3R53DAxmaokvDbBRHyv6tFG4U-qOcgUoxScGdAPg2W5NuSga7WGBLizpTy4BCqGWGaiGBoH-0vt-3tAu4uVG6SQVXEnlFwDu/s1600/DSC_9621.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 261px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmnLB9ctRgqYF44yyyqUV1WPJPbzs-WZXu3ZHYuNrwawkJ3R53DAxmaokvDbBRHyv6tFG4U-qOcgUoxScGdAPg2W5NuSga7WGBLizpTy4BCqGWGaiGBoH-0vt-3tAu4uVG6SQVXEnlFwDu/s400/DSC_9621.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501536985815855906" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitlqqMUXUTsPuQDOqMpwWkrVEUC_BuFUf0Lpt1NF5TTJUJZujmK75R58b2sEtfXnbZWSWBKQfuxAb5etb9Ug35Cnb2uMK8GiqUC-o08YKSP0sKGVewa5dAH1VUBVxfmV_bUoQyo6vG6xor/s1600/DSC_9623.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 288px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitlqqMUXUTsPuQDOqMpwWkrVEUC_BuFUf0Lpt1NF5TTJUJZujmK75R58b2sEtfXnbZWSWBKQfuxAb5etb9Ug35Cnb2uMK8GiqUC-o08YKSP0sKGVewa5dAH1VUBVxfmV_bUoQyo6vG6xor/s400/DSC_9623.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501536976549098370" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib2_GuyFKQj-AVyUyRpl15-EkwN5Qkf2Luvd77cdSuMaCimVSdrT0LfB1J9TjXOJvyxRhtV1YyanondvhkwG5oXKSc8_P6Ouyj246gobBH062NJwHN_yYUA9sz64KTra2ZkyI-KOBz-Bl6/s1600/DSC_9630.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib2_GuyFKQj-AVyUyRpl15-EkwN5Qkf2Luvd77cdSuMaCimVSdrT0LfB1J9TjXOJvyxRhtV1YyanondvhkwG5oXKSc8_P6Ouyj246gobBH062NJwHN_yYUA9sz64KTra2ZkyI-KOBz-Bl6/s400/DSC_9630.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501536972897087394" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibDcKRPh2hIzfdsKpklIKRtLShjC15uf3SAlkrGHt9g-UU2uTtNSPKe3pG_swi6QdSPr6oe8sklSBuUo4KYAQ8yfUHUqnKl0z9ZPloJTCF1NgGmnq_CUVJN3SmlGntkiwz8wxjzDmKNEc1/s1600/DSC_9632.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibDcKRPh2hIzfdsKpklIKRtLShjC15uf3SAlkrGHt9g-UU2uTtNSPKe3pG_swi6QdSPr6oe8sklSBuUo4KYAQ8yfUHUqnKl0z9ZPloJTCF1NgGmnq_CUVJN3SmlGntkiwz8wxjzDmKNEc1/s400/DSC_9632.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501536965245372114" /></a>Patrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00911655532157688702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820269251618024681.post-20249742433331633632010-08-04T08:48:00.002-04:002010-08-04T08:50:46.961-04:00Our Lady and Lord: Pieta<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9JOOfBgYUxY1tnPoysPDpfskn7I78Ievg-4cebL2GOTx8EWjqaY7FH72qhQnabTVmMcM1wcmnGC-SyRlfVtACZjatG8ppAki5cA3BVxJcXWzMxh8HE42pMG6bkn6YsCp_iPgGOp2GXZi2/s1600/DSC_9605.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9JOOfBgYUxY1tnPoysPDpfskn7I78Ievg-4cebL2GOTx8EWjqaY7FH72qhQnabTVmMcM1wcmnGC-SyRlfVtACZjatG8ppAki5cA3BVxJcXWzMxh8HE42pMG6bkn6YsCp_iPgGOp2GXZi2/s400/DSC_9605.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501536063079038770" /></a>The power of this image is worth keeping by itself in a post. May the whole world awe at the greatness of Our Lord's sacrifice and Our Lady's sorrow.Patrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00911655532157688702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820269251618024681.post-27759017439862588442010-08-02T09:43:00.003-04:002010-08-02T10:01:42.745-04:00Church as body of Christ<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqB57IV0xRx6ANNTdQPmS6K-l1YA6aIyihw8iUg_0kcFGaikwT0NI-mxY2KLMI-2IaIW_tEtbv9nPiHjMj6Z4oCtq7PMw5yExGLNygCHJ6t-0leNO8YcNVcOq9Ht2vwGtJ0O-DbD54vuNV/s1600/DSC_9560.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 261px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqB57IV0xRx6ANNTdQPmS6K-l1YA6aIyihw8iUg_0kcFGaikwT0NI-mxY2KLMI-2IaIW_tEtbv9nPiHjMj6Z4oCtq7PMw5yExGLNygCHJ6t-0leNO8YcNVcOq9Ht2vwGtJ0O-DbD54vuNV/s400/DSC_9560.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500811424876584962" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcofyLcv-INOVQVnyTh3IVS0niQkiTWZgs4m9zIVfy4ppFnJFcPYolvfy9EA_PVUgmZ-gRyvFyQHPHeZ846tqw1bsPARioigK8wzrtZh6Yj3jjOvpxAUed6y5rRV2TLkqoWznSI-8mtTbR/s1600/DSC_9569.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcofyLcv-INOVQVnyTh3IVS0niQkiTWZgs4m9zIVfy4ppFnJFcPYolvfy9EA_PVUgmZ-gRyvFyQHPHeZ846tqw1bsPARioigK8wzrtZh6Yj3jjOvpxAUed6y5rRV2TLkqoWznSI-8mtTbR/s400/DSC_9569.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500811416202550338" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJOWTbewGiqpc_HvzNviEFV_Hjx6m_kM4I2ysC-J4lTM_qjY_1sKaUm5gS_HUsstPFt_IgU6ETOIQudX6ob-k9d-R-wYTXggxHIlw4n_0pItdsWdS_wqTagdp6Jmbr-s4qVMPWrCsIo4e8/s1600/DSC_9559.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJOWTbewGiqpc_HvzNviEFV_Hjx6m_kM4I2ysC-J4lTM_qjY_1sKaUm5gS_HUsstPFt_IgU6ETOIQudX6ob-k9d-R-wYTXggxHIlw4n_0pItdsWdS_wqTagdp6Jmbr-s4qVMPWrCsIo4e8/s400/DSC_9559.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500811405494425650" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCZqyphhquNfOmI-hGD8saueqJJLfsVnRxKezYWFAijUFeSQiszQs1-ZpkmrZa527krApCss4zu7L2xEFZqWL5_hpxxoEDix0sV826qq3Oa2BtBSVNzV71Zhdpz6a5KkI1MaqYaRnTiwmY/s1600/DSC_9541.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCZqyphhquNfOmI-hGD8saueqJJLfsVnRxKezYWFAijUFeSQiszQs1-ZpkmrZa527krApCss4zu7L2xEFZqWL5_hpxxoEDix0sV826qq3Oa2BtBSVNzV71Zhdpz6a5KkI1MaqYaRnTiwmY/s400/DSC_9541.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500811400987902418" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt8GDH1jYE8eTYEASqYcwGzuvCKa2eq8eoJUCBq9Eoflwu8EsCqY_JN2dbGkMzxZix1J6Kld8_VIb9RoAgF6G52jiHD-WmE9Jh-_CqBhNilUVs5rIQq4OccnU3kDM8UzW0_n7VCvrhAaxe/s1600/DSC_9563.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt8GDH1jYE8eTYEASqYcwGzuvCKa2eq8eoJUCBq9Eoflwu8EsCqY_JN2dbGkMzxZix1J6Kld8_VIb9RoAgF6G52jiHD-WmE9Jh-_CqBhNilUVs5rIQq4OccnU3kDM8UzW0_n7VCvrhAaxe/s400/DSC_9563.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500811394844939346" /></a><br />Class today focused on images of the Church, especially described in <i><a href="http://http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19641121_lumen-gentium_en.html">Lumen Gentium</a></i> of the Vatican II documents. Remembering the importance of the faithful to the head, who is Christ, and also the importance of the head to the faithful, the body. I like to emphasize how like any relationship, but especially the relationship of the body, there is constant care and nutriment that is needed to maintain homeostasis (balance) throughout the body. <div><br /></div><div>Off to another day or reading. Today is about discipleship, a call to religious life. I pray to my heavenly teachers, who are the Divine Teacher, saints Albert the Great, Thomas Aquinas and Bishop Fulton Sheen and Fr. John Hardon, S.J. to assist me in all my learning. I usually say a Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be to give prayers to help me learn. Good to have preparation prayer for important events of our life. How often that has made a difference and how often before I ever learned this were things more miserable. God first, let everything else follow. Praise be my heavenly teachers!</div><div><br /></div><div>Here are some flowers in the back property of Mercy Grove next to the retreat houses. I've been wanting to get back there and capture those cute little flowers blossoming among an old foundation of a house. The mosquitos take a beating on me while I'm outside at that late part of the evening, but the pictures are always worth the welts. I now know you can get a mosquito bite on top of another mosquito bite...let the record be noted. Thank you Sacred Heart of the Eternal Father for allowing me to take pictures of your beautiful creation. May the whole world come to love your creation knowing it comes from Your Almighty and Benevolent Hands!</div>Patrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00911655532157688702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820269251618024681.post-77158799529226765052010-07-30T22:53:00.003-04:002010-07-30T23:00:51.039-04:00Great weather, great reading, great photography<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXnSHmBzV8wOYq_bURtP-SuJfQzuUFnAuQrELW2F-n4acSUeKtVjYipmYa5BqeLnJcQf4-Ho9WRyayjcbR5CSKD5QZCsKXPxd7CZzh0sntbVr7mClS-m_oQloaxs29PMXg0i5ykQrlSeyp/s1600/DSC_9378.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 261px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXnSHmBzV8wOYq_bURtP-SuJfQzuUFnAuQrELW2F-n4acSUeKtVjYipmYa5BqeLnJcQf4-Ho9WRyayjcbR5CSKD5QZCsKXPxd7CZzh0sntbVr7mClS-m_oQloaxs29PMXg0i5ykQrlSeyp/s400/DSC_9378.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499899610700593794" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy5Awxzcf2F_DEXMI27hVl8j1DevIaor-FW7_M3oDOgmCc2x8gbK_mhRbRg46RTZ6S19EZUNcCrOODb8Adj7zRh4wx50lfVa79swryNl4A7Cv36kM0GXuBWoj21p-m1QJDwwoZCeyanL8j/s1600/DSC_9394.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 261px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy5Awxzcf2F_DEXMI27hVl8j1DevIaor-FW7_M3oDOgmCc2x8gbK_mhRbRg46RTZ6S19EZUNcCrOODb8Adj7zRh4wx50lfVa79swryNl4A7Cv36kM0GXuBWoj21p-m1QJDwwoZCeyanL8j/s400/DSC_9394.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499899604686443346" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1rHjYvNM8j5Kkq7ss7NYmjQ_LcU1LIgfVHg5mDdQCi-CoIT4y-1Lh7tz-37hsJ56TPqX2xOnP6jlx_HhLZACKtZ-4B7IjGrVZyrczExv796y18wBuG2vLwtdXFnFqAHRz3baNuTXC-mCJ/s1600/DSC_9396.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1rHjYvNM8j5Kkq7ss7NYmjQ_LcU1LIgfVHg5mDdQCi-CoIT4y-1Lh7tz-37hsJ56TPqX2xOnP6jlx_HhLZACKtZ-4B7IjGrVZyrczExv796y18wBuG2vLwtdXFnFqAHRz3baNuTXC-mCJ/s400/DSC_9396.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499899593647987282" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnMB8uEww1xSY4dJYLHduQROLnQTn2RV56-NRzHoyuKUMOU7_aL878Iik636iEXTdMdPVZq5q7dmorn3Tl24IrF2mxlB9cNNVkJ2il41YAo-IdZ5iuRLc5FfUx52mKsZ-SuFry5l3aVUWr/s1600/DSC_9398.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnMB8uEww1xSY4dJYLHduQROLnQTn2RV56-NRzHoyuKUMOU7_aL878Iik636iEXTdMdPVZq5q7dmorn3Tl24IrF2mxlB9cNNVkJ2il41YAo-IdZ5iuRLc5FfUx52mKsZ-SuFry5l3aVUWr/s400/DSC_9398.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499899587375785842" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfEr2fSBXLrwSzBlUx1OaTq0VMoqBq4y4IymqjL76-oy7GD77W1cRJ-lh41WX2mccp5Q-LPFxZdoEI4n4wpPt1R8xL09YIt1jus1KbTUK4VHKCYeQ9bWQvpbdzCuotF5WqnAKqdFgnD-vk/s1600/DSC_9401.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 261px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfEr2fSBXLrwSzBlUx1OaTq0VMoqBq4y4IymqjL76-oy7GD77W1cRJ-lh41WX2mccp5Q-LPFxZdoEI4n4wpPt1R8xL09YIt1jus1KbTUK4VHKCYeQ9bWQvpbdzCuotF5WqnAKqdFgnD-vk/s400/DSC_9401.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499899577065325090" /></a><br />That last few days have been great, hooking up with friends and getting into my novitiate books about the early martyrs, how monasteries came about, how the early Mercedarians figured out how to grow despite challenges of their day. God has also given great weather and photographs these past days, images I'd never image could be had. I'm grateful for Br. David's openness to being my model for shots and sharing conversation while I click my camera and use the last bits of daylight to snatch a shot here and there. Praise God!Patrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00911655532157688702noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820269251618024681.post-47919789896375167162010-07-30T10:20:00.003-04:002010-07-30T12:19:13.810-04:00St. Maximus early Christian martyr<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8wAFmZBkdOGe0pjgCUwagF03vfcuo80FBwStIXlGuAO1y7GfDDR5l9cgbV7dNfHua1QNn3Ao6o9JifY-ERbiWGH0JHRn_XFS8q2UZUBogXtsczUt2YLhKy4F-WNYRpd1FDI_YqcpjZner/s1600/DSC_9266.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 261px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8wAFmZBkdOGe0pjgCUwagF03vfcuo80FBwStIXlGuAO1y7GfDDR5l9cgbV7dNfHua1QNn3Ao6o9JifY-ERbiWGH0JHRn_XFS8q2UZUBogXtsczUt2YLhKy4F-WNYRpd1FDI_YqcpjZner/s400/DSC_9266.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499734559726557954" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBqTzgV4jslEyDOuAxqowe7W4cDH2Rb-g7RvPyasgoUTiJeX_seaCM_IUzIh6A92KJY8W6PSqtfBNzl-F-EB7vwOAKNEXWKTUWfxSGlJnfXF3mTVmShqEOeuHryJmau-tOcLPR01gsB2HE/s1600/DSC_9277.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBqTzgV4jslEyDOuAxqowe7W4cDH2Rb-g7RvPyasgoUTiJeX_seaCM_IUzIh6A92KJY8W6PSqtfBNzl-F-EB7vwOAKNEXWKTUWfxSGlJnfXF3mTVmShqEOeuHryJmau-tOcLPR01gsB2HE/s400/DSC_9277.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499734556437321090" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmZSGrrNIxBriZrAEwvoJL0XWnw-2nUKubXuu71HCLAeGvOiU34SxnMdQf6nppWw83vDoj1ucJ90vrko0bxCJxEJ5nNC0EFodiKxhXcR73sGUF88W6swGxnGqdTGIzIIPnlJJdoF8JNIuU/s1600/DSC_9263.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmZSGrrNIxBriZrAEwvoJL0XWnw-2nUKubXuu71HCLAeGvOiU34SxnMdQf6nppWw83vDoj1ucJ90vrko0bxCJxEJ5nNC0EFodiKxhXcR73sGUF88W6swGxnGqdTGIzIIPnlJJdoF8JNIuU/s400/DSC_9263.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499734542305349618" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCNXeM-xZmcKi1qxF_LvVcQF4eIFh5CwNlVVpVowmSeJBWA-J1sLKNEhREsPYsE7hN7g8XiooErzRBzLJrD2qrflQd0U-6u3uxvgCF6aJJCXqFB0UP333Xb2PDAm4ntBkVPU0KFe_inaf9/s1600/DSC_9286.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCNXeM-xZmcKi1qxF_LvVcQF4eIFh5CwNlVVpVowmSeJBWA-J1sLKNEhREsPYsE7hN7g8XiooErzRBzLJrD2qrflQd0U-6u3uxvgCF6aJJCXqFB0UP333Xb2PDAm4ntBkVPU0KFe_inaf9/s400/DSC_9286.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499734535474617778" /></a><br />"From the time that he entered the monastic life in 613, St. Maximus spent most of his time in the defense of orthodox doctrine against the heretics, frequently moving from one monastery to another because of persecution. Ultimately he was arrested in Rome, together with Pope Martin I, and sent into exile. In 662 he was again in Constantinople, where the heretics condemned him to be scourged and to have his tongue and his right hand cut off. He dies in that same year as a result of his sufferings."------<i>Christian Spirituality in the Catholic Tradition</i>, Jordan Aumann 1985, pg. 55.<div><br /></div><div>Imagine spending your entire life defending the faith...perhaps we aren't as faithful as we should be to the faith of our fathers, to the true faith passed, cherished and protected by the Holy Spirit? May the whole world have a such a flame of love for Christ to spend their lives living, defending and spreading the faith. </div><div><br /></div><div>What stands out about St. Maximus's writings is his complete focus on Christ.</div><div><br /></div><div>"...Having defended orthodox Christology against the heretics, he was thoroughly imbued with love for the Savior. He saw Christ not only as the meritorious cause of our salvation but also the exemplary cause, for which reason the great law of the Christian life is the imitation of Christ. By imitating Christ, the soul can achieve victory over the enemies of the spiritual life, the greatest of which is self-love. This involves a detachment from created things and one's own selfish desires so that egoistic love can be replaced by the love of God and neighbor."------pg. 56.</div>Patrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00911655532157688702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820269251618024681.post-21841110183530229102010-07-28T21:11:00.002-04:002010-07-28T21:15:09.022-04:00Sunset in front of Mercygrove<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9CXFTVg8jE7NCVY6mgisAUsLbIxzYx3ArChZXl3R21RMepZcs4jnN6uyDtP_lMVdxZLtlFuNGc4CPcTwgqRn_XaKvBA88XHs8s58adSBzfexLo1ecyCiM7BQAl8piZ3M-mheX3OpGXpFW/s1600/DSC_9248.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9CXFTVg8jE7NCVY6mgisAUsLbIxzYx3ArChZXl3R21RMepZcs4jnN6uyDtP_lMVdxZLtlFuNGc4CPcTwgqRn_XaKvBA88XHs8s58adSBzfexLo1ecyCiM7BQAl8piZ3M-mheX3OpGXpFW/s400/DSC_9248.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499130520186180466" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhymkRg8yJFhMl16nl8GaKTVTPobPrsOvYaMRcSTcF8pr0tPqiVxo9gDfG28C2Kv1_2RV_NzX0fSD_o-tOn6Qbpma2QM_9mmZfeaGengResIQF5I5SG7LzRaq6WlNI7U9DWeoYEN04-JCr-/s1600/DSC_9243.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhymkRg8yJFhMl16nl8GaKTVTPobPrsOvYaMRcSTcF8pr0tPqiVxo9gDfG28C2Kv1_2RV_NzX0fSD_o-tOn6Qbpma2QM_9mmZfeaGengResIQF5I5SG7LzRaq6WlNI7U9DWeoYEN04-JCr-/s400/DSC_9243.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499130506098023634" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheX0h6q5XZNiBW_Sl-zkrQ1jxUYIuuE6U0rUoeNgjc4x3Jxx2iayQ-h_SNhF8_EJIBTlMu9hM46AwJFrgLwkxHUMcmfFDjlhKW8Z0GXEwyJTfsYQa44bMu7P05elKePJAD1HIOZ_3usaWS/s1600/DSC_9239.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheX0h6q5XZNiBW_Sl-zkrQ1jxUYIuuE6U0rUoeNgjc4x3Jxx2iayQ-h_SNhF8_EJIBTlMu9hM46AwJFrgLwkxHUMcmfFDjlhKW8Z0GXEwyJTfsYQa44bMu7P05elKePJAD1HIOZ_3usaWS/s400/DSC_9239.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499130497280789554" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbUuQefb2VxhKIALNbcmAz-1wshk1wOvncUXCWmhT-qMCVT-L76w35YnBzw3WGF57S64UgKK6DxTYZonaAFyH7NpYCz1NjEcPBFspkVM8r0k3DracBQI7GJOQyb_nucTcgEb8z0-PkOzKY/s1600/DSC_9241.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbUuQefb2VxhKIALNbcmAz-1wshk1wOvncUXCWmhT-qMCVT-L76w35YnBzw3WGF57S64UgKK6DxTYZonaAFyH7NpYCz1NjEcPBFspkVM8r0k3DracBQI7GJOQyb_nucTcgEb8z0-PkOzKY/s400/DSC_9241.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499130485161083554" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqGMxQZGmSU-N_pyNXTOzGsAvI47FqNWJGs19I7ULGGXDu2DNF5F1GTmcbECLy9LLM7QEW0L0zX5Gosz_qtimASYtEaUwDjDBtnXwNxAyqwa2ypfzRJUpXuy0diwFNK8BXzLd68UsEq9DG/s1600/DSC_9241.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqGMxQZGmSU-N_pyNXTOzGsAvI47FqNWJGs19I7ULGGXDu2DNF5F1GTmcbECLy9LLM7QEW0L0zX5Gosz_qtimASYtEaUwDjDBtnXwNxAyqwa2ypfzRJUpXuy0diwFNK8BXzLd68UsEq9DG/s400/DSC_9241.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499130472768261138" /></a><br />I nearly missed this great sunset! I didn't have time to shoot on a tripod so had to shoot handheld as fast as I could. If only I had gone out after the rainstorm and not gone wimpy about the wet grass and mud. Never again!Patrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00911655532157688702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820269251618024681.post-66739941625516831502010-07-28T19:43:00.004-04:002010-07-28T19:52:37.409-04:00Prayers going out to all people<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-hYRURbF2xeHkHweVCKH8sLiGWs0RB5aiBkbPukrB0XjkAgGlrg0cFy0DZ9dXzs16Lnd7qcrr1616CD85LZKajupXWCFR5tVujk4QIEipDgBoz-d_dlewZcnbM6k7zbtyOnnv3Q1bYlb/s1600/DSC_9227.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-hYRURbF2xeHkHweVCKH8sLiGWs0RB5aiBkbPukrB0XjkAgGlrg0cFy0DZ9dXzs16Lnd7qcrr1616CD85LZKajupXWCFR5tVujk4QIEipDgBoz-d_dlewZcnbM6k7zbtyOnnv3Q1bYlb/s400/DSC_9227.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499109127029948338" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCg1cAmLy2Is0o-no8v1gxccb2SLQGxmf5vK1-ddQEDW6JLDG4NhezRs1K_B7h8CY3UttrqrW4E2UxrkllhzDEotkTyZ-QPZziicXDkksmbcQoTZFP2z8Ge3CR3_JY1wp-5hVgdG0SiJq1/s1600/DSC_9226.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCg1cAmLy2Is0o-no8v1gxccb2SLQGxmf5vK1-ddQEDW6JLDG4NhezRs1K_B7h8CY3UttrqrW4E2UxrkllhzDEotkTyZ-QPZziicXDkksmbcQoTZFP2z8Ge3CR3_JY1wp-5hVgdG0SiJq1/s400/DSC_9226.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499109118450191586" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO-VDjKu5OgUKc8SRhD7n510elCNTQxrTzLUl148AJFO0Jp8LHrg2TK7UNoUqh6YhtTXafMWQBxfsQuQOkX7V1vaHoZXl7XTSTPayBZiNc0-O4X8GK8hMQSGYLxSg4EgK0T9AWwb-BDwma/s1600/DSC_9224.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO-VDjKu5OgUKc8SRhD7n510elCNTQxrTzLUl148AJFO0Jp8LHrg2TK7UNoUqh6YhtTXafMWQBxfsQuQOkX7V1vaHoZXl7XTSTPayBZiNc0-O4X8GK8hMQSGYLxSg4EgK0T9AWwb-BDwma/s400/DSC_9224.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499109104106174882" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ZyvMGCMWcTEhevURYcxr40AoxDa4EEqmLAMui_h3i7UpJFZsEd9W9NeHfTIA7Ldrs0m_J9KEtqZi0gbmD7iYahT066fTa_TxDPtweDmfqjJrwyACMi76DCApsqPMEgi6gpHMM2KZCHE_/s1600/DSC_9217.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 261px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ZyvMGCMWcTEhevURYcxr40AoxDa4EEqmLAMui_h3i7UpJFZsEd9W9NeHfTIA7Ldrs0m_J9KEtqZi0gbmD7iYahT066fTa_TxDPtweDmfqjJrwyACMi76DCApsqPMEgi6gpHMM2KZCHE_/s400/DSC_9217.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499109095489096354" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDOUwPhYqeJzDCWstAjRLpmgqpOaSx9mJ6OQHKOgdgjRrr2QgAhBnFvGJ4lMD4RCAxEZOS1oN-J1tqQPJYSpgKLM3qvz57N7IMey5_1imqNiKNC1Xn9yTleOV0Gu-wl_nOuvyoaCrTTGaE/s1600/DSC_9213.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 261px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDOUwPhYqeJzDCWstAjRLpmgqpOaSx9mJ6OQHKOgdgjRrr2QgAhBnFvGJ4lMD4RCAxEZOS1oN-J1tqQPJYSpgKLM3qvz57N7IMey5_1imqNiKNC1Xn9yTleOV0Gu-wl_nOuvyoaCrTTGaE/s400/DSC_9213.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499109083796944786" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJZcHZlzN2MaEViH5U2jwGL5fTPm0-Il820RwByOz8-koCgftEh9qfU6tULwgJ8U55d4NMvurDTJlQjq68jAuExt9-TxniRafTlxHL-xCIRhIqU-zdCCAxGyQ9ynnW1uomg1TFkPXfwR2d/s1600/DSC_9221.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJZcHZlzN2MaEViH5U2jwGL5fTPm0-Il820RwByOz8-koCgftEh9qfU6tULwgJ8U55d4NMvurDTJlQjq68jAuExt9-TxniRafTlxHL-xCIRhIqU-zdCCAxGyQ9ynnW1uomg1TFkPXfwR2d/s400/DSC_9221.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499108177252239522" /></a><br />We pray the Liturgy of the Hours as Mercedarians, morning prayer as well as a morning offering and devotional prayers, midday prayers which include the Divine Praises, Evening prayer with the Rosary and Night prayer and office of readings. For all of these prayers, I offer them for somebody, something or the world. So know that if there is anybody who is in need of prayers, here I am everyday praying. If you have a petition, by all means let me know. You can email me or leave me a message in Facebook. Peace and blessings to you. I regularly have prayers on my hear that I offer. Peace and may the whole world be on fire for the love of prayer to heaven.Patrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00911655532157688702noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820269251618024681.post-65771935140674480432010-07-27T15:49:00.003-04:002010-07-27T15:58:39.041-04:00First day at the nursing homeJust got back from my <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">apostolate</span> at the county nursing home. I had my fears, but today was great! The manager grilled burgers and delicious <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">hotdogs</span> for everybody and a long row of residents made conversation to the new guy in white while we enjoyed the splendid weather. Thanks Jim and Sue for giving me something to talk about. God bless you and may Jesus give you perfect and long health! <div><br /></div><div>I'll be going all day on Tuesdays and visiting all the catholic residents, who I'd count to be about 75 total on 5 floors. That's a lot of people, so I expect to start offering prayers and sacrifices for them as well as developing a regular schedule to meet them at least once in the next month. </div><div><br /></div><div>The cooking there is terrific! I can't gripe about this government food. Well, you know how comparisons get you in trouble, so I'm going to quit while I'm ahead.</div><div><br /></div><div>I had lots of great encouraging conversations and opportunities to hear the troubles where prayer is needed. So many sweet elderly people and plenty of good natured humor and grumpiness too. Look forward to going back next week. Great staff too...gosh, can this be that good? More human reality next week. May they be blessed with great care and holiness!</div>Patrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00911655532157688702noreply@blogger.com0