A short prayer contemplating the role of St. Joseph

Cardinal George - Keep Conscience Protections for Health Care Workers

Get your paper, pens and prayers ready! We have to try and stop Obama and the HHS! Please find out who to write and get your plea to them...NOW! St. Michael defend us in battle! Padre Pio, pray for us! All you Holy Angels and Archangels pray for us!

St. Patrick

Hail, Glorious Saint Patrick, dear saint of our isle
On us, thy poor children, bestow a sweet smile
And now thou art high in the mansions above
On Erin's green valleys look down in thy love.


(Father F. W. Faber)

I arise today
through a mighty strength,
the invocation of the Trinity,
through belief in the Threeness,
through confession of the Oneness of the Creator of creation.

Eucharistic Adoration with two Popes

53. If we wish to rediscover in all its richness the profound relationship between the Church and the Eucharist, we cannot neglect Mary, Mother and model of the Church. In my Apostolic Letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae, I pointed to the Blessed Virgin Mary as our teacher in contemplating Christ's face, and among the mysteries of light I included the institution of the Eucharist.102 Mary can guide us toward this most holy sacrament, because she herself has a profound relationship with it.

At first glance, the Gospel is silent on this subject. The account of the institution of the Eucharist on the night of Holy Thursday makes no mention of Mary. Yet we know that she was present among the Apostles who prayed "with one accord" (cf. Acts 1:14) in the first community which gathered after the Ascension in expectation of Pentecost. Certainly Mary must have been present at the Eucharistic celebrations of the first generation of Christians, who were devoted to "the breaking of bread" (Acts 2:42).

But in addition to her sharing in the Eucharistic banquet, an indirect picture of Mary's relationship with the Eucharist can be had, beginning with her interior disposition. Mary is a "woman of the Eucharist" in her whole life. The Church, which looks to Mary as a model, is also called to imitate her in her relationship with this most holy mystery.

ENCYCLICAL LETTER, ECCLESIA DE EUCHARISTIA, John Paul II, April, 17, 2003

Lenten Reflection 4: Lord, Give Me This Water. . .

United We Stand In Our Faith!

What kind of government would even think of stripping the clergy of their administative duties? What threat does the Catholic clergy pose to the government? Why on earth would the government even consider wasting tax dollars on such an evil attack against a person's right to practice their faith? Who would do such a thing? It is an out right attack by satan! We need to be united in our faith...If it happens in Connecticut, what makes us think that it couldn't happen in our own state? Dear God, help us be truly united as Catholic Christians! Why can our Catholic doctors have their consciences violated and raped, but the actual murders and promoters of abortions get elevated in our govenment?
Our Lady of America, The Immaculate Conception, Jesus The King, Pray for us and have Mercy on us!
Connecticut’s Raised Bill No. 1098 – an unbelievable and disturbing piece of legislation that would take away bishops’ and pastors’ civil authority to govern their flocks.
Denver’s Archbishop Chaput reminded his archdiocese what happens with this particular bill could set a precedent for similar bills in other states – the entire country is already seeing the consequences of President Obama’s executive order yesterday to allow federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. Our dear priests', bishhops' and fellow Catholics, in the words of JPII, "Be Not Afraid!"


WE MUST BE UNITED! GOD BLESS AMERICA.

Lenten Meditation

St. Catherine of Siena

Merit consists in the virtue of love alone, flavored with the light of true discretion, without which the soul is worth nothing.


Love. That is all. That is the Cross. If we do anything without love, does it have any true merit or meaning? Look at the crucifix...is not that love? Will our soul develope if it is depraved of love? Your soul should cry out for the Love of Christ. That which God infused in us at conception should truly thirst, seek and find the spring in which we can drink for all eternity.
I am all Thine!