tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26220027508327857292024-03-13T11:03:10.664+11:00Spiritual Motherhood for PriestsAnne (aussieannie)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17394551569895427892noreply@blogger.comBlogger124125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622002750832785729.post-1568005997256577962012-01-07T16:36:00.000+11:002012-01-09T01:33:17.093+11:00Conference on Spiritual Maternity<div align="left">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Oh how I would love to visit Kentucky USA for this day but alas I live in Australia, however I do know that many people who view this blog do live in the U.S. If you do then you are very blessed to have an opportunity to attend this one day </span><a href="http://www.familyvocations.com/fv/?p=1154" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Conference on Spiritual Motherhood</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> for priests presented by <a href="http://fathersofmercy.com/priests/fr-joseph-aytona/" target="_blank">Fr. Joseph Aytona, CPM</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">When: <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">January 21, 2012</span> 9:30am -3:00pm. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Where: </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">At the <a href="http://fathersofmercy.com/contact/" target="_blank">Fathers of Mercy, 806 Shaker Museum Road, Auburn, KY</a> 42206</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">For more information click on the links below:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://www.familyvocations.com/fv/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/2012Jan28-SpiritualMotherhood.pdf" target="_blank">Conference PDF file</a> and the <a href="http://www.familyvocations.com/fv/?page_id=1142" target="_blank">registration page</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">For more information on Spiritual Motherhood For Priests click on this resources <a href="http://www.familyvocations.com/fv/?page_id=694" target="_blank">link</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">God Bless</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>“O God, grant that one of my sons may become a priest! </strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>I myself want to live as a good Christian and want to guide my children always to do what is right, so that I may receive the grace, O God, to be allowed to give you a holy priest! </strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Amen.”</strong></span></div>
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</div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622002750832785729.post-80270639279513397282011-09-23T20:19:00.001+10:002011-09-23T20:19:53.053+10:00Please Pray for this Young Priest<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><u>I just received this from a friend:</u></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><span style="color: #cccccc;">In your Charity please pray for my local priest from Burma Fr Martin Aye Ngwe of Wahroonga Holy Name Parish, Diocese of Broken Bay, to pass his English Exam this Saturday 24th September, 2012 in Sydney. He is worried he will not pass the comprehension part of the exam.</span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><span style="color: #cccccc;">Since he has been in our parish the Blessed Sacrament has been returned to the centre of the sanctuary where it belongs.</span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><span style="color: #cccccc;">He is one of 12 children raised in Burma, 3 were adopted. Another brother is a priest and one has been in coma for 9 years cared at home by her family.</span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><span style="color: #cccccc;">We need this man in our parish who has a great Marian devotion.</span></strong></span></div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622002750832785729.post-20338199143366679452011-07-01T14:06:00.013+10:002011-07-01T15:49:11.490+10:00The blessing of a good and faithful priest<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd3PKZ4nssFjcReImFJgsQDHnKsA3L6eHuYNLRNs04A03x72zS_2YeKV0cXrq1qrtLH71eZdsc-7_HLmfpnSgROlqtZR5NWzW8uGsXa0cZbsS6eF6TDHQl6aX81bbjGahm83IH8mcOL6EO/s1600/Sacred+Heart+and+7+Archangels" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 314px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd3PKZ4nssFjcReImFJgsQDHnKsA3L6eHuYNLRNs04A03x72zS_2YeKV0cXrq1qrtLH71eZdsc-7_HLmfpnSgROlqtZR5NWzW8uGsXa0cZbsS6eF6TDHQl6aX81bbjGahm83IH8mcOL6EO/s400/Sacred+Heart+and+7+Archangels" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624251624408518322" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FFFF;">The beautiful stained glass window above the sanctuary of the Sacred Heart Church, Sandgate. The Sacred Heart of Jesus, surrounded by the seven archangels.</span></div></span><div><br />Today, on the feast of the Sacred Heart, I attended the last Mass offered by my parish priest, who has been my parish priest for the last 25 years of my life. Fr Pat Stratford has been parish priest to the Sacred Heart Church, Sandgate for 35 years and he recently celebrated his 53rd anniversary as a priest.<div><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-%3Ca%20href=" com="" h_a1tfajfze="" ri="" aaaaaaaajuw="" ssjskygacaw="" s1600="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGXOCx2pWqiwK3ySqGi8v_8hCP-kExJiE8P51sUonginiFc5gL1Xjk3vPvrTwwtE0N4NCjni7USC-a4rNp18AyliFIpqC5d-VZSP0rS_MWlSzBbWV5flGeIhSS86hi3dWXq19QjCqy3n3s/s200/Sacred+Heart+Church" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624252667198962354" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FFFF;">Sacred Heart Church</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div>Father is a blessed priest ~ his personal attributes of deep humility and faithful, holy service stand out in particular. My mother who was a nurse at a local nursing home for 16 years, tells me that he was always a very special priest ~ so many times she witnessed Father coming so quickly to anoint dying residents, among many other wonderful memories. </div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtqvWhcxo0Z562ZtQ46iIOJe_TU8UXDo_nxsMSuDotlgdMWTn9aE-RMVkFbFVOCDwwKQv6QHDaOW-PIL97EXWIbWv3K2tLUTL1DM9w4diKq8oNsMNqHNfJgIIeCUQ5NJivIQk1hKUr51cB/s1600/Sacred+Heart+Sanctuary" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtqvWhcxo0Z562ZtQ46iIOJe_TU8UXDo_nxsMSuDotlgdMWTn9aE-RMVkFbFVOCDwwKQv6QHDaOW-PIL97EXWIbWv3K2tLUTL1DM9w4diKq8oNsMNqHNfJgIIeCUQ5NJivIQk1hKUr51cB/s200/Sacred+Heart+Sanctuary" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624254155301068674" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FFFF;">The Sacred Heart Church sanctuary.</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Father was devoted to encouraging the parish to always pray for vocations, and from those many, many years of community prayer for vocations, a humble young man from our parish, <a href="http://www.catholicleader.com.au/news.php/top-stories/day-of-celebration-for-deacons_58113">Fr Bryan Roe</a>, was ordained last year. As we said our last goodbyes with promises of prayers for each other, he was looking especially at my young boys..I know that he will be praying for vocations for them! </div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2_30LqhlXIBjp5LAylhs8-VZPMGiy2zdKjq0Hx5ZFW5rhgrQM9-mSIkG0GGb6neCBl6u0h6jUf5IbsYGzJQnLiKG-LvtIgRcnJ9aETAtYO3aoqKxEo_g18oCqSgQHz46luE7FZX34Cqig/s1600/Sacred+Heart+Choir+Loft" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2_30LqhlXIBjp5LAylhs8-VZPMGiy2zdKjq0Hx5ZFW5rhgrQM9-mSIkG0GGb6neCBl6u0h6jUf5IbsYGzJQnLiKG-LvtIgRcnJ9aETAtYO3aoqKxEo_g18oCqSgQHz46luE7FZX34Cqig/s200/Sacred+Heart+Choir+Loft" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624252030381825394" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FFFF;">The Sacred Heart Church choir loft.</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div>Please remember Father Pat Stratford in your prayers. I am sharing below the published article on Father from our diocesan paper. For me, it is a revealing read, as Father never talked of himself ~ unassuming humility was Father's special virtue in my opinion. So it was a real blessing for me to read this interview.</div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6666;">A LIFE DEVOTED TO JESUS</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="http://www.catholicleader.com.au/news.php/people-news/a-life-devoted-to-jesus_74112">Published 19th June 2011 Catholic Leader</a> ~ written by Selina Venier</i></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHM0pnd7jSJErI-9xrEMphNHgi2sWrlOlInX-B8c30oU4T8fIiNvjmZjhN8vpO8k63e0gtxJ8AxriCcyxWgMqvSaHRvLL49g0-G2wXAnUDuFn4hu4qkknJHT9VEtnw2puhycrLJ8f4uqEZ/s1600/Fr+Pat+Stratford.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 199px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHM0pnd7jSJErI-9xrEMphNHgi2sWrlOlInX-B8c30oU4T8fIiNvjmZjhN8vpO8k63e0gtxJ8AxriCcyxWgMqvSaHRvLL49g0-G2wXAnUDuFn4hu4qkknJHT9VEtnw2puhycrLJ8f4uqEZ/s400/Fr+Pat+Stratford.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624230769639987666" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 17px; font-family:'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Geneva, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FFFF;">Fr Pat Stratford</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">"JUST as locals are accustomed to the tide's comings and goings in picturesque Brighton and Sandgate, so too is parish priest Fr Pat Stratford a well-known part of the scenery.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">Fr Pat's "coming" was an extraordinary 35 years ago, when he was appointed Sandgate parish priest following ministry in Ipswich and Murgon. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">"There was very little unoccupied land when I came,"</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"> he said from his home of more than three decades, beside Sacred Heart Church at Sandgate.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">"There were many senior citizens."</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"><i></i></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">While the landscape hasn't changed and the area certainly still welcomes senior members, more families have taken up residence in the parish and enrolments in the local primary schools of Sacred Heart, Sandgate, and St Kieran's, Brighton, as well as St Patrick's College, Shorncliffe, have increased. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">"When I arrived there were 12 boys in Year 12 at St Patrick's,"</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"> Fr Pat said. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">"Now there are 150." </span></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">Also on his arrival, Sacred Heart school included senior classes. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">In 1981, St John Fisher (Girls' Secondary) College, opened at nearby Bracken Ridge. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">Injecting dates easily into the conversation, Fr Pat said the first church was opened in Sandgate in 1881 </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">"but it was too small by 1892"</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">He said the striking Sacred Heart Church had an additional transept in 1935. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">Within his 35 years, Fr Pat has celebrated the majority of </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">"approximately 1500 baptisms and at least 800 weddings" </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">in that church. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">Some of those ceremonies also took place in The Church of the Real Presence at Brighton, beside St Kieran's primary school. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">Fr Pat was administrator of Brighton from 2000 and officially appointed parish priest in December 2003. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">Saying he now pastors 4800 local Catholics, </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">Fr Pat was quick to share of an obvious question posed at this "retirement stage" of his ministry.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">"I'm asked if there's a particular thing that stands out ... a highlight (of the 35 years),</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">" he said.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">"Obviously that is Sunday Mass.</span></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">"</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"> When we gather together, that's when Christ becomes sacramentally present to us.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">" </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">We reflect on the Word ... and we are sent forth to live out our faith."</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">From age seven, Fr Pat, who has five sisters and three brothers, knew he would "live out" the vocation of priest. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">"I remember the day of my First Holy Communion ... (and) a nun was saying something about being a priest,"</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"> he said. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">"I've never changed my mind about that decision." </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"><i></i></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">While finding "great satisfaction" in his ministry since his ordination in 1958, Fr Pat is also quick to recall how society has changed. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">"In the early '70s there was a change in the emphasis across Christian society,"</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"> he said. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">"People started saying, 'I must recognise my own individuality and I must have self-fulfilment'.</span></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">"(And) 'If I don't get self-fulfilment, I won't be satisfied'.</span></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">"Whereas the emphasis before that was that there are certain things that are right and certain things that are wrong and it's not just about what you feel.</span></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">"Basically there has been a revolt against authority." </span></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">Fr Pat said people can maintain individuality and </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">"use that in accordance with Christ's teaching". </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"><i></i></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">He also has a viewpoint on those who stray from "Church". </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"> </span></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">"I think the more people live away from Christ's teaching then they are going to be looking for a change,"</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"> Fr Pat said. </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"> </span></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">"If people find ignoring Christ's teaching brings unhappiness in their lives and the lives of others they say, 'That was a mistake and I don't want that for my children'." </span></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">He said </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"> "very obvious injustices from ignoring Christ's teaching"</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"> include </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">"abortion, marital breakdown and children losing their relationship with one of their parents". </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"><i></i></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">"</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">A greater emphasis on living the faith rather than learning about it", </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">Fr Pat said should be better developed in the Catholic school setting, leading to greater adherence to Christ's teaching rather than moves away from it. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">"I think there should be more emphasis on how to live the faith (in Catholic schools),"</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"> Fr Pat said. </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"> </span></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">"There is, of course, the Study of Religion, learning about other religions, but I have my doubts about whether that's the best option.</span></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">" </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">While there's no lack of good will (in the Catholic school setting) you can teach people from reading books how to be a good swimmer but they've got to get out and practise it.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">"</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">The "outgoing tide" of Fr Pat's ministry in Sandgate-Brighton parish is set for June 30. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">Next Sunday, following the 9am Mass in Sandgate, a morning tea will be enjoyed to allow parishioners and visitors to farewell him. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">Fr Pat said he would </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">"continue to serve"</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"> during retirement and would often think of </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">"the nice view out over the bay"</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"> he's enjoyed for 35 years.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">Asked how he'd like the community to remember him, there was continued lack of hesitation.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">"As a Catholic priest who was happy in his ministry as a priest,"</span></span></b></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"> Fr Pat said. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">"... Who was very happy to work with the people - recognising the Church is the people and not just him.</span></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">"The priest has a leadership role but everybody has a role in the life of the parish community.</span></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:medium;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">"(And) I've had very good support from parishioners ever since I came here and I'm deeply grateful for that."</span></i></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 17px; font-family:'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Geneva, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> </p></span></div></div>Anne (aussieannie)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17394551569895427892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622002750832785729.post-90364531302494779262011-06-30T07:27:00.000+10:002011-06-30T07:27:00.913+10:00Priests in Focus<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyKMme7itGL0O98ZJX1nakTM6Y6MCmLGis07khRXyxlytke66S8PP3S2ZsA8bDT8zu9e4S-l5k69xMOmLc00CoEo6BdG0KbTgR40DOST8VBiG-82UrpL-vsy3w0KFiUj82We6FiYNBKJNR/s1600/Priests_in_Focus_3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 162px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 209px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621530108415839250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyKMme7itGL0O98ZJX1nakTM6Y6MCmLGis07khRXyxlytke66S8PP3S2ZsA8bDT8zu9e4S-l5k69xMOmLc00CoEo6BdG0KbTgR40DOST8VBiG-82UrpL-vsy3w0KFiUj82We6FiYNBKJNR/s400/Priests_in_Focus_3.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>Every Thursday we change the three priests names for the <strong>Weekly Priests in Focus.</strong><br /><br />We are encouraging ladies to offer an <em><span style="color:#33ccff;">Ave</span> </em>for the priests mentioned when visiting our site (You will see the above widget in the top righthand sidebar under our header) and also may wish to off an <em><span style="color:#33ccff;">Ave</span></em> for these priests any other time in the week that you may remember.<br /><br />Of course you may also want to offer more than the Ave's, you may want to offer other prayers and sacrifices during the week for these particular priests, whatever you feel called to do, is a blessing.<br /><br />This week's priests are:<br /></div><br /><div align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366ff;"><b>Friar John Derrick Yap OFM, Friar William Lee OFM, Friar Just Lim OFM</b></span></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">The first anniversary for these Francisan Friars has just recently passed on the 28th of May. May God bless them!</span></strong><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366ff;"><b></b></span>A list of the priests we have prayed for individually here are in the right hand sidebar down the bottom.</div><br /><br /><p align="left">If you have any priests you wish to nominate to be added to the Priests in Focus please <a href="mailto:spiritualmotherhoodforpriests@gmail.com">email us</a> and we would more than happy to add that priest to our list.<br /><br /><em><span style="color:#33ccff;">Our Lady, Queen of the Apostles, bless us with holy, courageous priests!</span></em><br /></p><br /><div></div>Anne (aussieannie)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17394551569895427892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622002750832785729.post-75157448685702769572011-06-23T23:21:00.000+10:002011-06-24T07:26:35.635+10:00Priests in Focus<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh14bywlVGQ4W3YvS-KwmDx1RzfjtRrWBeeci8Kv2DiW49uCgB9jaHFYipreh_rOWZeiXPFZczTvHyXCPFU5652EsAGw97WwxNaVdwbDp4kzKh1jTYNbe3pLOYV4SBK2QmWYcJ9SA_R5gh8/s1600/Priests_in_Focus_2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 162px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 209px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621528709833079746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh14bywlVGQ4W3YvS-KwmDx1RzfjtRrWBeeci8Kv2DiW49uCgB9jaHFYipreh_rOWZeiXPFZczTvHyXCPFU5652EsAGw97WwxNaVdwbDp4kzKh1jTYNbe3pLOYV4SBK2QmWYcJ9SA_R5gh8/s400/Priests_in_Focus_2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>Every Thursday we change the three priests names for the <strong>Weekly Priests in Focus.</strong><br /><br />We are encouraging ladies to offer an <em><span style="color:#33ccff;">Ave</span> </em>for the priests mentioned when visiting our site (You will see the above widget in the top righthand sidebar under our header) and also may wish to off an <em><span style="color:#33ccff;">Ave</span></em> for these priests any other time in the week that you may remember.<br /><br />Of course you may also want to offer more than the Ave's, you may want to offer other prayers and sacrifices during the week for these particular priests, whatever you feel called to do, is a blessing.<br /><br />This week's priests are:<br /></div><br /><div align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366ff;"><b>Fr Michael Cassabon, Fr James Middeldorp, Fr John Corapi</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366ff;"><b><br /></b></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366ff;"><b></b></span>A list of the priests we have prayed for individually here are in the right hand sidebar down the bottom.</div><br /><br /><p align="left">If you have any priests you wish to nominate to be added to the Priests in Focus please <a href="mailto:spiritualmotherhoodforpriests@gmail.com">email us</a> and we would more than happy to add that priest to our list.<br /><br /><em><span style="color:#33ccff;">Our Lady, Queen of the Apostles, bless us with holy, courageous priests!</span></em><br /></p><br /><div></div>Anne (aussieannie)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17394551569895427892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622002750832785729.post-9359815357363549762011-03-03T21:20:00.000+11:002011-03-04T06:54:53.930+11:00Priests in Focus for this week<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihL-tG_x7FDEXcmiLm7xnGk-csJEffaf377EzpZnmMTvR9WpUGRyHWXfG6bgCdHIWpJ9hjHY1pGuLaHlZu7EMd-KP0FugFdzsTngziDCI813M5tmqew3t-GCVLQHVKAMglXLewO7gCrDeU/s1600/Priests+in+Focus+Widget+3.3.11.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 162px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 209px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579944439190805458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihL-tG_x7FDEXcmiLm7xnGk-csJEffaf377EzpZnmMTvR9WpUGRyHWXfG6bgCdHIWpJ9hjHY1pGuLaHlZu7EMd-KP0FugFdzsTngziDCI813M5tmqew3t-GCVLQHVKAMglXLewO7gCrDeU/s320/Priests+in+Focus+Widget+3.3.11.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Every Thursday we change the three priests names for the <strong>Weekly Priests in Focus.</strong><br /><br />We are encouraging ladies to offer an <em><span style="color:#33ccff;">Ave</span> </em>for the priests mentioned when visiting our site (You will see the above widget in the top righthand sidebar under our header) and also may wish to off an <em><span style="color:#33ccff;">Ave</span></em> for these priests any other time in the week that you may remember.<br /><br />Of course you may also want to offer more than the Ave's, you may want to offer other prayers and sacrifices during the week for these particular priests, whatever you feel called to do, is a blessing.<br /><br />This week's priests are:</div><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366ff;"><b>Fr Hector, Fr Anthony DeCandia, Fr Chris Feeney <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(from the Diocese of Norwich)</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366ff;"><b><br /></b></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366ff;"><b></b></span>A list of the priests we have prayed for individually here are in the right hand sidebar down the bottom.</div><br /><p align="left">If you have any priests you wish to nominate to be added to the Priests in Focus please <a href="mailto:spiritualmotherhoodforpriests@gmail.com">email us</a> and we would more than happy to add that priest to our list.<br /><br /><em><span style="color:#33ccff;">Our Lady, Queen of the Apostles, bless us with holy, courageous priests!</span></em></p><div></div>Anne (aussieannie)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17394551569895427892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622002750832785729.post-4050713472912904222011-02-24T06:17:00.000+11:002011-02-24T06:17:00.325+11:00Priests in Focus for this week<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXSeKLYx9RE0yuvKk3zrLupPxXr3YcfWcI9N8gLjl7WHZAIO8JaE_KbBsBMwjxV1BPQaLvy3rxbSIDaccR4A80c6NM19q030w02IeGZQbBSzz-GWV44Quiu6dqyG4l1hsukMoXeaWE_yxA/s1600/Priests+in+Focus+Widget+24+Feb+2011.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 162px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 209px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576846494998489826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXSeKLYx9RE0yuvKk3zrLupPxXr3YcfWcI9N8gLjl7WHZAIO8JaE_KbBsBMwjxV1BPQaLvy3rxbSIDaccR4A80c6NM19q030w02IeGZQbBSzz-GWV44Quiu6dqyG4l1hsukMoXeaWE_yxA/s320/Priests+in+Focus+Widget+24+Feb+2011.jpg" /></a><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div>Every Thursday we change the three priests names for the <strong>Weekly Priests in Focus.</strong><br /><br />We are encouraging ladies to offer an <em><span style="color:#33ccff;">Ave</span> </em>for the priests mentioned when visiting our site (You will see the above widget in the top righthand sidebar under our header) and also may wish to off an <em><span style="color:#33ccff;">Ave</span></em> for these priests any other time in the week that you may remember.<br /><br />Of course you may also want to offer more than the Ave's, you may want to offer other prayers and sacrifices during the week for these particular priests, whatever you feel called to do, is a blessing.<br /><br />This week's priests are:</div><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366ff;"><b>Fr Michael McCarthy, Fr Peter McCarthy, Fr Peter McCartin</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366ff;"><b><br /></b></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366ff;"><b></b></span>A list of the priests we have prayed for individually here are in the right hand sidebar down the bottom.</div><br /><p align="left">If you have any priests you wish to nominate to be added to the Priests in Focus please <a href="mailto:spiritualmotherhoodforpriests@gmail.com">email us</a> and we would more than happy to add that priest to our list.<br /><br /><em><span style="color:#33ccff;">Our Lady, Queen of the Apostles, bless us with holy, courageous priests!</span></em></p></div></div></div></div></div>Anne (aussieannie)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17394551569895427892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622002750832785729.post-51946396460628537832011-02-19T08:11:00.000+11:002011-02-19T08:11:00.538+11:00Blessed Alessandrina Da Costa (1904-1955)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie2kegQVx2-i08vmwTC2iknf9bTyqxkmT2S6gb3OpT797ondC4RzBOuxcvma4CMrTc9h4bW4_KKmrepqZ98r8s4Jgrg8IeiwlNKx8wY5vZ3E-4UHnkZR6FPhPlWVahzPiXj-744tI2OVzh/s1600/4520737573_f2d6617541.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 272px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie2kegQVx2-i08vmwTC2iknf9bTyqxkmT2S6gb3OpT797ondC4RzBOuxcvma4CMrTc9h4bW4_KKmrepqZ98r8s4Jgrg8IeiwlNKx8wY5vZ3E-4UHnkZR6FPhPlWVahzPiXj-744tI2OVzh/s400/4520737573_f2d6617541.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574398505623639698" /></a><strong>This story is from the booklet, <a href="http://www.catholicpriest.com/docs/adoration_for_priests.pdfhttp://www.catholicpriest.com/docs/adoration_for_priests.pdf">Adoration, Reparation, Spiritual Motherhood for Priests</a>. An inspiring story of spiritual motherhood in the vocation of the single life:</strong><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">A story from the life of <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;">Alexandrina da Costa</span></i>, beatified on 25 April 2004, reveals the transforming power and visible effects of the sacrifice made by a sick and forgotten girl.</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">In 1941, Alexandrina wrote to her spiritual director, Fr. Mariano Pinho, telling him that Jesus told her, </span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FFFF;">"My daughter, a priest living in Lisbon is close to being lost forever; he offends me terribly. Call your spiritual director and ask his permission that I may have you suffer in a special way for this soul."</span></b></i><br /></span></b><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ5q7alR0XhY38lGam1jZFUgSFFpcr-zWKPWUj57zeYioTcZ8qnq7okB8mqPLJjPaOS_1nUYU6Hsnw0RWj13141DarA22l3HfyOrf37OtPKJ-Ca9VgQmww4oC_Qu0Kbzm-2PZdwRXbr2O6/s1600/mariano_pinho_a.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 138px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ5q7alR0XhY38lGam1jZFUgSFFpcr-zWKPWUj57zeYioTcZ8qnq7okB8mqPLJjPaOS_1nUYU6Hsnw0RWj13141DarA22l3HfyOrf37OtPKJ-Ca9VgQmww4oC_Qu0Kbzm-2PZdwRXbr2O6/s200/mariano_pinho_a.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574398434897339746" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Blessed Alessandrina's spiritual director, Fr Mariano Pinho SJ</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Once Alexandrina had received permission from her spiritual director, she suffered greatly. She felt the severity of the priest's errors, how he wanted to know nothing about God and was close to self-damnation. She even heard the priest's full name. Poor Alexandrina experienced the hellish state of this priest's soul and prayed urgently, </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FFFF;"><b>"Not to hell, no! I offer myself as a sacrifice for him, as long as you want."</b></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS5KAAdH6etlEEpkakg-ZUC7ZSNfQ0Zz-h3cXNiRmfOi4mOS3Z2MxYeuTQLTvHlRJOj1Oy-KqghduoJ3fLQLPYN6NN7B8TVC1o5N04WZGxy0hMc_DlY8gLJx3CVgDq3No63aS9YD2DmwJs/s1600/Alexandrina_Maria_da_Costa_4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS5KAAdH6etlEEpkakg-ZUC7ZSNfQ0Zz-h3cXNiRmfOi4mOS3Z2MxYeuTQLTvHlRJOj1Oy-KqghduoJ3fLQLPYN6NN7B8TVC1o5N04WZGxy0hMc_DlY8gLJx3CVgDq3No63aS9YD2DmwJs/s320/Alexandrina_Maria_da_Costa_4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574398359975071842" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Alexandrina in her sick bed</span></i></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Fr Pinho inquired of the Cardinal of Lisbon whether one of the priests of his diocese was of particular concern. The Cardinal openly confirmed that he was, in fact, very worried about one of his priests, and when he mentioned the name of the priest, it was the same one that Jesus had spoken to Alexandrina.</div><div><br /></div><div>Some months later, a friend of Fr. Pinho, Fr. David Novais, recounted to him an unusual incident. Fr. David had just held a retreat in Fatima where attended a modest gentleman whose exemplary behaviour made him pleasantly attractive to all the participants. </div><div><br /></div><div>On the last night of the retreat, this man suddenly had a heart attack. He asked to see a priest, to whom he confessed and received Holy Communion. Shortly thereafter he died, fully reconciled with God. It turned out that this man was actually a priest - the very priest for whom Alexandrina had suffered so greatly.</div><div><br /></div><div>To read more about the life of Blessed Alexandrina, there is a Tan publication written by Francis Johnston:</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEaFA2lI_JJ7Td9gNYPSOLIaiFFM8xXQEMpX8rguqYxgQf0wSVjT_08XxXOQ65l4JqLkHds81wfhLPvnvnjV6Bb8yBj3iohFk-mrRNN3eAuCNvKb_9ZaFWBNm8_0AoIv6niIvPyQAwyqXH/s1600/0094_175.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 122px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEaFA2lI_JJ7Td9gNYPSOLIaiFFM8xXQEMpX8rguqYxgQf0wSVjT_08XxXOQ65l4JqLkHds81wfhLPvnvnjV6Bb8yBj3iohFk-mrRNN3eAuCNvKb_9ZaFWBNm8_0AoIv6niIvPyQAwyqXH/s200/0094_175.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574398277542642002" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.tanbooks.com/index.php/page/shop:flypage/product_id/28/"><i>Alexandrina: The Agony and the Glory</i></a> </div></div>Anne (aussieannie)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17394551569895427892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622002750832785729.post-85289904565202903852011-02-17T06:50:00.001+11:002011-02-17T07:46:40.973+11:00Priests in Focus for this week<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBDXWxrPmYokMTZmSIVI-ka0hETVhpsLzEpxPwMWT59x3vWcE2kAka0FKNE_rB30i1r9Qmo1SZA8rO2QapftZjvlGK9jKoI5s9hC3BHQR6cm4GbDCl6QlqXu2b-Pt_LjO9f0Oqk4xmIguG/s1600/Priests+in+Focus+Widget+16+Feb+11.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 162px; height: 209px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBDXWxrPmYokMTZmSIVI-ka0hETVhpsLzEpxPwMWT59x3vWcE2kAka0FKNE_rB30i1r9Qmo1SZA8rO2QapftZjvlGK9jKoI5s9hC3BHQR6cm4GbDCl6QlqXu2b-Pt_LjO9f0Oqk4xmIguG/s320/Priests+in+Focus+Widget+16+Feb+11.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574114369116904562" /></a>I would like to apologise for the general quietness at Spiritual Motherhood for Priests. <div><br /></div><div> Zeliemum has placed a few important posts up, asking for prayers for particular bishops and priests during a very busy period for her personally with her big family.<div><br /></div><div>Unfortunately I had let go the Priests in Focus due to a long period of ill health, among many other things. </div></div><div><br /></div><div>Things are finally settling for the two of us and we will be resuming our weekly Thursday posting, "Priests in Focus" where we share the name of three priests and ask for prayers for them to strengthen them in their holy vocation. </div><div><br /></div><div>We also hope to resume a weekly or fortnightly posting of one or two seminarians, asking for prayers for Gods Will in regard to their vocation and that they always be faithful to God's Will. This we hope do this on Tuesdays. </div><div><br /></div><div>We will resume our first Sunday of the month posting, sharing the Mother's of Lu prayer, praying for priests within our family, or for those who have no children, praying for vocations within their diocese.</div><div><br /></div><div>If there is any lady who would like to have their name added to our adoration list (an hour's adoration for priests a month) please <a href="mailto:spiritualmotherhoodforpriests@gmail.com">email us.</a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>We have many wonderful stories, prayers and ideas to share in this new year, I hope you enjoy them and join with us in praying for the holy priesthood.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">~oOo~</span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2YZJ6SPMjzimpoq0iakzjlptQ626pwzrLNa8dAQw1nDgQ9pAqMRHuLAZTDq-L4mqeTr4TDpk_SqQF_N0pBDT4q50EyTO9xVdCnXxxUW6WPpJbkjSii2HD3i27KPDiuUY03R1aYO0RPHq6/s1600/Priests+in+Focus+Widget+26th+November.jpg"></a><div><div><div><div><div>Every Thursday we change the three priests names for the <strong>Weekly Priests in Focus.</strong><br /><br />We are encouraging ladies to offer an <em><span style="color:#33ccff;">Ave</span> </em>for the priests mentioned when visiting our site (You will see the above widget in the top righthand sidebar under our header) and also may wish to off an <em><span style="color:#33ccff;">Ave</span></em> for these priests any other time in the week that you may remember.<br /><br />Of course you may also want to offer more than the Ave's, you may want to offer other prayers and sacrifices during the week for these particular priests, whatever you feel called to do, is a blessing.<br /><br />This week's priests are:</div><br /><p align="center"></p><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Fr Steve Hartley, Fr Tom Euteneuer, Fr N Maurice</span></span></strong></div><strong></strong><p align="left">A list of the priests we have prayed for individually here are in the right hand sidebar down the bottom.<br /><br />If you have any priests you wish to nominate to be added to the Priests in Focus please <a href="mailto:spiritualmotherhoodforpriests@gmail.com">email us</a> and we would more than happy to add that priest to our list.<br /><br /><em><span style="color:#33ccff;">Our Lady, Queen of the Apostles, bless us with holy, courageous priests!</span></em></p></div></div></div></div></div>Anne (aussieannie)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17394551569895427892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622002750832785729.post-88908218320357942362010-12-29T10:16:00.013+11:002010-12-29T12:09:56.313+11:00Australians mourn Bishop Joseph Grech's sudden death.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C8cHOnjDXN0/TRp8VP9vc-I/AAAAAAAABJc/KJOFXAy_nZA/s1600/Bishop%2BJoe%2BGrech%2BMass.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 219px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C8cHOnjDXN0/TRp8VP9vc-I/AAAAAAAABJc/KJOFXAy_nZA/s320/Bishop%2BJoe%2BGrech%2BMass.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555889794819519458" border="0" /></a>I found out late yesterday that Bishop Joseph Grech had died. He was admitted to hospital on the 23rd of December from a recurrence of a blood-related disorder which he suffered from about 5 years ago. He died at the hour of Mercy 3pm yesterday 28th December with eight family, close friends and other members of the Church (which he served so faithfully); Melbourne’s Archbishop Denis Hart, Archbishop Mark Coleridge & Fr Maurizio Pettena CS.<br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: left;">It is fitting that this well loved Man of God, Champion of the King of the Universe died at this hour <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">"for at that moment mercy is opened wide for every soul. In this hour you can obtain everything for yourself and for others for the asking; i</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">t is the hour of grace fo</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">r the w</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">hole world".</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C8cHOnjDXN0/TRp6DtceSAI/AAAAAAAABJU/v7P3rhy2Dks/s1600/Divine%252BMercy.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 241px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C8cHOnjDXN0/TRp6DtceSAI/AAAAAAAABJU/v7P3rhy2Dks/s320/Divine%252BMercy.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555887294472144898" border="0" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">At three o'clock, implore My mercy, especially for sinners; and, if only for a brief moment, immerse yourself in My Passion, particularly in My abandonment at the moment of agony. This is the hour of great mercy ... I</span></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">n this hour I will refuse nothing to the soul that makes a request of Me in virtue of My Passion.</span> </span><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">(<i>Diary</i> 1320).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">Many people will mourn the loss of Bishop Joe Grech, he was only in Rome for the Canonization of St Mother Mary of the Cross (Mary MacKillop) in October "larger than life". We hope and pray that he is now seeing what is really larger than life; the heavenly kingdom and the Lord and King who reigns above all!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 153, 51);">Eternal rest grant unto him Oh Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May his soul rest in peace!</p><span style="font-style: italic;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_C8cHOnjDXN0/TRqHvr4Lx9I/AAAAAAAABJk/wnlinqTOkeM/s1600/db_Gates_of_Heaven_1b1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_C8cHOnjDXN0/TRqHvr4Lx9I/AAAAAAAABJk/wnlinqTOkeM/s320/db_Gates_of_Heaven_1b1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555902343616907218" border="0" /></a></span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622002750832785729.post-82459118290574364262010-12-27T07:57:00.004+11:002010-12-27T08:27:54.235+11:00Urgent Prayer Request for Bishop Joe's Grech.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_C8cHOnjDXN0/TRexkLcomQI/AAAAAAAABI8/G4fyTW3XDhw/s1600/Bishop%2BJoseph%2BGech2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 141px; height: 182px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_C8cHOnjDXN0/TRexkLcomQI/AAAAAAAABI8/G4fyTW3XDhw/s320/Bishop%2BJoseph%2BGech2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555103900491094274" border="0" /></a><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--><span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:13.5pt;" >I received this urgent prayer request late last night:<br /></span><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 153, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:13.5pt;" >Dear friends,</span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 153, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:13.5pt;" >An update about Bishop Joe's health:<br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 153, 255);"> </div><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 153, 255);" class="MsoNormal"> <span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:13.5pt;" >Bishop Joe’s condition has deteriorated. Late on Christmas night he was moved to </span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 153, 255);"> </div><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 153, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:13.5pt;" >Intensive Care where he still is. The latest report (</span><span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:13.5pt;" >1.00pm</span><span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:13.5pt;" > 26th December) he is in a serious but stable condition. </span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 153, 255);"> </div><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 153, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:13.5pt;" > Let us keep on praying for him!...</span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 153, 255);"> </div><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 153, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:13.5pt;" >In JMJ+</span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 153, 255);"> </div><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 153, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:13.5pt;" > Fr.Doroteo</span></p><p style="font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:13.5pt;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;">Please keep </span></span><span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:13.5pt;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;">Bishop Joseph Grech</span></span><span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:13.5pt;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"> from the diocese of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Sandhurst">Sandhurst </a>Australia fervently</span></span><span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:13.5pt;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:13.5pt;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;">in your prayers this week.</span></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:13.5pt;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;">I'll keep updating as I find out more information regarding his condition. Thank you</span><br /></span></p>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622002750832785729.post-42540627843984445432010-12-14T19:36:00.012+11:002010-12-14T20:05:48.976+11:00A Christmas Gift for that Special Priest in your Life<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" class="UIStory_Message" ><a href="http://encouragepriests.org/site/home-page/">Encourage Priest.org</a> has a lovely gift idea for anyone looking to give something meaningful to that special priest in your life, any young man you know discerning a vocation, even your local Bish</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" class="UIStory_Message" >op or any priest that you feel called to pray for. Any member of the clergy would feel very comforted by receiving a card with one of these personal <a href="http://encouragepriests.org/spiritual-bouquets.php">spiritual bouquets</a> in it for Christmas.</span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal">It's so simple, choose from the three sample templates, send it and pray for these courageous virtuous men that guide our way to heaven and need our prayers.</p> <h3 style="font-weight: normal;" class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" ft="{"type":"msg"}"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_C8cHOnjDXN0/TQcwan8OLfI/AAAAAAAABIw/U98woViqF00/s1600/spiritual-bouquet1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 184px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_C8cHOnjDXN0/TQcwan8OLfI/AAAAAAAABIw/U98woViqF00/s320/spiritual-bouquet1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550458299713727986" border="0" /></a></h3><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">God Bless</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255); font-weight: bold;">Z</span><br /></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622002750832785729.post-8840362892689109712010-12-02T18:23:00.009+11:002010-12-03T20:17:01.047+11:00PIF - For the First Week of Advent 2010 - Philip Johnson<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUIfs11YvHQPLPBzvO0_txRaWZYsEZL5mZKx0fIb1A6FInQtpjnYfRevhPzTRVcPEfPnEJ4TqGkyaD2zRDGIAT0Qfl92bIQLPWQ6ajMl43kuOiiEB9yX_IWM07_sIuE2wS_kYzbkGIsWV-/s1600/Philip+Johnson2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 182px; height: 234px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUIfs11YvHQPLPBzvO0_txRaWZYsEZL5mZKx0fIb1A6FInQtpjnYfRevhPzTRVcPEfPnEJ4TqGkyaD2zRDGIAT0Qfl92bIQLPWQ6ajMl43kuOiiEB9yX_IWM07_sIuE2wS_kYzbkGIsWV-/s400/Philip+Johnson2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545976945642698706" border="0" /></a>I'm sure all our American readers have become aware of the plight of Philip Johnson a young seminarian from the Diocese of Raleigh who in October 2008 discovered he had a mass growing on his brain. In January the following year he was diagnosed with cancer.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(192, 192, 192);">"Bishop Burbidge stated that,<br />Philip is a powerful example of the faith and the trust we need to share in the sufferings of Christ"</span><br /></div><br />Here is a<a href="http://www.dioceseofraleigh.org/news/view.aspx?id=832"> link</a> to Philips original story, please read it and share it with many others so we can unite our prayers for him and storm heaven for a miracle .<br /><br />We are a little late bringing to your attention the <a href="http://www.dioceseofraleigh.org/news/view.aspx?id=962&sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4cf473a7521e45b2%2C0">beginning of the novena</a> being said in honour of the Immaculate Conception, whom is the patroness of the Raleigh diocese. It is being offered for Philips illness, treatment and full recovery if the is the Holy Will of God. However any spiritual efforts offered for Philip through Our Lady's intercession will bless this heroic young seminarian, who has already touched the hearts of many through his example & courage.<br /><br />Please keep Philip Johnson in your prayers all through this Advent season.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">St Peregrine</span> is the Patron Saint of Cancer sufferers, may he intercede for Philip and all those afflicted by the disease of cancer.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg10wr6eXgJtOaWuUxCYqC0qgPkkjywEsl_1QoP8hjaJC-ZYpQeHjYjTngNGPdcJymd3KMg0RLtWkKNvleuui0IsUO97o6QplSjTslqD_1GMIHLL5Hgx4MNrK8wTjUYuHxIYzgjzizRlggk/s1600/st+peregrine%252C+patron+of+cancer.4JPG.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 282px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg10wr6eXgJtOaWuUxCYqC0qgPkkjywEsl_1QoP8hjaJC-ZYpQeHjYjTngNGPdcJymd3KMg0RLtWkKNvleuui0IsUO97o6QplSjTslqD_1GMIHLL5Hgx4MNrK8wTjUYuHxIYzgjzizRlggk/s400/st+peregrine%252C+patron+of+cancer.4JPG.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545977145494564130" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">St. Peregrine Story<br /></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">He was born in Forli, Italy around 1265. At the time, Forli was governed by the Pope as part of the Papal States. Peregrine grew up in a family which was actively involved in the opposition or anti-papal party. Forli was a stronghold of anti-papal party activism. Because of this anti-papal political activity, the city was under the church penalty of interdict. This meant that Mass and the Sacraments could not be celebrated in the city. St. Philip Benizi, the Prior General of the Servants of Mary was sent to Forli to preach the reconciliation of the city and the removal of the penalty. Young Peregrine was so intense in his political fervor that he heckled Philip during the preaching and at one point Peregrine struck St. Philip.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">The moment of striking St. Philip seemed to drastically change Peregrine. He began to channel his energies into good works and eventually he joined the Servants of Mary and pronounced his vows in the Servite Priory in Siena, Italy. He was about 30 years old. Peregrine then returned to Forli, where he spent the rest of his life. The best information indicates that he was not a priest, but a choir brother, who undertook an apostolate among the people of Forli. He especially dedicated himself to the sick, the poor and the fringe people of society. He also imposed a special penance on himself-to stand whenever it was not necessary to sit. This led to varicose veins. The varicose veins deteriorated into an open, running sore on his leg. The open, running sore was diagnosed as cancer. The wound became so obvious, odorous and painful that the local surgeon scheduled surgery to amputate the leg.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Suddenly Peregrine was confronted with the ugliness and suffering of his own life. He had given himself to people in similar situations and then found he must lean on his own faith in the goodness of God. The night before the operation he prayed before the image of the crucified Christ in the priory chapter room. At the age of 60 he was challenged to carry a new and more difficult cross. His prayer led him into a deep trance-like sleep during which he envisioned the crucified Christ leaving the cross and touching his cancerous leg. When Peregrine awakened from the trance of prayer, he discovered the wound healed and the leg saved.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">St. Peregrine lived 20 more years. He died on May 1, 1345 at the age of 80. He was canonized on December 27, 1726. He has been named the Patron Saint for those who suffer from cancer. The people of Forli chose him to be the Patron Saint of their city.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">His feast day is celebrated on May 4.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjGUOHjNZI3F5TILokHLKQ3X8Uy0ge2D9qTUR1uOZ5ZA1fsLx3HF9r27BO7eqivV-9JZbECmm30F_p4GcjtE0Oud1ZcxJtb-60Lloe5r-Yohd4PlgN19EI8bV0exvCKALsejbFi2aQaCyz/s1600/st+peregrine%252C+patron+of+cancer.3JPG.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 182px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjGUOHjNZI3F5TILokHLKQ3X8Uy0ge2D9qTUR1uOZ5ZA1fsLx3HF9r27BO7eqivV-9JZbECmm30F_p4GcjtE0Oud1ZcxJtb-60Lloe5r-Yohd4PlgN19EI8bV0exvCKALsejbFi2aQaCyz/s400/st+peregrine%252C+patron+of+cancer.3JPG.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545981195311513938" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">St. Peregrine Prayer</span><br /></div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><b> </b><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">GLORIOUS WONDER-WORKER, St. Peregrine,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> You answered the divine call</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> With a ready spirit,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> And forsook all the comforts of the world</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> To dedicate yourself to God</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> In the Order of His Most Holy Mother. </span></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> </div> <p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">You laboured manfully<br /> For the salvation of souls;<br /> And in union with Jesus Crucified<br /> You endured the most painful sufferings<br /><br /> With such patience<br /> As to deserve to be<br /> Healed miraculously<br /> Of an incurable cancer<br /> In your leg by a touch<br /> Of his divine hand. </p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> </div> <p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Obtain for me<br /> The grace to answer<br /><br /> Every call of God<br /> And to fulfill His Will<br /> In all the events of life. </p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> </div> <p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Enkindle in my heart<br /> A consuming zeal<br /> For the salvation of souls;<br /> Deliver me from the infirmities<br /> that afflict my body </p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> </div> <p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">(name your petition)</p><p style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span>To cure</span><span> Philip Johnson</span><br /></p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">from brain cancer, if that be God's Divine will.</span><br /></p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> </div> <p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Obtain for me<br /><br /> Perfect resignation to the sufferings<br /> It may please God to send me,<br /> So that, imitating our Crucified Savior<br /> And His Sorrowful Mother,<br /> I may merit eternal glory in heaven. </p> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> </div> <p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Amen.</p> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">St. Peregrine, pray for me</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"> And for all who invoke your aid.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">(3 times)</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Amen</span><br /><br />God Bless.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUIfs11YvHQPLPBzvO0_txRaWZYsEZL5mZKx0fIb1A6FInQtpjnYfRevhPzTRVcPEfPnEJ4TqGkyaD2zRDGIAT0Qfl92bIQLPWQ6ajMl43kuOiiEB9yX_IWM07_sIuE2wS_kYzbkGIsWV-/s1600/Philip+Johnson2.jpg"><br /><br /></a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622002750832785729.post-58825291037275520022010-11-08T11:45:00.004+11:002010-11-08T11:57:58.887+11:00Would-be Pro Golfer on Path to Priesthood.<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C8cHOnjDXN0/TNdKYl41Z0I/AAAAAAAABIg/9ApMAP1R2a4/s1600/hannahpeter.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 116px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 132px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536976053223122754" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C8cHOnjDXN0/TNdKYl41Z0I/AAAAAAAABIg/9ApMAP1R2a4/s320/hannahpeter.jpg" /></a> Anchorage, Alaska, Nov 6, 2010 / 01:16 pm (CNA).- It’s easy to imagine a six-foot, tanned, 32-year-old <a href="http://www.opwest.org/profiles/h/hannahpeter.htm">Peter Hannah </a>on the golf greens of Monterey, California, in textbook form, languidly driving balls 300 yards.<br />But instead of an Izod shirt and khaki pants, he’s wearing the long, white habit of a medieval Dominican friar — and he’s heading into winter in Alaska. He arrived in August from St. Albert’s Priory in Oakland for a year’s work at Holy Family Cathedral in Anchorage, Alaska, as part of seminary training.<br />“My first reaction to being assigned to Anchorage was, ‘Wow, that’s a long ways away from California,” Brother Peter Junipero Hannah told the Catholic Anchor.<br />But the would-be professional golfer, former college fraternity brother and convert to Catholicism already has traveled a long distance — through even the spiritual “desert” of the so-called “good life” — on the surprising path to freedom.<br />The American Dream<br />By most accounts, Brother Hannah was living the American Dream.<br />Born in Temple, Texas at 10 pounds, 13 ounces, he looked like a nascent Texas Cowboys linebacker. But a family move to the West Coast and a “generally slender frame,” he said, turned hopes of football stardom into a chance at PGA fame. Like his up-and-coming school-mate Tiger Woods, as a teen, Brother Hannah was perfecting his strokes on California’s sunny golf courses.<br />Still, life was well-rounded.<br />Brother Hannah’s parents weren’t “PhDs or anything,” he said, but they instilled in him and his sister a “love for learning.”<br />And they owned a set of World Book of Encyclopedias, whose volumes six-year-old Brother Hannah would pick up on his own and “just start reading.” That intellectual curiosity continues to this day. “I’m interested in everything!” exclaimed the religious brother.<br />Growing up, his Presbyterian family attended church every Sunday. But by high school – and though he never “explicitly” disbelieved or rebelled against God – Brother Hannah was “so interested in golf, I didn’t really want to do anything else.”<br />In 1995, the “naturally ambitious” and determined Brother Hannah entered the University of California at San Diego, where he majored in American history and played on the golf team – aiming for a lucrative, professional sports career.<br />“I wanted to have a good life, I wanted to be successful,” Brother Hannah said.<br />A gnawing angst<br />At college, he joined a fraternity – which meant camaraderie, leadership and philanthropy projects.<br />But frat life had a dark side. There were drugs, alcohol and denigrating attitudes toward women.<br />By junior year, the “pagan pastimes” were gnawing on his conscience — as was the impermanence of his academic, social and athletic accomplishments.<br />His goals were “not bad things in themselves,” Brother Hannah said. “But when perfect performance did not emerge, and was made less and less perfect by the increasing mental haze attending fraternity life, a deep sense of anxiety developed within me.”<br />“I knew deep within my soul that things were not quite right,” he observed.<br />In quiet moments, he acknowledged, “‘There’s something really wrong about the messages I’m getting. There’s an emptiness in my soul that needs to be answered, filled somehow.’”<br />Then, the summer before senior year, his father encouraged him to become an official member of their hometown Presbyterian church — a step he had not yet taken.<br />“Like a lot of young people today,” he told his father that he wanted to “study other religions first.” For Christianity, his dad recommended the book, “Mere Christianity.”<br />So after a round of golf, Brother Hannah went to Barnes & Noble and walked out with a copy of C. S. Lewis’s classic and the autobiography of Jack Nicklaus.<br />'Water in the desert'<br />Lewis’s book turned out “like water in the desert for me,” Brother Hannah recalled.<br />“It was like, ‘Wow, Christianity does have some things to say!’” and those things, he observed, “protect order in society, protect human dignity” in “wonderful ways.”<br />Although he had “never tried to live intentionally in a non-Christian way,” Brother Hannah said he hadn’t thought much about what living in a Christian way looked like.<br />He began to realize that, however unwittingly, he had been acquiring “a lot of the habits that many people in the world acquire.”<br />He listed a few: the portrayal of women as sexual objects, the pursuit of wealth “to the neglect of the poorest of the poor or as kind of an end unto itself” and the pursuit of power and ambition apart from other concerns.<br />Finally, Brother Hannah acknowledged that he shouldn’t be embarrassed or ashamed by a conscience that was bothered by such attitudes and behaviors.<br />Soon, he began to question all his sacrifice just for a lower score on the links. By graduation, he had left his “religion” of golf.<br />Freedom in Christ<br />In graduate school in Maryland, Brother Hannah discovered Jesus in the Eucharist at a nearby Catholic parish. “I was overcome,” he recalled when considering that Christ himself would manifest himself in “his very flesh and blood.”<br />In a short time, he formally joined the Catholic Church and soon discerned a religious vocation.<br />He then entered the Order of Preachers or Dominicans as a brother and began the road to the priesthood.<br />In 2007, Brother Hannah made his first religious vow – obedience. As one who was accustomed to making his own way, he considers it the hardest.<br />“The vow of obedience goes straight to our free will and our desire to have certain situations the way we want them,” he said.<br />Obedience is the answer to the “mistake of pride of taking my own desires, will, wants, needs and not being willing to see them in a wider context of other peoples’ needs and of the needs of the world and the needs of my neighbor,” he explained.<br />Paradoxically, “the thing I’ve gained is freedom of heart,” he observed. “There is an almost indescribable freedom in giving yourself to Christ alone, in a single-minded way.”<br />As a religious, “all of my energy is going into helping people discover the life of Christ, helping people discover the grace and the freedom that is in Christ.”<br />For instance, in Anchorage, Brother Hannah is running the catechetical programs at Holy Family Cathedral, assisting with the youth and young adult groups there and teaching a church history class at Holy Rosary Academy.<br />Having been through the “desert,” Brother Hannah wants to show young people, in particular, “that there are other ways to live and to give them hope,” he explained.<br />Referencing Saint Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians, the now casual golfer and motivated religious brother observed: “We Christians are called to run the race to obtain a crown that doesn’t perish which is eternal life.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622002750832785729.post-19969302502338822992010-10-25T23:19:00.012+11:002010-10-25T23:32:44.981+11:00Bishop Monroe from British Columbia Badly Beaten<div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_C8cHOnjDXN0/TMV1dU64eEI/AAAAAAAABIc/SsY1puqfc9I/s1600/Most+Reverend+David+J.+Monroe+Bishop+of+Kamloops,+second+from+the+left.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_C8cHOnjDXN0/TMV1dU64eEI/AAAAAAAABIc/SsY1puqfc9I/s400/Most+Reverend+David+J.+Monroe+Bishop+of+Kamloops,+second+from+the+left.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="color: #b6d7a8; text-align: center;">Most Rev Bishop David Monroe 2nd from the left</div><div style="color: #b6d7a8; text-align: center;"><i>Please keep him in your prayers. </i></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c;">"Bishop Monroe, 69, was rushed to hospital, along with another priest who dislocated a shoulder trying to fend off the attacker".<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/10/23/bc-kamloops-bishop-beaten.html#ixzz13N4YehrS" style="color: #b6d7a8;">Read more: </a></div></div><br />
<div style="color: #f9cb9c;"><i style="color: #b6d7a8;">Update:</i> "Kamloops Bishop David Monroe, 69, has been removed from the Intensive Care Unit of Kamloops Royal Inland Hospital, where he continues to recover after being viciously beaten at Sacred Heart Cathedral Friday night" - <i style="color: #b6d7a8;">The Busy Catholic blog</i></div></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Bishop David John James </b><b>Monroe </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Bishop of <a href="http://www.sacredheartkamloops.org/">Kamloops</a>, British Columbia</b></span></div><table align="center" border="1"><tbody>
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<tr><td align="right">14 Apr 1941</td><td>69.53<noscript>68.8</noscript> </td><td>Born</td><td><br />
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<tr><td align="right">20 May 1967</td><td>26.1</td><td>Ordained Priest</td><td><br />
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<tr><td align="right">5 Jan 2002</td><td>60.7</td><td>Appointed</td><td><br />
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<tr><td align="right">12 Mar 2002</td><td>60.9</td><td>Ordained Bishop</td><td><br />
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<tr><td align="right">18 Mar 2002</td><td>60.9</td><td>Installed</td><td><br />
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</tbody></table>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622002750832785729.post-23479274738264713682010-09-28T13:43:00.008+10:002010-10-13T15:55:32.321+11:00Fr Thomas Dubay Dies: World-Renowned Retreat Master, Author & Popular Spiritual Director to Priests<a href="http://www.maristsociety.org/development/featuredneed.html">Fr Thomas Dubay</a> has died. Many would say a saint has entered heaven!<br />He was one of the well loved priests from EWTN a <a href="http://www.christendom-awake.org/pages/dubay/thomas-dubay-homepage.htm">spiritual master</a> on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAqIvHb9mm4">Contemplative</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsZ9TpZ16n4&feature=related">prayer</a>, the <a href="http://home.infionline.net/%7Eddisse/teresa.html">spirituality of St Teresa of Avila</a> and <a href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08480a.htm">St John of the Cross</a>. He was a <a href="http://www.maristsociety.org/about/spiritofmary.html">Marist</a> Priest; the <a href="http://www.maristsociety.org/spirituality/livingspirit.html">Marist charism</a> is… <br /><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;"><b>to think as Mary, judge as Mary, and feel and act as Mary in all things…</b></div>He instructed many Catholics through his <a href="http://www.ignatiusinsight.com/authors/thomas_dubay.asp">20 spiritual masterpieces</a> on the spiritual life and prayer, his forte was Spiritual Direction for priests and religious. He practiced what he preached in his example of holiness and a Christ-like life.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C8cHOnjDXN0/TKE5StNOIyI/AAAAAAAABH8/jOHH4igFisw/s1600/Fr+Dubay.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C8cHOnjDXN0/TKE5StNOIyI/AAAAAAAABH8/jOHH4igFisw/s1600/Fr+Dubay.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Rev Thomas Dubay, SM - RIP September 26, 2010</b></div><br />"From the Little Sisters of the Poor who cared for him - From Washington, DC:<br />This morning at 4:45, the Lord welcomed into His Kingdom Rev Thomas Dubay, SM, after suffering kidney failure and massive bleeding in the brain. Father’s frail health had been declining ever since his admission to the Little Sisters of the Poor home in Washington more than a year ago, but his suffering was even more noticeable in recent months. Despite this fact, Fr Dubay was just as witty as ever.<br /><br />When Father’s superior, Fr. Bruce Lery, SM, called the Little Sisters on Sunday morning to tell them, he said, "We have a saint in heaven" –how true! Fr. Dubay was hospitalized about a month ago and then transferred to a rehabilitation facility for specialized treatments but his health was steadily declining. Yesterday he was re-admitted to the hospital with bleeding in the brain, and he was put in coronary intensive care. Although the ventilator was removed, he continued to breathe on his own.<br /><br />Although he suffered from his loss of independence, he was happy to concelebrate Mass almost every day in the chapel of the Little Sisters Home in the shadow of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in our nation’s capital.<br /><br />The Marist priests and brothers visited him almost daily, and Father depended very much on his superior, Fr. Bruce, who was always there for him. In a few words, Fr. Dubay literally practiced what he preached! Father was happy to give weekly classes to the Little Sister postulants –classes which he enjoyed as much as they! From his room, Father continued his spiritual direction with many persons who called on him and this also was extended to letter writing.<br /><br />We can render prayers of thanksgiving for the wonderful support Father gave to religious communities spending a good part of his life giving conferences and retreats. Although his preaching and spiritual direction was delivered to contemplative communities, his teaching was not for them alone. Religious the world over benefitted of his spiritual wisdom and guidance for years. He will be sorely missed. May he rest in peace after leading so many souls to true spiritual peace during his lifetime! The opening prayer of today’s liturgy says it all: “Help us hurry toward the Eternal Life you promise and come to share in the joys of your kingdom”.<br /><br />In this video below Fr Dubay offers insights into his Call to the Priesthod and how to recognize a personal Call from God to the Religous Life or the Priesthood. His wisdom will be surely missed.<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CmKrh-HWGlc?fs=1&hl=en_GB"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CmKrh-HWGlc?fs=1&hl=en_GB" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />Here is a good <a href="http://www.ncregister.com/blog/a-remembrance-of-father-thomas-dubay/">article</a> written by Catholic journalist Tim Drake who over the years spoke to and interviewed Fr Dubay a number of times.<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iB3vhDes7lw?fs=1&hl=en_GB"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iB3vhDes7lw?fs=1&hl=en_GB" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I can imagine Father Dubay saying this prayer as he greets Our Lady as she escorts him to his mansion in a special place in heaven.</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">I greet thee, Mary,</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">Daughter of God the Father.</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">I greet thee, Mary,</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">Mother of the Son of God.</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">I greet thee, Mary,</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">Spouse of the Holy Spirit.</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">I greet thee, Mary,</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">Temple of the Blessed Trinity.</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">I greet thee, Mary,</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">White Lily of the resplendent Trinity.</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">I greet thee, Mary,</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">Fragrant Rose of the heavenly court.</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">I greet thee, Mary,</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">Virgin full of meekness and humility,</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">of whom the King of Heaven willed to be born</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">and nourished by thy milk.</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">I greet thee, Mary,</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">Virgin of virgins.</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">I greet thee, Mary,</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">Queen of martyrs,</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">whose soul was pierced by the sword of sorrows.</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">I greet thee, Mary,</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">Lady and Mistress,</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">to whom all power has been given</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">in Heaven and on earth.</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">I greet thee, Mary,</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">Queen of my heart, my sweetness,</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">my life and all my hope.</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">I greet thee, Mary,</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">Mother most amiable.</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">I greet thee, Mary,</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">Mother most admirable.</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">I greet thee, Mary,</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">Mother of beautiful love.</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">I greet thee, Mary,</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">Conceived without sin.</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">I greet thee, Mary,</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">Full of grace, the Lord is with thee,</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">blessed art thou among women,</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">and blessed be the Fruit of thy womb.</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">Blessed be thy spouse, Saint Joseph.</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">Blessed be thy father, Saint Joachim.</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">Blessed be thy mother, Saint Anne.</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">Blessed be thy angel, Saint Gabriel.</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">Blessed be the Eternal Father,</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">Who has chosen thee.</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">Blessed be thy Son,</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">Who has loved thee.</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">Blessed be the Holy Ghost,</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">Who has espoused thee.</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">May all those who love thee bless thee.</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">O Blessed Virgin,</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;">bless us all in the name of thy dear Son.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198);">Amen</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_C8cHOnjDXN0/TKFkTBdG9JI/AAAAAAAABIY/fXIrd7QOTyw/s1600/app0001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_C8cHOnjDXN0/TKFkTBdG9JI/AAAAAAAABIY/fXIrd7QOTyw/s320/app0001.jpg" width="228" border="0" height="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="goog_897263528"></span><span id="goog_897263529"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">O Virgin most kind, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Mary, Mother of God, </div><div style="text-align: center;">most loving consoler of those in distress,</div><div style="text-align: center;">commend to your Son the souls of the Faithful Departed, </div><div style="text-align: center;">so that, because of your motherly intervention, </div><div style="text-align: center;">they may joyfully arrive in your company </div><div style="text-align: center;">as their longed-for home in heaven. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Amen.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_C8cHOnjDXN0/TKFbvFybguI/AAAAAAAABIE/ftG2jGtUoGw/s1600/Fr+Dubay_0203.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_C8cHOnjDXN0/TKFbvFybguI/AAAAAAAABIE/ftG2jGtUoGw/s200/Fr+Dubay_0203.png" width="200" border="0" height="186" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b> </b><b style="color: rgb(249, 203, 156);">Eternal rest grant unto him Oh Lord, and may perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in peace. Amen.</b></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622002750832785729.post-78039631657618853642010-09-20T07:30:00.002+10:002010-09-20T07:37:35.952+10:00Prayers for Fr Laurence Gresser FSSP<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfLbYZqWlsST4Qun5SQVs3AAGFhIPs-DAHMQ5AUbQ5Tut3rT87jvgaYKvqv9c7KRS0WcYk6jh3lb2R3p3yCG1UikUvCS2FMliTGHkIlAyOwu1YgxBE5sTCadzXsBHuG6u6t_jev-bLhVZM/s1600/ecceagnusdei.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 245px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfLbYZqWlsST4Qun5SQVs3AAGFhIPs-DAHMQ5AUbQ5Tut3rT87jvgaYKvqv9c7KRS0WcYk6jh3lb2R3p3yCG1UikUvCS2FMliTGHkIlAyOwu1YgxBE5sTCadzXsBHuG6u6t_jev-bLhVZM/s400/ecceagnusdei.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518740403348974946" /></a>I am writing to ask for many prayers for a good and holy FSSP priest in Sydney, Australia. (The <a href="http://www.maternalheart.org/">Maternal Heart Chapel</a>, Lewisham) Fr Laurence Gresser.<div><br /></div><div>I'll share what his brother John wrote:</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;">Fr Laurence Gresser is a FSSP priest from Sydney who suffered extensive burning on Saturday:</span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;">The first 24 hours have been difficult for Fr Laurence, but things are looking positive.<br /><br />On Saturday afternoon, while on a visit to the poor, Fr Laurence felt cold and tried to light a faulty heater, which exploded. His cassock caught on fire and he sustained burns to 35% of his body. An ambulance was called straight away and he received immediate care in hospital. His situation on Saturday night was considered critical but has since stabilised.<br /><br />Fr Laurence is currently in Intensive Care, and is sedated. The burns are mainly to his face, chest, left arm/hand and right shoulder. The doctors have so far classified them as “superficial” although the full extent of his injuries will not be known for 7 – 10 days. It is not yet known if there is any damage to his eyesight. Doctors are optimistic he will make a full recovery (although they will not estimate how long that may take). </span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;">Please pray that there will not be any permanent damage or scarring.</span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><br /><br />Fr Laurence has been Anointed twice and has also been blessed with every Sacramental Fr Wong has in his extensive collection!</span></b></span></span><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><br /></span></b></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div>Anne (aussieannie)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17394551569895427892noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622002750832785729.post-53256024682511564752010-09-09T22:17:00.005+10:002010-10-13T15:57:43.333+11:00Priests in FocusStarting a new approach to the Priests in Focus from now on. We have decided to post 6 priests names each fortnight (every second week) still on the Thursday. <div><br /></div><div>There are two main reasons. It enables us to actually post it here, as well as the sidebar, by posting it allows the ladies who only follow our site via google reader to receive the new list without having to click over to check out our sidebar.</div><div><br /></div><div>Secondly it enables ladies to make a novena if they wish for these priests, giving us 14days to accomplish a nine day novena (maybe the extra days will be handy as well in case a day is missed here or there) ~ it also gives more time to reflect upon and pray for these priests a bit longer than previously.</div><div><br /></div><div>We hope you also like this new idea and please continue to email us with the names of any priests you would love to have added to this fortnightly list.</div><div><br /></div><div>I hope to design a special image to head this fortnightly post, but I'm adjusting to a new Mac at present and haven't learnt yet how to put together a new image. So hopefully soon, that will come.</div><div><br /></div><div>So here are the names of the six priests:</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;font-family:'Times New Roman';" ><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Fr Andrew James.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Fr Simon Kitimbo </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Fr John Ssemaganda</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Fr Charles DiMascola, </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Fr Ross (recently deceased)</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Fr. Louis Madey</span></span></span></p></span></div><br /><p align="left">A list of the priests we have previously prayed for, are in the right hand sidebar down the bottom.<br /><br />If you have any priests you wish to nominate to be added to the Priests in Focus please <a href="mailto:spiritualmotherhoodforpriests@gmail.com">email us</a> and we would more than happy to add that priest to our list.<br /><br /><em><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Our Lady, Queen of the Apostles, bless us with holy, courageous priests!</span></em></p>Anne (aussieannie)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17394551569895427892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622002750832785729.post-12216417723728058252010-09-08T17:21:00.011+10:002010-10-13T15:58:39.221+11:00Our Holy Mother Mary's Birthday<div face="Georgia,"" style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198);"><a href="http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/MARYBRTH.HTM">Birth of Mary</a></div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"On <a href="http://www.traditioninaction.org/SOD/j090sdNativity_9-08.htm">Our Lady's birthday </a>the Church celebrates the first dawning of redemption with the appearance in the world of the Savior's mother, Mary. The Blessed Virgin occupies a unique place in the history of salvation, and she has the highest mission ever commended to any creature. We rejoice that the Mother of God is our Mother, too.</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Let us often call upon the Blessed Virgin as "Cause of our joy", one of the most beautiful titles in her litany".</div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">If you are devoted to The Blessed Virgin Mary here is a very special website that offers beautiful contemplations and meditations on Our Holy Mother - <a href="http://deaconjohn1987.blogspot.com/2009/09/maryvitamin-preparing-for-our-ladys.html">MaryVitamin </a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C8cHOnjDXN0/TIc5NXud0PI/AAAAAAAABHE/9UfyHpSZQWs/s1600/Maurpresmary.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C8cHOnjDXN0/TIc5NXud0PI/AAAAAAAABHE/9UfyHpSZQWs/s400/Maurpresmary.jpg" width="400" border="0" height="237" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>O Immaculate Virgin,</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>Mother of the true God and Mother of the Church,</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>from this spot you have manifested your clemency and compassion</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>for all who have recourse to your protection.</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>Hear the prayer we address to you</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>with filial confidence,</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>and present it to your Son Jesus,</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>our only Redeemer.</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>Mother of Mercy,</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>Teacher of hidden and silent sacrifice,</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>on this day we sinners consecrate to you,</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>who come to meet us,</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>all our being and all our love.</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>We also consecrate to you</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>our life,</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>our work,</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>our joys,</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>our infirmities,</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>and our sorrows.</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>Grant to our peoples peace, justice, and prosperity</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>so that we may entrust to your care,</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>our Lady and our Mother,</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>all that we have and all that we are.</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>We wish to be completely yours</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>and to follow together with you the path of total fidelity</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>to Jesus Christ in His Church:</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>hold us ever lovingly by the hand.</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>See how great is the harvest,</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>and intercede with the Lord</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>that He will imbue the whole people of God</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>with a hunger for holiness</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>and bestow <i>abundant vocations of priests</i> and religious,</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>who are strong in their faith</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>and zealous dispensers of the mysteries of God.</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>Grant to our homes the grace</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>of loving and respecting life in its beginnings,</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>with the same love</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>with which you conceived in your womb</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>the life of the Son of God.</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>Blessed Virgin Mary,</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>Mother of Fair Love,</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>protect our families</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>so that they may always be united</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>and bless the upbringing of our children.</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>Our hope, look upon us with pity,</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>teach us to go continually to Jesus,</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>and if we fall help us to rise again and return to Him</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>through the confession of our faults and our sins</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>in the Sacrament of Penance,</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>which gives peace to the soul.</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>We beg you to grant us a great love</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>for all the Holy Sacraments,</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>which are, as it were, the signs</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>that your beloved Son left us here on earth.</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>Thus, Most Holy Mother,</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>with the peace of God in our consciences,</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>with our hearts free from evil and hatred,</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>we will be able to bring to all others</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>true joy and true peace,</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>which come to us from your Son,</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>our Lord Jesus Christ,</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>Who with the Father and the Holy Spirit,</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>lives and reigns for ever and ever.</b></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 229, 153); text-align: center;"><b>Amen.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C8cHOnjDXN0/TIc6T_7ktBI/AAAAAAAABHM/WUvs61tzXcM/s1600/gardendelight_l.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C8cHOnjDXN0/TIc6T_7ktBI/AAAAAAAABHM/WUvs61tzXcM/s400/gardendelight_l.jpg" width="302" border="0" height="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:small;">Heavenly Mother stay close to us all, we pray on this special day when we celebrate your birthday that you may shower </span><span style="font-size:small;">many blessings and graces </span><span style="font-size:small;">upon us all and the suffering souls in purgatory. </span></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622002750832785729.post-34656148270751993292010-09-05T13:58:00.004+10:002010-09-05T21:59:49.285+10:00Reviving First Sunday Devotions - The Difference One Mother Can Make<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_C8cHOnjDXN0/TIMVp5vyzfI/AAAAAAAABGk/3RcArkkKtis/s1600/First+Sunday+Reminder.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_C8cHOnjDXN0/TIMVp5vyzfI/AAAAAAAABGk/3RcArkkKtis/s320/First+Sunday+Reminder.jpg" /></a></div> This picture is indeed unique in the annals of the Catholic Church. From 1 to 4 September 1946, the majority of the 323 priests and religious met in their village of Lu for a reunion which attracted world-wide attention<br />
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<div style="color: #e06666; text-align: center;"><b>The Difference One Mother Can Make</b></div><div style="color: #ea9999; text-align: center;">by Fr. Roger J. Landry - <i>January 11, 2008</i></div>"The vast majority of priests and religious say that the nourishment of their divine vocations began at home. It was in the domestic Church that they first learned about God — who he is, how he loves us, and what he expects of us. It was from their parents that they saw the centrality of God in human life and learned how to pray, how to love, how to forgive and ask forgiveness. It was from example of their faith that they grasped the importance of the Church, the Eucharist and confession, the commandments, virtues and works of mercy. It was also from them that they learned a loving reverence and fascination for the priests, brothers and women religious whom God had mysteriously called to his service and theirs.<br />
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While not discounting the contributions of fathers and siblings, in most homes most of the credit for this Christian upbringing goes to mothers. They are the principal masons laying the foundation for their children's future growth in faith. They are the "spiritual breast-feeders," who allow their children to be nourished by their own faith. There's an expression among priests that "behind every vocation stands a woman," and in most cases that woman has their mother's face".<br />
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<div style="color: #e06666; text-align: center;"><b>The Mother's of Lu</b></div><br />
We have shared this amazing story before from the booklet Adoration, Reparation, Spiritual Motherhood For Priests but thought it was worth sharing again. It was this story that really moved us last year to start the SM blog for the YOTP. There were many other deeply inspirational stories from the booklet that touched us but this one was the one that really prompted us into action.<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">The mother's of Lu were not just physical mothers to there children, they were spiritual mothers to there children, taking their stewardship one step further by offering their children back to God not once but over and over, with confidence that He would do something beautiful with them for Himself.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>The most generous act we can offer Our Lord is to offer our children back to Him, to be His and His alone, they are the most precious things to us and also the most precious things to Him.</div><meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></meta><meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 10" name="Generator"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 10" name="Originator"></meta><link href="file:///D:%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><o:smarttagtype name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype name="State" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><style>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">We would like to revive the <b style="color: #b4a7d6;">First Sunday</b> devotion in responce to what these peasant mothers of Lu did, and encourage & remind all women who are praying for priests through the Spiritual Motherhood for Priests devotion to offer their Holy Communion and Mass on the <b style="color: #b4a7d6;">First Sunday’s</b> of the Month in honour of vocations to the priesthood, specifically from our own families by reciting the simple prayer below during their thanksgiving prayers after <st1:state><st1:place>Mass. It is not a </st1:place></st1:state><meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></meta><meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 10" name="Generator"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 10" name="Originator"></meta><link href="file:///D:%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><style>
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<div style="color: #e06666; text-align: center;"><b>LU MONFERRATO</b></div><br />
The little village of Lu, in northern Italy, is located in a rural area 90 kilometres east of Turin. It would still be unknown to this day if some of the mothers of Lu had not made a decision that had important consequences in 1881.<br />
The deepest desire of many of these mothers was for one of their sons to become a priest or for a daughter to place her life completely in God’s service. Under the direction of their parish priest, Msgr. Alessandro Canora, they gathered every Tuesday for adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, asking the Lord for vocations. They received Holy Communion on the first Sunday of every month with the same intention. After Mass, all the mothers prayed a particular prayer together imploring for vocations to the priesthood. <br />
Through the trusting prayer of these mothers and the openness of the other parents, an atmosphere of deep joy and Christian piety developed in the families, making it much easier for the children to recognize their vocations.<br />
When the Lord said, “Many are called, but few are chosen” (Mt 22:14), we can understand that many are called, but only a few respond to that call. No one expected that God would hear the prayers of these mothers in such a dramatic way. <br />
<div style="text-align: left;">From the tiny village of Lu came <b style="color: #e06666;">323 vocations: 152 priests (diocesan and religious), and 171 nuns belonging to 41 different congregations</b>. As many as three or four vocations came from some of the families. The most famous example is the Rinaldi family, from whom God called seven children. Two daughters became Salesian sisters, both of whom were sent to San Domingo as missionaries. Five sons became priests, all joining the Salesians. The most well-known of the Rinaldi brothers is Blessed Philip Rinaldi, who became the third successor of St. John Bosco as Superior General of the Salesians. Pope John Paul II beatified him on 29 April 1990. In fact, many of the vocations from this small town became Salesians. It is certainly not a coincidence, since St. John Bosco visited Lu four times during his life. The saint attended the first Mass of his spiritual son, Fr. Philip Rinaldi in this village where he was born. Philip always fondly recalled the faith of the families of Lu: </div><div style="color: #e06666; text-align: center;"><b>“A faith that made our fathers and mothers say, </b></div><div style="color: #e06666; text-align: center;"><b>‘The Lord gave us our children, and so if He calls them, we can’t say no.’”</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Fr. Luigi Borghina and Fr. Pietro Rota lived the spirituality of Don Bosco so faithfully that the former was called the “Brazilian Don Bosco” and the latter the “Don Bosco of Valtellina.” Pope John XXIII once said the following about another vocation from Lu, His Excellency, Evasion Colli, Archbishop of Parma: </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #e06666; text-align: center;"><b>“He should have become pope, not me. He had everything it takes to become a great pope.” </b></div><br />
Every ten years, the priests and sisters born in Lu used to come together from all around the world. Fr. Mario Meda, the long-serving parish priest of Lu, explained that this reunion is a true celebration, a feast of thanksgiving to God who has done such great things for Lu.<br />
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The prayer that the mothers of Lu prayed was short, simple, and deep:<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C8cHOnjDXN0/TIMW8LA6mKI/AAAAAAAABGs/OfhSVXUtkxY/s1600/Mothers+of+Lu+prayer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C8cHOnjDXN0/TIMW8LA6mKI/AAAAAAAABGs/OfhSVXUtkxY/s320/Mothers+of+Lu+prayer.jpg" /></a></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622002750832785729.post-8050222274303628882010-08-25T04:50:00.017+10:002010-09-13T10:34:09.489+10:00The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree ~ A priest back from the dead<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPUVYCu007NfLAPQV-Ix-4_44wFQjm95wNGxIo9FCZnj644Bv2yVu2PQh23rHfOji-yQHoQjA8CIrqqZBc2bFmnBPSoAx4P16S9kHYRLC7sr_eQ5qmz9V8_lGd5VnHUyZW5dkkLTZLq9F2/s1600/par24.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 365px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509053784547163682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPUVYCu007NfLAPQV-Ix-4_44wFQjm95wNGxIo9FCZnj644Bv2yVu2PQh23rHfOji-yQHoQjA8CIrqqZBc2bFmnBPSoAx4P16S9kHYRLC7sr_eQ5qmz9V8_lGd5VnHUyZW5dkkLTZLq9F2/s400/par24.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Lk 13:6-9 Jesus spoke this parable. <em><strong><span style="color:#66cccc;">"A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none. He said to the vine dresser, ‘Behold, these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and found none. Cut it down. Why does it waste the soil?’ He answered, ‘Lord, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it, and fertilize it. If it bears fruit, fine; but if not, after that, you can cut it down.’"<br /></span></strong></em><br /><br /><p align="center"><object id="mediaplayer516493729" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="320" height="270"><param name="_cx" value="8466"><param name="_cy" value="7143"><param name="FlashVars" value=""><param name="Movie" value="http://www.gloria.tv/media/17594/embed/true"><param name="Src" value="http://www.gloria.tv/media/17594/embed/true"><param name="WMode" value="Window"><param name="Play" value="-1"><param name="Loop" value="-1"><param name="Quality" value="High"><param name="SAlign" value=""><param name="Menu" value="-1"><param name="Base" value=""><param name="AllowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="Scale" value="ShowAll"><param name="DeviceFont" value="0"><param name="EmbedMovie" value="0"><param name="BGColor" value=""><param name="SWRemote" value=""><param name="MovieData" value=""><param name="SeamlessTabbing" value="1"><param name="Profile" value="0"><param name="ProfileAddress" value=""><param name="ProfilePort" value="0"><param name="AllowNetworking" value="all"><param name="AllowFullScreen" value="true"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><embed src="http://www.gloria.tv/media/17594/embed/true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="320" height="270" quality="high" scale="noborder" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></p><br /><span style="color:#66ffff;">I would like to add a few comments myself before sharing this amazing testimony. Fr Scheier said that when the accident was first reported, all his parishioners came to the church to pray, the local Baptists and many other christian denomination church's gathered and prayed all night for Father. He believes that his second chance was given to him because of the prayers of those interceeding for him.<br /><br />I think that is a powerful statement. The prayers of the people, praying for the life and soul of this priest. It is a reminder to all the great need to pray for our priests! To pray for their sanctification.</span> </div><div align="center"><br /><strong>Below is Fr Tommy Lane's homily with the retelling of Fr Stephan Scheier's life after death experience.</strong><br /><br />"Fr Steven Scheier was ordained in 1973. Unfortunately he was more concerned about what other priests thought of him than about being a good priest for Jesus. His priesthood was not in the service of Jesus but to win people’s admiration. Deep down he knew he was not doing what he should be, that he was not the priest he should be. He hid that to the point that people thought he was a good priest.<br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2fvFGb1tQvvGfowt4VNuofhE1bsEhvnwQ8EPS__fOPdmgHsbbbnT2dkbeyeLbLXZtoIAVq3kuI_Am6YMIoHEMmn-7ynC4RU0rHQAjq4uHKzFSisJxyYUBVWNrLCwPW3Fg62KJL9iej8IX/s1600/fr_scheier.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 216px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 173px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509052647181950210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2fvFGb1tQvvGfowt4VNuofhE1bsEhvnwQ8EPS__fOPdmgHsbbbnT2dkbeyeLbLXZtoIAVq3kuI_Am6YMIoHEMmn-7ynC4RU0rHQAjq4uHKzFSisJxyYUBVWNrLCwPW3Fg62KJL9iej8IX/s400/fr_scheier.jpg" /></a><span style="color:#33ccff;"><strong> Fr Stephan Scheier</strong><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br />On October 18, 1985, Fr Steven was traveling from Wichita to his parish (Parish of the Sacred Heart) in Fredonia, Kansas, 86 miles away. The highway does not have any shoulders, it is heavily traveled by semis, pickups and vans. That morning he had gone to Wichita to meet a priest and was returning that afternoon. He was involved in a terrible accident: a head-on collision with a pickup truck and with God. Three people were in the pickup. No one was killed. Fr Scheier was thrown from his vehicle. His entire scalp was taken off on the right side. The doctors told him afterwards the right side of his brain was partially sheered off and many cells were crushed. He was unconscious at the scene. Behind him in the ambulance on the way to the hospital was a nurse, who later mentioned she tried to help him with the Hail Mary but didn’t know it but he was saying the Hail Mary over and over by himself. </div><div align="center"><br />He was taken to a small hospital in Eureka Kansas. He had suffered a broken neck, a C2, the second cervical vertebra was broken, the hangman’s break. Had his head been turned either way at the scene of the accident he would have asphyxiated. The doctor said there wasn’t much he could do and sewed his scalp back on and called for the lifewatch helicopter in Wichita from Lesley Hospital and they brought him to Wichita. He did not know he was being transported because he was unconscious. One of his parishioners who happened to be in the hospital was told he was being given a 15% chance to live. Many people of different Christian faiths prayed for him. He said God hears everyone’s prayer and that’s why he’s still here today. He had no surgery. The accident happened in October and on 2nd Dec he was released from hospital and still had the halo, as he called it, a support around his head. He recuperated at home until they could take the halo off, in April. He returned to his parish in May.<br /><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDi0Hv3dXKb4P7-8LcR4NBon8PKnbK383hzp_6JEB-isPWj0mpFWWFMVW-PtJgnPwBhKZK1w32SCjnCog74dRBhDjdx40mIlAqHPnMJAIARNGZB2xbGh9RA-WIm3Q6qvWgKNuVfGe1QxjQ/s1600/Image1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 241px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509055552182749682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDi0Hv3dXKb4P7-8LcR4NBon8PKnbK383hzp_6JEB-isPWj0mpFWWFMVW-PtJgnPwBhKZK1w32SCjnCog74dRBhDjdx40mIlAqHPnMJAIARNGZB2xbGh9RA-WIm3Q6qvWgKNuVfGe1QxjQ/s320/Image1.jpg" /> </a><p align="center"><span style="color:#ff6666;"><strong>The Barren Fig Tree</strong></span><br /></p><div align="center"><br />One day when saying Mass, the Gospel was today’s Gospel about the fig tree. When reading it in the Church, the page became illuminated, enlarged and came off the lectionary towards him. He finished Mass as best he could and back at the rectory/presbytery remembered a conversation that had taken place shortly after the accident.<br /><br />In that conversation Fr Scheier found himself standing before the judgment of Jesus. He doesn’t know how long it lasted. He says the Lord took him through his entire life, and showed him how he had failed in his priestly service. Fr Scheier said “yes” to everything Jesus said about his life. Before the accident Fr Scheier had planned that when he would go before the judgment seat of Jesus he would say he was pushed on any day he sinned and couldn’t do anything else. He had a number of excuses all ready. He used to confession regularly before the accident but not appropriately i.e. he was not allowing the sacrament to change his life. He did not have a purpose of amendment. <p></p></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">After the accident he wondered how many of his confessions were valid because he had no purpose of amendment. Before the accident he was thinking there would be time to convert but during this judgment scene Jesus taught him there is no time. Now before Jesus he was talking to Truth and when you are talking to Truth you can’t give excuses. At the end of his judgment his sentence from Jesus was hell. Fr Scheier said “yes” as that was the only logical thing he deserved. <p>At that moment, however, he heard a woman say, <em><strong><span style="color:#33ccff;">“Son, will you please spare his life and his eternal soul?”</span></strong></em> The Lord replied, <span style="color:#33ccff;"><em><strong><span style="color:#ff6666;">“Mother, he’s been a priest for twelve years for himself and not for me, let him reap the punishment he deserves.”</span> “But Son,”</strong></em> <span style="color:#999999;">she said,</span> <em><strong>“if we give him special graces and strengths then let’s see if he bears fruit; if not, your will be done.”</strong></em></span> </p><p>There was very short pause, after which Jesus said, </p><p><em><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6666;">“Mother, he’s yours.”</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6666;"> </span></span></strong></em><br /><br /></p></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOHm0gUSHXr5I1a4mC4oQr6inikR8bHV-Y3rk6qLfcfNFNACw_uZKAi7yGr3w8CLuHVs3x63wPWQgoZ_B-fWmTDOptHocxn4o6sZEDszxNGyQaTEFE97YZJO8ZIYkVLqBZx55Cvr0EfmN4/s1600/media-17594-7.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 178px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 135px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509052577620481362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOHm0gUSHXr5I1a4mC4oQr6inikR8bHV-Y3rk6qLfcfNFNACw_uZKAi7yGr3w8CLuHVs3x63wPWQgoZ_B-fWmTDOptHocxn4o6sZEDszxNGyQaTEFE97YZJO8ZIYkVLqBZx55Cvr0EfmN4/s200/media-17594-7.jpg" /></a><strong><span style="color:#33ccff;">Fr Scheier sharing his testimonal with Mother Angelica</span></strong> </div><div align="center"><br /><br />Ever since then he has been hers. He didn’t have a special relationship with her before the accident but since then she has become everything to him. At the foot of the cross Jesus looked on her and made her mother of the whole Church. Fr Scheier says she takes that very literally and seriously. Fr Scheier experienced Jesus’ mercy but Mary was the one who interceded for him. He has learned this beautiful truth, no one of the Blessed Trinity can say “no” to Our Lady. It is impossible. They will not say “no” to her. He says <em>“Isn’t she someone you want on your side?” </em><br /><br />We believe in Jesus, Our Lady and the saints in two ways, with the head or the heart. Fr Scheier believed with his head and knew nothing with his heart. He believed the angels and saints but they were make-believe friends and were not real. After the accident he became aware that they are very real, that we have only one home and its not here. Fr Scheier says a lot of our priorities are mixed up. His priorities were mixed up, his priority should have been to save his soul and save other souls. If he had died his parishioners would not have thought that he would have gone to hell. Jesus doesn’t take a popularity poll, Jesus is the only one that matters when it comes to what others think about us because we are alone before Jesus in judgment. We cannot say somebody made me sin. Jesus knows the truth.<br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrWMb55AIq6col8EWzZQ3btVKlpcE_3L6zAhp87tcodxG8plrtYBBqUVYlVgMytlo_p5km1dC0HxXtBQvx79-TCUTKV2jQnkWBETLiEPWBoRClVTu8ZdE__vbp-QP9fTa3Xgb2e6d_5s7I/s1600/mother_angelica.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 216px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 173px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509052479666840786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrWMb55AIq6col8EWzZQ3btVKlpcE_3L6zAhp87tcodxG8plrtYBBqUVYlVgMytlo_p5km1dC0HxXtBQvx79-TCUTKV2jQnkWBETLiEPWBoRClVTu8ZdE__vbp-QP9fTa3Xgb2e6d_5s7I/s320/mother_angelica.jpg" /></a><strong><span style="color:#33ccff;">Mother Angelica</span></strong></div><div align="center"><br /><br />Fr Scheier says during his first twelve years after ordination he was not being a priest for Jesus. Instead of suffering for Jesus he was a priest for himself. He always ran from the cross. If we run from the cross there is a bigger one awaiting us. He says he was a coward during those twelve years. His mission now is to let people know that Jesus’ love outweighs justice, that hell exists and that we are liable to hell and also that Jesus’ Divine Mercy exists. I conclude with some of the words of the parable in our Gospel today which has become so meaningful to Fr Scheier,<br /><br /><strong><em>“Look here, for three years now I have been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and finding none. Cut it down: why should it be taking up the ground?” “Sir,”</em></strong> the man replied, <em><strong>“leave it one more year and give me time to dig round it and manure it: it may bear fruit next year; if not, then you can cut it down.”</strong></em> <p></p></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">~ Fr Tommy Lane Homily for the Third Sunday of Lent Year C</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDi0Hv3dXKb4P7-8LcR4NBon8PKnbK383hzp_6JEB-isPWj0mpFWWFMVW-PtJgnPwBhKZK1w32SCjnCog74dRBhDjdx40mIlAqHPnMJAIARNGZB2xbGh9RA-WIm3Q6qvWgKNuVfGe1QxjQ/s1600/Image1.jpg"></a></div><div align="left"></div>Anne (aussieannie)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17394551569895427892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622002750832785729.post-78301481983821100912010-08-20T02:07:00.004+10:002010-08-20T03:10:50.368+10:00Please pray for Australia - VIP Priest in Focus<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" equiv="Content-Type"><meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"><meta content="Microsoft Word 10" name="Generator"><meta content="Microsoft Word 10" name="Originator"><link href="file:///D:%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"><o:smarttagtype name="country-region" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><style><br /><!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} p {mso-margin-top-alt:auto; margin-right:0cm; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0cm; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --><br /></style>
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<br />Dear ladies, Sorry for the stillness of the blog these days. Life has been so busy for both Anne and I. She has just had months of rehearsals in a stage play and has had major computer difficulties over the last six months. I have been very busy with my husband who is fighting on the forefront of the pro-life movement here in <st1:country-region><st1:place>Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region>, who always needs my support and with our 7 children, six of whom have just started a new study programme; time has become very scarce.
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<br />God has called us to be wives and mothers, to focus on our duties in our own domestic churches where we are working toward heaven being the hearts of the home. Here, where our prayers for our own families and being spiritual mothers' of priests unite. As I go through my day I am always offering little things for all those who have asked for or need prayer. Consequently even though this blog may have slowed I know as I am doing, so are many other women who go throughout their day in a mode of contemplation suitable to their circumstances, are doing too; praying for others but especially for our priests.
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<br />This week-end here in Australia we are about to under go one of the most crucial elections ever. Christian values, life issues, morality issues, freedom of religion and many of our vital values will be under threat if the current government returns to power. There will be a big possibility that we could be living under a gradual regime of socialism that will be unprecedented in this country and could alter our way of life forever. This party currently has momentum and is ahead in all the polls however these are secular media polls who have a strong bias toward this Labor government. We hope and pray they do not get back into government.
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<br />Please pray for our country! Australian Catholics have been sharing around a request to pray the Nine Hour Novena to The Infant of Prague; a very efficacious prayer, the one prayer that we are trying to encourage everyone to say. In the hope of uniting our hands, hearts, souls and minds toward heaven to save our country from a Fabian form of Obama style government which Ms. <a href="http://www.fli.org.au/wp-content/uploads/Julia.pdf">Julia Gillard</a> would decisively implement. Join us here on the blog or<a href="http://www.blogger.com/"> here</a> on the Facebook page.
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<br />For any Australians looking to educate themselves on the candidates for your electorate and how to help you cast your vote consistent with your Christian values, <a href="http://www.fli.org.au/">Family Life International</a> has put together a very helpful comprehenive <a href="http://www.fli.org.au/">Pro-Life voting guide</a>.<o:p></o:p>
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<br />Ladies I hope you don't mind if I deviate a little from the spirit of this blog to ask you all to please pray for our country this week. This week I have intervened on the PIF list to add these two principal men of the Church here in Australia; <b style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 153);">
<br /></b><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 153);">His Eminence George Cardinal Pell</b><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 153);"> - Catholic Archbishop of Sydney</span> and
<br /><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 153);">Most Reverend Bishop Geoffery Jarrett - Bishop of the Diocese of Lismore</span> </b>
<br /><div style="text-align: left;">who have both spoken about this coming federal election. It's times like these that we pray for the hierarchy of the Church to be courageous over the pulpit and over the media.
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<br /><u><b>Priest in Focus for this week is:</b></u>
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<br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Please Pray this NOVENA TO THE INFANT OF <st1:city><st1:place>PRAGUE for Australia:</st1:place></st1:city></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">(This Novena is to be said at the same time every hour<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">for nine consecutive hours in just one day). <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">O Jesus, Who hast said,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">ask and you shall receive,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">seek and you shall find,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">knock and it shall be opened to you,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">through the intercession of Mary,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Thy Most Holy Mother,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">I knock, I seek,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">I ask that my prayer be granted.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 153, 51); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 153);">(Make your request)</span>
<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:100%;" >Please pray for Australia<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 153, 51); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">O Jesus, Who hast said,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">all that you ask of the Father in My Name,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">He will grant you. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Through the intercession of Mary,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Thy most Holy Mother, <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">I humbly and urgently ask Thy Father<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">in Thy Name that my prayer be granted.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 153, 51); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 153);">(Make your request)</span>
<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:100%;" ><o:p>Please pray for Australia</o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 153, 51); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">O Jesus, Who hast said,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">"Heaven and earth shall pass away<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">but My word shall not pass",<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">through the intercession of Mary,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Thy Most Holy Mother,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">I feel confident that my prayer will be granted.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">
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<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:100%;" ><o:p>Please pray for Australia</o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">Today is the feast day of the</span> <a href="http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/stjeanvianney.HTM">"Priests priest"</a><span style="color: #eeeeee;">; Saint Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney </span><o:p style="color: #eeeeee;"></o:p><span style="color: #eeeeee;">(and my mother's birthday ;) </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p><span style="color: #eeeeee;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">Saint John Vianney is known to have said, </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: black;"><o:p style="color: #8e7cc3;"> </o:p><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">"Virtue passes from the heart of a mother to the hearts of her children, who do willingly what they see her do." </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">This great saint learned this truth first hand from his own childhood experience. His own mother was truly a good woman of great piety, and she led him into the way of religion at an early age, and taught her six children to love God and to never offend Him" - The Life of the Curé d'Ars</span><o:p style="color: #eeeeee;"></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p style="color: #eeeeee;"> </o:p></span><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: large;">Here is a simple and concise article written on the life and holiness of</span><span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_342609267">St John Vianney</a><a href="http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/stjeanvianney.HTM"> </a> </span><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: large;">and also some leisurely viewing for you to enjoy on this special feast day!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
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</style><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: small;"><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Dear Saint John Vianney,<br />
your childhood dream was to be a Priest,<br />
to win souls for God.<br />
You endured years of toil and humiliation<br />
to attain the Priesthood.<br />
You became a priest truly after God's own heart,<br />
outstanding in humility and poverty;<br />
prayer and mortification.<br />
Totally devoted to the service of God's people.<br />
The Church has exalted you as model<br />
and patron saint of all Parish priests,<br />
trusting that your example and prayers<br />
will help them to live up<br />
to the high dignity of their vocation<br />
to be faithful servants of God's people,<br />
to be perfect imitators of Christ the Saviour<br />
Who came not to be served but to serve,<br />
to give His Life in ransom for many.<br />
Pray that God may give to His Church today<br />
many more priests after His own Heart.<br />
Pray for all the priests under your patronage,<br />
that they may be worthy representatives<br />
of Christ the Good Shepherd.<br />
May they wholeheartedly devote themselves<br />
to prayer and penance;<br />
be examples of humility and poverty;<br />
shining models of holiness;<br />
tireless and powerful preachers of the Word of God;<br />
zealous dispensers of God's Grace in the Sacraments.<br />
May their loving devotion to Jesus in the Eucharist<br />
and to Mary His Mother<br />
be the Twin Fountains of fruitfulness for their ministry.<br />
Amen.</b></span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C8cHOnjDXN0/TFgs-I7SY0I/AAAAAAAABFM/tN9H4yy_GtE/s1600/St+John+Vianney+4.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_C8cHOnjDXN0/TFgz0fxfBcI/AAAAAAAABFU/hoeHIskzJHw/s1600/St+John+Vianney+4.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_C8cHOnjDXN0/TFgz0fxfBcI/AAAAAAAABFU/hoeHIskzJHw/s320/St+John+Vianney+4.bmp" /></a></div></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><div style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="font-size: small;">Simple St. John Vianney Prayer</span><b><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></b></div><div style="color: #8e7cc3;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">"O my God, come to me, so that You may dwell in me and I may dwell in you."</span></b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Happy Feast Day!!</b></span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">As July is the month dedicated to the</span> <a href="http://cpps-preciousblood.org/preciousprayers.htm">Precious Blood</a> <span style="color: #eeeeee;">of Jesus it may be a lovely offering to offer all our Masses for our clergy who bring us His precious blood when ever we go to recieve Him at Mass.</span></span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="color: #063e3f; font-family: Georgia;">The Devotion of the Precious Blood</span></u><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_C8cHOnjDXN0/TEf_p9lxqQI/AAAAAAAABCc/aCEW2lrtMgo/s1600/untitled.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_C8cHOnjDXN0/TEf_p9lxqQI/AAAAAAAABCc/aCEW2lrtMgo/s320/untitled.bmp" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #063e3f; font-family: Georgia;">“The Devotion of the Precious Blood exists from the beginning of ages, since it was the first imparted to fallen man. We must thence infer that it ought to be a devotion widespread as the world. Is not everybody redeemed by the Precious Blood? Is it not to this Precious Blood that each of us owe our salvation? And if, hereafter, an everlasting crown rests upon our brow, will it not be the purchase of this Divine Blood?....The Sacred Heart has indeed loved us with a love of surpassing tenderness; and to that love we owe Its long suffering with us; and yet, neither the Sacred Heart nor the gaping wounds of Jesus have been our Redemption; that which has redeemed us – freed us from hell – is the Most Precious Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. Since, therefore, our salvation is the fruit of that Blood, since to It we are indebted for Heaven, with its unfading joys, is it not just that we should, each and all, embrace Devotion to the Precious Blood, render It special worship, even daily homage? Because of the needs of the ‘people of God,’ there has been a surge of devotion to the Most Precious Blood. This devotion has become universal, and is often spoken of as the “Devotion of the Elect,” so fitting a title that seldom is a dissenting voice raised against it.”</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Priest In Focus </span></b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C8cHOnjDXN0/TEgACcRRh2I/AAAAAAAABCk/tT_Su0X_sro/s1600/candle1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="189" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C8cHOnjDXN0/TEgACcRRh2I/AAAAAAAABCk/tT_Su0X_sro/s200/candle1.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here are the new names for our <b style="color: #cccccc;">Priest in Focus</b> & <b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Seminarian Spotlight </span></b>for this week. Please hold these men close to your heart in prayer.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We encourage ladies to offer an Ave for the priests mentioned in the <b><span style="color: #cccccc;">PIF</span> </b>spot when visiting this site. You may wish to offer an Ave for these priests at any time in the week or if you are able to offer up a small sacrifice for them, this would be a wonderful blessing also; what ever you can do would be a appreciated.<br />
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We many never see the fruits of our prayers here in this world but we hope and pray that in the next God will reward any good that we have done.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You can also find the names of the priests during the week in the<i> top right-hand side bar</i>.</div><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial;">This weeks priests are:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<div align="center" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Fr. S Casey</span></b></div><div align="center" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Fr B Winnett OFM</span></b></div><div align="center" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Fr L Foote OP</span></b></div><div align="center" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Fr B Healy MSC</span></b></div><div align="center" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Fr H Nikel SVD </span></b></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></b></div><div style="color: #45818e; text-align: center;"><o:p> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Seminarian Spotlight</b></span></o:p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></b></span></o:p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C8cHOnjDXN0/TEgAQyNGdFI/AAAAAAAABCs/D2POD-7aKl8/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C8cHOnjDXN0/TEgAQyNGdFI/AAAAAAAABCs/D2POD-7aKl8/s320/2.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Also we have new names for the <b style="color: #eeeeee;">Seminarian Spotlight</b> spot this week they all come from <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">2nd year</span> at St John Vianney Seminary in Wagga-Wagga NSW Australia:</span><br />
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<b style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Peter Haack</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="color: #45818e; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Almarvin Badival </b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sean Byrnes </b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Bob Francis Ejekwu </b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Michael Esteban </b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></meta><meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 10" name="Generator"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 10" name="Originator"></meta><link href="file:///D:%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><style>
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</div><div style="color: #eeeeee;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Georgia;">Generally we ask for each seminarian an offering of a Glory be... but as above please offer what you can, as any prayers or offerings would be a generous gift for them.</span></div><br />
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622002750832785729.post-36020978443707341942010-07-11T14:25:00.003+10:002010-07-11T14:30:59.489+10:00Some Changes in the PIF: Please pray this week for...<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I must apologize for our lack of punctuality posting our usual Thursday Priest in Focus spot. We have both been experiencing computer difficulties in one form or another which has hindered our accessibility to the internet. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
Thank you for your patience with us. For now I will post the PIF priest names randomly once a week or once a fortnight; when I can so please keep popping in to catch up on which priests they will be.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
We do the best we can as mothers of big families, trying to home school our children, take care of our families and maintain this blog; please keep us in your prayers as well as the priests we offer for you to pray for, as these names come from you. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
We are pleased to offer this special place where we can all come to contemplate spiritual matters, pray for the needs of our priests, to share encouragement in this beautiful spiritual motherhood devotion and to pray and do penance for the clergy. Please feel free to contact us at <a href="mailto:spiritualmotherhoodforpriests@gmail.com">spiritualmotherhoodforpriests@gmail.com</a> if you have any ideas or great stories to share relating to SM.<br />
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I will endevour to add a couple more stories from the booklet soon. Aussie Annie will be back on deck around August and we will move forward in the direction that Our Lord and King may takes us.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">This week we offer these priests names: </div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b>Fr A Robbie</b></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b>Fr Fabian, OSB</b></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b>Fr H Nikel SVD</b></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b>Fr J Berg, FSSP</b></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b>Fr. Antoine Thomas</b></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">Please offer a <b style="color: #6fa8dc;">Hail Mary </b>for them or any other offering you may like to do.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Also I am adding on the other side of the blog new names for our Seminarian Spotlight:</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_C8cHOnjDXN0/TDlF61LQ_uI/AAAAAAAABBk/3i1My88laJs/s1600/061203_priest_generic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="105" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_C8cHOnjDXN0/TDlF61LQ_uI/AAAAAAAABBk/3i1My88laJs/s200/061203_priest_generic.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Please offer a <b style="color: #e06666;">Glory Be..</b> for each of these young men who are on the path to the priesthood, giving their life to God in a pure and selfless way.</span><br />
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</div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b>Br. Paul Marie .</b></div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b>Gerard Philip Johnson </b></div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b>Marshall Kinsey</b><br />
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