Monthly Archives: November 2005

The Alliance Defense Fund

  You’ve heard of the ACLU, whom I call the Anti-Christian Lawyer’s Union.   Well, we Christians have a few lawyers, too, and ours fight for the Truth, who is Jesus Christ. One of these good groups is the Alliance … Continue reading

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Days of Grace

  “Those days, of God’s grace, coming rushing back to me…”   God is just really good. He’s made us all, very good. All in His image, all for love, and His main interest is our salvation.   The past … Continue reading

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Anima Christi

  I forgot my Magnificat in the pew at church one Sunday early this month, and so I have been without it for the past few weeks.   So I started taking in the blue Pieta prayer book to Mass … Continue reading

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Chaplet of Divine Mercy

  Many of you are familiar with the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, a very simple and beautiful prayer that mirrors the Rosary in some ways.   It is good to pray in a group and only takes about 10 minutes. … Continue reading

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Patience

  A few days ago, I had my mother and approximately 10 other people ranging in age from 9 to 70 tell me I needed to be more patient. (I found out that it’s really hard to argue rationally with … Continue reading

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Annunication Maternity Home

  Last night for Thanksgiving I went over to the Kress’ home and spent time with their extended family and friends. Talk turned to a part of town that two of our friends lived in that was going downhill with … Continue reading

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3 Years of Adoration

  Three years ago, God inspired some holy people at St. Louis parish to expand adoration from one day per month to 5 days per week. They kindly invited me to be on the adoration team with them, and so … Continue reading

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Greatest Influences Meme

  David Ward over at Duc in Altum has kindly tagged me with a meme on the Greatest Influences in My Life (excluding God and family members).   I’m going to narrow down this meme a little and give the … Continue reading

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Alone on Thanksgiving

  No, not me. God has graced me with family and many friends, and I have received multiple invitations to come over for Thanksgiving. Not me–God must know I am too weak to bear such heavy crosses and has blessed … Continue reading

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Only in the Catholic Church

  Who can guess what this (poorly taken) picture is of?   Believe it or not, this is an alcoholic beverage with Tequila and Triple Sec in it, given to me by a dear old man at Mass this morning! … Continue reading

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