Praying for President Obama

I just LOVE this idea.  CatholicCulture.org is sponsoring “a thirty-day perpetual Rosary for the Obama administration, that it may be animated by an authentic perception of the Good, which will also lead it to oppose intrinsic evils such as abortion, euthanasia, fetal stem cell research, human cloning and homosexual marriage.”
If you’d like to sign up [...]

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Keeping in Touch With Friends in High Places

Below I’ve pasted (in purple) a comment from Ethan that I recently received to an earlier post . My response is the black text which follows the comment.
I think the Bible uses the word “saint” to say those who are fellow believers on earth and also those who are in Heaven. (I can [...]

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Checking In….

Since my posting has been sparse of late, I wanted to let anyone who might be interested know of an interesting “conversation” going on in the comments box of this post.  If you have anything to add to the discussion feel free.

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Would You Continue to Pray?

Today (Thursday) is now 1 week since sweet, 2 year old, Jude fell into his grandparents’ pool and nearly died. Medically speaking, his odds are very poor. He needs a miracle. Would you join me, his parents, and many around the world who are offering up pleas to our Heavenly Father for [...]

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Yes, I’m Still Here…

We’ve been caught up with living life lice around here. That’s not a typo. We really have been fighting a major lice infestation as much as I hate to admit it. I’d like to be able to tell you we got ourselves into this pesky predicament serving in a third world country [...]

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Lots of Folks Saying Lots of Neat Things

Since I’m feeling like I have to schedule an appointment just to catch my breath these days, I’m going to point you to some interesting things being said by some other folks in various places.
Richard J. Mouw, president of Fuller Theological Seminary, shares some thoughts on praying to the saints here and has commented further [...]

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Is the Rosary Mary Worship?

Red Neck Woman has posted a wonderfully thoughtful explanation of the Rosary here.  Go take a look.  My favorite line…..”The Rosary is a prayerful conversation.”

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Not as the World Gives

It’s Mother’s Day here in the United States and I believe it’s no coincidence that the gospel reading for today is this:

“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.” John [...]

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Why Don’t Catholics Just Pray Directly to God?

Actually….they we do. We also ask for intercession from others as well. In fact, just last night I asked some friends to pray for me. Not one of them refused my request telling me just to take it directly to God. They were all glad to intercede for me. [...]

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A Prayer of Saint Catherine of Siena

O Eternal God!
O Eternal Trinity!
Through the union of Your divine nature You have made so precious
the Blood of Your only-begotten Son!
O eternal Trinity,
You are as deep a mystery as the sea, 
in whom the more I seek, the more I find;
and the more I find, the more I seek.
For even immersed in the depths of You,
my [...]

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