Do not be anxious...

I have a friend whom I've been praying for. 

I hope she sees this...

Philippians 4:6-7

'Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.'

Apparently laughter *isn't* the best medicine...

Prayers, please.

St. Rita, ora pro me.

The Passion according to St. John

I received the following email from someone who knows a thing or two about the liturgy.  He told me this little nugget and I thought I would pass it on.

Only one of the 4 Passions doesn't include the Last Supper and the Institution of the Eucharist - that would be the Passion according to St. John. The other 3 Passions start with the Last Supper and the celebration of the Institution of the Holy Eucharist and then continue to the Agony in the Garden and the rest of the Passion and Death of Our Lord Jesus Christ. But St. John's doesn't include the Last Supper and the Celebration. It starts with the Agony in the Garden.



Why do I tell you this?


The Passion according to St. John is sung on Good Friday, the one day when there is no Consecration of the Holy Eucharist.

Coincidence? I think not.

Compline

The phone camera photographer strikes again.

Latin Man

Throughout the years there have been colorful characters who have attended St. Francis de Sales.  Typically these people aren't harmful and, well, we just deal with them however we can.  There was the man who pretended to be a brother and would "bless" people.  There was the person who would yell at women for not veiling.  Once there was a guy dressed as Jesus in a white jump suit - it turns out THAT guy makes the rounds at every church in St. Louis.

Then there was Latin Man.

He was so named because he insisted on reciting not only the responses, but a lot of the priest's prayers during low mass out loud.  Also, during the rosary, which is in English, he would respond in Latin.  Miserere nobis!  He would talk to himself and make quite expressive faces before, during, and after mass.  It was distracting at best, annoying at worst. 

He would always get to church first, sitting in the front row in front of the St. Francis de Sales statue.  He would place a piece of rug stop pad on the pew so his missal wouldn't slip off and he would never kneel on the kneeler, preferring to keep it up and kneel on the hardwood floor.  He was fervent in his prayers, marking his St. Andrew's missal with chip clips, paper clips and prayer cards.  He would bring additional prayers written in tiny script in zip-lock bags and pull them out during various parts of the mass.  I also noticed he brought The Liturgical Year by Dom Gueranger with him to mass.  Many times he was at daily mass.

Well, I found out Latin Man died, alone.

REQUIEM aeternam dona ei, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat ei. Requiescat in pace. Amen.

ETERNAL rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in peace. Amen.

Please Pray

Please pray for the repose of the soul of Mrs. Huberfeld, mother of my dear priest, Canon Huberfeld.  I know he was able to go see her last week and she passed away yesterday.

REQUIEM aeternam dona ei, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat ei.

Requiescat in pace.

Amen.

Special Intention

The Everlasting God has in His wisdom foreseen from eternity the cross He now presents to you as a gift from His inmost Heart. This cross He now sends you He has considered with His all-knowing eyes, understood with His divine mind, tested with His wise justice, warmed with loving arms and weighed with His own Hands, to see that it be not one inch too large and not one once too heavy for you. He has blessed it with His Holy Name, anointed it with His grace, perfumed it with His consolation, taken one last glance at you and your courage, and then sent it to you from heaven, a special greeting from God to you, an alms of the all-merciful love of God.

~~~St. Francis de Sales~~~

Another Leaf

My goal of this blog is either to make my husband laugh or to make someone I don't know cry (or laugh - I'll take both).  They're both impressive skills, don't you think?

Anyway, I'll start with this:

and try this (and, yes, it IS duck duck goose):

How 'bout this?

And finally:

As much as I miss them, I am sure there are others who are filled with more sadness than I...

Please pray for the health and perseverance of our good Sisters Adorers.

The Poor Souls in Haiti

Praying for the Dead:

Réquiem ætérnam dona eis Dómine; et lux perpétua lúceat eis. Requiéscant in pace. Amen.

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord; and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen.