Been Awhile

Wow! I stumbled back onto this blog earlier today and I cannot believe that more than 9 years have passed since I last posted something. Yikes!

I am not prepared to offer any deep thoughts regarding the many, many things that have transpired since I last posted, but I will jump back in with a quote from St. Pope John XXIII:

What have I done for Christ? Little, little or nothing.

What am I doing for Christ? Something, but badly, like a sluggard. 

What should I do for Christ? Everything, O Lord, if you do but help me with your holy grace. 

God is all: I am nothing. Let this do for today.

  Praise God!

Fifth Annual "Pick-A-Saint"

Happy New Year!

My family and I just finished our New Year's tradition of picking a companion Saint for the year from a jar filled with the names of various Saints and Blesseds.

This year, which is our fifth year doing so (I did not post about this annual event last year), we again ended up with a diverse group of patrons to accompany us throughout the year.

The results:

1. St. Phillip Neri
2. St. Camillus de Lellis
3. Blessed Pope John XXIII
4. St. Catherine of Siena

May all the angels and all the saints pray for us and protect us!

Praise God!!

Habemus Papam

"We have a Pope!"

For all of you who read this- please pause for a moment and say a prayer for Pope Francis. He seems a good, humble man.  A true Priest-servant.  We must pray that God sustains him and blesses his ministry!

Indeed, we are blessed to have a new Pope!

Please also remember in your prayers our Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI.  I believe that his courageous decision will be looked upon as an important moment in the history of the Roman Catholic Church.

Praise God!