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!

Giving Thanks

Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, His love is everlasting.

Thanksgiving is a Thursday in November that we set aside for giving thanks... 

Query: Why should we limit ourselves to one day of "thanks giving"?  Shouldn't every day be a day of giving thanks to God for His many gifts?

Even our crosses are gifts from God- challenges sent to make us stronger, to help us grow in faith... to help us die to self...

Yes- Thanksgiving day should be every day.

Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, His love is everlasting.