Critical Mass

“Prayer lifts the soul into the heavens where it hugs God in an indescribable embrace.
Prayer is the desire for God, an indescribable devotion, not given by man but brought about by God’s grace. As St Paul says: For when we cannot choose words in order to pray properly, the Spirit himself intercedes on our behalf [...]

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Please pray for Blàse, a 3-week-old little boy who is in the NICU with many medical difficulties, mostly cardiac. He recently had open heart surgery, and he and his family could really use your prayers.
Thank you, so very much!

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Just a quick note on my Lenten plans.  This year, I decided that I would have a 3 phase plan for Lent.  I wanted to grow in three areas:  spiritually, physically and emotionally. 
1.  Physical growth- I hate drinking water.  I usually stay pretty dehydrated, which can get me into trouble.  So, for Lent, I will [...]

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The time of the year for the world to show it’s seamy underside as we spend a day reveling in our sin, in our shackles, in our imprisonment before reconciling ourselves to God and following Him in the path to true freedom tomorrow on Ash Wednesday. But today, as we gather our beads and [...]

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For example, take the books I picked up from the library today:
“Son of a Witch” by Gregory Maguire
“Chicken Soup for the Soul: Living Catholic Faith: 101 Stories to Offer Hope, Deepen Faith, and Spread Love” by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen & LeAnn Thieman
“He’s Just Not That Into You” by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo
“Sex [...]

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1. Yay! I finally have MY car back! I only have about 3 weeks left on my warranty (and the car’s only a year old! I just happen to drive A LOT!), and my little message display stopped working, so it was in the shop to try and figure out what [...]

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Wednesday, February 25, 2008
Following 7:00 pm Ash Wednesday Mass
Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Ph.D.
Director of Education, The National Catholic Bioethics Center
Fr. Tad is a priest of the diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts. As an undergraduate he earned degrees in philosophy, biochemistry, molecular cell biology, and chemistry, and did [...]

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I’m standing in line in the hospital caf this morning, for my once-a-paycheck omelet. Bryan the Omelet Boy sees me in line, points and says (loudly) to the crowd, “I love her! If I didn’t already have a girlfriend, she’d be it!” :)
Certainly brightens the day…. :)

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I just had to copy this link from Peanut’s blog! Fr. JJ and Fr. Mark doing the hula. So funny! Of course, Fr. JJ would be the one to do the best hula! Had you any doubt? :)

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This night light has been “burnt out” for months. I just have not replaced it (or even unplugged it) since, well, I’m lazy. But, look! It’s working!!!!

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