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Seven Quick Takes Sunday

July 26th, 2009 · 2 Comments

The other Jennie does it on Friday. So I’m a little late. What else is new? :)
1. Broken McSickyPants
This is my new name. My medical issues have only gotten worse. I still have the continual chest pain (which has now become more pronounced) and dyspnea on exertion. Lately, [...]

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Tags: Health and Medicine · Neat Things I Didn't Author · Of Trials Opportunities and Gifts · Photography · Sacraments · Tales of my Amazing Priests

Tennis

July 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

After Mass, Lindsay and I went to the Troy Civic Center and played tennis for a little while. It was so much fun! We haven’t played in quite a while. The courts were completely empty, unlike the completely full ones at Athens we had first looked at. Good thing they were, [...]

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Tags: Health and Medicine · Photography · Sacraments · Tales of my Amazing Priests

Snails

July 3rd, 2009 · 2 Comments

This morning I went with Lindsay to St. A’s for the rosary and 9:30 am Mass, which was to be a healing Mass. I was looking forward to getting anointed, since I have had all these medical things going on and figured that God can heal me better than the doctors, who have yet [...]

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Tags: Health and Medicine · Jennspeak · Of Trials Opportunities and Gifts · Sacraments · St. Anastasia · Tales of my Amazing Priests

Take Nothing for Granted

June 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

Last night, my brother came over, which was great. I don’t get to see him all that often. He stayed until about 12:15 am, when I finally had to go to bed, so that I’d be able to get up this morning. About 3 am or so, my roommate woke up and [...]

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Tags: Prayer/Prayer Requests · Sacraments · Tales of my Amazing Priests

Adam Thad Riviera

May 19th, 2009 · No Comments

Adam Thad Riviera, of Troy, died peacefully, May 17, 2009, at William Beaumont Hospital in Troy. He was 21 years old. Adam was born October 1, 1987, in Detroit.
Adam is survived by his parents, Michael and Helen Riviera, sister, Tara (Mark) Moore and brother, Michael Riviera. He is also survived by his grandparents, Paul [...]

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Tags: Photography · Sacraments · St. Anastasia

The Blood of Christ

April 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment

A friend e-mailed me, asking if I would serve as Eucharistic minister this weekend in her place, which I gladly accepted. I arrived early to sign up for a spot, but when I arrived, all the “bread” positions were taken (why they call it “bread” and “cup,” I have no idea, because we only [...]

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Tags: Of Trials Opportunities and Gifts · Of Vice and Virtue · Prayer/Prayer Requests · Sacraments · St. Anastasia

Reconciliation

April 18th, 2009 · No Comments

Since tomorrow is Divine Mercy Sunday, I thought it would be best to reconcile myself with God. I figured that my priests at my home parish would probably be quite busy, so I decided to drive down to St. Bonaventure in Detroit.

It had only been 2 weeks or so since my last confession, but I [...]

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Tags: Photography · Sacraments

Great Weekend!

January 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Sorry if this post is incoherent.  Not much sleep this weekend, but it was so much fun!  :)
First, the Priests vs. Seminarians game on Friday.  I arrived early and got to tag along on a tour of the Sacred Heart by Jonathan the Seminarian. 

The game was good, and although the “official” score was 73-73,

that was [...]

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Tags: Photography · Sacraments · St. Anastasia · Tales of my Amazing Priests

Extraordinary Minister For a Day

October 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Today, I got to attend the Women’s Conference.  There’s tons of stuff I could blog about from that conference, but for right now, I’ll just blog about the Eucharist.  :)  At the end of Mass, Kasia came up to me and asked me if I would help consume the extra hosts, so Lindsay and I [...]

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Tags: Sacraments

Bad Pun…

July 10th, 2008 · No Comments

I need a knight to save me from the dragon.
Wait….
Did I say that right?  No.  I meant:
I need a night to save me from the draggin’.
Because I am really, really, really, really tired and beat.  All work, no sleep, little food, lotsa caffeine….  Welcome to my world this week.  I don’t think I will have [...]

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Tags: Health and Medicine · Humor of the Day · Jennspeak · Sacraments