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Oh mon Jesus, pardonnes-nous nos pechers, preserves nous des feux de l'enfer, conduisez au ciel toutes les ames, specialement celles qui ont le plus besoin de Ta misericorde. Amen Notre Pere, qui est au cieux, que Ton nom soit sanctifier, que Ton regne vienne, que Ta volonter soit faite sur la terre, comme au ciel. Donne nous aujourd'hui, notre pain de ce jours, pardonnes nous nos offenses, comme nous pardonnons aussi a ceux qui nous ont offenser. Ne nous soumet pas a la tentation, mais delivres-nous du mal. Amen

Jesus tells of a father and his two sons. The father asks both of his sons to go to work in the family vineyard. The first son says something like, “I’ll get right on that!” But in the end, he doesn’t follow through. If we’re honest, more than a few of us have surely been guilty of that response ourselves. We all know the first son because we’ve all made promises or commitments that, for whatever reason, we fail to keep. But then there is the other son. This is the son who gets most of Jesus’ attention. Unlike his brother, he initially says he won’t help out in the vineyard but winds up doing so in the end. The truth that this parable brings to bear has nothing to do with the second son’s hesitation and everything to do with the fact that in the end, he showed up. In fact, the pattern of this parable is the pattern of our life with God. No matter what we’ve done, or what may have initially prevented us, God is always extending an invitation to us. We are constantly being drawn into a new place—to new depths of faith; to a new plane of divine discovery. God isn’t finished with us yet! In order to live into God’s invitation, we must be willing to leave the past behind—no matter how comfortable or familiar or profitable—and turn toward the future, complete with all of its uncertainties and questions and anxieties. And make no mistake: That’s hard! Consider, for example, the chief priests and the elders of Jesus’ day. They had quite a bit invested in the status quo. Leaving the past behind meant forfeiting their claims to power and position, which had become their entire identity. Stepping into life with Jesus meant leaving all of that behind in favour of a future they couldn’t predict and couldn’t control. One can’t help but wonder if the first son had similar thoughts. After all, saying “yes” is the easy part—particularly when we don’t pause to consider the costs. But actually, doing the work? Actually, showing up? That’s a different story. God isn’t satisfied with just letting things stay the way they are. There’s always more work to do; more kingdom to build. And we hear that and we get excited, and we say, “Yes!” “Sign me up!” “That’s what I want!” But then reality sets in and we look around and we think, “Hmm. The status quo really isn’t all bad… I make a decent wage—of course, I’m always ready to make more—but I make enough. My family has what they need to get by. My life is okay the way it is now. Besides, who knows if I’m going to like the work that God is calling me to? And more importantly, who knows if I’m going to get along with the other people who show up to work in God’s vineyard? So, I know I said ‘yes,’ but I’ve had some time to think on it, and well…” Then there’s the other son. Could it be that he himself had been told “no” so many times that he thought himself unworthy? When all you’ve ever known is oppression, why in the world would you trust that this time will be any different? But God isn’t like you and me. God doesn’t take no for an answer. God is always breaking barriers and crossing lines and pushing boundaries to invite us to new and abundant life! The parable that Jesus tells is universal because at one time or another, every single one of us has found ourselves in that thin place between the relative ease and comfort of saying “yes” to God and actually putting one foot in front of the other and walking along the rocky and dirt-paved path to the vineyard. We’re all caught somewhere between the “yes” of the first son and the slow conversion of the second son. Much like the first son, we’ve all been fed one of the biggest lies ever told in the name of Christianity: That following Jesus would be easy. And much like the second, we all know what it’s like to feel as if too much has been asked and that it’s too far to go. But at the end of the day, one thing remains true: There’s more kingdom to build, and God has put out the call to all who dare to join.

L5.10 Je vous salut Marie, pleine de grace, le Seigneur est avec vous, vous etes benie entres toutes les femmes et Jesus, le fruit de vos entrailles est beni. Sainte Marie, Mere de Dieu, priez pour nous pecheurs, maintenant et a l'heure de notre mort. Amen

L5.9 Je vous salut Marie, pleine de grace, le Seigneur est avec vous, vous etes benie entres toutes les femmes et Jesus, le fruit de vos entrailles est beni. Sainte Marie, Mere de Dieu, priez pour nous pecheurs, maintenant et a l'heure de notre mort. Amen

Thanksgiving holiday

What I do not understand is the motive is listed as her illness - aka, if she had not been ill, she would not have committed the act. This is the prosecution's position - seems self-contradicting to me...

If anyone is interested in the ceremonies leading up to and including the beatification of Fulton J. Sheen, here's a link to the Fulton J. Sheen Foundation. Their page contains links to livestreams of all the events, including vespers TONIGHT! https://www.celebratesheen.com/livestream

I hate giving a YouTube video as an answer to stuff because who has time for that?? But if you really want an answer that actually explains the logic and makes sense, this guy gives the only explanation I've heard that logically makese sense on why Yoga is an issue. Stretching is not a sin, breathing is not a sin, but doing Yoga specifically.

I don't believe you are because the source is not Yoga and the movement is a stretch recommended by your doctor and not a Yoga pose. As I said before and which you can Google, a Yoga pose and a stretch are not the same thing even though some aspects of them overlap. A major difference between stretches and Yoga other than the spiritual aspect, is the attention to breathing. The Yoga poses are always going to be accompanied by specific breathwork in order to bring about mental clarity which makes sense as Yoga's traditional purpose is to bring about spiritual awakening aka enlightenment and NOT simply stretch.

From the Benedictine monks at Subiaco Abbey in Arkansas, a Come & See weekend October 2-4. Not much lead time, I know. These monks run a day/boarding school for boys, and offer hospitality/retreats, but a lot of their monks are brothers who work the land one way or another. https://www.facebook.com/reel/2144509202864569

I have a friend who was an assistant DA in New York City. I recently read closing arguments and discussed a case with him for a guy who killed people and used an insanity defense. There is a high legal standard for insanity. I’m very doubtful her defense met that standard from what I hear in media snippets. If her defense did meet the standards, it’s not what is being discussed in media and online. Being mentally ill is not necessarily insanity, no matter how sympathetic we may want to be. Mental illness is not an excuse for extreme behaviors, else you legalize rage killings by anyone under a therapist’s care.

Thanksgiving feast

When you've decided you're going back to using a flip phone + MP3 player

This Sunday we meet some day labourers in Jesus’s parable. These are people whom the disciples would have immediately understood: people who worked, day to day, to make a wage to feed themselves and a family. They are economically vulnerable and socially marginal. Most people in Jesus’s time would have known what it was like to be a day labourer, to depend on a day labourer, and to be at the mercy of a landowner. You know how the parable goes: The day labourers work for various amounts of hours yet are all paid the same. The grumbling occurs when the first-hired day labourers notice that the last-hired day labourers are paid the same wage as them. Here, discontent proceeds from those roots of comparison and our own hope that things will be fair. Those who worked fewer hours should not be compensated the same as those of us who have worked all day. Who are they that should get what they got? Aren’t I more deserving? Discontent feasts on the embittered morsels arising from comparison. We struggle to be satisfied when we see those around us with things that we want; we grow envious when we see others living the life we want or experiencing our long-sought dreams. The windows into our neighbours’ lives—through social media and the internet—have amplified this temptation to compare and contrast our lives with others. Does everyone in the world have an updated kitchen ? Is everyone more fit than me? Does everyone have a higher income or better health or sturdier faith or—fill in the blank… Comparison robs us of our contentment; it holds our gratitude hostage, blinding us to the daily grace before us. Now might be a good time to name that there are different ways of being discontent, some holier than others. Take our discontent at hatred, stinginess, hypocrisy: That discontent might shake us out of our apathy and pull us toward the good work of the Gospel. Our discontent with the physical hunger and lack of shelter faced by so many of our neighbours? May God use such discontent for the provision of God’s numerous people. The discontent that comes with faith that needs a bit of sanctification? Well, God can use that, too. God can shape our grumblings in the desert; God can remind us of God’s provision in times past. God can help us recall that we live by God’s provision alone. Yes, some discontent can point us toward the essential work of discipleship. But that constant, nagging sense that we are not enough, that we’ll never be satisfied; that our realities are never enough; that perennial comparison with our neighbours… what to do about that? We must learn, as Christ taught us, to pray for daily bread. To lean on the provision of God, the provision that is enough for today. We might watch and wait for that manna that comes from on high. Those gifts that fill our stomachs and our souls. We might, even, over time, learn to be content with the wage offered for the day, even if others have received more. We are called to practice the non-competitive life, as reflected in God’s own life. Contentment, at the end of the day, is a posture that trusts in the vast goodness of God and in the provision that flows from God’s own life and self. Contentment is the spiritual discipline of accepting reality, even while we pray for God’s kingdom to come. It is the fruit of gratitude – of realizing that everything we are and all that we have derives from God in the first place. We are beneficiaries of a life and love far beyond each of us. Contentment realizes that it is God who has given us our breath and limbs and lives. It is God who has placed us in this world, who has filled our lives with sufficient grace—with enough for the day. In the second reading Paul, in prison, sees clearly the meaning of his life: ‘Life to me, of course, is Christ.’ Jesus is our life too and the gift of himself is more than enough. He gives himself to us so we might give away to others what we have received. While the first reading from Isaiah speaks of God’s love for his people. God’s thoughts and ways are beyond our understanding, and yet God is close to us and rich in forgiveness. This is the ever-generous God who gives us everything we’ll ever need.

In the morning I had to make sure the horse troughs had fresh water and at night I had to light the candles and street lamps around the town. 25 cents for a full day's work.

And actually look forward to it. my mother-in-law is a little like Maria. in a sitcom. "everybody loves Raymond."

when you start having wrinkles on your face

Early history of Trinity Church Trinity Church is a historic parish in the Episcopal Diocese of New York. The church is located at 89 Broadway opposite Wall Street, in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City, in the shadow of the former (911) twin towers. George Washington, along with members of the United States Congress, worshipped at St. Paul's Chapel on his Inauguration Day, April 30, 1789.[11] Washington also attended services at St. Paul's during the two years New York City was the country's capital. Above the former location of Washington's box pew (which was removed during renovations in the 2010s[12]) is an 18th-century oil painting of the Great Seal of the United States, adopted in 1782. September 11, 2001, attacks The rear of St. Paul's Chapel faces Church Street, opposite the east side of the World Trade Center site. After the attacks on September 11, 2001, which led to the collapse of the twin towers of the World Trade Center, The chapel survived without even a broken window. The building was largely protected by a sycamore tree on the northwest corner of the property that was hit by falling debris and took the brunt of the damage.

L5.8 Je vous salut Marie, pleine de grace, le Seigneur est avec vous, vous etes benie entres toutes les femmes et Jesus., le fruit de vos entrailles est beni. Sainte Marie, Mere de Dieu, priez pour nous pecheurs, maintenant et a l'heure de notre mort. Amen

25 years and still a good story to share!

L5.7 Je vous salut Marie, pleine de grace, le Seigneur est avec vous, vous etes benie entres toutes les femmes et Jesus, le fruit de vos entrailles est beni. Sainte Marie, Mere de Dieu, priez pour nous pecheurs, maintenant et a l'heure de notre mort. Amen

Feast of fool!

You no longer worry about your wife's parents coming over...

Don't know enough to give a firm opinion. To my understanding her case falls short of the legal definition of insanity, however the prosecutors admit that her motive was based on her mental illness... on the basis of that motive, I understand that had she not been sick, she would not have done what she done...and yet, her case falls short of legal insanity because <she sent her husband out> before committing the acts, which shows knowledge that it was wrong, and planning towards the deeds.... It is a mournful event on all sides, including Lindsay... I am actually simply glad not to be a pat of decision process because I am not certain where I would go with it.

I know this is over a year later, but I hope you're doing well