Tag Archives: prayer

Patron Saint of Blogs

I was thinking about St.
Blog’s Parish
this morning and I realized something. We need a patron saint.

Saint Isidore of Seville has been proposed as the patron saint of the internet,
but that’s for his learning and having written an encyclopedia. He wasn’t much like
a blogger. We need someone like a canonized version of G.K. Chesterton, a journalist,
author, and apologist.

Instead of St. Joseph the Worker Parish, we’d have Saint So-and-so the Blogger Parish.
Thoughts?

A Year of Adoration

It’s a cool coincidence that my wedding is in the inaugural month of the Year of
the Eucharist. 🙂

John
Paul II Convokes “Year of the Eucharist”

From October 2004 to October 2005

VATICAN CITY, JUNE 10, 2004 (Zenit.org).- On the feast of Corpus Christ, John Paul
II announced a “Year of the Eucharist” that the Catholic Church will observe
from October 2004 to October 2005.

Pope
Explains Why He Convoked “Year of the Eucharist”

Church’s Program Is to Start Afresh From Christ, He Says

VATICAN CITY, JUNE 13, 2004 (Zenit.org).- John Paul II said he convoked the “Year
of the Eucharist” because the program he presented to the Church at the start
of the millennium is based on “starting afresh from Christ.”

Devotion

This article interested me because my wedding will be on the Feast of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque. It should be of general interest because more people, particularly those with families, should have a devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. I must confess that I haven’t cultivated one myself, but I fully intend to.

Three Streams, One Love

The Story of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
Ann Bottenhorn

Sometimes, the voice of a saint echoes clearly to us down through the centuries.

As a young adult, I found myself struggling, in the ordinary way of young people, with feeling alienated from God. In a fit of teenage rebellion, I had told God to get out of my life and leave me alone. Now, entangled in patterns of sin that I was powerless to unravel, I needed God’s help but didn’t know how to get it. I didn’t even know if it was possible.

Not Just for Jews

This prayer is useful for more than just Jews. In fact, I think I might start saying
it, or a version of it.

Rabbi
Offers Prayer for Web Porn Browsers

“JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli rabbi has composed a prayer to help devout
Jews overcome guilt after visiting porn web sites while browsing the Internet.” ‘Please God, help me cleanse the computer of viruses and evil photographs which disturb and ruin my work…, so that I shall be able to cleanse myself (of sin),’ reads the benediction by Shlomo Eliahu, chief rabbi in the northern town of Safed.”