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Pray for the Miners of West Virginia

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Lord Jesus, through the intrercession of your saints, Barbara, Kinga, and Clement, we pray that those in peril be brought safely home.  Amen

The following prayer specifically implores the help of St. Barbara:

Saint Barbara, thou noble bride,
To thee my body I confide
As well in life as at life’s end.
Come, aid me when I breathe my last,
That I may, ere here all is past,
Receive the Blessed Sacrament!

The founder of the PNCC, Bishop Francis Hodur worked chiefly among the coal miners of Pennsylvania and shared in their struggle to ensure safety, fair wages, and good working and living conditions.

Perspective

Predictions for 2006

Oooooops!

Sorry, no predictions.

I’ve always had a problem with such things. Predictions, fortune telling, etc., besides just being whacky on their face, are an engagement in things that feed into our god complex.

I’m one for letting God be God. That He has our future firmly in hand, I am certain (time for a great discussion on predestination, Calvinism, Arminianism, Universalism, and where the PNCC and Roman Catholic Church differ —“ but not today).

All I can do then is pray that, come what may, we all be given the grace of final perseverance.

O sovereign and eternal God,
I thank You for having created me;
for having redeemed me by means of Jesus Christ;
for having made me a Christian by calling me to the true faith,
and giving me time to repent after the many sins I have committed.

O Infinite Goodness,
I love You above all things;
and I repent with all my heart of all my offences against You.
I hope You have already pardoned me;
but I am continually in danger of again offending You.

For the love of Jesus Christ,
I beg of You holy perseverance till death.

You know my weakness; help me, then,
and permit me never again
to separate myself from You.
Rather let me die a thousand times,
than ever again to lose Your grace.

Our Lady of Czestochowa, obtain for me holy perseverance!

Everything Else,

Thanks be to God

I wish all of my fellow U.S. citizens a very happy Thanksgiving Day.

The naysayer and skeptic will probably say, “What is there to be thankful for this year?”

As I updated our church sign tonight to read: “Thanks be to God for every gift” I could not help but reflect on the tremendous suffering endured this year. At the same time we sit with one of our parishioners in the final days of his earthly pilgrimage.

Thanks be to God for every gift, including and especially for the gift of suffering.

Help me to reflect more intently on the fact that You shared our joys and celebrations as well as our tears and sufferings. In the end you suffered beyond all suffering and died completely alone, abandoned. You tied yourself completely to us for our salvation.

Help me to be thankful for each gift given for our salvation. Help me to remember that Your good gifts include things that are both joyful and sorrowful.

Amen.

Current Events

Psalm 37

Put your trust in the Lord and do good,
and your land and habitation will be secure.
Take your delight in the Lord,
and he will give you what your heart desires.

Entrust your journey to the Lord, and hope in him:
and he will act.

Everything Else, ,

Holy Mass, Exposition, Novena, and Benediction

Another Wednesday evening service completed. The wonderful thing about our Catholic faith is that once the worship is completed we take Jesus home with us in our hearts. He is inside of us, strengthening us through the sacramental grace we receive in the Holy Eucharist.

The Church was hot, but all gets forgotten when you are before the Lord in adoration. Every Wednesday evening we offer Holy Mass followed by Exposition, a Novena to Our Lady of Czestochowa, and Benediction. People think yoga and meditation can heal all… They should spend an hour in quiet contemplation before the Blessed Sacrament. It’s not just the power of the peaceful moment, but the strength we receive from God real and present to us – physically, spiritually, eternally.

If each of us could just make time to spend an hour with the Lord each day. The power of His love and the working of His grace in our lives – if we allow it, would work wonders across the world.

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