I will, I will rock you
March 12, 2010 by Patrick Madrid
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Yes, I know, this is frivolity at its most frivolous, but a dear friend of mine with a twisted sense of humor created this little video, and I just can’t resist showing it to you. I’ll get serious again soon. Promise.
Happy Friday. No cheeseburger for you today.
March 5, 2010 by Patrick Madrid
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A Prayer to Be Freed From the Seven Deadly Sins
March 3, 2010 by Patrick Madrid
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O Jesus, meek Savior and Prince of Peace, implant in me the virtues of gentleness and patience. Let me curb the fury of anger and restrain all resentment and impatience so as to overcome evil with good, attain your peace, and rejoice in Your love.O Jesus, Model of humility, divest me of all pride and arrogance. Let me acknowledge my weakness and sinfulness, so that I may bear mockery and contempt for Your sake and esteem myself as lowly in your sight.O Jesus, Teacher of abstinence, help me to serve You rather than our appetites. Keep me from gluttony – the inordinate love of food and drink and let me hunger and thirst for Your justice.O Jesus, Lover of purity, remove all lust from my heart, so that I may serve You with a pure mind and a chaste body.O Jesus, Father of the poor, help me to avoid all covetousness for earthly goods and give me a love for heavenly things. Inspire me to give to the needy, just as You gave Your life, that I might inherit eternal treasures.O Jesus, Exemplar of love, keep me from all envy and ill-will. Let the grace of Your love dwell in me that I may rejoice in the happiness of others and bewail their adversities.O Jesus, zealous Lover of souls, keep me from all sloth of mind or body. Inspire me with zeal for your glory, so that I may do all things for You and in You.O Jesus, my Merciful Redeemer, my Loving Savior, my Divine Healer, all this I humbly pray and ask in confidence, and filled with faith, hope and trust, in Your Holy and Mighty name, Amen.
Listen to Father Z and stop pranking the faithful with sand
March 3, 2010 by Patrick Madrid
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To all the priests out there still… unbelievably still putting sand in holy water fonts during Lent… KNOCK IT OFF!And if you go into a church where you see this sort of idiocy… for the love of God,
DON’T bless yourself with SAND.You know you are a soldier and pilgrim in a dangerous world, right? What is Lent for? Spiritual discipline and war, right?So why… why… why would these dopey liturgists and priests
REMOVE a tool of spiritual warfare precisely duing the season ofLENT when we need it the most??Holy water is a
sacramental.It is not a toy, or something to be abstained from, like chocolate …. which is the stuff of a
childish Lent. . . . (continue reading)
"I think my mother is trapped beneath the house"
March 2, 2010 by Patrick Madrid
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Those are the words of Marioli Gatica, a Chilean woman who described the 18-foot tsunami waves that obliterated her town of Talcahuano an hour after the 8.8 quake which struck that country on Saturday.
Such horrors abound along the devastated beach communities of Chile’s south-central coast, which suffered the double tragedy Saturday of the earthquake and the tsunami it caused. Of the quake’s 723 victims, most were in the wine-growing Maule region that includes Talcahuano, now a mud-caked, ravaged town of 180,000 just north of Concepcion.
Close to 80 percent of Talcahuano’s residents are homeless, with 10,000 homes uninhabitable and hundreds more destroyed, said Mayor Gaston Saavedra.“The port is destroyed. The streets, collapsed. City buildings, destroyed,” Saavedra said.
In Concepcion, the biggest city near the epicenter, rescuers heard the knocking of victims trapped inside a toppled 70-unit apartment building Monday and were drilling through thick concrete to reach them, said fire Commander Juan Carlos Subercaseux. By late Monday, firefighters had pulled 25 survivors and nine bodies from the structure.
Chile’s defense minister has said the navy made a mistake by not immediately activating a tsunami warning. He said port captains who did call warnings in several coastal towns saved hundreds of lives.
The waves came too quickly for a group of 40 retirees vacationing at a seaside campground in the village of Pelluhue. They had piled into a bus that was swept out to sea, along with trucks and houses, when the tsunami surged 200 yards into the summer resort town.
As of Monday, firefighters said, five of the retirees’ bodies had been recovered. At least 30 remained missing. . . .(continue reading)
This is what happens when a tsunami reaches land
February 27, 2010 by Patrick Madrid
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Massive 8.8 Quake Strikes Chile
February 27, 2010 by Patrick Madrid
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SANTIAGO (Reuters) – A massive magnitude-8.8 earthquake struck south-central Chile early on Saturday, killing at least 85 people, knocking down buildings, homes and hospitals, and triggering a tsunami.
Two things we should do:
1) Always be ready to meet the Lord by staying close to him in prayer and the sacraments, especially frequent confession. This is a no-brainer, but it’s amazing how many people, including Catholics, never give the four last things any thought: Death, Judgment, Heaven, and Hell.
My Friend Monsignor Eugene Morris
February 26, 2010 by Patrick Madrid
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I was just recently a house-guest at Monsignor Eugene Morris’s rectory in St. Louis (St. Mary Magdalen), when I was in town for some projects. What a treat!
Cremation . . . Jewelry?
February 26, 2010 by Patrick Madrid
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Cremation jewelry is, simply put, jewelry that contains some of the cremated ashes of a deceased family member or loved ones. Cremation jewelry has many names and comes in a variety of forms, but no matter the words used, cremation jewelry is among the newest and most popular ways to memorialize loved ones.
What if we just said, "Why don't you just get over it?"
February 26, 2010 by Patrick Madrid
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The jungle drums of frustration and consternation are beating in reaction to the impending revision of the Roman Missal. Granted, the syncopation is a bit uneven, and the decibel level less than robust, but it’s there.
We are very concerned about the proposed new translations of the Roman Missal. We believe that simply imposing them on our people — even after a program of preparation — will have an adverse effect on their prayer and cause serious division in our communities.
We are convinced that adopting translations that are highly controversial, and which leaders among our bishops as well as many highly respected liturgists and linguists consider to be seriously flawed, will be a grave mistake.
For this reason we earnestly implore the bishops of the English-speaking world to undertake a pilot program by which the new translations — after a careful program of catechesis — can be introduced into some carefully selected parishes and communities throughout the English-speaking world for a period of one (liturgical) year, after which they can be objectively evaluated.We are convinced that this approach will address the concerns of those many bishops who feel that they have lost their voice in this matter and that it will also give a voice to the People of God whose prayer is at stake and who accordingly have the most to gain or lose by the translations.
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