I all I could think was, “God, all your creation is beautiful.” The clouds didn’t last long but it was one to remember. I should have shot video because they were moving very quick and looked like a river of clouds.

Sometimes we need to just pause and look around, and listen to the wind and nothing else. It is a great way to meditate and grow closer to God. Of course, this can be done anywhere. For me I have a room and chair in my home where I can say daily prayers after which I think to talk to Jesus and ask Him what he wants me to do. I’m lucky to get to go to a weekly Holy Hour in a chapel at St. Mary Catholic Church in Pensacola, FL. There He is in a Monstrance and I say “Your servant is listening.” Sometimes it seems like it has only been a few minutes and yet, it has been an hour.

Here is what the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has to say:

There are as many and varied methods of meditation as there are spiritual masters. Christians owe it to themselves to develop the desire to meditate regularly, lest they come to resemble the three first kinds of soil in the parable of the sower. But a method is only a guide; the important thing is to advance, with the Holy Spirit, along the one way of prayer: Christ Jesus.

Meditation engages thought, imagination, emotion, and desire. . . . Christian prayer tries above all to meditate on the mysteries of Christ, as in lectio divina or the rosary. This form of prayerful reflection is of great value, but Christian prayer should go further: to the knowledge of the love of the Lord Jesus, to union with him.

—Catechism of the Catholic Church, nos. 2707-2708

• Saint Charles of Borromeo
• Saint Albert the Great
• Saint Francis of Assisi
• Saint John Paul II
• Saint Josemaria Escriva
• Venerable Fulton Sheen
• Saint Mother Teresa
• Saint Padre Pio
• Blessed Michael McGivney
• Saint Faustina Kowalska
• Saint Therese of Lisieux
• Saint Carlo Acutis
• Saint Dymphna
• Saint Blaise
• Saint Charbel
• Saint Louis Marie De Montfort
• Saint Teresa of Avila

It has been a while since I posted last. A lot has taken place. It includes work on changing our business by stopping the travel we’ve done for so long and that requires things like websites and web servers that have been changed. We have still been doing work that doesn’t require travel and that’s continuing. But there are other things live some good “old” person pains, etc.

I hope I will have more time to find things on the path to holiness.

You might enjoy a “Christmas Greeting from the Prelate of Opus Dei (2025) – Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz.”

It has been quite a while since I was able to go to Mass at what most people know as the “Old Cathedral of St. Louis.” It’s right next to the St. Louis Arch.

The work I was doing (taking photos, conducting audio interviews) was my next to last time my wife and I are going to travel for work. We announced that in April this year. We can still do some work for our company in our home offices and as of now, that’s the plan. I pray every day that we are making good decisions and what Jesus wants.

I have been dealing with anxiety of the move toward retirement but sitting in the church I found peace. I definitely recommend spending this time to anyone who is suffering in any way.

BTW. I will not have to work on a Sunday anymore. I’ve not liked it but after the end of this year I won’t be traveling for work at all!

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It is long days of prayer and meditation and that’s what it should be. Our focus is on God and talking to Him and working on our spiritual life. I take lots of notes and leave with a couple of resolutions for the year. I highly recommend this for men and women.

I will share some of my notes on my X.com account for PathToHoliness.

While doing this I have another list of saints that I’m praying to for help. How about you? Do you have one or more saints that you prayer to? Here are my main ones.

St. Charles Borromeo, St. Albert the Great, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Josemaria Escriva, St. Pope John Paul II, St. Louis de Montfort, St. Faustina, St. Mother Theresa, St. Theresa of Avila, St. Therese of Lisieux, St. Padre Pio, St. Dymphna, St. Anthony, St. Blaise, Blessed Carlo Acutis, Venerable Fulton Sheen, Blessed Michael McGivney. There are so many counting just the Apostles for example.

If you want or need prayers for any of these saints or would like to know more about them, it’s easy just to search in your browser.

I believe Father Sennott will be a great priest. He did get a little choked up during one prayer and I understand and felt the same for him.

In addition to Father Sennot here are the names of the other newly ordained priests for our diocese: William Gibson, Christopher Holcomb and Peter Jutras. You can watch the ordination Mass here.

Presenting Eli with a gift from the Knights of Columbus Council #8589 at the Basilica of St. Michael the Archangel is Mark Fanfalone and Father Joseph Fowler. Eli received a framed montage of his work on the altar and a check of $500 to help his college.