St Monica's Tears

noreply@blogger.com (Patty) — Sun, 13 Apr 2014 12:49:00 +0000

Holy Land Pilgrimage with Father Mitch Pacwa - Holy Week 2006

On Saturday, April 8 2006, Kevin Arthur and I were just arriving in Amman, Jordan for a flight transfer to Tel Aviv, Israel where we boarded a bus to Jerusalem. Arriving late in the evening at our hotel we ate a wonderful buffet prior to retiring for the evening in preparation for a Holy Week pilgrimage following in the footsteps of Jesus' last days before and during his Passion. We like to relive - in memory - this pilgrimage experience each year during Holy Week.

Over the next several days I will post memories of this profound spiritual experience.

Parish Nursing - Health Ministry Presentation and Luncheon

noreply@blogger.com (Patty) — Sun, 02 Mar 2014 19:46:00 +0000

I had almost decided to delete this Blog, for a number of reasons including, I've not posted for a few years, I want to lessen the time I'm on the internet and I really did not have much to write about.

After some reflection on my current Ministry - Parish Nursing and Health Ministry, I decided to reconsider. I know an internet presence is important and this blog can easily be transformed to meet my needs in health ministry.

The focus of this blog; my continuing journey of loving and serving Christ Jesus and His Catholic Church and to share carrying the cross is what parish nursing and health ministry is really all about. Even St. Monica was involved in caring for the sick in her day and time. It all seems to fit together very nicely.

The following is the first of what I hope will be at least several posts on health ministry. That being said, I won't be posting much on that topic until the end of Lent. Actually following Lent I want to begin a series on "the family" based on Church documents found here.

After the commissioning ceremony last September, planning, researching and pulling together materials to actually do an official "launch" of Health Ministry at St. Joseph Parish, I'm happy to say we had almost 50 people in attendance yesterday at the event. We had a lot of good input, wonderful comments and gained several volunteers along with ideas of what programs we should begin with from the parishioners.

Many people made the comment that the talk was very good and informative. So I want to share it here.

Now about Lent a little bit, I've found this wonderful place called Live the Fast. They have all natural fasting bread, all sorts of information about fasting and even e-mail alerts for fasting days with short meditations.

Another wonderful resource - Meditations for Lent. A daily Lenten meditation by Bishop Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet.

Finally - A Doctor at Calvary: The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ As Described by a Surgeon by Dr. Pierre Barbet.

Almost-Empty-Nest Mom & a Mother's Rule

noreply@blogger.com (Patty) — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:54:00 +0000

Below is the closing paragraph to my comment to a post on Holly Pierlot's blog - A Mothers Rule of Life: How to Bring Order to Your Home and Peace to Your Soul

Finally I want to say as we get older, time passses more quickly and we move more slowly. It is a time where it does not seem we will be able to accomplish all we have to do, but provided we keep our focus on God and accomplishing his will in our lives we can be certain we are headed in the right direction.

See the complete post at the link below.

http://www.mothersruleoflife.com/2011/08/almost-empty-nest-mom-mothers-rule.html?showComment=1317120013622#c5438211249157030556

Questions Protestant Can't Answer #9 - Where did the Bible come from?

noreply@blogger.com (Patty) — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 13:13:00 +0000

Canon of Scripture: What criteria did the early Christians use to determ...

noreply@blogger.com (Patty) — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 23:43:00 +0000

When was the word "Catholic" first used?

noreply@blogger.com (Patty) — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 01:15:00 +0000

Lovely Lady Dressed in Blue

noreply@blogger.com (Patty) — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 10:49:00 +0000

The Church Suffering

noreply@blogger.com (Patty) — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 11:11:00 +0000

Catholic Answers

noreply@blogger.com (Patty) — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 10:50:00 +0000

The Pope has routed his enemies and brought joy to the faithful

noreply@blogger.com (Patty) — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:05:00 +0000

From CatholicHerald.co.uk

How does one sum up the papal visit in a few words? A survey of the four days, event by event – four days which began (so far as I am concerned) in anxiety which quickly turned to relief and ended finally in euphoria – simply can’t be done in less than the length of a short book, and I have only 400 or 500 words for this post, though in the print edition of the paper which appears later this week I shall be given more than double the space for an extended version of it, in which I shall look also at the very interesting coverage of the visit by the secular media. That aspect of the visit will have to be briefly summarised here by the words of Dr George Carey in the News of the World: “he came, he saw, he conquered”. more

The 'Cheeky' Pope

noreply@blogger.com (Patty) — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 09:45:00 +0000

Questions Protestants Can't Answer #4: Can an incomplete faith save us?

noreply@blogger.com (Patty) — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 13:05:00 +0000

Questions Protestants Can't Answer #3 - How are we justified? By faith a...

noreply@blogger.com (Patty) — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 13:00:00 +0000

Questions Protestants Can't Answer #2-If a man has faith but has not wor...

noreply@blogger.com (Patty) — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 12:57:00 +0000

Excerpt from Miracles of Jesus (DVD): The Wedding at Cana

noreply@blogger.com (Patty) — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 08:33:00 +0000

An Out-of-Touch Ogre?

noreply@blogger.com (Patty) — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:30:00 +0000

"I am gravely concerned by the fact that an abortion was performed several months ago in a Catholic hospital in this diocese. I am further concerned by the hospital’s statement that the termination of a human life was necessary to treat the mother’s underlying medical condition.

An unborn child is not a disease. While medical professionals should certainly try to save a pregnant mother’s life, the means by which they do it can never be by directly killing her unborn child. The end does not justify the means.

Every Catholic institution is obliged to defend human life at all its stages; from conception to natural death. This obligation is also placed upon every Catholic individual. If a Catholic formally cooperates in the procurement of an abortion, they are automatically excommunicated by that action. The Catholic Church will continue to defend life and proclaim the evil of abortion without compromise, and must act to correct even her own members if they fail in this duty…." Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted of Phoenix

Read the full story An Out-of-Touch Ogre?

EWTN Family Celebration 2010

noreply@blogger.com (Patty) — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 15:00:00 +0000

"Epic :120" Catholics Come Home

noreply@blogger.com (Patty) — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 19:31:00 +0000

I love the Catholic Church!

noreply@blogger.com (Patty) — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:54:00 +0000

From a friend....and I must say, I do agree!

It is of utmost importance to expose the extremes of both the "left and right" leaning "Catholics"; they both hold the same level of contempt for the Holy Father, Pope benedict XVI, and they are equally corrosive to the faith.

I love this publication!

JBM

Catholic World Report

"Come, Holy Spirit, fill my heart and kindle in it the fire of Your Love..."

Homily 06-15-2010 - Father Wade Menezes

noreply@blogger.com (Patty) — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:18:00 +0000

Another good homily by Father Wade Menezes

Questions Protestants Can't Answer #1 - Is a Dead Body Really a Body?

noreply@blogger.com (Patty) — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:52:00 +0000

Great YouTube video series from EWTN Radio Openline Monday host, John Martignoni.

Homily 06-13-2010 - Fr. Wade Menezes, C.P.M. - Eleventh Sunday in OT

noreply@blogger.com (Patty) — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:19:00 +0000

Fr. Wade Menezes, CPM - Monday 6/7/10 Homily on the Beautitudes

noreply@blogger.com (Patty) — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:11:00 +0000

A Trial Which the Whole Church Must Take Up

noreply@blogger.com (Patty) — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 10:42:00 +0000

"We are now facing the final confrontation between the Church and the anti-Church, of the Gospel and the anti-Gospel. This confrontation lies within the plans of divine providence. It is a trial which the whole Church must take up." The Venerable John Paul II.

We are called by the Church to dedicate the month of June to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

'We are now standing in the face of the greatest historical confrontation humanity has gone through'.

Pray, fast and sacrifice for the sins, outrages and blasphemy committed against the Sacred Heart of Jesus and His Most Holy Catholic Church.

Click the link above for the article at www.catholic.org

Do Protestants Pray the Rosary?

noreply@blogger.com (Patty) — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 10:31:00 +0000

I found the following at www.rosaryworkshop.com and found it interesting.

~PROTESTANTS and the ROSARY ~

... praying the Catholic rosary with intensity ...
"I've just recently discovered the Anglican and the Catholic rosaries, and have been praying the Catholic rosary with intensity. I will pray through the fifteen mysteries of the full rosary three times a day (that's a lot of "Hail Mary's" for a Protestant!) and feel the anointing of the Lord upon me. I am convinced the rosary releases the super natural power of God into our lives. It cleanses us, sanctifies us and draws us closer to Jesus, through the help of his Blessed Mother Mary.
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In my present (Episcopal) parish, I have shared my enthusiasm for the rosary, and many of my parishioners, who are former Catholics, have retained this devotion and have been delighted in my encouragement of their using it. Now, I feel that Mary is asking me to pray the rosary with intensity, as I prepare to serve a new church as rector.

Thank You! Thank You! - Fr. JJ (USA)

... The words were foreign to me ...
Recently we were at a Catholic Charismatic Retreat at the Mary Grove Retreat House in the Upper Michigan Peninsula. After dinner we we went back to our rooms to kill time before the evening prayer meeting started. It had been snowing so we stayed in to keep warm instead of taking our usual walk. Several gals came into our room and we ended up sharing stories. One gal was telling us she was Lutheran - born and raised a Lutheran and was not too impressed with Catholics.
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One day she was praying and felt prompted to say these words - 'Hail Mary' so she did, although she said, 'these words were foreign to me'. Then the words 'full of grace' came to her. She thought it strange but curious so she decided to go along. 'The Lord is with you' and on - before long, she had learned this little prayer and continued to say it over and over again. It gave her great joy so she adopted the words as her very own.
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Then one day she was with some Catholic friends and was sharing her little prayer with them. They told her that her little prayer was called the 'AVE MARIA' or HAIL MARY' and had been around for - almost - two thousand years. She was shocked. When they explained the rosary to her, she decided to say it, now knowing in her heart that Mary herself had taught this little prayer to her. Today she is a Catholic and loves to tell people about how Mary drew her home by teaching her this sweet prayer of love.