...Let us pray for the people of that nation.
Let us pray for peace.
Let us pray that the Iranians will have a government that respects human dignity and seeks what is truly good for the people.
Let us pray for the Christians in that nation to somehow exert a peaceful influence well beyond their small numbers.
Let us pray that the Iranian Muslims, Jews, Baha'is, nominal Christians, etc. will be open, because of their current circumstances, to the true peace that comes only from the Gospel.
Let us pray for our home nations and for Iran:
V. Show us Thy mercy, O Lord;
R. And grant us Thy salvation.
V. Endue Thy ministers with righteousness;
R. And make Thy chosen people joyful.
V. Give peace, O Lord, in all the world;
R. For only in Thee can we live in safety.
V. Lord, keep this nation under Thy care;
R. And guide us in the way of justice and truth.
V. Let Thy way be known upon the earth;
R. Thy saving health among all nations.
V. Let not the needy, O Lord, be forgotten;
R. Nor the hope of the poor be taken away.
V. Create in us clean hearts, O God;
R. And sustain us with Thy Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Sunday, June 7, 2009
The death of George Tiller.
It was a disgusting act of violence. Nobody should condone his killer's actions. At the same time...Well, I'll direct you to our friends at Ad Orientem who say it better than I can:
A Day of Violence
Let us continue to pray for our fallen world.
A Day of Violence
Let us continue to pray for our fallen world.
Monday, June 1, 2009
A few of my blog entries need updating...
Wednesday, January 7, 2009:
"However, on January 28th, I hope to attend the installation Mass for Detroit's new Archbishop-elect, His Excellency Allen Henry Vigneron! I will have my new digital camera with me, and will take and post pictures."
We had a lot of snow on that day, so I missed the installation.
Friday, November 28, 2008
A gentleman from UoP called me last week to see if I was still interested in classes. I made him aware of my concerns about the school, especially COM 140, and he explained to me that the purpose of COM 140 is to introduce one to how online classes work at UoP. He also apologized that no one had explained this to me before. While I still am not interested in taking online classes with UoP (too expensive, and they don't have a philosophy major), I feel much better about the school, and am grateful to this gentleman for listening to my concerns and responding to them with grace and intelligence. He's a real asset to UoP.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
The school did not stick me with a $2,000.00 bill (a concern I expressed in the e-mail near the end of this post). Indeed, they were very good at helping me not face any financial difficulties.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
The problem with my wrist is dystonia. It's irreversible, and the only effective treatment is botox injections. These treatments are very expensive, expensive beyond my means, so, unless God performs a miracle, which I am praying for, my right hand is rather useless for writing and typing. I can type and write a little bit, but it's painful after just a minute or two. In fact, I am now learning how to write with my left hand.
That's all for now. I'm glad UoP turns out to be better than I thought.
"However, on January 28th, I hope to attend the installation Mass for Detroit's new Archbishop-elect, His Excellency Allen Henry Vigneron! I will have my new digital camera with me, and will take and post pictures."
We had a lot of snow on that day, so I missed the installation.
Friday, November 28, 2008
A gentleman from UoP called me last week to see if I was still interested in classes. I made him aware of my concerns about the school, especially COM 140, and he explained to me that the purpose of COM 140 is to introduce one to how online classes work at UoP. He also apologized that no one had explained this to me before. While I still am not interested in taking online classes with UoP (too expensive, and they don't have a philosophy major), I feel much better about the school, and am grateful to this gentleman for listening to my concerns and responding to them with grace and intelligence. He's a real asset to UoP.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
The school did not stick me with a $2,000.00 bill (a concern I expressed in the e-mail near the end of this post). Indeed, they were very good at helping me not face any financial difficulties.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
The problem with my wrist is dystonia. It's irreversible, and the only effective treatment is botox injections. These treatments are very expensive, expensive beyond my means, so, unless God performs a miracle, which I am praying for, my right hand is rather useless for writing and typing. I can type and write a little bit, but it's painful after just a minute or two. In fact, I am now learning how to write with my left hand.
That's all for now. I'm glad UoP turns out to be better than I thought.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
It's been awhile since I've posted any videos to this blog.
So here are several for you to enjoy:
A trailer for Mary Poppins, if it was a horrow show.
A kickin' song, the video for which was filmed in Toronto (hello, Alan!).
My favorite part of Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.
A clip of Christian philosopher Ravi Zacharias at the University of Michigan.
Frozen Grand Central.
A trailer for Mary Poppins, if it was a horrow show.
A kickin' song, the video for which was filmed in Toronto (hello, Alan!).
My favorite part of Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.
A clip of Christian philosopher Ravi Zacharias at the University of Michigan.
Frozen Grand Central.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Let us never forget...
...our brothers and sisters who suffer for the name of Christ in the Middle East.
National Geographic--Arab Christians. (H/t to Mark Shea).
Where God Weeps/Aid to the Church in Need
Voice of the Martyrs
Open Doors with Brother Andrew
"For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we are Jews or Gentiles, whether we are bond or free, and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. For the body is not one member, but many…that there should be no schism in the body, but that the members should have the same care one for another. And whenever one member suffer, all the members suffer with it…"
The First Epistle of the Apostle Saint Paul to the Church at Corinth
(I Corinthians 12:12-14, 25, 26a NAV)
"Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them; those who are being tortured, as though you yourselves were being tortured."
The Epistle of Hebrews
(Hebrews 13:3 NRSV)
Prayer for the Persecuted
Father in Heaven, You make Your sun shine on bad and good alike. Your Son, Jesus Christ, died for us all and in His glorious Resurrection He still retains the five wounds of His Passion. With His divine power He now sustains all those who suffer persecution and martyrdom for the sake of their fidelity to the faith of the Church. Merciful and mighty Father, do not allow Cain to return again to murder helpless Abel, innocent Abel. May the persecuted Christians remain, like Mary, their Mother, together at the foot of the Cross of Christ the Martyr. Comfort those menaced by violence and those oppressed by uncertainty. May Your Holy Spirit of love make fruitful the witness and the blood of those who die forgiving. Amen.
National Geographic--Arab Christians. (H/t to Mark Shea).
Where God Weeps/Aid to the Church in Need
Voice of the Martyrs
Open Doors with Brother Andrew
"For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we are Jews or Gentiles, whether we are bond or free, and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. For the body is not one member, but many…that there should be no schism in the body, but that the members should have the same care one for another. And whenever one member suffer, all the members suffer with it…"
The First Epistle of the Apostle Saint Paul to the Church at Corinth
(I Corinthians 12:12-14, 25, 26a NAV)
"Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them; those who are being tortured, as though you yourselves were being tortured."
The Epistle of Hebrews
(Hebrews 13:3 NRSV)
Prayer for the Persecuted
Father in Heaven, You make Your sun shine on bad and good alike. Your Son, Jesus Christ, died for us all and in His glorious Resurrection He still retains the five wounds of His Passion. With His divine power He now sustains all those who suffer persecution and martyrdom for the sake of their fidelity to the faith of the Church. Merciful and mighty Father, do not allow Cain to return again to murder helpless Abel, innocent Abel. May the persecuted Christians remain, like Mary, their Mother, together at the foot of the Cross of Christ the Martyr. Comfort those menaced by violence and those oppressed by uncertainty. May Your Holy Spirit of love make fruitful the witness and the blood of those who die forgiving. Amen.
Monday, May 18, 2009
Here's a game for you...
You find a genie in a bottle. He will grant you three wishes with the following qualifications:
1) You may not wish for more wishes.
2) You may not wish for anything immoral.
3) You may not make a wish that would violate any person's free will, or that would result in another being coerced in any way to perform any action or act of the will that they would not freely choose.
4) You may not take moral shortcuts; that is, you may not wish you had a certain virtue or more of a certain virtue.
What would you wish for?
My wishes:
1) A photographic memory.
2) Fluency in all languages (past and present), in both their spoken and written forms.
3) Immunity to all sickness and disease. (That does not mean I'd live forever. I'd still be subject to aging, poison, the Mack truck driving down the street...)
1) You may not wish for more wishes.
2) You may not wish for anything immoral.
3) You may not make a wish that would violate any person's free will, or that would result in another being coerced in any way to perform any action or act of the will that they would not freely choose.
4) You may not take moral shortcuts; that is, you may not wish you had a certain virtue or more of a certain virtue.
What would you wish for?
My wishes:
1) A photographic memory.
2) Fluency in all languages (past and present), in both their spoken and written forms.
3) Immunity to all sickness and disease. (That does not mean I'd live forever. I'd still be subject to aging, poison, the Mack truck driving down the street...)
Monday, May 11, 2009
In the Dearborn library system...
...this would never happen!
That's because, as I had the misfortune to discover recently, if someone borrows a book way past the due date, the book is considered lost and the account is sent to a COLLECTION AGENCY!
That's because, as I had the misfortune to discover recently, if someone borrows a book way past the due date, the book is considered lost and the account is sent to a COLLECTION AGENCY!
Saturday, May 9, 2009
I'm back!
I have the internet again! You'd think I'd have a great many posts saved up in Microsoft Word, and would now be posting them. I don't, although there have been things I've wanted to write about. I will mention one of those things, however, no matter how long after the fact this is--
Susan Boyle, what a voice! I just heard her for the first time on YouTube, and I'm amazed! There are many, many videos of her on YouTube, but this is the absolutely best one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OcQ9A-5noM&feature=related
Sorry I can't imbed it. Watch it in high quality.
Steve Hayner, the former president of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, while speaking at Urbana 2000 talked to us about Heaven. We can't comprehend it fully in this life, but we get glimpses of it, sometimes through a lovely smell (lilacs come to mind), a moving bit of art, a great musical masterpiece, and sometimes simply by a humble, church-attending woman near London just doing something she enjoys.
Susan Boyle, what a voice! I just heard her for the first time on YouTube, and I'm amazed! There are many, many videos of her on YouTube, but this is the absolutely best one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OcQ9A-5noM&feature=related
Sorry I can't imbed it. Watch it in high quality.
Steve Hayner, the former president of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, while speaking at Urbana 2000 talked to us about Heaven. We can't comprehend it fully in this life, but we get glimpses of it, sometimes through a lovely smell (lilacs come to mind), a moving bit of art, a great musical masterpiece, and sometimes simply by a humble, church-attending woman near London just doing something she enjoys.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
No internet after all!
The cable company never showed up, and they didn't call to say they wouldn't be at my house, either.
Their lack of good customer service has lost them my business.
My internet activity will continue to be spotty still.
Their lack of good customer service has lost them my business.
My internet activity will continue to be spotty still.
Saturday, March 7, 2009
I'm still around...
...and will have internet access as of March 13!
Lent has been awesome, so far. Daily Mass, more time in prayer, etc.: I can feel the effects!
Arabic classes have been okay. There are three letters of the alphabet I cannot pronounce correctly, neither can I have a meaningful conversation with anyone. I hope to continue studying Arabic in the future, however, and perhaps become fluent in it.
Next month, I'll be visiting the Oblates of Saint Joseph again, to discuss joining them.
I'll give a better update on next Friday or Saturday.
Lent has been awesome, so far. Daily Mass, more time in prayer, etc.: I can feel the effects!
Arabic classes have been okay. There are three letters of the alphabet I cannot pronounce correctly, neither can I have a meaningful conversation with anyone. I hope to continue studying Arabic in the future, however, and perhaps become fluent in it.
Next month, I'll be visiting the Oblates of Saint Joseph again, to discuss joining them.
I'll give a better update on next Friday or Saturday.
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