Sep 16 2009
Many converts to catholicism find there are two Churches. The one the read about and the one they find once they join.
This also happens in those who go east. There is the church they read about and the one they find when they join.
Now this isn’t a slam against the church. It is an observation of what is going on in this world and with the Church.
The Church is a divine institution that is made up of human beings; fallen human beings.
Sep 11 2009
Chicago Tribute published nothing on the front page about 9/11. It wasn’t until page 24 that it was mentioned. Stories that were considered more important:
Front Page
Headlines from the first section:
Poll: Reform optimism fading
We’re all squished
Trustees ban clout in U of I admissions
Tables turn on man who shut Republic Windows
Page 2
Hope smokes eternal when its Chia – Grown
TV holding its own in Net era
Page 3
Miss May finds her way back home
Jey Jude, is Beatles Game too fab 4 you
Capitol Offenses
1st in line for Oprah, but then
Page 4
Voters cool on Quinn
Public sours on possibility of ethics reform
Page 6
Health isn’t so simple
School i smeant for 850 so 1400 kids is a crowd
Page 8
Hoffmann in race to succeed Buris
U of I ends Admissions Clout
Page 10
Building inspector took bribes jury told
Ex-Football Star insane in killing
Page 11
Quinns Burr Oak banel hits hynes
Ex-Harvey Detective Sentanced to 3 years
2 Drifters clash over band name
Page 12
Hats bloom at garden party
Page 13
Obama keeps olympic backers guessing
2016 Games plan greener to grease bid
Page 14
Autistic Student had no bus service for 2 days
NBA Star’s gifgt speaks volumes
Page 15
STroger isn’t automatic for Democrats Slating
TEachers reminded to live in the City
Page 16
Brawl gets N. Chicago football Shelved
Mexican diplomat upbeat on future
Page 17
Republic CEO arrested
Page 18
Democrats heed leaders’s call
Obama’s fiscal trigger targets medicare costs
A fresh arrival floolows a fond farewell
Page 19
5 students die in India stampede
5 more charges in Milwaukee Killings
Page 20
British defend Afganistan Raid
Us ally in Lebanon throws up his hands
Page 22
Kashmir protesters demand answers to missing person mysteries
Flue Shot requirement cut in half.
Page 23
Bomb smashes Kurdish Village
Remembrance muzzled (NOT ABOUT 9/11, but about tainted milk in China)
US Day of Serive to mark September 11th…
That and a political cartoon are the only mentions of the tragedy of 3000 deaths in Terrorists Attacks 8 years ago… We have forgotten our Dead, we have no will to fight. We will be attacked again.
Sep 10 2009
I was sitting in my office, just before the day began. Someone walked into my office and told me the news that the Trade Center was burning. The internet was clogged as people were trying to get info on what was happening. We pulled out a television and watched in abject horror as the images flashed across the screen.
I remember seeing the second plane hit the building. I cried.
I remember seeing the buildings collapse, and again I cried.
Now we are 8 years later, and I believe that we have forgotten, and or pushed the memories into the back of our minds. I truly Pray that we our our children do not have to live through this again. But I don’t think it is over by a long shot.
Sep 10 2009
Lord, as I watch the sun rise, let it remind me of your resurrection, Which is the gateway of my salvation. Lord, today, I ask that you take everything away from me that separates me from you. Let me not fall into the trap of trying to serve two masters, but let me focus on you; my true master. Grant me the grace of your spirit today, that I might, bring your to life in this world. Let my thoughts be your thoughts, let my actions be your actions, let my life be yours. O Lord let me confess you with my lips, that the world might hear of your glory, let my actions show your glory, and my life show forth your love. Forgive me my sins, which are many, and turn not your grace away from me, but light my path to true salvation with the light of your Holy Spirit.
Amen
Sep 09 2009
Lord Jesus, how I long to be with you, and I know that I have separated myself from you from my own actions, thoughts and deeds. Please do not cast me away into the darkness, or turn your grace away from me, but reach out and heal me, soul and body so that I may become what you wish me to become. Lord Jesus, I ask you to take me and to bend me, forge me in your grace and in your Holy fire and remake me into what you wish me to be. All I ask Lord is that I be able to serve you, and do what you wish. Everything else is nothing. Take from me, everything that separates me from you, so that I may embrace the life which you have planned.
Sep 09 2009
Last night, my Church, celebrated the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Mary is a linchpin in this plan of Salvation for it was thorough her womb, that Christ, our Savior, would come into the world. She would be the one that would be overshadowed by the Holy Spirit and conceive the Messiah, no man, or woman since would be so intertwined with the Blessed Trinity.
When you really sit down, and I mean really sit down and think about it. Trying to put aside every stray thought, and focus on what God did with this woman. Think how this singular woman participated with God in our salvation When you bring it down to it, there is no way that you cannot call her Blessed.
Troparion – Tone 4
Your Nativity, O Virgin,
Has proclaimed joy to the whole universe!
The Sun of Righteousness, Christ our God,
Has shone from You, O Theotokos!
By annulling the curse,
He bestowed a blessing.
By destroying death, He has granted us eternal Life.
Kontakion – Tone 4
By Your Nativity, O Most Pure Virgin,
Joachim and Anna are freed from barrenness;
Adam and Eve, from the corruption of death.
And we, your people, freed from the guilt of sin, celebrate and sing to you:
The barren woman gives birth to the Theotokos, the nourisher of our life!