Don I got an email today from the Friends Committee on National Legislation. I look forward to their messages in my inbox. They are a great organization. I’m proud to be a supporter of theirs.
Friends Committee on National Legislation’s
budget team calculates that 41 cents out of every dollar that you pay in 2006
I spent my evening tonight as the guest of the Friars at Mt. Irenaeus. I was invited there along with nearly two dozen other folks. The group was decidedly Franciscan.
In reading the news one gets the impression that President Bush thinks the “Democrats” are a foreign occupying force that is hell bent of subverting the United States Foreign policy.
Today I took delivery on a new car. It’s Marian blue. Chrysler calls it Marine Blue. They have their description and I have mine. New cars are scary.
Last night one of the postulants, Br. Antonio Cornier, of Holy Name Province was called on to recite the Litany of the Saints at our Easter Vigil service. What followed was both ordinary and extraordinary. Interspersed among the normal names of the saints were the names of Dorothy Day, Dr. Martin Luther King and Mahatma … Read more
“Nothing positive comes from Iraq, torn apart by continual slaughter as the civil population flees,” the pope said. “Peace is sorely needed.”–Pope Benedict XVI Must be the pontiff hasn’t been listening to United States news outlets. He’s obviously tuned in to left wing bloggers and Congressional Democrats. If the Holy Father would only listen to … Read more
Last night I drove to Mt. Irenaeus in the dark and cold of a spring snowstorm. I didn’t really know what to expect. How would the friars celebrate the Vigil tonight amidst all the snow and cold.
One of my favorite haunts is Abbey of the Genesee, located about fifty miles from my home. I visit there often.
Today I didn’t make it to the traditional Good Friday services. It’s the first time I’ve missed in recent memory. I fell asleep on the couch while I was reading “Living with Christ.”
I don’t know if you ever read Scott Adams’ Dilbert Blog. It’s one of my daily stops. Some of his posts really get me laughing and todays’ was one of them. You owe it to yourself to read today’s, “I wish I had a government.”
