On This Rock: October 2009

I am preaching all of the Masses this weekend at Malachy. I am also the lone celebrant at the 10 am and the 12 noon Mass.

Please say a prayer for my brother Nate

O great St. Peregrine, you have been called "The Mighty," "The Wonder-Worker," because of the numerous miracles which you have obtained from God for those who have had recourse to you. For so many years you bore in your own flesh this cancerous disease that destroys the very fibre of our being, and who had recourse to the source of all grace when the power of man could do no more. You were favoured with the vision of Jesus coming down from His Cross to heal your affliction. Ask of God and Our Lady, the cure of the sick whom we entrust to you. (Pause here and silently recall the names of the sick for whom you are praying) Aided in this way by your powerful intercession, we shall sing to God, now and for all eternity, a song of gratitude for His great goodness and mercy. Amen.

Favorite Books

The Bible
The Confessions by St. Augustine of Hippo
Lord of the World by Msgr. Robert Hugh Benson
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Interior Castle by St. Theresa of Avila
The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins
Why I Am Catholic by G.K. Chesterton
Only the Lover Sings by Joseph Pieper
Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton
The Dark Night by St. John of the Cross
Love and Responsibility by Cardinal Wojtyla
The Spirit of the Liturgy by Cardinal Ratzinger
Atticus by Ron Hansen

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Friday, October 2, 2009

Masses for October 3rd and 4th