From: Fr. Pat Umberger Subject: Tuesday, 18 November 2008 .=: M O R N I N G P R A Y E R :=. From Father Pat Umberger __________________________________________________ W E ' R E I N I T A L Y We'll be on Pilgrimage to Italy from 10-22 November. We'll keep you and Your intentions in our prayers. Individual prayer intentions will not be Included with Morning Prayer during these days, since Morning Prayer has Already been prepared. It will be sent by Margie, our pastoral minister. If you need to "subscribe" or "unsubscribe" during this time, please do so In the way described at the bottom of each morning prayer. I won't be able To do this for you during our time in Italy. If you'd like to send a Message to Margie, DO NOT HIT REPLY AND SEND THIS MESSAGE. That message Will not reach Margie. Her e-mail address is: marge@xxxxxxxxxx T O D A Y Today we head north to Cassino where we visit St. Benedict's Abbey of Montecassino, founded around 529 AD. We celebrate Mass at 10 a.m. At Momtecassino Abbey. Our journey continues as we proceed north to Rome and Enjoy a sightseeing tour of the Eternal City. We visit the Roman and Imperial Rome and stop for a tour of the Colloseum. Keep us in your prayers And know that you and your intentions are very much in ours as well! A D E S S E R A F F L E C A L E N D A R S Here's a great way to help Saint Patrick's Parish and have something to look Forward to all year long. Our Adesse Raffle Calendars offer a prize every Day in 2009 ... From $30 to $500. Prizes total $16,755. Only 3000 Calendars are sold. If you're interested in helping out, just follow the Banner link from: WWW.stpatz.Com __________________________________________________ .=: S A I N T O F T H E D A Y :=. Dedication of St. Peter and Paul St. Peter's is probably the most famous church in Christendom. Massive in Scale and a veritable museum of art and architecture, it began on a much Humbler scale. Vatican Hill was a simple cemetery where believers gathered At St. Peter's tomb to pray. In 319 Constantine built on the site a basilica That stood for more than a thousand years until, despite numerous Restorations, it threatened to collapse. In 1506 Pope Julius II ordered it Razed and reconstructed, but the new basilica was not completed and Dedicated for more than two centuries. For more, follow the link below: Saint of the Day: http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/SaintofDay/ .=: S C R I P T U R E S F O R T H E D A Y := "I know your works, that you have the reputation of being alive, but you Are dead. Be watchful and strengthen what is left, which is going to die, For I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God. Remember Then how you accepted and heard; keep it, and repent. If you are not Watchful, I will come like a thief, and you will never know at what hour I Will come upon you. ~Revelation 3:1-6, 14-22 And Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house because this Man too is a descendant of Abraham. For the Son of Man has come to seek and To save what was lost." ~Luke 19:1-10 Scriptures: http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/ .=: M E D I T A T I O N F O R T H E D A Y :=. We find ourselves in the 33rd of the 34 weeks in the Church year. As we Meditate on the end of the year and the end of time, the author of the Book Of Revelation presents a warning. We are to repent and return. In our Gospel, Zaccheus does just that. And Jesus says, "Today salvation has come To this house because this man too is a descendant of Abraham. For the Son Of Man has come to seek and to save what was lost." .=: P R A Y E R F O R T H E D A Y :=. I pray that I may repent and return to the Lord with all my heart. I pray That I may know God's constant love fore me too, and the fact that the "Son Of Man has come to seek and to save what was lost." .=: W E P R A Y :=. We pray for unity in our country and that we may build a Culture of Life. We Pray for the safety of our troops, their safe return and their families at home. We pray for a deep and profound respect for life, and for the courage and willingness to stand up for life. We pray for one another, for those who have asked our prayers and for those who need our prayers the most. Have a good day! May God Bless you and those you love, and keep you safe! Father Pat "Be still and know that I am God." ~Psalm 46:10 __________________________________________________ <MP>Morning Prayer is free, and comes from: Father Pat Umberger, a priest of the Diocese of La Crosse in Wisconsin U.S.A. Web Site: www.frpat.com Evangelization (reaching out): www.cmonback.com .=: M A K E A D O N A T I O N ? :=. www.frpat.com/donation.htm .=: F O R W A R D I N G :=. 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