.=: M O R N I N G P R A Y E R :=. from Father Pat Umberger __________________________________________________ P R I E S T R E T R E A T I'll be on Retreat with the priests of our Diocese until late on Thursday, 19 April. Keep us in your prayers! H O L Y L A N D 2 0 0 7 04-15 November. The brochure is now on line! $2599 from Minneapolis, $2499 from JFK in New York This Holy Week you'll hear many places in the Holy Land mentioned in the Scriptures. We'll visit most if not all of them on our November Pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Visit my Web Site for complete details. You can sign up any time now, and we expect this one to fill up quickly. Gary says the Holy Land has been their most popular destination! Why not sign up on Holy Week. And, if you sign up, let me know so I can keep track of the group! Just follow the link from: www.frpat.com _________________________________________________ .=: M O R N I N G P R A Y E R :=. From Father Pat Umberger .=: S C R I P T U R E F O R T H E D A Y :=. "And others are those sown among the thorns: these are the ones who hear the word, but the cares of the world, and the lure of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it yields nothing. And these are the ones sown on the good soil: they hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirty and sixty and a hundredfold." ~Mark 4:18-20 .=: M E D I T A T I O N F O R T H E D A Y :=. I can keep balance by keeping spiritual things at the center of my life. God can give me this poise and balance if I pray for it. This poise can give me power in dealing with the lives of others. This balance can manifest itself more and more in my own life. I can keep material things in their proper place and keep spiritual things at the canter of my life. Then I can be at peace amid the distractions of everyday living. .=: P R A Y E R F O R T H E D A Y :=. I pray that I may dwell with God at the center of my life. I pray that I may keep that inner peace at the center of my being. .=: S C R I P T U R E S A N D S A I N T O F T H E D A Y := Scriptures: http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/ Saint of the Day: http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/SaintofDay/ .=: 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 :=. Please leave these credits when doing so. based on "God Calling, by Two Listeners," A.J. Russell, ed. Forward to friends, but please leave this tag intact. .=: C H A N G E Y O U R S U B S C R I P T I O N :=. Unsubscribe from your old address before you subscribe with your new address. Use this link: www.frpat.com/morningprayer.htm#mp .=: S U B M I T A P R A Y E R :=. Intentions to be included with <MP>Morning Prayer: www.frpat.com/prayers.htm