.=: M O R N I N G P R A Y E R :=. from Father Pat Umberger __________________________________________________ H A P P Y N E W Y E A R Visit my New Year's page for our New Year's wish for you, a New Year Countdown, pledge of non-violence and much more. Just follow the link from www.frpat.com E P I P H A N Y W A L L P A P E R Download the cutest Epiphany Windows Wallpaper you've ever seen. 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 :=. "For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life?" ~Matthew 16:26 .=: M E D I T A T I O N F O R T H E D A Y :=. We can be failures in the deepest sense when we seek to live without God's sustaining power. Many of us try to be self-sufficient and seek selfish pleasure and find that it does not work too well. No matter how much material wealth we acquire, no matter how much fame and material power, the time of disillusionment and futility usually comes. Death is ahead, and we cannot take any material thing with us when we go. "For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life?" .=: P R A Y E R F O R T H E D A Y :=. I pray that I will not come empty to the end of my life. I pray that I may so live that I will not be afraid to die. .=: 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 :=. Jeanie asks prayers for healing for her brother who is having surgery for prostate cancer. Nancy from PA requests prayers for a close friend whose mammogram showed a mass in her one breast that further tests will reveal no cancer. Barbara requests prayers for her friend's son who is troubled and currently in jail. Jim requests prayers for his mother who has a tumor on her brain. Dianne asks prayers for a special intention. Pat asks prayers for a special intention. Carol request prayers for families who need hope during this Holiday Season. A member kindly asks for prayers for her mom, who will be undergoing treatment for cancer on January 2. 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! .=: A D A I L Y B L E S S I N G :=. http://message.viditalk.com/ver12/showvideo.asp?vid=38058.65105 For a video blessing from Father Pat, just click the link above. It is best viewed with a high speed Internet connection. 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.stpatz.com/prayers.htm