.=: M O R N I N G P R A Y E R :=. from Father Pat Umberger __________________________________________________ H A P P Y E A S T E R Alleluia! Happy Easter. Christ is risen from the dead. Alleluia! What good news! And what a glorious night, as new fire is lit, the Exsultet is sung, new members, adults and children alike, are Baptized ... and adults are Confirmed and welcomed into Full Communion with the Catholic Church. Light indeed overcomes darkness. Life indeed, overcomes death. Let's trust in the risen Lord as he dwells with and within us. May we work for a world filled with justice, and experience the peace that overflows when there is justice. Happy Easter! Visit my special Easter Page. Just follow the links from www.frpat.com D I V I N E M E R C Y N O V E N A It starts an Good Friday. For the novena and a pledge form, visit my Web Site and click the Divine Mercy link! www.frpat.com 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 :=. "I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities for the sake of Christ; for whenever I am weak, then I am strong. I have been a fool! You forced me to it. Indeed you should have been the ones commending me, for I am not at all inferior to these super-apostles." ~2 Corinthians 12:10-11 .=: M E D I T A T I O N F O R T H E D A Y :=. We can make a stand for God. Believers in God are considered by some as peculiar people. We can even be willing to be deemed a fool for the sake of our faith. We can be ready to stand aside and let the fashions and customs of the world go by, when God's purposes are thereby forwarded. We can be known by the marks that distinguish a believer in God. These are honesty, purity, unselfishness, love, gratitude and humility. .=: P R A Y E R F O R T H E D A Y :=. I pray that I may be ready to profess my belief in God before others. I pray that I may not be turned aside by the skepticism and cynicism of unbelievers. .=: 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 :=. A member asks prayers for her Grandson, who is interviewing for the third time, that he will be hired. For one of our Easter Vigil Mass Servers who is in the hospital tonight with an infection. Brian requests prayers for his friend who suffers from severe depression and just found his longtime girlfriend is involved with an older man and she is using drugs, that he be restored to sanity and that he maintains his own sobriety. Debbie ask prayers for reconciliation in her marriage and better communication. Sharon asks prayers for her niece's unborn baby, who has been diagnosed with two illnesses, that the baby may be born in May and survive the impending surgeries. Mary requests prayers for her niece who is in a custody battle, that all parties will work for the welfare of the baby and they will quit harassing her. A Grandma requests prayers for her 5 year old grand daughter for successful surgery on Monday! A Mother is asking for prayers for her daughter who had a cervical fusion last March 06. A sister-in-law asks prayers for a mother and wife who has severe depression for many years. Rose asks for prayers for her brother who is having marital problems. Marilyn asks for prayers for step-daughter's chemo results to be negative and future procedures encouraging. 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