.=: M O R N I N G P R A Y E R :=. From Father Pat Umberger __________________________________________________ I R E L A N D 2 0 1 0 $2799 from O'Hare, $2859 from La Crosse 18-28 October 2010 - Map of trip is now at the Web Site BROCHURE & SIGN-UP SHEET ARE NOW ONLINE! - SIGN UP NOW! For the Itinerary for the trip. Follow the link from www.frpat.com for details. Brochures are available at the entrances of Saint Pat's Church as well. Hotels have been chosen and links are at the Web Site. Air Space has now been reserved from La Crosse, WI and O'Hare Aiport in Chicago. It will be a non-stop flight on American Airlines from O'Hare to Dublin. 20 or fewer seats from La Crosse are available. If you're interested visit my Web Site and sign up for informational e-mails. www.frpat.com Become a fan of: Ireland 2010 with Fr. Pat Umberger on Facebook. F A C E B B O O K Become a fan of: Fr. Pat's Morning Prayer and Fr. Pat's This Weekend on Facebook. Also our first Fish Fry of the season is this Friday. Become a fan of: St. Patz Lenten Fish Fries M A R K T W A I N P A G E Many years ago I created a page for my favorite author, Mark Twain. Most of the links no longer worked so I redid the page. There are lots of great quotes and links. Just follow the link from: www.frpat.com L E N T 2 0 1 0 Visit my Lent Page for good links, Reconciliation resources in English and Spanish, and my own Stations of the Cross in English and Spanish for children and adults and illustrated by the kids of St. Pat's School. Follow the link from: www.frpat.com __________________________________________________ .=: S A I N T O F T H E D A Y :=. Blessed Daniel Brottier (1876-1936) Daniel spent most of his life in the trenches?one way or another. Born in France in 1876, Daniel was ordained in 1899 and began a teaching career. That didn?t satisfy him long. He wanted to use his zeal for the gospel far beyond the classroom. He joined the missionary Congregation of the Holy Spirit, which sent him to Senegal, West Africa. After eight years there, his health was suffering. He was forced to return to France, where he helped raise funds for the construction of a new cathedral in Senegal. At the outbreak of World War I Daniel became a volunteer chaplain and spent four years at the front. He did not shrink from his duties. Indeed, he risked his life time and again in ministering to the suffering and dying. It was miraculous that he did not suffer a single wound during his 52 months in the heart of battle. For more, follow this link: http://www.americancatholic.org/features/saints/bydate.aspx .=: S C R I P T U R E F O R T H E D A Y :=. Join with others in being imitators of me, brothers and sisters, and observe those who thus conduct themselves according to the model you have in us. ~Philipians Phil 3:17?4:1 Peter and his companions had been overcome by sleep, but becoming fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men standing with him. ~Luke 9:28b-36 .=: M E D I T A T I O N F O R T H E D A Y :=. Even after they experienced the Transfiguration, Peter, James and John failed to understand. They would come to undertand that not only did Jesus have to suffer and die before he would experience Glory with His Father ... the would have to give all they had as well. Glory only comes after passion. In our lives glory comes through a life-time of self-sacrifice. When we strive to walk in the footsteps of Jesus, we'll be on the right track, and be bound the the Glory the Lord wants to give us. .=: P R A Y E R F O R T H E D A Y :=. I pray that I may follow God's way. I pray that I may live a life a sacrifce, preparing myself for the glory God has in store for me. .=: W E P R A Y :=. We pray for people suffering from natural disaster, especially those in Haiti and Chile. We pray for great respect for life from natural conception to natural death. We pray for an end of terrorism and war, for the safety of our troops and their families at home. 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 is Copyright XXM 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. Newly written each day by Father Pat Umberger. 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