.=: M O R N I N G P R A Y E R :=. from Father Pat Umberger __________________________________________________ F A T I M A / L O U R D E S / S P A I N / L I S I E U X / P A R I S Thirty-two are now registered. Remember, to go on the trip you need to register with and pay your deposit to Pentecost Tours. For complete details, follow the link from: www.frpat.com G O D C A S T / P O D C A S T Visit the newest part of my Web Site. Download the latest Sunday homily. Listen to it with streaming audio at your computer or download to your MP3 player. Subscribe to the RSS Feed to, and download new homilies automatically! Just follow the "Podcast" link from: www.frpat.com D A V I N C I C O D E D E B U N K E D Just follow the link from: www.frpat.com T E C H T I P F R O M F A T H E R P A T Somebody want's to give you money? Most of us have received e-mails, mostly from Nigeria or another African Country. They come from various relatives of someone who died with a lot of money, who wants to get money out of the country and give some to you, who wants to give to charity, who is dying of an incurable disease and wants to do something nice for you. They most often ask for your phone number, e-mail address and other information. Then they'll contact you and want to send a check, or transfer the money directly into your bank account. Of course they'll need account numbers. It's a SCAM every time. Somebody actually sent me a check for four thousand dollars this year. I was supposed to wire $2000 to someone in Florida and keep the rest. Needless to say the account didn't exist and the check would have bounced, after I'd sent money on. The best tip . don't respond! _________________________________________________ .=: 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 :=. "Jesus turned and said to Peter, 'Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; for you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things. 'Then Jesus told his disciples, 'If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it.'" ~Matthew 16:23-25 .=: M E D I T A T I O N F O R T H E D A Y :=. We were born with the Divine within us. Living a selfish life can hinder the Divine from being expressed and shared. The celestial fire has to be tended and fed so that it will grow into a real desire to live the right way. By trying to do the will of God, we grow more and more in the new way of life. By thinking of God, praying to God and having communion with God, we gradually grow more like God. The way of our transformation from the material to the spiritual allows God to work in and through us. .=: P R A Y E R F O R T H E D A Y :=. I pray that I may tend the spark of the Divine within me so that it will grow. I pray that I may be gradually transformed from the old life to the new and fuller life. .=: 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 :=. Nancy asks for prayers that she may have re-growth of spiritual life and help to regain physical endurance. Jan asks for prayers for his wife who has diabetes with recently collapsed foot bone structure and is confined to a wheelchair for healing. Cheryl, asks prayers for her daughter who is having relationship and depression problems. Rose asks prayers for a special intention. Mother requests prayers for her daughter to find a house to rent suitable for her two children with severe asthma. Natalie requests prayers for her surgery today for probable thyroid cancer. Mary asks prayers for her 14 year old granddaughter whose leukemia has returned, and for her family, that they keep faith and hope. Susanna asks prayers for a young man who faces a serious challenge. Mariann asks for prayers for her cousin who has suffered a miscarriage, that she heal physically and mentally from this great loss. 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. 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