.=: M O R N I N G P R A Y E R :=. From Father Pat Umberger __________________________________________________ M Y S T E M C E L L T R A N S P L A N T I began the process at Mayo Clinic in Rochester on 01 December. Visit my Web Site for a complete description. Just follow the front page link from: www.frpat.com. Also, visit the Blog that deals with the Transplant. It's updated every day at: www.frpat.com/mayoblog .=: A D V E N T P A G E S :=. Our Advent Pages are up and running. There are special pages for Saint Nicholas (December 6), Our Lady of Guadalupe, Juan Diego and more. There are Advent resources and special blessings for Advent, our Nativity Scene, Christmas Tree, Advent Wreath and more. There are resources for Reconciliation available in both English and Spanish. Visit our Web Site and click the banner link from: www.frpat.com A D E S S E R A F F L E C A L E N D A R S Here's a great way to help Saint Patrick's Parish and have something to look forward to all year long. Our Adesse Raffle Calendars offer a prize every day in 2009 ... from $30 to $500. Prizes total $16,755. Only 3000 calendars are sold. If you're interested in helping out, just follow the banner link from: www.stpatz.com __________________________________________________ .=: S A I N T O F T H E D A Y :=. St. John Damascene (676?-749) John spent most of his life in the monastery of St. Sabas, near Jerusalem, and all of his life under Muslim rule, indeed, protected by it. He was born in Damascus, received a classical and theological education, and followed his father in a government position under the Arabs. After a few years he resigned and went to the monastery of St. Sabas. For more, follow the link below: Saint of the Day: http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/SaintofDay/ .=: S C R I P T U R E S F O R T H E D A Y := Open up the gates to let in a nation that is just, one that keeps faith. A nation of firm purpose you keep in peace; in peace, for its trust in you. ~Isaiah 26:1-6 Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house. But it did not collapse; it had been set solidly on rock. ~Matthew 7:21, 24-27 Scriptures: http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/ .=: M E D I T A T I O N F O R T H E D A Y :=. We are called to be a nation of firm purpose that keeps faith. We are called to build our house on rock. How easy it is to bend our values until they're pretty much gone. How easy it is to build on something that doesn't last. But that's not God's way. We can do well to heed His call and warning ... individually, and as a nation as well. .=: P R A Y E R F O R T H E D A Y :=. I pray that we may be a nation of firm purpose that keeps faith. I pray that I may build my house on rock, not on something that doesn't last. I pray that in this way, I may be ready for Jesus to come at Christmas ... and at the end of time. .=: 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. Newly written each day by Father Pat Umberger. Morning Prayer may not be published by others, but is a good resource for preachers and those who attend Daily Mass, and those who would like to keep up with the Lectionary Readings and are not always able to attend Daily Mass. .=: 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