.=: 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 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 P E N T E C O S T N O V E N A A novena is made up of nine days of prayers for a special cause. The Novena in honor of the Holy Spirit is the most ancient of all Novenas. It was the first one ever prayed. It recalls the period of nine days where Jesus sent his apostles back to Jerusalem to await the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. This wonderful Novena is addressed to the Holy Spirit and can be a powerful way for us to prepare to receive the light, strength and courage we need. So, let's pray this wonderful Novena, beginning on the Friday after Ascension Thursday, this year on the 26th of May, even when, like this year in the United States, the celebration of Holy Thursday is transferred to the next Sunday. Come Holy Spirit, Come! Follow the 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 Easy Web Site photo changes. Here's an easy way to change the cover photo on your Web Site without opening your browser, changing the code on the page by inserting a new photo and then uploading everything. Just check the size of your cover photo. The one on www.stpatz.com is 540 by 274 pixels. Give it a name like: cover.jpg Then, whenever you'd like to change it, be sure the new photo is the same size. Give it the same name too, and just upload the photo. It's that simple! _________________________________________________ .=: 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 those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace." ~Romans 8:5-6 .=: M E D I T A T I O N F O R T H E D A Y :=. We fail not so much when tragedy happens as we did before the happening, by all the little things we may have done, but did not do. I can prepare for the future by doing the right thing at the right time now. If a thing should be done, I can deal with that thing today and get it righted with God before I allow myself to undertake any new duty. I can look upon myself as performing God's errands and then coming back to God to tell God in quiet communion that the message has been delivered or the task done. .=: P R A Y E R F O R T H E D A Y :=. I pray that I may seek no credit for the result so f what I do. I pray that I may leave the outcome of my actions to God. .=: 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 :=. Helen-Ann asks prayers for a special intention. Sue asks for prayers for her friend who is fighting her second bout with cancer. Peter, a member from NY, asks prayers for his son who is in depression since his wife left him. Lee asks for prayers for her parish priests, who work so hard for all of us. Please pray for two recently deceased priests of our Diocese, and of our Director of Family life who has died, and for his family. Joan requests prayers for her son, that he will find good employment very soon. Pat asks prayers for his sister-in-law who is recovering from surgery. Anna requests prayers for her boyfriend who has been diagnosed as suffering from a hiatus hernia, that God grants him a speedy recovery. A member requests prayers for herself to heal and go on with life, thereby ending a destructive relationship. 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.frpat.com/prayers.htm