.=: M O R N I N G P R A Y E R :=. from Father Pat Umberger __________________________________________________ M A Y / M O T H E R ' S D A Y / M A R Y ' S M O N T H Visit my Web Site for our Mother's Day page. It includes some great links, stories and pass-alongs. Many of us who have lost moms find this a hard time of the year. Visit our Grief Support page as well. You'll find the blessing we use in Church here at Saint Pat's as well. I hope you enjoy it. This is also Mary's Month. Learn more about what we believe about Mary as Catholics. It's a great refresher for Catholics and it can be a great awakening for those who are a bit suspicious about what we think of Mary. Just click the link from: www.frpat.com 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 Twenty-one are currently signed up. It's shaping up to be a great Pilgrimage . to Portugal (Lisbon, Santerem, Fatima), Spain (Alba de Tormes, Avila, Segovia, Burgos, Loyola, Pamplona & Javier) and France (Lourdes, Paris & Lisieux). Out farewell dinner will be in a restaurant in the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The brochure is now on-line, along with a map and links to our hotels! The very reasonable price includes transportation, luggage transfers, all admissions, guide, escort, all breakfasts and dinners and even a packed lunch for the 1st Class train ride from Lourdes to Paris. As always we'll celebrate daily Mass and pray the Rosary when we're traveling. For complete details, 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 No "Phishing!" It's another scam, called Phishing. All these folks need is a bite or two and they can become very wealthy, at the expense of you, the "Phish!" They ask you to log on to their Web Site to "confirm" your account and give bank information, Social Security numbers, passwords, etc. If you click on the link they send, which you SHOULDN'T do, you'll see that you're at a different Site altogether. Financial institutions don't use e-mail to get information from you. If you're in doubt, call them, or log into your account they way you normally do. Don't click on that link sent by the Phishers! _________________________________________________ .=: 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 :=. "Be still and know that I am God." ~Psalm 46:10 .=: M E D I T A T I O N F O R T H E D A Y :=. Calmness is constructive of good. Agitation is destructive of good. I need not rush into action. I can first "be still and know that God is God." Then I can act only as God directs me through my conscience. Only trust, perfect trust in God can keep me calm when all around me are agitated. Calmness is trust in action. I can seek all things which can help me to cultivate calmness. To attain material things, the world learns to attain speed. To attain spiritual things, I can learn to attain a state of calm. .=: P R A Y E R F O R T H E D A Y :=. I pray that I may learn how to have inner peace. I pray that I may be calm, so that God can work through me. .=: 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 :=. 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