.=: 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 Price goes up $100 in THREE DAYS! THIRTY NINE are currently signed up and our goal has been surpassed. We have ROOM FOR FIFTY, so eleven possible spaces remain. Early Sign-up Deadline is 24 June. Price rises $100 after that. 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 _________________________________________________ .=: 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 :=. "Now, discipline always seems painful rather than pleasant at the time, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather be healed." ~Hebrews 12:11-13 .=: M E D I T A T I O N F O R T H E D A Y :=. A truly spiritual man or woman would like to have a serene mind. The best way to keep calm in this troubled world is to have a serene mind. The calm and sane mind sees spiritual things as the true realities and material things as only temporary and fleeting. That sort of mind we can never obtain by reasoning, because our reasoning powers are limited by space and time. That kind of mind we can never obtain by reading, because other minds are also limited in the same way. We can only have that mind by an act of faith, by making the venture of belief. .=: P R A Y E R F O R T H E D A Y :=. I pray that I may have a calm and sane mind. I pray that I may look up, around and away from myself. .=: 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 :=. Rosemary asks prayers in thanksgiving for her aunt's successful spine and back surgery. Amy requests prayers that her level 2 ultrasound will show that her baby has no neural tube defects. Sherry asks prayers for a coworker who suffers from a rare form of cancer. Nancy asks prayers for a friend's daughter, a 14 year old girl who has leukemia, and for her parents and sister who are caring for her. Jance asks prayers that the cancer tests for a young friend will turn out negative. 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