<US>The Poor

  • From: "Fr. Pat Umberger" <frpat@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "Fr. Pat Umberger" <frpat@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 20 May 2006 12:52:51 -0500

.=:  U S U A L    S U S P E C T S  :=.
      from Father Pat Umberger      

"Round up the usual suspects!"  ~"Casablanca," the movie
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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 
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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!

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F E A S T    O F    S A I N T    I S I D O R E

Last Monday (15 May) we celebrated the Feast of Saint Isidore of Madrid
(Saint Isidore the Farmer).  He was a day laborer on the farm of a wealthy
farm owner.  His story is one of simple Christian charity and faith.  Learn
more about this interesting and inspiring Saint.  We pray for farmers, farm
laborers, the people of Madrid, Spain and for the U.S. National Rural Life
Conference on this Feast Day of their Patron.  You can also see a statue I
brought back from Madrid during our visit there in 2000.  Just follow this
link:

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A T R E A T 

T H E    P O O R

One day a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the
country with the firm purpose of showing his son how poor people can be.
They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be
considered a very poor family. On their return from their trip, the father
asked his son, "How was the trip?"

    "It was great, Dad."

    "Did you see how poor people can be?" the father asked.

    "Oh Yeah, " said the son.

    "So what did you learn from the trip?" asked the father.

    "We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a
creek that has no end."

    "We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at
night."

    "Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon."

    "We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go
beyond our sight."

    "We have servants who serve us, but they serve others."

    "We buy our food, but they grow theirs."

    "We have walls around our property to protect us, they have friends to
protect them."

    With this the boy's father was speechless. Then his son added, "Thanks,
dad, for showing me how poor we are."

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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
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U S U A L    S U S P E C T S

These are called ?Usual Suspects? posts.  In the movie ?Casablanca? when there 
was a problem the police chief said, ?Round up the usual suspects.?  When 
forwarding inspiring e-mails I found I was sending them to the same people over 
and over again.  The ?Casablanca? quote came to mind and the mail-list took on 
the name ?Usual Suspects.?

The <US>Usual Suspects Group began as a separate e-mail list with..  A post or 
two are sent each week, consisting of inspirational and humorous Stories and 
anecdotes forwarded to me by our members.

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