Morning Prayer; St. Francis of Assisi

October 4, 2008 By

Everybody loves him! Even the pagans want to claim him! But he was a lot more complicated than the statue/birdfeeders let on. I have the good fortune of knowing a number of Franciscans, including a dear cousin who is a Capuchin, and they are all busy people of very good humor – a little sweet [...]

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The DC Nuke & the Saving Monks

October 3, 2008 By

Random Thoughts is writing about what is happening to her finances. No one has defended President Bush more than I have during his time in office. No one. But his signing the “bailout bill” that Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and the rest of them were giddy over this afternoon – it has stunned me. I [...]

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Morning Prayer October 01

October 1, 2008 By

Sorry to say there are a few small mistakes in this podcast, the most glaring of which is that I said I would provide the page directives and read the small bio of St. Therese in the breviary and then proceeded to accidentally cut all of that out during the edit, also, I am dealing [...]

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Sept 29; Feast of the Holy Archangels

September 29, 2008 By

Reposted from 2006: At morning prayer, the psalms seem suited to the archangels. Psalm 29 for Michael, the power of God: “The Lord’s voice resounding on the waters, the God of Glory thunders; the Lord on the immensity of waters…” And for Gabriel, Psalm 25, a quiet prayer of hope and trust. For Raphael, a [...]

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Morning Prayer; Our Lady of Sorrows

September 15, 2008 By

In today’s podcast, I read two psalms and chant one (you are warned!) from the Office of the day. I begin a little differently, though, reading excepts from a 2006 post meditating on the feast day, and the role of Mary as Mother to all of us Christians. The full text can be found here. [...]

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Feast of St. Augustine/Morning Prayer

August 28, 2008 By

Good Morning! St. Augustine by Nancy Oliphant Late have I loved you, O Beauty so ancient, and so new. Late have I loved you! You were within me but I was outside myself, and there I sought you! In my weakness I ran after the beauty of the things you have made — the things [...]

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St. Monica, meet Nancy Pelosi

August 27, 2008 By

St. Monica by John Nava, cribbed from the Deac Today is the Feast Day of St. Monica, the mother of St. Augustine who prayed for years and years that he would accept Jesus Christ and enter the church – which he finally did, and in a big way, because Augustine did everything big. If it [...]

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