Please Pray for this priest

Why this priest votes for Obama

Of course, he's going to Boston College (ugh) to work on a book about Father Robert Drinan, another priest who needs prayers.

A Little-known Shrine

Two years ago, through Domenico Bettinelli's blog, I discovered the shrine for Father Patrick Power, a young priest who died in 1869. The grave/shrine is in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Malden Massachusetts.

I had a chance to visit the grave again last week and took a couple of pictures on my phone camera...





The prayer on the photo above is

O Jesus, who filled your servant, Father Patrick Power, with profound veneration for Your boundless mercy and compassion for all, deign, if it be Your holy will, to grant me, through his intercession, the grace for which I fervently pray.........

Be mindful of Father Patrick's spirit of sacrifice and self-denial, and reward his virtue by granting the petition which, with childlike confidence, I present to You through his intercession.

It was composed by Father Bernard Shea, a retired (do any of them really retire?!) 91-year-old priest at St Mary's in Melrose. Please say a prayer for Father Shea, who fainted while celebrating the 4 pm Mass at St Mary's last Saturday. Thankfully, he is fine and resting comfortably.

Babies: We need more like you

As the Demographic Winter approaches in Europe, Germany fights it with this ad. Will it work?

The video is charming. :-)

Instruction on the TLM in Peabody - Sept 24th

Excellent news!

On Wednesday, 24 Sept., at 7 pm, at St. Adelaide Parish, 708 Lowell St, Peabody, Fr. Van de Moortell will host an evening of instruction on the Traditional Latin Mass. Low Mass will also be offered. Light refreshments will be provided after Mass.

Latin Mass North website

Crush

I hung up the phone tonight
Something happened for the first time deep inside
It was a rush, what a rush

'Cause the possibility
That you would ever feel the same way about me
It's just too much, just too much

Why do I keep running from the truth?
All I ever think about is you
You got me hypnotized, so mesmerized
And I've just got to know

Do you ever think when you're all alone
All that we can be, where this thing can go?
Am I crazy or falling in love?
Is it real or just another crush?

Do you catch a breath when I look at you?
Are you holding back like the way I do?
'Cause I'm trying and trying to walk away
But I know this crush ain't goin' away-ay-ay-ay-ayy
Goin' away-ay-ay-ay-ayy

Has it ever crossed your mind
When we're hanging, spending time girl, are we just friends?
Is there more, is there more?

See it's a chance we've gotta take
'Cause I believe that we can make this into something that will last
Last forever, forever

Do you ever think when you're all alone
All that we can be, where this thing can go?
Am I crazy or falling in love?
Is it real or just another crush?

Do you catch a breath when I look at you?
Are you holding back like the way I do?
'Cause I'm trying and trying to walk away
But I know this crush ain't goin' away

Why do I keep running from the truth?
All I ever think about is you
You got me hypnotized, so mesmerized
And I've just got to know

Do you ever think when you're all alone
All that we can be, where this thing can go?
Am I crazy or falling in love?
Is it real or just another crush?

Do you catch a breath when I look at you?
Are you holding back like the way I do?
'Cause I'm trying and trying to walk away
But I know this crush ain't goin' away
This crush ain't goin' away

Dear Mr Obama

One soldier's reasons for voting for Senator McCain for president.

Wonderfully done.

Remembering September 11th

There's a good thread on FreeRepublic, the conservative online forum, which contains a compendium of photos and videos regarding 9/11.

Link

Grassroot Films Strikes Again!

These people are amazing! They've done a wonderful video for www.catholicvote.com

H/T to American Papist (please see his post for more info)

Fall For You

"Fall For You"

The best thing about tonight's that we're not fighting
Could it be that we have been this way before
I know you don't think that I am trying
I know you're wearing thin down to the core

But hold your breathe
Because tonight will be the night that I will fall for you
Over again
Don't make me change my mind
Or I won't live to see another day
I swear it's true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find
You're impossible to find

This is not what I intended
I always swore to you I'd never fall apart
You always thought that I was stronger
I may have failed
But I have loved you from the start
Oh

But hold your breathe
Because tonight will be the night that I will fall for you
Over again
Don't make me change my mind
Or I won't live to see another day
I swear it's true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find
It's impossible

So breathe in so deep
Breathe me in
I'm yours to keep
And hold onto your words
Cause talk is cheap
And remember me tonight
When your asleep

Because tonight will be the night that I will fall for you
Over again
Don't make me change my mind
Or I won't live to see another day
I swear it's true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find
Tonight will be the night that I will fall for you
Over again
Don't make me change my mind
Or I wont live to see another day
I swear it's true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find
You're impossible to find

Added the link to the Youtube video so you can hear the song...

In the Beginning

RNC's tribute to 9/11

Did you know that the RNC played a video tribute to 9/11 last week? Unfortunately, this clip includes Keith Olberman's take on it...



I think this one is better (more graphic however)...

TAN Books announces that Fr O'Sullivan books are back

Father O'Sullivan wrote many excellent booklets on various aspects of the Catholic faith. Check them out!

Many of our customers were introduced to TAN through the popular O’Sullivan booklets. These little booklets are great for passing along to loved ones. They are perfect for evangelizing, easy to read, and are filled with straight Catholic teaching, never watered down. Two of the most popular, "The Wonders of the Holy Name", and "The Holy Ghost, Our Greatest Friend" are currently going to press for reprinting but should be available very soon. Quantity discounts are available on all the booklets.

If you are a new TAN customer, a great introduction to the Fr Paul O'Sullivan books is "All About the Angels", especially since September is the month of the Angels. If you have any questions about what Angels are, where they go, what they do, and how they can help us, this is one of the best titles on the subject. "All About the Angels" contains solid church doctrine and traditional teachings about the Angels, stories of approved angelic apparitions and much more.

I'm especially interested in the one about angels.

TLM Reminder! More Masses on the North Shore of Boston

This coming Sunday, at 1 pm, St Mary Star of the Sea in Beverly will be offering another TLM. This will be a monthly occurrence on the first Sunday of the month.

St Adelaide's in Peabody will begin offering a Saturday TLM, the first Saturday of each month at 8:30 am. Also, they offer the TLM every 4th Sunday of the month.

We're making good progress here. Please help support these Masses and let your friends know.

Thanks!

Separated at birth?

What Where When Meme

Stolen from Father Richtsteig at Orthometer

1. President Kennedy's Assassination - 22 November 1963

I was in second grade and was surprised to see my teacher crying

2. England's World Cup Semi Final v Germany - 4 July 1990

I have no idea...

3. Margaret Thatcher's resignation - 22 November 1990

I don't know where I was, but I remembered being disappointed.

4. Princess Diana's death - 31 August 1997

I was saddened by her untimely death. It seemed like she was finally experiencing some happiness in her life. I did watch the funeral, etc that Saturday morning and my then-6-year-old daughter wasn't happy that she had to miss her cartoons because of this...

5. Attack on the twin towers - 11 September 2001

I had just left the IT business to start a home-based business. I was listening to the radio, a talk show on WRKO and one of the hosts said that a plane crashed into the WTC. In Boston, we have a tiny office building called the World Trade Center and that's the one I thought they meant. So, I turned on the TV and a few minutes later saw a second plane crash into the WTC towers in New York.

6. The election of Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger to the papacy - 19 April 2005

Given that I had just come back into the Church a few weeks earlier, I was excited to be working from home and watching EWTN when this was announced. Cardinal Ratzinger was the one I was hoping for...