39°F NW14mph SR0630CST SS1702CST

Morning Offering given (praise and thanksgiving for Zari)

Village peaceful

Coffee good

the man is already gone

Thanking all who prayed for our dgd Zari who was in a car accident last evening. She is at University Hospital, she will be recovering for a while but will be fine. A special thanksgiving to St Luke patron saint of physicians for watching over her providers

Praise for the thunder, lightning, and much-needed rain last evening.

Know you are prayed for

31°F S10mph SR0629CST SS1704CST

Morning Offering given

Village sleeps

Coffee good

Early run to Boscobel.

small snicker… ” Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what we like and let the food fight it out inside.”

Today we remember Rich Ogden (my dad). He would have been 87. May he rest in peace.

Know you are prayed for.

48°F NW14mph SR0627CST SS1705CST

Morning Offering given

Village waking

Coffee good

Skies are gray today. The leaves have begun their journey to the ground where they will make a colorful carpet on the lawn. B&G Lawn Service will be here on Saturday morning to begin the yard clean-up. I like to see industrious youth at work.

Looking forward to the day reflexology & chiro. Amazing how they work with my body.

Pondering… “and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us” unless we are to be guilty of deception, we must pardon those who trespass against us or God will not forgive us. Sometimes this is a hard road. Lots of times they don’t deserve forgiveness cause they keep doing it over and over…hmmm, just as I keep doing it over and over…

Know you are prayed for.

52°F S10mph SR0626CST SS1707CST

Morning Offering given

Village waking

Coffee excellent

Birthday greetings to Kyle and Anniversary greetings to Kyle & Amy. Hoping your day is awesome!

Early voting is available today. Check with your clerk.

^{ATV/UTV/Golf Carts/child’s electric cars… you must be 12 for ATV, 16 for UTV, those ages require a safety class certification on your person and a helmet is suggested. Under 16 must have an adult present. child’s electric car IS NOT PERMITTED ON THE STREET. Golf carts are not permitted on the street unless your village allows it. NO ONE under the age of 16 is allowed to drive on a public street without a licensed adult present.} Apparently, the police here in the village don’t know the WI code for this as Sgt. Smartmouth didn’t when he returned my call yesterday about two children (elementary age) riding on Broadway in a small ATV/child’s car at 2:30 in the afternoon. He was more concerned with letting me know through his obvious attitude/ tone of voice “HE” had more important things to be doing. However, he did know enough to thank me for my opinion in his smart-ass tone of voice. I just want to know where “the heck” our Chief of Police is. I haven’t seen “hide nor hair” of him inside the village limits anywhere for weeks. The council may also want to change the police websites. Those list, our “deceased for many years” previous chief. It would also be nice if a person answered the phone during the day. Getting a recording at the police number is not good. I doubt someone would take a return call if they had initially called about being beaten, choking, heart-attack, or fire, well you get the picture. Perhaps it is time to attend village meetings and begin asking questions about all the $$ spent in the police department and no “seen” coverage being rendered. I am 100% “back law enforcement” but not the sit-on-your-butt in the office, run radar outside the village limits, hide at the dump or waste station, or do bar checks from the bar stool kind of enforcement. I will say our village is quiet and peaceful with little crime for which I am grateful. It would be that way without all the bells and whistles anyway.

Rant over

Ponder… “Who is it but God who rescues us from the many perils which surround us.? Who enables us to overcome so many difficulties? How many times should we have died if he had not sustained us?”

Know you are prayed for.

53°F SSW11mph SR0625CST SS1709CST

Morning Offering given

O Dear Lady of Champion,
you revealed yourself as the Queen of Heaven to your servant Adele.
You gave her a mission to pray for the conversion of sinners,
to bring the Good News of Jesus Christ to others and
to prepare the children for the reception of the sacraments.
I trust that as you called Adele to holiness,
you are calling me, in my station in life,
to live a holy life,
devoted to Jesus Christ with the help of your maternal love.
I bring before you now my worries and anxieties.
I abandon my attachments to them and place them at your feet.
I ask you to hear the deepest longings of my heart
as I pray most earnestly for: ____________ (your intention).
Dear Lady, you told Adele and
you say to all of us
“Do not be afraid; I will help you.”
Help me now as I place this intention
with complete confidence and trust.

Village waking

Coffee strong

Remembering Irene today. She passed in 2017 on this day. May God have mercy on her soul.

Pondering:
Our Lady of Champion… “Do not be afraid; I will help you.”
Our Lady of La Salette… “Come near, my children, do not be afraid.”
Our Lady of Kibeho…
Our Lady of Fatima…
Our Lady of Guadalupe…
Our Lady of Akita…
Our Lady of Knock…
Our Lady of Fatima…
Our Lady of Lourdes…
Our Lady of Beauraing… “Always be good. Pray always.”

Know you are prayed for.

56°F SW13mph SR0624CST SS1710CST

Morning Offering given

Village silent, peaceful

Coffee good

Sleep decent

Open
O doors and bolts of my heart
That Christ the King of Glory may enter!
Enter
O my Light
Enlighten my darkness;
Enter
O my Physician
Heal my wounds;
Enter
O Divine Fire
Burn up the thorns of my sins;
Ignite
My inward parts, my heart
With the flame of Thy Love;
Enter
O My King
Destroy in me the kingdom of sin;
Sit
On the throne of my heart
Reign
In me alone,
O my King and Lord
_{St. Dimitry of Rostov}

Mass this morning 8 St Mary’s Ridge

Hallway clutter, to be moved into spare room so that ceiling/closet work may begin.

Ponder… “Sin destroys the innocent far more rapidly than the sinner.”

Have you noticed “the haters” have begun to stir the waters once again with their POV regarding Trump. Fear makes people cover the old ground of their fear thinking people will help them muddy the waters. Little do they understand while pointing out his faults they also stir people to think about theirs.

There was/is not a president that didn’t have these faults (except perhaps Jimmy Carter). Base human nature rears its ugly head many times a day. satan, likes to make people think they are too dirty to receive Christ’s forgiveness.

Know you are prayed for.

45°F SSW11mph SR0622CST SS1712CST

Morning Offering given

Village sleeps

Coffee good

Our Lady of La Salette–Twin Lakes, WI

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_La_Salette#The_apparition

Off to Iola today for the Norwegian Heritage Dinner

Know you are prayed for.

52⁰F S9mph SR0621CST  SS1713CST

Morning Offering given

Village peaceful

Wonderful day at Our Lady of LaSelette

Know you were prayed for

30°F S16mph SR0620CST SS1715CST Caution! Elevated fire conditions today

Morning Offering given

Village slow to action this morning

Coffee good

There’s a mama cat outside our house. Gray tiger, very friendly. She belonged to someone once. She’s been here awhile and needs to go home.

Easy day for me today. Am hoping to keep it that way.

Anyone feeling the inflation squeeze? Seems like it never ends. The current administration is spending money as if there is no tomorrow. Neither side has a good solution. Time to tighten the belts, and revamp the budgets. We’ve gotten thru before and will weather this storm as well.

Movie… Conclave… on my list, comes out this month. Have placed the book (by Robert Harris) on my library hold list. I’m 179th on the list. While searching for that found another book by same name written by Michael Walsh and placed a hold on that one as well.

Book... “The Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek” by Richardson. About the WPA job of a library on horseback in the KY mountains where the blues lived. There are 2 in the series, looking forward to reading them both. https://health.howstuffworks.com/human-body/systems/circulatory/blue-people-kentucky.htm

Know you are prayed for.

23°F WSW6mph SR0619CST SS1717CST

Morning Offering given
Jesus take me as I am
Summon out what I should be
Set your seal upon my heart
Holy Spirit dwell in me

Village a bit chilly (time for silkies)

Coffee good

Happy Birthday “BC” hope your day is awesome!

Happy 3rd Anniversary K & SM may God grant you many more

I am disappointed with the leaf color this year.

1 copy job ready for delivery.

Pondering
Death is punishment for the sins of Adam & Eve. Baptism cleanses us from this original sin. Our free will allows us to accept or reject eternal life. Some yearn for death to escape/end their discouragements, suffering, or sinful natures in this life. The only legitimate yearning for death is the desire to be united at last with Jesus.

Know you are prayed for.