we are not all immigrants.

Immigrants are people who leave thier country to move to a new country. They enter thier new country by the front door. They learn the offical language of the country and learn the history and laws of the country they are moving into. Presenting themselves in person for various reasons and to become a citizen or a permanent resident.

Illegal aliens are people who sneak in or those who failed to leave when thier visas expired. Having no intent of becoming a citizen or assimilating.

Don’t swallow the lie. Just because your ancestors immigrated before you were born does not make you an immigrant if they were legal citizens.

55°F NNW8mph SR0715(0615) SS1822(1722)

Morning Offering given

Village waking

Coffee good

Happy 18th Anni to Gabe & Aurora

St Gerald of Aurillac demonstrates that those who cannot see and do not esteem the things of the world may better experience God.

Read Ezekiel 11: Death for the Remnant of Jerusalem
RIAY Day 286: The Luminous & Sorrowful
This morning, Hamas released all of the hostages to Israel. PTL and thank you, President Trump, for working so hard to see this happen. Now to see all Palestinian prisoners released. We are still in the government shutdown, and federal employees are being let go. There’s more happening in the USA right now that is good and not being reported on. Hoping one day for the news media to become reporters again instead of hyperbole sellers. Early drive to Boscobel today. Jan will pick up the workers, and I will bring them home. My health, I live.

Know you are prayed for.

50°F WNW11mph SR0711(0611) SS1827(1727)

Morning Offering given

Village quiet and peaceful

Coffee strong

Anniversary greeting to Mark & Sue, 33 years
Today, we remember Roger W. would have been 108; may he rest in peace.

St Paulius illustrates that winning converts requires us to have great patience and sometimes to make great sacrifices. Lord, let me never grow weary of revealing Your glory to those who take a long time to believe.

Read Ezekiel 9:Slaughter of the idolaters
RIAY Day 283: The Glorious Mysteries
Meditations for Each Day pg. 406: The Third Sorrowful Mystery, The Crowning of Thorns Lk 23:25, JN 19:4, Mk 15:15-19

Know you are prayed for

36°F E6mph SR0712(0612) SS1826(1726)

Morning Offering given

Village peacefully sleeping

Coffee good

Birthday greetings to Shirley H & Keziah A have an awesome day!
Today we remember Mary Bernard, who passed in 1994. May she rest in peace.

St. Mary Soledad, faced with her own illness, fashioned a life dedicated to helping the poor and ill.

Read Ezekiel 10
RIAY Day 284: The Joyful Mysteries
Meditations for Each Day pg. 407: The Fourth Sorrowful Mystery-The Road to Calvary. _{What is your attitude to the cross that Jesus gave you?}

The man and I attend Adoration each Sunday morning at 5:00 a.m. in the Union Center Chapel. I find it to be just the right thing to do before I start Sunday morning. This past week I put together pages of the Scriptural Rosary, using a different color for each mystery. I laminated each page as well. I am now giving thought to doing the US Rosary.

Have an awesome, productive day.

Know you are prayed for.

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Morning Offering given

Village sleeps

Coffee strong

Happy Baptism anniversary to James S. May the Holy Spirit continue to guide you.

St Abraham, Father of all believers, reveals how close God comes to, and how much He demands from, those He chooses.
St. John Henry Newman is to be officially named a Doctor of the Church by Pope Leo XIV on November 1 during the Jubilee of the World of Education.

Read Ezekiel 8
RIAY Day 282
Meditations for Each Day pg. 404: The Scourging at the Pillar read Isa 1:6 _{From the sole of the foot to the head there is no sound spot in it; Just bruise and welt and oozing wound, not drained, or bandaged, or eased with salve.}

I’m empty-headed this morning. Not sure if that is good or bad.

Midwife Ada taken home. New baby boy -Chris-7#10oz 9pm last evening. Mom and baby doing fine.

Know you are prayed for.

34°F ENE3mph SR0709(0609) SS1831(1731)

Morning Offering given

Village quiet and chilly

Coffee strong

St. Reparata martyred for her faith while still a child, reminds us of what many suffered for their love of God.

Birthday greetings to Sarah B

Read Ezekiel 7: The End has come.
RIAY Day 281:The Luminous & Sorrowful Mysteries

Hope you have an awesome day

Know you are prayed for

waited in parking lot

no cell

no bathroom

watching ducks frolicking in the pond; horses and cows wandered over to check it out too

beautiful day

too long a wait

45°F NW9mph SR0708(0608) SS1832(1732)

Morning Offering given

Village damp

Coffee strong

Birthday greetings to Tony P!
Sympathy is extended to Levi M’s family. Levi passed away last Friday from a rapidly growing brain tumor. May he rest in peace.
Please continue to pray for my friend Fran, who is undergoing chemotherapy at this time.

St Mark shows that God’s plan for His Church and world is often too wonderful to comprehend.

Read Ezekiel 6: Against the Mountains of Israel
RIAY Day 280: The Joyful & Luminous Mysteries

Bit of a chill in the air here in the Wilds. Fall color is continuing to emerge, and fall rain has also begun. It won’t be long before the porch is winterized. This week, I will begin to cull the summer clothing from the closet. Fall and winter clothing selections are dismal. I may just have to get out the sewing machine and do up some of the fabric I have sitting here.

I miss my friend Val today. Over the weekend, I met her husband’s new friend, Debra. She looked so much like Val in her younger years that she could have been a sister. It was shocking enough to hear he had a new friend so soon after Val passed, but even more shocking now that I’ve seen her. Her personality is nothing like Val’s, but a very pleasant woman to speak with. I’m quite certain she felt uncomfortable at the reception, and that was understandable.

Ebony’s collar and leash arrived yesterday. She is not impressed. She made that known.

Know you are prayed for.

53°F raining NNW7mph SR0706(0606) SS1834(1734)

Morning Offering given

Village damp

Coffee good

Bl. Isidore of St Joseph (De Loor) demonstrated to us the value of serving community in church, society, and all that we do. He never let his cancer limit his work for others.

Read Ezekiel 5
RIAY Day 279: The Joyful Mysteries

Morning! Another beautiful day is in the making; rain or shine, it will be just what we need. Fall colors continue to make themselves known. Corn and beans are being removed from the fields. Deer are running rampant across fields and roadways. Birds are heading south. Flowerbeds are beginning to shed their seeds, looking weary and faded. Fall is giving its last show before the earth shuts down to rest for the winter. I am looking forward to the fallow time. The time we use to take stock in the seasons that have just passed and make plans for the season that will greet us again. The time to slow down, rest, recoup, reenergize, and repair our heart, mind, and body. A time to lie fallow, soaking in all that you can, from the giver of nourishment. We humans have a tendency to turn our attention away from what our body/mind needs to simply keep running. We exhaust ourselves into oblivion, failing to recognize that the difficulties we are experiencing are due to our failing to take care and replenish ourselves. I recall being told as a child, “Idle hands are the devil’s workshop.” As an adult, I looked for this verse but only found it in Bibles that had been translated into everyday language. Most often, Proverbs 16:26-29 is cited. However, in the translation of scripture I use (DRA/NAB), it cites Proverbs 16:26 as saying “The appetite of workers works for them, for their mouths urge them on.” The resource “bible gateway” search engine sticks on the living bible translation when you query the DRA or NAB, so be sure to click on the link for the right scripture version. Of course, this now makes me wonder what other verses the engine sticks to. So, I suggest that if you are Catholic (or not), use the quote from the USCCB bible search engine. THUS far, there cannot be found “idle hands are the devil’s workshop,” so my advice to you is use the fallow time to replenish and renew your soul.

Know you are prayed for.

70⁰F SSW17mph SR0705(0605) SS 1836(1736)

Morning Offering given

Village silent

Coffee good

Adoration 5-7 Union Center was so peaceful

Mass 8 St Mary’s Ridge

The man made breakfast

last load of laundry in the dryer

Yesterday’s wedding was perfect! Simple attire and decorations all pointing towards the Mass. Nothing to distract from the sacrament. The reception was elegantly simple in decoration and food. Once again, focusing on the newly married couple. In my opinion, a perfect celebration. May God richly bless them. And may Mrs. Brown’s HUMUS RECIPE FIND ITS WAY INTO MY INBOX.

Today will definitely be a day of rest.

Candles were lit in adoration for your petitions.

know you are prayed for.