If Dioceses Can Opt-Out of Fiducia Supplians, Why Hasn’t Your Bishop?
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“ The Dash Poem”by Linda Ellis
I read of a man who stood to speak at the funeral of a friend.
He referred to the dates on the tombstone from the beginning to the end.
He noted first came the date of the birth and spoke the following date with tears.
But he said what mattered most of all was the dash between the years.
For that dash represents all the time that they spent life on Earth.
And now only those who loved them know what that little line is worth.
For it matters not how much we own, the cars, the house, the cash.
What matters is how we live and love, and how we spend our dash.
So, think about this long and hard. Are there things you’d like to change?
For you never know how much time is left that can still be rearranged.
If we could just slow down enough to consider what’s true and real,
and always try to understand the way other people feel.
Be less quick to anger and show appreciation more,
and love the people in our lives like we’ve never loved before.
If we treat each other with respect and more often wear a smile,
remembering that this special dash might only last a little while.
So, when your eulogy is being read with your life’s actions to rehash,
would you be proud of the things they say about how you spent your dash? ”
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Food for thought
12.04.2023
37⁰F cloudy Sw@11mph SR0743 SS1723
Morning Offering given
Deer Lodge is damp this morning
Will catch coffee later this morning
Lodging clean up underway. Washer is running. Suitcase ready for car.
It has been a very relaxing time here. Time is confusing… This place sits on the line.
I start pkg up at 0730. Then, a two hour drive to Dunnville, where I pick up 2 more. After that, 10.5 hrs to home. I will be glad to get there.
The man has been very busy moving the old office to the new. Lots of putaway work scheduled for Wednesday. How I got it all in the old office I’ll never know, it certainly fills the new one. Still have a few shelves to hang, some shim work & touch up painting to do and of course organizing and put away. Oh, and let’s not forget I’ll need to hang the artwork.
Today, we focus on the 1st week of Advent. You will find the 1st Sunday of Advent rosary link below.
Advent – Week One
Know you are prayed for.
Watch for free
The Fall of Minneapolis
11.15.2023
40⁰F clear W@4mph SR0657 SS1637
Morning Offering given
Village waking
The man just left hosp run
Stomach feels better this morning. Thought it was flu yesterday, but today, I know it was something I ate the night before. Gall bladders or lack of them definitely react to grease.
Reflexology & chiropractic today.
Sending up & asking for prayers for Lavina. Cancer, having breathing issues this morning.
Intermittent Fasting continues week period 6. This is a slow weight loss program. Seldom do I feel hungry. I struggle with consuming enough water. I also struggle with getting enough activity. However, the weight continues to go down slowly but surely. The skin apron continues to thin. I wish it would leave the cushion on my behind but took that first. Sitting, not comfortable… hah, that’s so I walk more, right? Evil just evil.
Daily devotion… “The Shepards go to Bethlehem” Behold me, my God, most earnestly desirous of recollection myself in Thy presence; grant me the grace to understand the lessons Thou teaches, and to put them in practice. As fruit of these refections I resolve to follow unhesitatingly the prompting of grace, without giving time for other impressions to weaken my resolution and text me to draw back.
Anyone in need of these programs? Al-Anon is a “worldwide fellowship that offers a program of recovery for the families and friends of alcoholics, whether or not the alcoholic recognizes the existence of a drinking problem or seeks help.” Alateen “is part of the Al-Anon fellowship designed for the younger relatives and friends of alcoholics through the teen years. ” https://al-anon.org/ Narcotics Anonymous https://m.na.org/
Know you are prayed for.
11.04.2023
28⁰F clear NW@4mph SR0742 SS1749
Morning Offering given
Village sleeps
Coffee good
The man sick
Chicken run this morning
Iowa run late morning
Betrayal… is the sense of being harmed by the intentional actions or omissions of a trusted person. The most common forms of betrayal are harmful disclosures of confidential information, disloyalty, infidelity, and dishonesty. They can be traumatic and cause considerable distress. The effects of betrayal include shock, loss and grief, morbid pre-occupation, damaged self-esteem, self-doubting, and anger. Not infrequently, they produce life-altering changes. The effects of a catastrophic betrayal are most relevant for anxiety disorders, and OC D and PTSD in particular. Betrayal can cause mental contamination, and the betrayer commonly becomes a source of contamination.
Along with… I confess to almighty God, and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have greatly sinned through my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done, and in what I have failed to do; through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault; therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin, all the Angels and Saints, and you my brothers and sisters to pray for me to the Lord our God.
All I can say is… where the heck does my mind (at this hour) pluck these thoughts from?
However, these thoughts are much better than… dreaming your sister in law took you to the zoo during a tornado, and all the animals were out while she drove through flooded streets in a car now turned an amphibious machine. Saying relax, you are too tense… wish you could have seen the grizzly dancing he looked happy.
Know you are prayed for.
10.30.2023
24⁰F clear WNW@10mph SR0736 SS1756
Morning Offering given
Village Chilly
Coffee good
Monday has arrived. We’re on the cusp of a new month. DST is in its last week (thank goodness). Thanksgiving is 24 days into the future. The year is close to ending 62 more days. If you had goals for 2023, now is the time to look them over to see if you will reach them or reassess them. The big question… did you get to know Jesus better?
Grateful/thankful list. Make one.
Get your Thanksgiving cards written and sent.
Begin writing your Christmas letter. Purchase Madonna stamps. Find the perfect Christmas card. One that talks about Christ. One that says Merry Christmas. Forget the toys, snowmen, or words like seasons or holidays. Make this year about Jesus. His birth. His gift. Be simple and practical in gift selection.
Today’s ponder… from Bacci
“Will humility & understanding help me solve the problems I encounter today?
It is useless and harmful to fly into a passion and to brood over our rights and other people’s wrongs.”
Know you are prayed for.
10.20.2023
38⁰F NW@9mph SR0723 SS1811
Morning Offering given
Village sleeps
The man sleeps
Coffee not good.
Day #8 Intermittent Fast down 4#. For this, I am grateful. Still short on the water & walking goals, but getting better.
Russian invasion of Ukraine… US has given 75 billion in aide to Ukraine. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine
Gaza is a narrow strip of land bordered by the Mediterranean Sea and Israel. It used to be governed by Egypt. Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement) is a political party that won the 2006 elections in the Gaza Strip (Palestinian). There has not been an election since. The West Bank is also Palestinian and used to be governed by Jordan… Israel siezed both Gaza & and the West Bank in 1967 after the Six Day War and is recognized by the UN as the occupier state.
God gave Israel this land. You can read about that in Exodus.
It’s complicated.
The question here is… How can the US afford to give money to both wars? We are not financially capable of doing this… REGARDLESS of what Yellen says. We must consider taking care of our own.
Pray the Rosary for America.
Know you are prayed for.
10.14.2023
46⁰F NNE@13mph SR0715 SS1821
Morning Offering given
Village wet and grateful for rain
Coffee good
The man sleeps
New furnace is quiet something called two stages, which keeps fan blowing. All I know is it is comfortable in here.
Making a quick trip to IA this morning and back.
Looking forward to having supper with the boy at 5 tonight… New Mexican place in Sparta.
Yesterday, I started intermittent fasting with the Body Fast app. I think this might help me get serious and lose some weight… 100# to be exact. Now to get those measurements done.
Scripture… 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, 10:31, 3:16-17, 12:27, 15:44; Roman’s 12:1-2; 1 Tim 4:8, 5:23, Matt 6:22-23; Phillipians 1:20; Psalm 100:3; Roman’s 12:4; Genesis 35:11-12; and more. https://www.openbible.info/topics/our_bodies_being_temples
Pulled Made to Crave off the bookshelf. Time to read it again.
Question… can acedia be the issue?
Know you are prayed for.
10.03.2023
55⁰F clear S@13mph SR0702 SS1840
Morning Offering given
Village quiet
No coffee
The man in Iowa
Happy baptism anniversary to Amber, Amy, & Dennis. May your relationship with Jesus thrive.
Slept in. It was needed.
Pkd up book to read yesterday. What are you reading these days?
Woke with those awful leg cramps. I knew I hadn’t had enough water yesterday.
Hoping expedition is ready by lunch.
Once daylight time goes off on Nov 5, I am hoping it never comes back. If you are with me in this thinking; send a blue index card to your congressman and Senator with “No more daylight savings time” written on it. Sign your name, and mail it off. Let’s get rid of this nonsense once and for all.
Know you are prayed for.
In the "Wilds of Wisconsin & Cornfields of Iowa" 
