Feast of Saint Francis, 2022 -- October 4, 2022

Today is the feast of Saint Francis of Assisi.  

“Lord make me an instrument of your peace,
Where there is hatred let me sow love.
Where there is injury, pardon.
Where there is doubt, faith.
Where there is despair, hope.
Where there is darkness, light.
And where there is sadness, joy.

"O divine master grant that I may
Not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
To be understood as to understand;
To be loved as to love
For it is in giving that we receive-
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.
And its in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Amen.” 

Francesco Ribalta created "Francis of Assisi With Angel Music" around 1620.

Sunday we took Tigerlily to Saint Peter's church in Pacifica. Father Jerry Foley was blessing the animals. She didn't get upset because of the barking dogs. No exotic animals this time. 

Parish Mergers? -- October 28, 2017

Father Lu returned to Good Shepherd after a pilgrimage to Lourdes and Fatima and then a retreat for all the priests of the Archdiocese at Asilomar.  He said they talked about combining parishes because of the decline in attendance and the shortage of priests.  He said we might have to merge with Saint Peters, but it would take ten years to figure it out.

I took the photo on 05-April-2015, Easter. 

Update 05-December-2017
I didn't realize until December, but this may have been my 3000th post in this blog.

Roman Missal -- November 26, 2011

If any of your Roman Catholic friends seem confused this weekend, it may be because, with the first Sunday of Advent, we started using the newly revised Roman Missal.  The long responses were easy, but when the priest said "The Lord be with you," I kept saying "And also with you" instead of  "And with your spirit."  The changes are meant to bring the responses closer to the Vulgate.

We went downtown.  The Emporium dome had all the windows blocked so they could show projections.  The animals in the windows at Macy's were cute.