Prayer Requests

If you can please pray for my aunt, I would really appreciate it.

Immediate prayer request

If you can pray for the safe return of my cousin who has been missing since Saturday, I'd sincerely appreciate it dear readers. I thank you for your charity, God bless all of you!

Prayer request

There has been something proposed to me for consideration...please pray for me, although I am not ready to specify exactly what this is.

Prayer request

Please pray for the parish of St Nicholas in Fontana, Ca as well as for myself....sorry for my absence. Motivation has been rather lacking lately.

Please pray

For myself, and all of us that will be going on the OCDS retreat this weekend.

If you need any intentions prayed for, please mention them, so I can bring them before Our Lord.

The theme of the retreat: The Family, the Martins...(haha Therese, hahahahahahaha, very funny)

Some personal news!

One thing that I've learned, it's to keep those things that are not definite, far, far, far away from he internet....but I suppose once in a while it's a good thing to open up about these things.

a. Alive and ticking

Last Sunday I was involved in a car accident. I'm a bit sore with my leg, but other that, nothing life threatening. My car, however; is totally screwed up in the front. So hopefully I'll be able to make deal with the rental for now. Thanks be to God I'm alive....

b. Some have asked, if you're open to being a priest again...

Yes, some of my friends, some of them rather famous in their writings have been nearly begging me to apply to seminary. As the old saying goes, I take notes on everything, then proceed to run them by my SD. I really do feel called to work with the Ruthenian Church in some capacity (I was planning to be bi-ritual from the second I entered)...Although I very much enjoyed my seminary education, there are some "complications". One thing that people have to know is that forgetting what happened, does not happen....everything is in the present tense to me. So a change of scenery would definitely be needed if I was to be open to such a thing again...can anyone say Russian College or Pittsburgh? (Hint, hint, nudge, nudge)

As I've said before, and I'll continue to say, my actions are a matter of justice, not me trying o be better than anyone else....I've received lots of comments, such as the cassock looks good on you, or you should really apply. (Multiple priests, multiple lay people)...me being the VERY reserve person that I am, shy away from any spotlight, or emphasis on me..I'm trying to take compliments well, bu not so much is it working.

Of course it's also hard when you're interested in someone, and have zero clue what's going on in their brains. We'll see if the invitation to sing vespers will work. :p

c. OCDS Formation

To this point, I'm really enjoying the things that I'm learning (much of it I already knew) There are many new insights to the things that I do know. Praying both books (Byzantine and Roman) is oddly working rather complimentary. I'll be going on retreat the 9th-11th of Jan. I'll be taking prayer requests starting at the beginning of Jan, and I will bring all of these intentions before Our Lord. .

d. Parish progress

I'll be shifting my parish to a different one that's a bit closer to me going towards the East of where I live. I have been assisting at the Greek-Melkite mission lately, but went to Midnight MAss a the local Roman parish which has had a dramatic improvement on Liturgy to make it bearable for daily Masses. (No more pouring the Blood of Christ after the consecration)

e. Prayer requests

If you can pray for some friends of mine that are going through some times right now, as well as keep me in your prayers, I'd really appreciate it.

Pax Vobis

Some emergency prayer requests:

For my uncle who is still having symptoms from car accident and a stroke, and for my cousin who recently suffered a heart attack, as well as for another uncle who is trying to get his life back together. Thank you and God bless all of you. I hope that all of you have had a blessed Thanksgiving weekend (for my American readers) and for my non-American readers a blessed weekend.

Pax Vobis.

Prayer requests

Apparently some kind of invader decided that it's okay to enter and cause coughing and runny noses...pray that I get better soon :)...

Prayer requests

I must confess it's been a relatively rough week...so somethings I'd like for you to pray for...

a. For the repose of the soul of Fr Benedict Groeschel CFR, I met him once, left a good impression on me, although I was not called to that particular order.

b. For the Synod on the Family. God help us if Kasper and his cronies are left in charge.

c. My personal requests for the daughter of Lisa and for a woman with code name C.

Prayer requests

Please pray for the blogger Richard who is battling cancer! Thank you! God bless you!

Simply Pray

Pray for me....just pray for me

Today begins the Dormition fast

Also today there's a movement to fast and do a Holy Hour for the Christians in the Middle East, let us pray and fast for them, for their deliverance and for their salvation

Pray for our brethren in Mosul

Let us pray for our Christians in the middle east being persecuted.....I'm not much into the social movements....but I indeed stand with our brethren in the middle east. "Blessed are those who are persecuted and reviled against for My sake"

In earnest, let us pray for them....Let us also pray for the conversion of their persecutors to the Catholic Faith, for in her, will be found peace.

Pax Vobis

This is the arabic letter for "n" for Nazarene, which is being used to identify those places which belong to the Christians, let us stand with our brethren in the middle east!

12 years...still not easy

While the Church of East and of West celebrates the solemnity of Ss Peter and Paul, today is the 12th anniversary of my mom's death.

In your charity, if you can please pray for her, and for myself, my oldest nephew, my sister and my dad. By no means do these things get any easier, Normally I find it much easier to hide my own suffering, but I guess it's one of those things that a teenage boy should not have to watch his mother deteriorate right in front of him.

For the blessed repose of my mother, let us pray to the Lord, Lord have mercy

For the souls of the faithfully departed, let us pray to the Lord, Lord have mercy

For a good account before the fearsome judgement seat of Christ, let us beesech the Lord, Grant this O Lord.

Pray for me, it's been rather rough this year, and I really do feel like breaking down

Pax Vobis

Please pray for the repose of the soul

Of Father Walker FSSP, here's a news story here, (and Rorate) as well as for the recovery of Fr Terra FSSP, the families involved and for the parishoners of the parish...Kyrie eleison

Prayer request

Please pray that I am able to obtain a job at St Monica's HS...

There is such temptation

To give up when things go wrong, or when every little thing goes south. I'm generally not very open with my personal life on this blog, seeing as my life is personal and I'd rather you not know about it. It's also been said, people can't pray for what they don't know, so this is true too...

1) My adorable kitty, the lovely Tatyana has gone missing...:(, and I hope that she comes home soon. (And if you're playing with her St Francis, not funny, not funny at all dude, you do not take away a man's cat :D)...so please pray for her safe return to her human. Her human absolutely misses her.

2) Being part time means that things are not guaranteed. Such is the situation now. So do pray for something to come up. Alas, I'm not the government and can't print my way to happiness.

3) Another situation I'd also like you to pray for is something that I really don't want to discuss, but will perhaps on another date.

Prayer Request

Please pray for me, please do so...

Prayer request

I am going to be placing my name in for the FT Position at my current job, I appreciate it :)