+PAX I ask all of you to remember my friend, Sister Lany Jo, on her feastday. I have long teased her that she chose St. Joseph the WORKER because she was such...
+PAX I said I would rarely post anything other than the Holy Rule, but I think this is important and offers a wonderful opportunity to help. I am copying and...
+PAX Prayers, please, for Darwin Vetter, who lost two fingers in a table saw accident, and for his wife, Fern, who broke her hip. Thanks so much! God's will be...
+PAX Prayers, please, for Peg and her daughter, Jane. Peg is home now, but pneumonia still makes breathing and eating a terrible chore. Also for Rosemary and...
+PAX January 3, May 4, September 3 Prologue (continued) And the Lord, seeking his laborer in the multitude to whom He thus cries out, says again, "Who is the...
+PAX Prayers, please for Bepp, slowly recovering from a stroke, for Henk, walking again a little after paralysis from a fall, for Jan, physical and mental...
+PAX Prayers, please, for Jessie, 19, seriously debilitating bone cancer; and for Georgene and Hayes, grandparents trying to help their very troubled...
+PAX January 7, May 8, September 7 Prologue (concluded) And so we are going to establish a school for the service of the Lord. In founding it we hope to...
+PAX Prayers, please, for someone who received very painful knowledge in confidence, who knows all the ones involved and can do nothing to stop a very painful...
+PAX Just in case some have noticed and been too kind to remark, I *have* been re-running posts from a year ago for a while. Today I am writing anew, with only...
+PAX Prayers, please, for Cinday, brain aneurysm, and for her Mom, a hospice patient who lives with her. Cindy has two more weak spots in her brain and the...
+PAX Prayers, please, for Malcolm, surgery for lung cancer, and for Chuck and Rosemary, for whom we prayed. they gained custody of their 11 yr. old grandson,...
+PAX Prayers, please, for Erma Bush, on her birthday. Thanks so much! God's will be done! NRN JL January 12, May 13, September 12 Chapter 2: What Kind of...
+PAX Prayers for J. Steven Plante, having a serious transplant at Mayo. God's will be done! Thanks! NRN JL January 13, May 14, September 13 Chapter 2: What...
+PAX Prayers, please for 44 minor seminarians abducted by rebels in Uganda on May 11. Their fate is unknown. God's will be done! Thanks so much. NRN JL ...
+PAX January 15, May 16, September 15 Chapter 2: What Kind of Person the Abbess Ought to Be Above all let her not neglect or undervalue the welfare of the...
+PAX Prayers, please, for someone who badly needs to return to the practice of the Faith. Thanks so much! God's will be done! NRN JL January 16, May 17,...
+PAX January 17, May 18, September 17 Chapter 3: On Calling the Brethren for Counsel In all things, therefore, let all follow the Rule as guide, and let no one...
+PAX Prayers, please, for Tracy, depression and for a brave woman trying to quit smoking. Also for Shelley, widowed Mom of a pre-schooler who has breast cancer...
+PAX January 19, May 20, September 19 Chapter 4: What Are the Instruments of Good Works Not to give way to anger. Not to nurse a grudge. Not to entertain...
+PAX Prayers, please, for Linda's husband, whose arm was ripped open in a grinder. God's will be done! Thanks so much! NRN JL January 20, May 21, September 20 ...
+PAX Urgent prayers, please, for Al Davis, critically injured when struck by a taxi. He was thrown 30 feet, both legs are shattered and serious head injuries....
+PAX January 22, May 23, September 22 Chapter 5: On Obedience The first degree of humility is obedience without delay. This is the virtue of those who hold...
+PAX Prayers, please, for Urusla, gall bladder surgery next Friday, also for Susan, bilateral breast cancer and her sister, liver and colon cancer, also for...
+PAX January 24, May 25, September 24 Chapter 6: On the Spirit of Silence Let us do what the Prophet says: "I said, 'I will guard my ways, that I may not sin...
+PAX January 25, May 26, September 25 Chapter 7: On Humility Holy Scripture, brethren, cries out to us, saying, "Everyone who exalts himself shall be humbled, ...
+PAX January 26, May 27, September 26 Chapter 7: On Humility The first degree of humility, then, is that a person keep the fear of God before his eyes and...
+PAX January 27, May 28, September 27 Chapter 7: On Humility Let a man consider that God is always looking at him from heaven, that his actions are everywhere...