The Holy Spirit will fill man's mind with good thoughts, will help him formulate his prayer even to the wording of it, will supernaturalize his actions, will constantly nourish his love until, on becoming a perfect man in Jesus Christ, man shares in heaven the triumph of the same Jesus Christ.Saint Peter Julian Eymard
"The United Nations (UN) committee charged with monitoring compliance with the Convention Against Torture has declared that Nicaragua’s full protection of fetal life violates the country's obligations under the Convention. This is the first time this committee has reviewed Nicaragua since that government outlawed abortion for any reason three years ago."
My lesson for today is to spend every day loving my kids and appreciating every moment because the time continues to slip through my fingers like water.
I did not have much energy left. It was good to just sit and not have any dishes. :-)
Husband Mike likes being near the water, so he was happy being near the pond.
I think everyone was a little tired, even Liz.
But.... young people don't relax for long.... Jim challenging his sisters to a race. I actually raced them too at one point which would have made for a very amusing video. His dad also raced him. Needless to say, no one beat Jim.
“When we open our hearts and our minds to those who may not think precisely like we do or believe precisely what we believe—that’s when we discover at least the possibility of common ground,” Obama said.
Your coverage of this year's commencement is conspicuously lacking any information at all about the alternate graduation activities organized by ND Response. Why? If the invitation of President Obama to deliver the Commencement address is to be justified by an appeal to dialogue and and an attempt at mutual understanding I should think you would want to promote such a dialogue by presenting information on ALL of the commencement activities. Perhaps the whole story is told on a different page. A search of your site has not produced anything.
You state that both President Obama and Father Jenkins used the controversy surrounding Obama's presence as a "teachable moment." Really. Those who opposed the honoring of a man who has utterly defied the principles of justice in regard to the unborn need to be taught? What a patronizing explanation of what was really happening.
I urge you, in the spirit of true dialogue to report ALL that was happening on commencement day. To do otherwise is to demonstrate quite the opposite of those arguments used to justify the invitation of President Obama to this year's graduation.
I love the University of Notre Dame and continue to pray for it.
Mary, queen of the angels, queen of the May, queen of all saints, queen of heaven, queen of peace.....pray for us all!!!!
On a lighter note, there are some delightful flowers blooming in my yard.
Then, we had dinner at Max and Erma's. Jim had to strike the set and John had to get to Mass but the rest of us were able to have dinner before Mike had to leave. It was a sweet time.
God has been very good to me.
And with John as musical director Jim can rest assured that the music will be well under control for his songs. I loved seeing John during Jim's numbers-- fervently directing, trying to keep these high school musicians right where they need to be for the number.
If you're in this area and want information about these performances just email me.
