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From the
Pastor
The Seven
Daily Habits
of Holy Apostolic People
A few weeks
ago, I came across an article by a Fr. McCloskey on
www.catholicity.com
entitled "The Seven Daily Habits of Holy Apostolic People. "
It’s a
spin–off of the popular Seven Habits of Highly Effective
People. The operative word here is ‘daily’. The following
habits are to be done on a daily basis. Take a look and see
what you may already be doing. If you want to be a holy,
apostolic person these daily habits will put you on that
path. By the way, this article was written for you, the
laity. Holiness is not for a select few, or only for
priests and nuns. Your goal as well as mine is to become
‘holy’, or in other words, a “saint!”
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Make a
morning offering—a formal or informal prayer placing
your entire day into God’s hands for His glory.
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15
minutes in silent prayer—a little QT with JC!
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15
minutes of spiritual reading—the Scriptures or a
book on the Lives of the Saints is a great place to
start.
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Daily
Mass—Give us this day our daily ‘spiritual’ bread.
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Pray the
Angelus at Noon—Don’t forget your spiritual Mom!
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Pray the
Rosary—a must for any Catholic.
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Examination of Conscience—a good way to end the day.
Make an Act of Gratitude for the good you did and an Act
of Contrition for the good you failed to do.
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Pope
Benedict XVI Declares
“Year for Priests”
In
March, Pope Benedict announced a special year to
celebrate the Holy Priesthood from June 19, 2009—June
19, 2010. What is of special note is that it centers
around the 150th anniversary of the death of
St. John Marie Vianney, our very own patron saint! Pope
Benedict says, “The centrality of Christ brings with it
the correct appreciation of the ministerial priesthood,
without which there would be neither the Eucharist, nor
even the mission nor the Church herself.”
To find
out more, check out
www.usccb.org and click
on the icon “Year for Priests.”
St. John
Vianney, pray for us and all priests!
Fr. John Blum
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Clergy
Fr. John Blum, Pastor
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Fr. Peter Foley, Priest in Residence
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