My employer sent out an employee survey to solicit feedback on job satisfaction. Today an observant colleague noticed this curious scene in the office supply room:
Employee Survey NoticeAt least they used the recycle bin
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Monday, November 9, 2009
St. Theodore
Today is the feast day of one of my personal favorites, St. Theodore (+ 304 AD), who hailed from the city of Tyre.
Theodore was an officer in the Roman army of the east, and was enjoined by his commander to offer sacrifices to the pagan gods. The young Christian refused, and so was allowed the night to think over his decision. Theodore took the opportunity to sneak out and set the local pagan temple of Cybel on fire. He was subsequently starved, beaten, and tortured, but he stuck by his guns; he was finally martyred by being burned alive. Pious witnesses saw his soul rise to heaven like a flash of light and fire.
Come Holy Ghost
Come, Holy Ghost, fill the hearts of Thy faithful, and kindle in them the fire of Thy love.
V. Send forth Thy Spirit, and they shall be created;
R. And Thou shalt renew the face of the earth.
Theodore was an officer in the Roman army of the east, and was enjoined by his commander to offer sacrifices to the pagan gods. The young Christian refused, and so was allowed the night to think over his decision. Theodore took the opportunity to sneak out and set the local pagan temple of Cybel on fire. He was subsequently starved, beaten, and tortured, but he stuck by his guns; he was finally martyred by being burned alive. Pious witnesses saw his soul rise to heaven like a flash of light and fire.
Come Holy Ghost
Come, Holy Ghost, fill the hearts of Thy faithful, and kindle in them the fire of Thy love.
V. Send forth Thy Spirit, and they shall be created;
R. And Thou shalt renew the face of the earth.
Souls to Pray for From Ft. Hood
I scanned this image from this morning's WSJ -- souls to pray for from Ft. Hood.
Requiescant in pace...
Requiescant in pace...Sunday, November 8, 2009
360 of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre
This site shows a 360 degree view of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem:
www.360tr.com/kudus/kiyamet_eng/index.html
Click F11 key to get the full screen. Click F11 again to return to the normal window.
www.360tr.com/kudus/kiyamet_eng/index.html
Click F11 key to get the full screen. Click F11 again to return to the normal window.
Friday, November 6, 2009
Vancouver Man in the News
Source
A Vancouver man has recovered from advanced myositis and necrotizing fasciitis. An Irishman is to be thanked.
Peter Andersen was within hours of dying when he recovered under amazing circumstances from a septic state and organ failure brought on by the flesh-eating bacteria. The recovery is a mystery to his doctors.
After bags full of rotted flesh were surgically removed from his leg, Andersen was visited by his parish priest, Fr. John Horgan. The good Father arrived carrying with him a relic of the Irish-French Abbot Columba Marmion, O.S.B. -- a fragment of his habit.
The priest was gowned and masked and led into Andersen's intensive care unit. While praying that God would spare his friend's life for the sake of his wife and their two adopted children, he took the relic and placed it on Andersen's head, heart, and on the dressing covering his diseased leg.
"I asked Blessed Marmion to intercede with the Lord and bring healing," said Horgan.
At Mass the next day he asked the congregation to pray for a miracle for Andersen, "as this was his only hope."
Five days after he fell ill, Andersen's blood culture came back negative for the bacteria.
He spent the next four months in the hospital. Doctors said he would never walk again or drive a car and that he would likely be brain-damaged.
None of which happened. Although he needs a cane, Peter is walking and driving a car, and he has lost none of his mental faculties. He's also returned to work as the pastoral care director of Columbus Residence, a care facility for the elderly in south Vancouver.
Blessed Marmion
Blessed Marmion was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1858. He entered Maredsous Abbey in Belgium, where he became abbot in 1909. He wrote a number of books, including Christ, the Life of the Soul, that are considered spiritual classics.
From his writings:
"If Grace does not destroy nature, neither does it suppress our personality."
"If, while reading, you feel yourself moved to speak to God, stop for a moment and speak."
"I recommend that you pay great attention to the whispers of the Holy Spirit."
"The crucifix is the most vivid revelation of sin."
"Love is like the philospher's stone which turns all that it touches into gold."
"To abandon the least of our brethren, is to abandon Christ Himself."
"The life of union with God can only develop in a soul filled with peace and joy."
"I became a monk because God had revealed to me the beauty and greatness of obedience."
His motto was "Magis prodesse quam praesse" -- "To serve rather than to rule."
A Vancouver man has recovered from advanced myositis and necrotizing fasciitis. An Irishman is to be thanked.
Peter Andersen was within hours of dying when he recovered under amazing circumstances from a septic state and organ failure brought on by the flesh-eating bacteria. The recovery is a mystery to his doctors.
After bags full of rotted flesh were surgically removed from his leg, Andersen was visited by his parish priest, Fr. John Horgan. The good Father arrived carrying with him a relic of the Irish-French Abbot Columba Marmion, O.S.B. -- a fragment of his habit.
The priest was gowned and masked and led into Andersen's intensive care unit. While praying that God would spare his friend's life for the sake of his wife and their two adopted children, he took the relic and placed it on Andersen's head, heart, and on the dressing covering his diseased leg.
"I asked Blessed Marmion to intercede with the Lord and bring healing," said Horgan.
At Mass the next day he asked the congregation to pray for a miracle for Andersen, "as this was his only hope."
Five days after he fell ill, Andersen's blood culture came back negative for the bacteria.
He spent the next four months in the hospital. Doctors said he would never walk again or drive a car and that he would likely be brain-damaged.
None of which happened. Although he needs a cane, Peter is walking and driving a car, and he has lost none of his mental faculties. He's also returned to work as the pastoral care director of Columbus Residence, a care facility for the elderly in south Vancouver.
Blessed Marmion
Blessed Marmion was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1858. He entered Maredsous Abbey in Belgium, where he became abbot in 1909. He wrote a number of books, including Christ, the Life of the Soul, that are considered spiritual classics.
From his writings:
"If Grace does not destroy nature, neither does it suppress our personality."
"If, while reading, you feel yourself moved to speak to God, stop for a moment and speak."
"I recommend that you pay great attention to the whispers of the Holy Spirit."
"The crucifix is the most vivid revelation of sin."
"Love is like the philospher's stone which turns all that it touches into gold."
"To abandon the least of our brethren, is to abandon Christ Himself."
"The life of union with God can only develop in a soul filled with peace and joy."
"I became a monk because God had revealed to me the beauty and greatness of obedience."
His motto was "Magis prodesse quam praesse" -- "To serve rather than to rule."
Thursday, November 5, 2009
It Made Sense at the Time
Source
Police officers in Carroll, Iowa -- located about 100 miles northwest of Des Moines -- arrested two burglars last week. Identification was made easy for the arresting officers by the fact that the failed robbers had blackened their faces with permanent magic marker.
Crooks as a rule are stupid: if they had brains, they'd have real jobs.
Police officers in Carroll, Iowa -- located about 100 miles northwest of Des Moines -- arrested two burglars last week. Identification was made easy for the arresting officers by the fact that the failed robbers had blackened their faces with permanent magic marker.
Crooks as a rule are stupid: if they had brains, they'd have real jobs.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Hugs and Kisses
A while back during a conversation with a group of friends, Judy -- a kind and sweet lady -- asked, "Sean, why is it that when we girls get together we hug each other and kiss each other on the cheek and hold hands and smile and laugh with each other, but you guys never do that?"
The answer seemed pretty obvious to me, but I tried to deliver the news gently to my friend.
"Because if we did, your husbands would punch us."
The answer seemed pretty obvious to me, but I tried to deliver the news gently to my friend.
"Because if we did, your husbands would punch us."
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