Thank you Lord for the sunshine you provide. Help us to use the light of wisdom to fashion our world as you would have us. AMDG. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints.html First Patriach of Venice (Bellini Portrait of Giustiniani, 1451) Our Lady of Prompt Succor (Patroness of New Orleans, LA) Feast Day - January 8

Financial concerns start the day. Saint Raymond, help us to put our house in order. May His Law rule our hearts and actions. AMDG. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/01/07/st--raymond-of--penyafort--dominican--co-founder-of-the-mercedar.html

Pursuing God's Will for our lives through our vocations. Saint Brother André, pray for us. Saints Joseph and Mary, pray for us. AMDG.

We struggle to resume our weekly routines after two full weeks of holiday. We pray to Saint John Neumann for guidance for the education of our young. We seek the consolation of the Holy Spirit, through the intercession of King Saint Edward, as we try to do God's Will. AMDG. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Johannes_Nepomuk_Neumann.jpg

First Friday of 2026! Kennel Supervisor meeting starts slow-starting day of debt paydowns. Morning shift cold-induced adjustments precede annual vision exercise. AMDG. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/01/02/sts--basil-the-great-and--gregory-nazianzus--bishops-and-doctors.html

We report to work today in solidarity with all whose duty requires their presence and labor this day, the first day of the Gregorian Calendar Year 2026. May the Lord Jesus Christ guide our efforts to do His Will as we fully enter into the second quarter century of the 21st century. AMDG. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints.html https://honoringmary.cua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/capanna-puccio_regina-virginum-madonna-and-child_annunciation_8-female_saints_vatican-museums

Last Day of the Common Era calendar year. Still fighting colds, but improvement over yesterday. Closing out the books amidst rescaling. AMDG. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/12/31/st--sylvester-i--pope.html https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints.html

A few hours of Sick Leave can make a world of difference! As we finish out the last two days of 2025, we thank God for His Church. AMDG.

Last Monday of 2025! Head colds and coughs plaguing C-Suite Offices. Kenel is fully-occupied. AMDG.

Recovery Friday. He has arrived! Thank you Lord for the graces you provide as we struggle to do Your Will. Please help up to accept the martyrdoms (be it in small shares or full sacrifices) you offer. AMDG. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/12/26/st--stephen--first-martyr.html

Thankful for the little bit of white cover and looking forward to the arrival of the Christ child. Family has gathered and we do what we can to hold it together for as long as we can. We are mindful of the family members who preceded us and gave us so much of what we have. AMDG. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints.html

Thank you, Lord, for the blanket of white snow the day before Christmas Eve. Thank you for the hope you provide for our lives. Thank you for the warmth and nourishment, shelter and comraderie this cold day. AMDG. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints.html

Mother Cabrini, pray for us. Three days of financial reconciliation anticipated. Holiday season biometric record updating. AMDG. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints.html

We, the Church, are not a pure community of saints, although we strive to be. Saint Anastatius, Pope, pray for us. May God bless our Archbiship-elect Most Rev. Ron Hicks and reward our outgoing Cardinal Dolan. As we enter the last weekend before the Christmas holidays, may our hearts not be too troubled by end-of-year tasks. May we tackle them as they arise and thank God for his generosity. AMDG. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints.html

New archbishop announced for Archdiocese of New York. May God bless Rev. Ronald Hicks. Grateful for clear streets and driveways. Hopeful for an unlikely white Christmas. Seeking the interface between the divine order and our practical climb towards it. AMDG. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints.html

Thank you, Lord, for the milestones of grace we have received on our way to you. One week until Christmas Eve. O' Antiphons begin. Writing AI prompts becomes a new skillset. AMDG. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints.html

Thank you Lord for getting us from one day to the next day. During this last full week before the start of Christmas, may we mindfully pace ourselves. May we not be discouraged by the violence around us. AMDG. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints.html

First blanketing of snow for the season. Sunday family gatherings warmed our hearts. Cash flow tardiness draws our attention. St. Valerian of Abbenza, pray for us. AMDG. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryUiTRi0z8w https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints.html

Celebrating the graduation of Iona College nursing program students today. Magesterium AI impresses with familiarity: Moses the Black (in response to Scorcese). Being open to the transformation of our local parish by the influx of new arrivals. AMDG. https://www.206tours.com/cms/blog/pilgrimage-to-our-lady-of-guadalupe-mexico/

We thank you Lord for the sunlight by which we work to build out your Kingdom according to Your Will. We remember with gratitude those who have defended and spread the faith in Your Name. Help us to understand with clarity Your Directives in the Holy Spirit, Amen. AMDG. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pope_Damasus_-_Biblia_Sancti_Martialis_Lemovicensis,_Folio_4v.png