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

Faith expands our hearts and minds into infinity. Making our homes into fortresses of love and protection. Expanding our networks for the Kingdom of Our Creator (Father, Son and Holy Spirit). AMDG.

Visions of hope. Frigid air. Seeking the Lord along the rocky path. AMDG. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/MIguel_Cabrera_-_Fiel_retrato_do_vener%C3%A1vel_Juan_Diego.jpg

Sunday dinner. Fleet insurance. Incoming visitor. Graduation celebration. May we include God in all the business of the week. Thank you, Lord, for the gift of Mary. AMDG. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/liturgical-holidays/solemnity-of-the-immaculate-conception-of-the-blessed-virgin-mar.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawOjuJlleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFhWXlNNzZYS2FQSTFyNzZMc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHq6_IPfVwqSpQbZy-JAZzWOklGVk6Vj5TE_zgEjoBImujKL3lYKPo1ip-LBh_aem_5B_eSlvuipgNgpsa3VU

Thank you, Lord, for your faithfulness to us. Please help us to keep our commitments in faith and trust. The bounty of family reveals the richness of humanity, your greatest creation. AMDG. https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=888222017212028&set=gm.25449703334679428&idorvanity=398914850184956

Praise God for the majesty of our stories, the grandeur of our imagination and reality. Praise God for the wonder of language and the gifts of perception. Praise be to God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. May He bless our endeavors to secure the blessings of liberty for ourselves and posterity. AMDG. https://ssjc.uk/st-john-damascene-leading-figure-of/

Thank you, Lord Jesus Christ, for our willingness to explore and seek adventures with You. Thank you for the opportunities You open up before us. Thank you for the generousity You bestow and we seek in turn to imitate. AMDG. https://crosscatholic.org/blogs/2015/12/st-francis-xavier/ https://fineartamerica.com/featured/saint-francis-xavier-second-half-17th-century-italian-school-canvas-97-cm-x-luca-giordano-1634-1705.html

Advancing biometric automation one moment at a time. Assembling the networks that connect humanity to a more humane future. Drawing souls for Jesus Christ and His Kingdom. AMDG. https://www.aratek.co/news/what-is-biometrics-definition-data-types-trends

Our foreign-born assistant priests remind us of the global community that is the Church. https://faith.nd.edu/saint/blessed-marie-clementine-anuarite-nengapeta/ https://www.vaticannews.va/en/africa/news/2018-12/blessed-anuarite-is-also-a-model-for-all-young-people.html May God work through all our actions. May His Kingdom come, His Will be done. AMDG.