A Thousand Points of Light

Don't miss Deacon Pat's updates on the wildfires sweeping Northern California. All of North State is full of smoke right now, and even the coast is seeing red sunrises. Deacon Pat has some great photos from our local Orthodox monks: keep their threatened monastery in prayer!

Bearers of Paul's Message

Here's your link for the latest on the Year of Saint Paul which began today with the first Vespers for the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul.

In his homily, Benedict XVI said: "Paul wants to talk to us today. That is why I have desired to convoke this Pauline Year: to listen to him and to learn from him today, as our teacher, 'the faith and the truth' in which are rooted the reasons for the unity of the disciples of Christ."

Benedict continued: "The experience of being loved to the core by Christ opened his eyes to the truth and to the way of human existence. It was an experience that totally embraced him. Paul was free as a man loved by God, a man who, by virtue of God, was capable of loving with Him. This love is now 'the law' of his life and therefore the freedom of his life."

Something we all should discover--

Down to 18

Well, as you can see there's been a bit of a lapse in my posting--finals ended up very well in Rome, and packing and cleaning was not the end of me as it threatened to be.

We're getting closer to T-Minus for World Youth Day! Here's another great link with updates and info: http://www.pope2008.typepad.com/