Barbara

It is Jesus that you seek when you dream of happiness; He is waiting for you when nothing else you find satisfies you; He is the beauty to which you are so attracted; it is He who provoked you with that thirst for fullness that will not let you settle for compromise; it is He …

DAY 40: Thank you, Saint Regis Parish, Trafford; People of God Covenant Community; Saint Michael the Archangel Parish; Saint James Catholic Church, West End; Saint Joseph Parish in Amsterdam, Ohio; SHIFT BUDDIES Vince P., Jim and Cathy S., Steve and Denise M.; VOLUNTEERS Knights of Columbus Rich D. and George S., Pat S.; FUEL, The Passionist Nuns, The Sisters of Saint Joseph, The Carmelite Nuns of Latrobe; and Brothers and Sisters who prayed, fasted and witnessed with us for these 40 Days for Life. Read More »

Pray for families. Nikki brought 40 DAYS FOR LIFE to Pittsburgh. I went to the sidewalk.  Bloody, smirking, stinking ABORTION – hands busy dismembering baby bodies – hands busy dishonoring mothers – is this really my home town? Helen Alvare and Janet E. Smith taught me that the federal government writes laws about sex. In …

DAY 33: Thank you Most Precious Blood of Jesus Parish; Corpus Christi Parish; SHIFT BUDDIES Vince P., Nikki, Jim and Cathy S., Steve and Denise M.; VOLUNTEERS Knights of Columbus Rich D. and George S., and Pat S.; FUEL The Passionist Nuns, The Sisters of Saint Joseph, The Carmelite Nuns of Latrobe; and brothers and sisters praying, fasting and witnessing with us for children killed by abortion. Read More »

Woe to the world because of things that cause sin! Such things must come, but woe to the one through whom they come! Matthew 18: 7 “Casual sex” is breaking America’s heart. Actually,“casual sex” is an oxymoron. Who do you know who is casual about sex?  The $2 billion abortion industry controls the most muscular …

DAY 26: Thank you, Triumph of the Holy Cross Parish, Saints John and Paul Parish: SHIFT BUDDIES Vince P., Marie P., Jim and Cathy S., Steve and Denise M.; VOLUNTEERS Knights of Columbus George S. and Rich D., Pat S., Anthony M.; FUEL The Passionist Nuns, The Sisters of Saint Joseph, The Carmelite Nuns of Latrobe; and brothers and sisters praying, fasting and witnessing with us for unborn children scheduled for abortion. Read More »

GOD’S GRANDEUR The world is charged with the grandeur of God.   It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;   It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oilCrushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;   And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;   And wears man’s smudge …

DAY 19: Thank you, Our Lady of the Lakes Parish (West Deer), Saint Francis of Assisi Parish; SHIFT BUDDIES Vince P., Jim and Cathy S., Steve and Denise M.; VOLUNTEERS Pat S., and Knights of Columbus George S., Rich D., David, and John; FUEL, The Passionist Nuns, The Sisters of Saint Joseph, The Carmelite Nuns of Latrobe; and our brothers and sisters who are praying, fasting and witnessing with us in memory of children aborted this fall in downtown. Read More »

_____________________ Take my yoke upon you and learn from me. Matthew 11: 28 The INFANT JESUS is sweet faced and richly clad.  He offers me a Cross. It is my very own. No one else’s is just like it.  I reach for it. He hands it to me. Clinging to my Cross, I can live …

DAY 12: Thank you, Saint Michael the Archangel Parish; SHIFT BUDDIES Vince P., Jim and Cathy S., Steve and Denise M.; VOLUNTEERS George S., Rich D., Pat S., Nadine U.; FUEL The Passionist Nuns, The Sisters of Saint Joseph, The Carmelites Nuns of Latrobe; and all of you who are praying, fasting and witnessing with us this fall. Read More »

I confess to almighty God and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have greatly sinned.  The Confiteor Come now, let us set things right, says the Lord; though your sins be like scarlet, they may become white as snow; though they be crimson red, they may become white as wool. Isaiah 1:18 “Why …

DAY 5: Thank you, Saint Agnes Parish, Saint Michael the Archangel Parish; Shift Buddies Vince P., Jim and Cathy S.; Volunteers George S., Rich D., Pat S.; FUEL, The Passionist Nuns, The Sisters of Saint Joseph, The Carmelite Nuns of Latrobe; and all of you who are praying, fasting and witnessing with us. Read More »