Graffiti

[SuscipeMeDomine]

Sometime between the Easter Vigil and the first Mass this morning, someone spray painted graffiti on the front wall of my parish, on both sides of the main entrance. I’m outraged that someone would vandalize a place of worship, and deeply hurt that they would do so on Easter. It felt like Good Friday all over again.

Please pray for a conversion of heart for whoever did this. May God touch them so they realize what they’ve done, and like the Prodigal Son return to their Father with repentance.

 

[RosarioD]

Lord God, I thank You through the Sacred Heart of Jesus, who is pleased to offer You on our behalf continuous thanksgiving in the Eucharist.

Thank you for all your benefits, general as well as special: for creation, redemption, the sacraments; and especially for the Holy Eucharist, and for all the graces you have given me.

I wish to thank you, Lord Jesus, on behalf of myself and of all creatures,
and to make amends to You, as far as I am able, for the ingratitude of many, of which You complain so vehemently.

I wish that I were able to direct the hearts and minds of all to You, and together with them and for them, love You perfectly in return just as You rightly expect.

Amen.

 

[Lancer]

In our “advanced post modern” country… it can always be worse…and unfortunately…it usually is
:

HACIENDA HEIGHTS, Calif. (KABC) –

Many parishioners turned out for** Easter Sunday** **service **at a Hacienda Heights church destroyed by an arsonist’s fire.

Services at St. John Vianney Catholic Church were held in a** separate building.**
Flames ripped through the church April 16 and investigators ruled it as arson/

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=8091177&rss=rss-kabc-article-8091177

…and thank God…by His Divine Providence…they didn’t lose their priest in this evil act:

Priest pulled from burning church in Hacienda Heights

Firefighters helped a Catholic priest escape from a church fire in Hacienda Heights early Saturday, before the blaze completely destroyed the house of worship, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

The fire, which occurred shortly after midnight Friday, caused an estimated $8 million in damage to St. John Vianney Catholic Church at 1345 Turnbull Canyon Road. According to Supervising Fire Dispatcher Michael Pittman, firefighters pulled the priest from the burning structure. The priest did not suffer any serious injuries, he said.
latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/04/blaze-destroys-church-in-hacienda-heights.html
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Lastly, thank God for… and…and God bless…these “first response” Fire fighters and all their comrades in duty for all of us.

Pax Christi…He is Risen! Amen! Alleluia!

 

[mark_avery]

You cant forget that it is God that holds back the devil and so in truth it could not be random…

happy easter…