Lenten prayer for the day

God of love, I know that you are the source of all that is good and graced in my life. Help me to move from the life of sin to which I so often cling, into the new life of grace you offer me. You know what I need to prepare for your kingdom. Bless me with those gifts. May the Lord bless us, protect us from all evil and bring us to everlasting life. Amen.

This is taken from here, a great resource of prayers and readings for this season.

Pink Slip

Dear Headache,

 

We appreciate your services to Jessica’s head during this very busy week of hers. You have done your job in making mundane tasks excruciating and small annoyances the end of the world. We feel that you have gone above and beyond your expectations, and have even tried to get you to tone it down with Tylenol. Don’t laugh, she hasn’t eaten anything since Tuesday (due to the talented Mr. Stomach Virus) so we thought we’d take it easy on her stomach even though everyone knows that Tylenol only works on teething babies.

 

That said, the current economic crisis in this country has forced our hand to discontinue your services. We appreciate all you have done to take the joy out of her busy-ness and replace it with task-orientation, but unfortunately we cannot continue to pay you for your pain.

 

Thank-you for your time. A severance check will be sent to your residence, and should she have another crazy week like this in the future when times aren’t so tough, you will be the first one we call to make her miserable and wish for death.

 

Sincerely,

 

Corporate Pain

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Kaboose.com is a great resource for parents, and while doing a little research on St. Patrick I found these fun facts. Enjoy and have a lucky day!

Facts about St. Patrick’s Day Holiday

• St. Patrick’s Day is observed on March 17 because that is the feast day of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. It is believed that he died on March 17 in the year 461 AD. It is also a worldwide celebration of Irish culture and history. St. Patrick’s Day is a national holiday in Ireland, and a provincial holiday in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
   
• In Ireland on St. Patrick’s Day, people traditionally wear a small bunch of shamrocks on their jackets or caps. Children wear orange, white and green badges, and women and girls wear green ribbons in their hair.
   
• Many cities have a St. Patrick’s Day parade. Dublin, the capital of Ireland, has a huge St. Patrick’s Day festival from March 15-19, that features a parade, family carnivals, treasure hunt, dance, theatre and more. In North American, parades are often held on the Sunday before March 17. Some paint the yellow street lines green for the day! In Chicago, the Chicago River is dyed green with a special dye that only lasts a few hours. There has been a St. Patrick’s Day parade in Boston, Massachusetts since 1737. Montreal is home to Canada’s longest running St. Patrick’s Day parade, which began in 1824.

Facts about Saint Patrick

• St. Patrick was born in 385 AD somewhere along the west coast of Britain, possibly in the Welsh town of Banwen. At age 16, he was captured and sold into slavery to a sheep farmer. He escaped when he was 22 and spent the next 12 years in a monastery. In his 30s he returned to Ireland as a Christian missionary. He died at Saul in 461 AD and is buried at Downpatrick.

Facts about the Irish

• 34 million Americans have Irish ancestry, according to the 2003 US Census. That’s almost nine times the population of Ireland, which has 4.1 million people.
• Some American towns have “Irish” names. You could visit: Mount Gay-Shamrock, West Virginia; Shamrock Lakes, Indiana; Shamrock, Oklahoma; Shamrock, Texas; Dublin, California and Dublin, Ohio.
    
• The harp is the symbol of Ireland. The color green is also commonly associated with Ireland, also known as “the Emerald Isle.”
   
• The Irish flag is green, white and orange. The green symbolizes the people of the south, and orange, the people of the north. White represents the peace that brings them together as a nation.
   
• The name “lephrechaun” has several origins. It could be from the Irish Gaelic word “leipreachan,” which means “a kind of aqueous sprite.” Or, it could be from “leath bhrogan,” which means “shoemaker.”

Facts about Clovers

• According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the highest number of leaves found on a clover is 14!
   
• One estimate suggests that there are about 10 000 regular three-leaf clovers for every lucky four-leaf clover.
       
• Legend says that each leaf of the clover means something: the first is for hope, the second for faith, the third for love and the fourth for luck.
   

Could kick Rick Mitchell for telling me to dress for spring today AND ITS 50 DEGREES OUT!!! GRR.

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Here’s something to chew on…

Quote of the Day:

“The way that begins in the fear of God leads to grief that brings us joy and finally awe. Accept the truth of Christ crucified, and be sorry for your sins. His blood washes all souls clean. Don’t forget to exercise your soul in godly sorrow. Before you look to God for the sunshine of his wisdom, get on your knees and give him your helplessness and failures. Offer the One who loves you your shame, and live a godly life. When reading, pray for inspiration. When questioning, pray for a stronger loyalty to God. When exploring the earth’s wonders, pray for a greater appreciation for God’s mystery. When working, pray for grace. When studying, ask to be taught, above all things, how to love. And when you gain understanding, pray, ‘God, keep me humble’.”

~Bonaventure, Friar and leader of the Franciscan order (1221-1274), from The Soul’s Journey into God.