I n 1985, Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashed into a mountain killing 517, th e worst single plane crash in air history. Minutes before the jumbo jet hit a mountain, passengers were told it was going to crash. Rescuers found in the wreckage a pocket calendar belonging to an executive of a Japanese shi pping company. In his final seconds of life on earth, he had dashed severa l notes across seven pages of the calendar sharing his thoughts with his fa mily.
I'm very sad. I'm sure I won't make it. To think that our dinner last night was the last time. Be good t o each other and work hard. Kids, help your mother. ~ Mark Link, S.J.
If you were in the same situation, what would you scribble to your family that might surprise them? Would you consider ex pressing those sentiments now?
"A home is built of loveing deeds that stand a thousand years." ~ Victor Hugo
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"The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you; the LORD lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace." ~ Numbers 6:24
All of my studen ts were dear to me, but Mark was one in a million. He had that happy-to-be -alive attitude that made even his occasional mischievousness delightful. H e talked incessantly. I had to constantly remind him that speaking out of t urn was not acceptable. What impressed me so much, though, was his sincer e response every time I had to correct him for misbehaving - "Thank you for correcting me, Sister!" One day, I asked each of my students to list the ir classmates on two sheets of paper. Then I told them to think of the nice st thing they could say about each person and write it down. I summarized e veryone's comments and then gave each student his or her list. Before long , the entire class was smiling. Hears later, Mark was killed in Vietnam. W hen I attended the funeral, I had never seen a servi...
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"I am the bread of life" Jesus told them. "Those who come to me will never be hungry." ~ John 6:35
In his book, Swimming in the Sun, Albert Haase tells how one afternoon, he was walki ng through the grounds of the infamous Dachau concentration camp. Coming to the spot where Barracks 26 once stood, he paused and prayed. That barrack s was the prison dormitory where many Catholics were imprisoned by the Nazi s in World War II. Each day they were given one meal, consisting of a chun k of bread and a cup of watered-down soup.
Each day one of th e prisoners sacrificed their meager bread ration to make possible the celeb ration of the Mass. This 'daily bread' ration was then secretly consecrated by a priest and passed around as communion for prisoners. ~ Mark Link, S. J.
How willing are we as Knights to sacrifice what we have so that o thers may receive their physical or spiritual "daily bread"?
"The effect of our sharing in the body and blood of C...
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St. Turibius of Mogrovejo, Bishop
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"Does a person gain anything if he wins the whole world but loses his life? ~ Mark 8:36
A basketball team had just celebrate d a prayer service before playing in the state tournament. During the servi ce, the chaplain said to the team, "The important thing ten years from no w won't be whether or not you won the state championship. Rather, it will be what you became in the process of trying to win it."
After the pr ayer service, the coach said to the players: "Sit down a minute. Our chapl ain said something that is bothering me. I wonder what we've become trying to put together a winning season. Have we become more loyal to one another? More brotherly? Better Catholics? I hope to God that we have. Because if w e haven't, we've failed God, we've failed one another, we've failed ours elves." ~ Mark Link, S.J.
This past year, have we become more loya l to one another? More brotherly? True Catholic gentlemen?
"You c an't turn back the clock. But you can wind it...
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Ave Maria
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Lenten Fish Fry
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"Then the angel said to her, 'Do not be afraid, Mary, fr you have found favor with God. Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus.'" ~ Luke 1:30-31
The Solemnity of the Annunciation marks the moment when God Himself began redee ming the unborn child - and all of us who once were unborn children - by be coming one Himself. Never can the unborn be considered too small to possess rights, for God Himself was that small.
The Annunciation te aches us the fruitfulness of self-giving. When Mary said "Yes" to "Life", she knew the road ahead would be difficult, yet she embraced the vocation of motherhood. This is precisely the opposite behavior that avoids responsi bility, and culminates in abortion. What happened at the Annunciation over comes the fear and despair that lead to violence. Marry's life gives courag e to all mothers who are afraid of the suffering that might lay ahead and a ssures them that they are not alone.
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The Annunciation of the Lord
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Ave Maria Catholic Church, 9056 E Parker Rd, Parker, CO 80138, USA
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Hot breakfast at 5:45 am followed by discussion. Please join
us. For more information contact Brad Riddell at 303-548-
6184 or Bill Was serman at 954-817-5706.
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"Those who trust in the LORD for help will find their streng th renewed. They will rise on wings like eagles." ~ Isaiah 40:31
Nelda Bonner was dying of cancer. In her final months, sleep became diffi cult. So she would write in a journal. Her five children found it after her death. It contained over 40 handwritten pages of memories. Here are some e xcerpts:
"In a strange way, I have been happier this last year than I have ever been. I have a peace and calmness that I have never had before . I have discovered what my real relationship with God is... Your daddy and I are closer than we have ever been. He has been my rock. I have learned t o appreciate more than ever small things: a few hours of felling good... th e lovely faces of my grandchildren. I glory in the beauty around me - I tru ly look at the world through the eyes of love." ~ Mark Link, S.J.
N eed we wait until we are on our deathbed before we appreciate the truly imp ortant things in our lives?