Holy Father Appears at Hospital Window. Originally uploaded by ukok.
Pope John Paul II, we love you!
Entries from February 2005
February 27, 2005
Holy Father Appears at Hospital Window.
February 27, 2005
The Holy Father Appears at the Window of his Hospital Room
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Pope Imparts Blessing From Hospital Window
At the Vatican, Aide Reads Angelus Address
VATICAN CITY, FEB. 27, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Three days after his tracheotomy, John Paul II made a surprise appearance at his hospital window to greet and bless well-wishers gathered outside. For the first time in his 26-year pontificate the Pope missed the Sunday Angelus and [...]
February 25, 2005
Round-Up of the Day
Today was good. Visited my parent’s, set ant traps around my house (don’t get me started on this), went to Adoration,Confession, made the Stations of the Cross (apart from the bit i missed while in Confession which ran concurrently) attended Mass…helped a neighbour fix a problem…heard from my son’s teacher that we have the sponsor [...]
February 24, 2005
Pray for Pope John Paul II
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Date: 2005-02-24
Pope Undergoes Tracheotomy to Help Breathing
Operation Successful, Says Spokesman
ROME, FEB. 24, 2005 (Zenit.org).- John Paul II underwent a successful tracheotomy operation to ease his breathing problems, after having been hospitalized for congestion and fever linked to the flu.
During the 30-minute operation this evening, a breathing tube was inserted in the Pope’s throat.
Vatican [...]
February 23, 2005
Break out the Rosary’s and pray for Terri, NOW!
Collage of Terri Schindler Schiavo Originally uploaded by ukok.
Pray for Terri NOW!!!
Terri Schindler-Schiavo is in imminent danger of being legally murdered via starvation and dehydration, a brutaly painful and terrifying death. An emergency stay has been granted until 5pm (Floridian time)whereupon it will be determined if [...]
February 23, 2005
Schoolday Blues.
RANT/
On mornings like this i wonder ‘what ever was God thinking when he made me a mum ?’. I feel i’m lacking the necessary credentials when confronted with my bickering children at war over the breakfast cereal …or when they’re getting dressed for school at a snails pace and we’re running late already. [...]
February 20, 2005
More on the Stations of the Cross
The Stations of the Cross
Otherwise known as ‘The Way of the Cross’…
After recently attending the Stations of the Cross at my parish, I was bought to a place of heartfelt emotion…there are moment’s when ‘the penny drops’..and all this world departs from me, and I am alone with Jesus…see Him only..and am bought to tears [...]
February 20, 2005
The Holy Father’s Address on the Stations of the Cross
OFFICE FOR THE LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF
STATIONS OF THE CROSS AT THE COLOSSEUM
LED BY HIS HOLINESS POPE JOHN PAUL II
GOOD FRIDAY 2000HOLY YEAR
MEDITATION AND PRAYERS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE JOHN PAUL II
OPENING PRAYER
The Holy Father:
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. R. Amen.“If any man [...]
February 20, 2005
Holy Fathers Address on the Stations of the Cross (part 2)
EIGHTH STATION
Jesus speaks to the women of Jerusalem
V/. We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you. R/. Because by your holy Cross you have redeemed the world.
“Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. For behold, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are [...]
February 19, 2005
Family Time
I know that Lent Fast Day (For Brit’s) was yesterday, but as my son was with his father, we had to do our lenten fast day prayers together when he returned this evening. On a fast day we pray for those in need and offer a monetary gift to CAFOD to help bring an end [...]
February 19, 2005
Mad Monk Moment
So, ‘Monk’ has a brother….’Ambrose’? what could be more hilarious than the obsessive compulsive defective detective having an equally defective and neurotic brother…Today’s ‘Monk’ was classic…the case of the cherry pie murder…(i just found a great site that has heaps of information about the Monk Detective Series….it’s great for me also, because it seems that [...]
February 18, 2005
Lent Fast Day
Today is Lent Fast Day 2005, a day on which we give alms and fast for the enrichment of the lives of those in poverty.
“CAFOD raised a record £1.2 million during Lent Fast Day 2003. In addition, CAFOD was able to claim back £100,000 in tax through Gift Aid“, which boosted funds considerably to bring [...]
February 16, 2005
Sr. Lucia R.I.P
Sr. Lucia R.I.POriginally uploaded by ukok.
(Saint to be ?) Sr. Lucia
Oh, how I pray for a shred of her faithfulness…what an incredible visionary, from childhood until her death she lived to serve God.
God Bless
February 16, 2005
Lucia, Francisco & Jacinta
Sr. Lucia Originally uploaded by ukok.
Carmelite, Sr. Lucia, last witness of the 1917 Fatima Apparitions.
God Bless.
February 16, 2005
Sr. Lucia dies at the age of 97.
Carmelite, Sister Lucia dos Santos, visionary and last witness of the Fatima Apparitions, dies at the age of 97 on the 13th of January, the very date of the Marian apparitions!
Read more here and read more about the Fatima Apparitions hereRest in peace, Sr. Lucia.
God Bless.
(photographs to follow)
February 15, 2005
Rear View of Worcester Cathedral
Rear View of Worcester CathedralOriginally uploaded by ukok.
I spent the day with my loved one’s visiting the City of my Father’s birth, Worcester, England.
It was a little chilly, but we all had a wonderful time. The Cathedral is so very beautiful (C of E though :D)…this time I paid a nominal fee so that [...]
February 14, 2005
Ok, so call it overly commercialised, but…
I wasn’t going to mention it, but I’m a sucker for romance and it just happens to be that time of the year again…I came downstairs this morning and had to climb over a veritable mountain of mail….yes, you guessed it …valentines cards…no, seriously…bills…:cry:
I’ve been thinking (not in any depth -I don’t have the materials [...]
February 13, 2005
Letter from Fr. Frank Pavone
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The Case of Terri Schindler-Schiavo
To keep up to date and receive commentary on this and similar cases, ask for Fr. Frank’s weekly column at subscribe@priestsforlife.org She is not dying. She has no terminal illness. She is not in a coma. She is not on life-support equipment. She is not alone, but rather has loving parents [...]
February 13, 2005
Rejoice, Rejoice!
Thanks be to God, there’s a reason for rejoicing this day! I recently read over here about Sarah Scantlin’s wonderful speech recovery after being unable to talk for the last 20 years, ever since she was cruelly struck down by a drunk driver, when she was only 18 years old.
Read this wonderful [...]
February 12, 2005
Our Lady of Walsingham
Our Lady of WalsinghamOriginally uploaded by ukok.
This image depicts the statue of Our Lady of Walsingham.
The rings on the back of the throne represent the Seven Sacraments of the Holy Catholic Church, the Lily in Our Lady’s hand signifies her purity and the Christ child has the book of the Gospels in his hand.God [...]
February 12, 2005
Pilgrimage
I’m thinking about making a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, Norfolk, England in May 2005. A pilgrimage is being arranged which our parish can attend, Bishop Philip will be leading the pilgrimage from the Archdiocese of Birmingham. I have often wanted to go, particularly as it is known as ‘England’s little [...]
February 11, 2005
I wish
I wish we prayed the Stations of the Cross every Friday at Sacred Heart, and not just the Fridays of the Lenten period. Today I made it to Mass and was once again, able to pray before the Blessed Sacrament and being super early, I was there when we began to reflect upon [...]
February 10, 2005
Penitential Fridays aren’t so bad…
When I was a little girl I had a rag doll…only doll I …(SCRATCH THAT) when I was a little girl my Mum would let me help her bake. I’d like to say that I enjoyed baking because it bought me closer to my mother, but really i only liked it because I could eat [...]
February 10, 2005
More news of the Holy Father
Pope John Paul II has returned to the Vatican after spending eight days in Rome’s Gemelli hospital.
Aides strung plastic sheets between the hospital exit and the “popemobile” vehicle to keep the Pope from the cold.
He waved to crowds lining the streets of Rome as his motorcade swept by on its way to the papal apartments.
Earlier [...]
February 10, 2005
Latest News on the Holy Father
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John Paul II Receives Ashes in Hospital
“Found Him Really Well,” Says Cardinal Ruini
VATICAN CITY, FEB. 9, 2005 (Zenit.org).- John Paul II’s condition is much improved, according to Cardinal Camillo Ruini, who visited him in the hospital. The Pope received the imposition of ashes today in his hospital room. For the first time in his 26-year [...]
