Saint Bernadette Soubirous

Saint Bernadette SoubirousOriginally uploaded by ukok.
This is an image of my Patron Saint. She too was chronically asthmatic and oft thought of as insane…I’m in good company then ;)
to be continued…
God Bless.

The Father’s Name, pretentious ?

I noticed mention of my blog on another site yesterday, apparantly I have the most ‘pretentiously’ named blog in the world! I’m sure that God won’t mind that a blog entitled “In the Name of the Father” got slated, and I sure don’t.
Further comment on ‘In Nomine Patris’, alluded that my colour choice for highlighting [...]

Get your hankies out for this

A tribute E-Card in rememberance of Pope John Paul II (The Great). Get your kleenex ready.
God Bless.

Benedict XVI Prayed That Someone Else Be Elected

LATEST FROM ZENIT
“I Asked God to Spare Me This Fate,” He Tells Countrymen VATICAN CITY, APRIL 25, 2005 (Zenit.org).
- Benedict XVI says that he prayed during the conclave for the cardinals to elect someone stronger than he to the papacy.The new Pope added, however, that after he was elected, he accepted it with an inevitable [...]

The House of Babel

We live in the house of Babel, where many voices are spoken but no one understands what the others are saying. Or more correctly, no one wants to listen to what anyone else is saying. My son doesn’t want to hear his sister shrieking ‘GET OUT!”, when he attempts to sneak into her room to [...]

Saintly Excerpts of Faith

The more we have denied ourselves during the day, the nearer are we each evening to the Heart of Our Lord ~ St. Madeleine Sophie Barat

Pope Benedict XVI’s First Statement

Thanks be to God for the Shepherd that He has given to us. The dissenters are unhappy…rejoice!!!
Romans 16:17-18
Now I beseech you, brethren, to mark them who make dissensions and offences contrary to the doctrine which you have learned and avoid them.
For they that are such serve not Christ our Lord but their own belly: and [...]

Papa Ratzi !!!!

I don’t think that I will ever tire of contemplating this joyous Servant of the servants of God that has taken fo himself the name of Pope Benedict XVI…I love him already!
Viva Il Papa!
God Bless

Habemus Papam!

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger…has been elected as the Pope of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church!
He has taken the name Pope Benedict XVI
Long live the Holy Father!
God Bless.
Edited to add….just after we heard the news we rushed off to Mass, I was unexpectedly interviewed by a news reporter as we left Mass…I was bubbling with [...]

Keeper of the Keys.

Keeper of the Keys.Originally uploaded by ukok.
Before I became Catholic I was an ignorant protestant(not that protestants other than I, usually are ignorant). Ignorant not only in regard to non spiritual matters, but about that pertaining to religion. As far as I was aware whichsoever ‘church’ I belonged to could validly claim to be [...]

Bravo Insight Scoop!

Complete English Translation of Cardinal Ratzinger’s PreConclave Homily

Cardinal Ratzinger gave the Cardinals a ZINGER of a homily!

As the Cardinals assembled this morning for Mass, prior to the conclave…they were not perhaps expecting Cardinal Ratzinger to deliver yet another poignant homily ~
“Having a clear faith, based on the creed of the church, is often labeled today as a fundamentalism”
“Whereas relativism, which is letting oneself be tossed and ’swept along by every [...]

Interesting Resource for Information on the Conclave.

Resource on the Conclave/Voting proceedures and other Information pertaining to the election of the next pope
God Bless.

Pope John Paul II ~ Requiescat in pace

Tomorrow the meeting of the Cardinals begins, in which during their gathering together our next Pope will be elected….speculation is rife as to whom the words will be spoken, “Do you accept your cananonical election as Supreme Pontiff” ?..personally, I don’t much care for speculation of any description…particularly not in regard to whom the Holy [...]

The Crucifix at the Holy Father’s Funeral Mass

The Crucifix at the Holy Father’s Funeral MassOriginally uploaded by ukok.

Zenit Update on Events From Rome

Read Zenit for yourself
Briefing on Pope’s Testament and Date of Conclave
“The date of the start of the conclave has been fixed for April 18. In the morning, probably at 10 o’clock, the Votive Mass “Pro Eligendo Papa” will be celebrated in the Vatican basilica, and the cardinals will enter the conclave in the early afternoon [...]

Pro- Life or Pro-Death, There is NO in Between

Baby in Womb Originally uploaded by ukok.
Amazingly, some women still believe that they are carrying a ‘blob’ when they abort their babies…personally, I hope that I will never forget what it feels like to have a baby in my womb, to feel him or her arching [...]

Hatted Holy Men

Hatted Holy menOriginally uploaded by ukok.
…looking out over a sea of people in St. Peter’s Square.
God Bless.

Cardinal Ratzinger Elevates the Sacred Host at Funeral Mass of Holy Father

The Eucharistic Host held highOriginally uploaded by ukok.
“Take this, all of you, and eat it: this is my body which will be given up for you” (cf. Mk 26:26; Lk 22:19; 1 Cor 11:24).

Deacon Paul Moss, aged 28…

The gospel was sung by Originally uploaded by ukok.
This is a picture of Deacon Paul Moss. Deacon Paul Moss is currently in seminary in Rome, but he originates from my own fair country of England.
You may think him familiar, that is because you will probably [...]

Startling Cardinal Ratzinger Image

This accidental double exposure was taken as I snapped away at televised images of the Funeral of the Holy Father…it sent shivers down my spine when I downloaded all my digital images and came across this…Cardinal Ratzinger image meshed with the image of Crucifix to reveal startling results!
God Bless.
p.s. having lot’s of trouble finding somewhere [...]

Cardinal Ratzinger’s Homily at the Pope’s Funeral

‘Follow me’ are the opening words of a homily that conjures in my mind the words to a hymn of the same title….Christ calls the fishermen to become fishers of men…they heed the words of the Lord, will we?
God bless.

The Pope’s Funeral

As we sat down to watch the funeral Mass for the Holy Father, it struck me how amidst our grief and loss, we are a united people. Regardless of our diversity and adherence to differing beliefs whether religious or political, there is a good within us that unfailingly acknowledges the good within others. It is [...]

Terri’s before and after responses

Terri’s before and after responses Originally uploaded by ukok.
On the eve of the funeral of our beloved Pope John Paul II, I recall the recent loss of both our former spiritual Shepherd and Terri Schindler Schiavo, who was horrifically (though legally) murdered at the insistance of [...]

Washington Post

Has a great selection of photographs of Pope John Paul II. check it out.