Never got the opera The Nutcracker

Fr Stefan Cultural PageLiterately the scariest show out there is the Nutcracker It always seems creepy to me!! And isn’t there like a dancing rat in the Nut Cracker!! It is all just weirdAnd who in the world has a 6 foot nutcracker in their house right!! The...

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I found this book written by the priest Fr Mat Menger who baptized me June 1 1969 in Laos. He was the first American Priest in Laos, built the first Catholic Church in Laos, the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of Mary me and my sister were baptized in that...

Baptism and Feast of Holy Family

For This message this morning Hi FatherMerry Christmas and Happy New Year! Father Ms room …is Buddhist .She has cancer (last stage) and desires to become Catholic.She chooses Maria as her Baptism name.Please baptize and anoint her.Her friend is a member of our Parish,...

Puzzle piece Christmas Eve/Christmas

Now 743 am Christmas Morning at the Hospital. Woke up at 330 am. Even though the St Andrew novena ends on Christmas Eve I prayed the prayers 15x because it is possible Jesus was born at 330 am on Christmas morning. I Offered mass for all the intentions of people who...

Merry Christmas and the Hospital

When I was a kid I could not imagine how anyone could be sad at Christmas. Christmas is the happiest day of the year. Being in hospiral ministry, and being a priest I can now see how someone could be sad at Christmas. When I go and visit patients in the hospital. I...

Christmas/Hospital

Today as I give Last Rites to people quickly dying and going to God. In fact, as I looked at one heart monitor there are 3 lines. The red line is flat but 2 others lines have small bumps here and there. Ask nurse help in reading the monitor and what line shows bodily...

Shoes

ShoesI was given some delicious home made cookies.. thinking I will be as big as house.. so asked first person I saw ‘would you like a bag of … chip cookie ) it was a unique flavor. He said ‘that my favorite ‘ I asked if he was Catholic’ very much so.. do go up and...

I am not high tech how about you?

As you might know I have a new website Refresh Renew Revive.. I want to write blogs, as I find it life giving, and heck someone might want to read it.. But on technology side of things, I have a phobia. A technology phobia. I freeze up writing passwords. I might be...

Baby Jesus

St Theresa tells a story where she came upon a beautiful child on a stairway. The little child asked, what us your name?’ St Theresa answered, ‘I am Theresa of Jesus.’ Then she asked the little child his name and he replied, ‘I am Jesus of Theresa.’ Jesus says ‘Amen,...