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Divine Mercy Novena Day Two

Posted: March 30, 2024 by datechguy in catholic, catholic devotions
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The prayers for Day two of the Divine Mercy Novena.

Today bring to Me THE SOULS OF PRIESTS AND RELIGIOUS, and immerse them in My unfathomable mercy. It was they who gave Me strength to endure My bitter Passion. Through them as through channels My mercy flows out upon mankind.

Most Merciful Jesus, from whom comes all that is good, increase Your grace in men and women consecrated to Your service,* that they may perform worthy works of mercy; and that all who see them may glorify the Father of Mercy who is in heaven.

Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon the company of chosen ones in Your vineyard—upon the souls of priests and religious; and endow them with the strength of Your blessing. For the love of the Heart of Your Son in which they are enfolded, impart to them Your power and light, that they may be able to guide others in the way of salvation and with one voice sing praise to Your boundless mercy for ages without end. Amen.

At the conclusion of the prayers pray the chaplet. Instructions are here.

The site for the National Shrine of Divine Mercy is here.

Day 1 Prayers:

We should pay more attention to our local governments

Posted: March 30, 2024 by navygrade36bureaucrat in business
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The company DroneUp! made the news in 2021 when it announced that it signed a deal with Walmart to do drone delivery. Recently it announced it a new all-in-one delivery service that could be rolled out to any store and deliver packages within 30 miles and under 10 pounds, all while automatically maintaining flight safety rules. In their spare time, they also manage to release the occasional cute video, like this one, on Facebook.

With all this right around the corner from my house, and with the fact I buy a lot of things from our local Walmart, you’d think I’d have a never-ending stream of drones dropping off items on my front porch.

And you’d be wrong. Why? Because I don’t live in Virginia Beach.

See, DroneUp! approached my city about adding drone delivery, but my city insisted that every drone position be operated like an airport. Yup, that’s a thing. Essentially my city council wanted every Walmart to run under the same restrictive rules that airports do. Never mind that the FAA doesn’t insist on this. Never mind that there is more restricted airspace in Virginia Beach then my city, with the nearby Oceana and Norfolk airports contributing to plenty of civilian and military flights everyday. Nope, my city insisted on stupid antiquated rules.

So instead of drone delivery, we get nothing.

Local government elections get ignored too often. As a society we argue over national elections, but fail to show up to local elections. That’s how we get crummy school boards that push pornography in school libraries, crummy state prosecutors that let criminals run free, and crummy city councils that equate drone delivery to running an international airport. On a bigger scale, we’re seeing some states, like Florida, tackle issues like squatting head on, while other states allow criminals to kick people out of their homes and trash them. We’re seeing some states like Georgia get ahead of election security while others allow it to falter.

If we don’t pay attention to our local problems, it’ll be impossible to solve the national ones.

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Voices of the 2024 Catholic Men’s Conference Fr. Anthony of St. Benedict’s Abbey

Posted: March 30, 2024 by datechguy in catholic, special events
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What better way to close out the Lenten season, the Easter Triduum and my coverage of the 2024 Worcester Catholic’s Men’s Conference than an interview with a priest from an abbey.

One might have expected more interviews but I was also busy collecting prayer requests for my Your Prayer Intentions show that airs every Saturday at Noon and Midnight on WQPH 89.3 FM Shirley Fitchburg