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ACTION ITEM! Gulf Coast BISHOPS, PRIESTS: Pray the Litany against #HurricaneLaura –
Please retweet and share around. Hurricane Laura is coming. They are talking about perhaps 20′ storm surge! Probably Cat FOUR. So, I have an action item for you believing priests and bishops out there. With confidence we can pray the … Read More
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ACTION ITEM! East Coast BISHOPS, PRIESTS: Pray the Litany against Hurricane #DORIAN
Please retweet and share around. Hurricane Dorian is out there. My mother lives along the eastern coast of Florida. Hence, I’m paying attention to the track. It’s hard to say where it’ll go, but it isn’t going to be fun … Read More
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UPDATES! URGENT TO BISHOPS OF @RaleighDiocese @diosav @DioceseChas @archatl @CatholicNewsCLT
UPDATE 13 Sept: The stars indicate the places where processions are known to have taken place in the Diocese of Raleigh. The place where Fr. Johnson is, is the middle star. UPDATE 13 Sept: From a reader… Apropos of the … Read More
#HurricaneFlorence, the Carolinas, and You (extraction, security, etc.)
Hurricane Florence looks pretty mean. If you are in the path of this storm, be prudent. It is slowing down and the water is really warm. Right now this is Cat 4 with winds of 130 MPH and gusts to 160 … Read More
The Eye of Irma
Please continue prayers for those in the path of the hurricanes. The eye of Irma. Explanation via APOTD: Explanation: Why does a hurricane have an eye at its center? No one is yet sure. What happens in and around a … Read More
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FLORIDA BISHOPS, PRIESTS: Pray the Litany against Hurricane #Irma – URGENT ACTION ITEM
Please retweet and share around. Hurricane Irma has been on my mind a bit. Some think that it will do more damage in Florida than Andrew did in 1992. Irma’s path will go straight up Florida, it seems. My mother … Read More
Pray against Hurricane Matthew! BISHOPS & PRIESTS – ACTION ITEM!
Please pray to the angels and saints to intercede with God to repress Hurricane Matthew which is barreling down on the Bahamas and then on to the Florida. It could be a bad one. It looks like it the eye will slide … Read More
The aftermath of Sandy: How are you doing?
I was pretty concerned about lots of you on the East coast of the USA when Sandy was coming. I am not following American news much at the moment, but comments suggest that some people are just getting power back … Read More
“This was a big storm … “
This evening I was chatting by phone with a priest friend about, inter alia, American novels. Of course the great American novel came up. Hemingway came up, of course, in that context. Though we did not ultimately settle on a … Read More
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ACTION ITEM! PRIESTS AND BISHOPS! Use the old Roman Ritual, Litany, prayers against storms!
ACTION ITEM! Please use the sharing buttons! My thoughts and prayers today are with so many of you in the way of the hurricane. May God and His Holy Angels protect you. PRIESTS AND BISHOPS! Use the old Roman Ritual … Read More
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Hurricane Sandy: prayers from readers, tips
I know that many of you are in the path of the big hurricane, and it is possible that some of you will experience problems. First, I ask all the readers here to say a prayer for an attenuation of … Read More
