Time well spent

Lets say you only work 40 hours a week, that accounts for 23.8% of a week.
The average person sleeps 8 hours a day, that accounts for 33.3% of a week.
The average man spends 1.2 hours a day eating and drinking, that accounts for 5% of your week.
If you exercise one hour a day, three days a week, that is 1.7% of your week.
The average Catholic mass is one hour. It would only take 0.59% of your week.

Can we at least give God less than 1%?

Or is something else a bigger priority?

"President-elect Barack Obama has yet to attend church services since winning the White House earlier this month, a departure from the example of his two immediate predecessors."

It's five o'clock somewhere...

Problem Solving

B.I.B.L.E.

Last night was the final evening of our parish's mission. Deacon Glenn Harmon conducted a wonderful mission about surrendering your life to God. He further emphasized a point that has to made among today's Catholics. Read your Bible. Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth. This morning I guess of divine providence, I saw a truck with this written on it's trailer. Thanks God, I got the point...

Leadership

The quote of the day on my National Guard calender is from General George S. Patton.

"We will win because we never lose. I am a soldier. I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight."

One of my favorite movies to watch with my Dad is Patton. Patton loved his men, and was determined to always win. There was no other option with Patton.

The Crucible of Today

A crucible is ceramic cup, that can withstand intense heat in the melting of metals. Today, I feel like I'm standing the crucible, not melting but being tested and purified. Providence, as some may put it, has landed our family a unique opportunity of helping another family. Funny too, that providence, led me to the patron saint of our need. Infant Jesus pray for us.

Please pray for our family as we try to help others. I know we are going to face some tough times, but that's all part of being in the crucible.

1 Peter 1:6-7
"In this you rejoice, although now for a little while you may have to suffer through various trials, so that the genuineness of your faith, more precious than gold that is perishable even though tested by fire, may prove to be for praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ."

Welcome

Welcome to my new venture. See that the names I wanted (church militant, catholic militant, ecclecia militans, etc...) for this blog were already taken, I settled on two things outside of my family that are dear to my heart. I am proud to be a Roman Catholic, and see the church as the only means for my salvation. I am thankful to be a Parrothead. Born on the Gulf Coast, and reared with virtue, my Parrothead soul is my only vice. More on all these things to come in due time.