Random thoughts on the first Friday of Lent

•  The higher the monkey climbs, the more he exposes himself. A young woman named Sara Stock worked for Elijah Shaeffer, and allegedly had an affair with him right up until she  married a very unfortunate man in January. Shaeffer has a lot of enemies  and his alleged affair with Stock  became public as part of an attack on him. She had also had a lot of ill-wishers who seeing her exposed, exulted in her disgrace and the ruin of her life. In addition to working for Shaeffer, Stock was a Catholic influencer.  Was she ever sincere? God only knows for sure. One thing is clear though.  The whole Catholic e-girl industry is a dangerous thing. All the gullible people, (probably mostly young women), who followed her have got to be pretty disappointed. Hopefully, none of these people hung their faith on her example. 
  
  
  
  

• For the last two or three years Cardinals and now the pope are praising Ramadan.  I shouldn't be surprised but it's so disgusting.

• Never, ever, ever take a job with your diocese.  Joe Enders was a business manager for a parish in Michigan. Now he has no job and no severance. He has a family and a baby due in May. 
  
  
  
  
  
• Rocky and I are really enjoying the Great Fast videos from the Norbertines at St. Michael's Abbey.

Litany of Reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Litany of Reparation to the Sacred Heart

of Jesus

O Sacred Heart, hear us.

Sacred Heart, graciously hear us.

For the forgetfulness and ingratitude of men,

We will console Thee, O Lord. *

For the way Thou art deserted in Thy Tabernacle, *

For the crimes of sinners, *

For the blasphemies uttered against Thee, *

For the sacrileges which profane Thy Sacrament of Love, *

For the coldness of the greater part of Thy children, *

For the abuse of Thy grace, *

For our own unfaithfulness, *

For the incomprehensible hardness of our hearts, *

For our long delay in loving Thee, *

For Thy bitter sadness at the loss of souls, *

For Thy long waiting at the door of our hearts, *

For Thy loving sighs, *

For Thy loving tears, *

For Thy loving imprisonment, *

For Thy loving death. *

Learn of Me:

Because I am meek and humble of heart.

O Heart of Jesus, by Thy sorrow for those who know Thee not,

Have mercy on me as Thou seest best. **

O Heart of Jesus, by Thy sorrow for those who do not believe in Thee, **

O Heart of Jesus, by Thy sorrow for those who are inconstant and ungrateful, **

O Heart of Jesus, by Thy sorrow during the whole course of Thy mortal life, **

O Heart of Jesus, by Thy sorrow in Thy agony and in Thy death, **

O Heart of Jesus, by Thy sorrow for those who neglect their eternal salvation, **

O Heart of Jesus, by Thy sorrow for those who offer the most Holy Sacrifice unworthily, **

Heart of Jesus, by Thy sorrow for the scarcity of those who love Thee fervently, **

Sweet Heart of Jesus:

Be not my Judge but my Saviour.

O Jesus, loveliest of all beauty, wash me more and more from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin, that, purified by Thee, I may approach to Thee, the pure One, and may be worthy to dwell in "Thy Heart all the days of my life, that I may both see and do Thy will. For this cause was Thy side pierced, that an entrance might be opened for us. Who is there who would not love this wounded Heart? Who would not return love for love to Him that hath loved so well? Amen.

O adorable Heart of Jesus, if men did but know Thee: How they would love Thee!