new kittens!

our bGurl gave birth to 3 kittens last Monday 13 Oct 2008...


one is a surefire gurl (a tortie), while the other two remains to be seen...

A Prayer for Common Sense

Dear God, help me learn that things cannot always be done in the best way, that the sorry scheme of things cannot be shattered to bits and then rebuilt; that I am surrounded by others who, like myself, have their own ideas and limitations; that the best intentions may be opposed, and the worst condoned, when the greater good of the greater number requires it.

Let me realize that charity is often better than zeal and sacrifice; that it is ill quarreling in a small boat on a long voyage, that I must take from others what they have, and not demand from them what they lack; that many things are healed by time.

Help me, if I am ever given charge of things to realize that I cannot escape from the limitations of my medium; that it is in and with and for the group that I must work; that neither head nor hand could exist without the body; that I am either the head or the hand (the direction or the instrument) of this definite body, and I must not leave it behind or tear it into pieces or transmute it into something strange.

For every action done in this world, a spirit must move behind the scenes. The human tendency is to let the human, frail spirit move. May thy spirit given to me in all the Sacraments, be my First Mover, my Director in the way, and my Goal in all my actions. Amen.

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Fr. Daniel M. Dougherty
Diocesan of New York