busy week

So, winter break is done and I got my taxes completed, so the school year must be approaching the ever-dreaded final push around mid-terms to finals. Things are going quite well but I have a busy week between school work and stuff going on in the parish coming up. St. Joseph Parish is having their semi-annual Chicken Dinner this weekend, so if you are in the Baltimore area, stop by and have some great food! I will also be at the parish this week to lead Eucharistic Adoration on Tuesday and for a Mass for the Knights of Columbus on Thursday. Adoration is a wonderful thing to start during the Lenten season since many parishes begin this practice or extend their normal weekly observance during this time. It is a wonderful time to just quietly talk to Our Lord and remain focused on his sacrifice for us. The Diocese of Metuchen is in the middle of their Holy Hour for Vocations in which all parishes of the Diocese will have Eucharistic Adoration and I encourage everyone to try and attend at your parish or if you are not within the Diocese, you are always welcome, but perhaps you can encourage your parish to start something like this. You won't regret it!

So, Johan Santana pitched his first game as a Met yesterday in a Spring Training tilt against the Cardinals. Although it wasn't a great outing and only two innings, it was such a joy to come back to my room and tune into Mlb.TV to watch live baseball again. It reminds me that spring is just around the corner. I can smell the hotdogs already!

Well, I hate to cut this short, but I do have to run to the parish to teach CCD and just wanted to make sure that I get this updated a little more often then in the past. I have not forgotten to include your moment of zen... ever wonder what else your name spelled out, now you can know without doing any work yourself! Enjoy!

Lazy Day

After a long Mets game last night (a 17-inning Mets win over the Astros), I did not want to wake up this morning. Unfortunately I chose on of the few professions which requires me to get up on Sunday Mornings... I made up for it this afternoon, since the Mets have been getting blown out and there is no NASCAR race, I passed out in the recliner. I feel a little groggy, but thought perhaps some blogging would make up for it. :) Speaking of the Mets game, Did you see that catch by Beltran? In the bottom of the 14th with the winning run at 3rd, Beltran came up with this gem.

What am I going to do now that baseball has a day off because of the All-Star break??? Actually, I am not a big fan of any all-star game, especially baseball though since there is nothing else going on this time of year to keep my sports mind occupied. Well, I did sign up for a test trial of Blockbuster Total Access and should be getting my movies on Monday... I am sure I will give a complete rundown on how Total Access is once I experience it a little more. I am starting with a couple of flix and going to try to catch up with some seminarian friends by watching Battlestar Galactica... I figured it was the least I could do after hooking everyone on 24.

With all the previous baseball talk I had to share this as Your Moment of Zen. It is amazing how I find some of these things... I was trying to find something about Beltran's great catch in the 14th inning last night and this is one of the sites that came up. I am sad to say that in May this person said she can no longer keep up her blog with her new baby. Anyway, write more to you soon! Pax et bonum.