Over the past weekend, I was privelaged to be able to attend the Priesthood Ordination Mass for Father Gerald Blessing of the St. Louis Archdiocese and Father Joseph Havrilka's first Mass (in the diocese of Belleville, Illinois). Both Masses were very inspring and uplifting occasions for my own vocational discernment.
As I witnessed Archbishop Burke place his hands on the head of Father Blessing (what a great name!), anoint his hands, and announce that he is a priest, I felt the Holy Spirit's presence in the Cathedral Basilica. And as I witnessed Father Havrilka's first Mass the next day (I was also the photographer!), I felt a deep reverence for the great gift of the priesthood given to His Church to sustain its members through the Sacraments, and most especially the Holy Eucharist! I cannot wait to start my next year in the Seminary, and I pray that I and my brother seminarians continue to persevere in our studies and the deepening of our faith.
Please pray for vocations, especially during the next week, when Kenrick-Glennon Seminary will be holding its annual summer camp (Kenrick-Glennon Days) for kids in gradeschool and high school!
Today, after discussing things with the Priestie Boyz, I worked on a website for them, aptly named www.priestieboyz.com. Note that it's still under construction (as of 5/30/05), so not everything is functional yet. Also, my picture is not yet up. But things will be redesigned and changed as time goes on, and it will be looking better quite soon.
And no, their name is NOT 'Priesty Boyz,' 'Priestie Boys,' 'Priesty Boys,' 'Priestly Boyz,' or 'Priestly Boys.' It's simply 'Priestie Boyz.' Soon some sound clips from their upcoming CD will be posted on their site, as well as a blog. I'll let you know more about that as time goes on.
It brought back fond memories of my high school days of 'tweeter shooring' (everyone thought it was cool at the time...); shooting little pieces of folded paper with a rubber band using the 'Bazooka' method.
Today I present the second in a series (to be released over a long time... I don't know how many I will do) of totally awesome Desktop Pictures/Wallpapers/Backgrounds by Jeff®. Today's picture, weighing in at 1024x768 pixels (for maximum compatibility) in the JPEG format (so both Mac and PC users can use it), was created entirely from Photoshop CS, using a scanned (and enhanced) picture of my little sister's feet at the time of her birth (three months premature, yet born and still thriving today!) and some creative prowess. I made the words 'PRO' and 'LIFE' a little faded so it's almost a subliminal message (simple because I thought that seemed cool).
Download the desktop background by right-clicking (Mac: control-click) on the thumbnail above, then selecting Download Linked File As... or Save Linked File As... in the menu that pops up. Then you can set it as your desktop background by going to the appropriate Control Panel (PC) or Desktop System Preference (Mac).
