Choose to focus your time, energy and conversation around people who inspire you, support you and help you to grow you into your happiest, strongest, wisest self. - Karen Salmansohn

Good Morning Digital Neighbors! Happy Saturday ADD Irregulars, WSN Curators and all the rest of ya's! Thank you all for making that quote from Karen such a part of my life in these early morning and later day visits via the internet. I so appreciate our Coffee Talks & Speakeasy and all those who post or comment in this community. It makes my visits here all the more enjoyable.

@-Padre's doors opened in 2021 because I wanted a place to chat with Sept, Theresa and Emmie and I am so thankful for how it has grown through the use of Zoom which I was hesitant to use. The audio & visual dimension of our conversations make them all the more personal. Thank you all of the personalism of our conversations, from the serious to the silly, the insightful to the absurd, issues pertinent to the day and things completely irrelevant but very worthwhile in building the bonds of community. So much laughter, so many more things to explore in learning & understanding, so much, "ah ha, see I am not losing my mind because others are seeing this too. . " Thank you all.

A Morning Offering for all of you.

God, my Friend,
this day is yours.
I offer you my acceptance
of whatever you send –
suffering, joy, toil, trouble –
ennobled far beyond my means
because it comes through the greatest gift
you gave me to offer,
Jesus, your Son, our Eucharist.
I pray not to change your mind,
only to understand it,
to yield to it.
But I do ask you to be with me,
especially in….
And I ask your loving watchfulness
for my friend….
Help me find you, through the day,
beneath all your surprising disguises.
Amen.

Yielding - Prayers for those in need of hope. by Fr. William J. O'Malley

True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions. - Joseph Addison