Friday, December 24, 2010

Dec 25: The Last of Chicago's "Things Go Better With God" Series

J-E-S-U-S



without God/with God
J = from junkie to justified
E = from ejected to eager
S = from sacrificed to sacred
U = from unhappy to united
S = from suffocated to sanctified

I hope everyone enjoyed following this little series as much as I did creating it. To all, a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. With much love and success in the future. Love you all, Chicago

Dec 24: Chicago's "Things Go Better With God" Series


A-M-E-N

 without God/with God
A = from abuses to appreciated
M = from mean to meaningful
E = from extorted to enthusiastic
N = from neglected to noticed


Parishioner Alan Auciello is never at a shortage for words. A daily Mass attendee for nearly three decades, but with his ear to the New Brunswick streets running "Chicago's" hair salon on Somerset St, he has a wealth of unique life experiences that he draws upon in speaking of faith to religious ed groups and incarcerated teens.
For his previous series of messages, "Thinking Thoughts for the Thought Thinker, go to http://blog4sacredheart.blogspot.com/2010_09_01_archive.html

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Dec 23: Chicago's "Things Go Better With God" Series

F-A-I-T-H

                 without God/with God
F = frozen to future
A = angry to applauded
I = ignorant to innocent
T = torment to truthful  
H = hurtful to happy  

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Dec 22: Chicago's "Things Go Better With God" Series

H-O-P-E

                 without God/with God
H = helpless to health
O = oblivious to opportunist
P = poor to prosperous
E = erroneous to excited  

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Dec 21: Chicago's "Things Go Better With God" Series


L-O-V-E

            without God/with God

L = from lonely to lovely


O = from opposed to operational


V = from vices to victory


E = from empty to energy



Parishioner Alan Auciello is never at a shortage for words. A daily Mass attendee for nearly three decades, but with his ear to the New Brunswick streets running "Chicago's" hair salon on Somerset St, he has a wealth of unique life experiences that he draws upon in speaking of faith to religious ed groups and incarcerated teens.


For his previous series of messages, "Thinking Thoughts for the Thought Thinker, go to http://blog4sacredheart.blogspot.com/2010_09_01_archive.html

Monday, December 20, 2010

Dec 20: Chicago's "Things Go Better With God" Series

CHARITY
                        without God/with God
C = from criticized to creative
H= from hampered to hopeful
A= from atheist to angel
R= from reckless to remarkable
I= from insubordinate to inspired
T= from terrified to treasured
y= (is a crooked letter) treasured




Parishioner Alan Auciello is never at a shortage for words. A daily Mass attendee for nearly three decades, but with his ear to the New Brunswick streets running "Chicago's" hair salon on Somerset St, he has a wealth of unique life experiences that he draws upon in speaking of faith to religious ed groups and incarcerated teens.
For his previous series of messages, "Thinking Thoughts for the Thought Thinker, go to http://blog4sacredheart.blogspot.com/2010_09_01_archive.html

Friday, December 17, 2010

Dec 17: Chicago's "Things Go Better With God" Series

B-E-L-I-E-V-E
 without God/with God
B = from betrayed to beloved

E = from evicted to evangelized
L = from lost to laugh
I= from intolerable to incorporated
E=from exhausted to enthusiastic
V=from violent to valuable
E=from enemy to engaged 


Parishioner Alan Auciello is never at a shortage for words. A daily Mass attendee for nearly three decades, but with his ear to the New Brunswick streets running "Chicago's" hair salon on Somerset St, he has a wealth of unique life experiences that he draws upon in speaking of faith to religious ed groups and incarcerated teens.
For his previous series of messages, "Thinking Thoughts for the Thought Thinker, go to http://blog4sacredheart.blogspot.com/2010_09_01_archive.html

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Dec 15: Chicago's "Things Go Better With God" Series

R-I-G-H-T-E-O-U-S
 without God/with God
R = from restricted to redemption
I = from insecure to integrated
G = from greedy to grateful
H = from harassed to harmony
T = from troublesome to thankful
E= from exasperated to exuberant
O=from obnoxious to oriented
U=from underestimated to unified
S=from sinful to sanctified



Parishioner Alan Auciello is never at a shortage for words. A daily Mass attendee for nearly three decades, but with his ear to the New Brunswick streets running "Chicago's" hair salon on Somerset St, he has a wealth of unique life experiences that he draws upon in speaking of faith to religious ed groups and incarcerated teens.
For his previous series of messages, "Thinking Thoughts for the Thought Thinker, go to http://blog4sacredheart.blogspot.com/2010_09_01_archive.html

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Korean Catholic infighting at national level

At Sacred Heart, we still miss our friends with the Korean Catholic Community, but we're happy that they've resolved their differences together now at Our Lady of Korea quasi-parish in Woodbridge. But not all division within the Korean church is over. Check this out...

South Korean priests asks cardinal to resign after dissent with bishops

By Catholic News Service

SEOUL, South Korea (CNS) -- Senior South Korean priests asked Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk to resign as archbishop of Seoul after a disagreement with his fellow bishops, reported the Asian church news agency UCA News.
At a Dec. 13 news conference, the 24 priests said Cardinal Cheong, 79, had broken the episcopal collegiality and created confusion in society and division in the church.
"It is long tradition of the church for an individual bishop to respect the agreement and decision among bishops, though his individual opinion is different," the priests said.
Earlier in December, Cardinal Cheong criticized the bishops' stand on the controversial Four Rivers Project, a $19.1 billion project to dredge and dam the country's four major waterways in an effort to prevent flooding and pollution. The cardinal said scientists, "not religious people," should determine whether the project is thoughtless.
The bishops had described the project in October as "thoughtless development." Environmentalists and some Catholic groups say the project will cause irrevocable damage to the environment by destroying the eco-system of four rivers.
At the news conference, Father Augustine Ham Sei-ung quoted Bishop Peter Kang U-il of Cheju, president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea, who said the bishops' decision was "their teaching for the local Catholics, therefore a Catholic should not raise different opinions from it."
On Dec. 9, the Catholic Priests' Association for Justice issued a statement saying Cardinal Cheong had distorted the bishops' decision.
Earlier, Father Matthias Hur Young-yup, public relations director of Seoul Archdiocese, said on archdiocesan-run radio that Cardinal Cheong's remarks did not mean he was in favor of the project.
END

Dec 14: Of Dark and Healing Nights

Today is the feast day of the 16th century Spanish mystic, St. John of the Cross, a perfect mid-Advent commemoration of a man whose themes eloquently evoke the light-darkness interplay of the season.
Who has not been touched by:
One dark night,
fired with love's urgent longings
--ah, the sheer grace -- 
I went out unseen
my house being all stilled.
And that's only the first stanza!

Today you can venture not only into the metaphorical dark night with John of the Cross, but you can get in your car tonight and drive to St. Augustine of Canterbury Parish in Kendall Park for their 7pm Reconciliation Service.  Pastor Bob Lynam does a great job in generating turnout among throngs of parishioners and dozens of confessors, and organizes a very prayerful and personal event, despite the large scale. See for yourself!

Monday, December 13, 2010

Dec 13: Chicago's Things Go Better With God Series


G-O-D

 without God/with God
G = from guarded to graceful
O = from oppressed to obliged
D = from demon to destiny

Parishioner Alan Auciello is never at a shortage for words. A daily Mass attendee for nearly three decades, but with his ear to the New Brunswick streets running "Chicago's" hair salon on Somerset St, he has a wealth of unique life experiences that he draws upon in speaking of faith to religious ed groups and incarcerated teens.
For his previous series of messages, "Thinking Thoughts for the Thought Thinker, go to http://blog4sacredheart.blogspot.com/2010_09_01_archive.html

Our Lady of Guadalupe Feast draws hundreds despite rain, dark

Friday, December 10, 2010

December 10: Things Go Better With God Series

N-O-E-L
 without God/with God
N = from notorious to natural
O = from opposed to operational
E = from evicted to embraced
L = from lambasted to loyal


Parishioner Alan Auciello is never at a shortage for words. A daily Mass attendee for nearly three decades, but with his ear to the New Brunswick streets running "Chicago's" hair salon on Somerset St, he has a wealth of unique life experiences that he draws upon in speaking of faith to religious ed groups and incarcerated teens.
For his previous series of messages, "Thinking Thoughts for the Thought Thinker, go to http://blog4sacredheart.blogspot.com/2010_09_01_archive.html

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

December 8: Things Go Better With God Series

REJOICE!
without God/with God
R = from revenge to rewarded
E = from evil to evangelized
J = from Judas to Jesus
O=  from obligated to overjoyed
I= from illiterate to intelligent
C= from cursed to cradled
E= from enraged to empowered

Parishioner Alan Auciello is never at a shortage for words. A daily Mass attendee for nearly three decades, but with his ear to the New Brunswick streets running "Chicago's" hair salon on Somerset St, he has a wealth of unique life experiences that he draws upon in speaking of faith to religious ed groups and incarcerated teens.
For his previous series of messages, "Thinking Thoughts for the Thought Thinker, go to http://blog4sacredheart.blogspot.com/2010_09_01_archive.html

Monday, December 6, 2010

Dec 6: Chicago's "Things Go Better With God" -- Part III

HOPE

H  from helpless to heaven
O from oblivious to opportunity
P  from poor to prosperous
E from erroneous to exciting

November Mass Count totals

The annual diocesan Mass attendance count was completed at Sacred Heart for November.  Here's our averages:

4:45pm Mass Saturday:  79 people
7:45am Mass Sunday:  50 people
9:45am Mass Sunday:  517 people
11:45am Mass Sunday:  152 people

Friday, December 3, 2010

Dec 3: Chicago's "Things Go Better With God"

L-O-V-E

L-O-V-E   L=from lonely to lovely
L-O-V-E   O=from ordinary to extra-ordinary
L-O-V-E   V=from vices to victory
L-O-V-E   E=from empty to energy

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Dec 1: Chicago's Things Go Better With God

F-A-I-T-H


F --foreign to future
A --anger to applaud
 I    --ignorant to innocent
T --turmoil to truthful
H -hateful to happy