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In honor of the Year of the Eucharist, Pope John Paul II has approved a special plenary indulgence for certain acts of worship and veneration of the Most Holy Sacrament (text from Catholic Online):

"According to a decree of the Apostolic Penitentiary, during the Year of the Eucharist a plenary indulgence may be gained by participating in acts of worship and veneration of the Most Holy Sacrament, as well as by praying vespers and compline of the Divine Office before the tabernacle."

The objective of the papal disposition, the document indicates, is to "exhort the faithful in the course of this year, to a more profound knowledge and more intense love of the ineffable 'mystery of faith,' so that they will reap ever more abundant spiritual fruits."

Tonight I remembered I had a load of laundry in the washer here at the seminary. The temperature was a quite welcoming 65, with a slight breeze, so I decided to grab my folding chair, On Free Choice of the Will (a work by Saint Augustine), and my iPod and read in the laundry room while waiting for the load to finish drying.

Augustine writes:

This really has nothing at all to do with religion, philosophy or pro-life, but I figured I'd post it here anyways. I just finished looking over the developments from the 2005 Macworld Expo Keynote, and I have written an article about it on my Mac Support Blog.

Basically, Apple released a $99 iPod, a $499 Mac, some new software, and many cool new features for some old software programs. If you're thinking about buying any of these things, now's the time to do it :-).

Does it seem odd that both "Farenheit 9/11" and "The Passion of the Christ" won the 'People's Choice Award' - especially because the two movies were targeted at diametrically opposed audiences?

Here, my friends, we have another example of an award that has lost any esteem it may have previously had, for it has changed the way it allows 'the people' to vote (from The Daily Times):

I've decided to make the blog body text a bit darker, as I sometimes have trouble reading light text on a white background. If you think it's better, let me know. If you think it's worse, let me know. If you think I should make the text green, the background yellow, and the title flashing purple/red, well, you can keep that to yourself.

-Jeff

Today I have finally updated my Cardinal Glennon College Website's "Prayers" section. I invite you to read about this month's featured prayer, The Morning Offering, or about any of the other months' featured prayers in the "Prayers Archive" section.

If you have any suggestions for future featured prayers, drop me a line.