My patron saint is Elizabeth Ann Baley Seton. She was born in New York prior to The American Revoltionary War and she died of T.B in Emmitsburg, Maryland on January 4, 1821 at the age of 44 years old.

She was the founder of the American Sisters of Charity and is the Founder of the parochial school system in the United States and the education of young women in the United States.

Remembering her last words upon her death bed to her sisters in the order founded by Mother Seton . "Go be children of church. Be children of the church". She took one last Holy Eucharist and then passed into eternity.

Our late beloved Pope, John Paul II was just that a child of the church and later on a the earthly Shepherd of The Holy Mother Church. He guided it for 26 years and his time came to enter into the Joy of His Lord on Saturday, April 2, 2005 at 9:37 PM Rome Time.

Our Late Beloved Holy Father, John Paul II, did not canonize Mother Seton as the American Native Born Saint. It was his predecessor, His Late Holiness, Paul the VI who did canonize on September 14, 1976.

Our late beloved Holy Father, John Paul II, did exactly what Mother Seton had instructed the Sisters of Her Holy Order to do, "Go Be Children of The Church".

Our late Holiness, John Paul II was a man of great courage, inspiration, and he loved people of every Faith group. He opened up the doors of communication to bridge the gap between Christian Catholics and other faith communites.

Persons of high degree and low degree will come to pay their last respects on Friday to Our Late Holy Father, John Paul II. Then he will be buried after the Rites of Christian Burial.

Enter Into The Joy of Thy Lord, Beloved Holy Father, John Paul II.

A world grieves of our lost.  A Church is lost without your gentle guiding hand and now we must open our hearts and embrace a new Shepherd. You will never be forgotten.

You will be allowed to die, as you will live on in the hearts of all your children.

God Rest Your Soul, Beloved Pope John II.

A Child of The Church.

Lucie Elizabeth Ann

First of all, just as I have predicted everytime the Schindlers filed an appeal with one of the courts.  Everytime they get let down and I am sure they must be disappointed.

I can understand why they do this, hoping for relief for their disabled daughter, Terri Schiavo. However, I think their time is best served if they spend more time with Terri and less time running from one court to another court and just to get turned down and denied the relief they are looking for.

I have a lot of reflections and thoughts on this matter.  First of all, why did the Archdiocese or Diocese where Terri lived when she married Michael Schiavo, who is not a Christian-Catholic, allow her to marry out side of the faith in the first place.

When a Christian Catholic marries out side of the faith. We run into a lot of problems and non-Christian-Catholics have always been critic about The Holy Mother Church. I hold the Church 20% responsible for this dilemma.

Michael Schiavo was raised in the Christian-Protestant-Lutheran Church. However, he was not  a practicing Lutheran.  Whereas, Terri was a practicing Christian-Catholic.

Next, according to the attorney that handled the Schiavo's medical malpractice suit. The Court found Terri Schiavo 70% responsible for her eating disorder and the medical profession 30% responsible for not diagnosing Terri's bulimia nervosa, A very dangerous eating disorder and life threatening one at that.

Again, I disagree, Michael threatened Terri if she put on weight and got fat he would leave her. I hold Michael Schiavo 30% responsible for Terri's condition. Had he not threatened her that he would leave her . Perhaps she would not have gone overboard with this Nutri-System weight lost diet that she became obessed with.

Nutri-System Weight Lost Centers did not last long. There were many law suits filed against them by former clients. This is due to the fact they did not have on staff any dieticians, nurtriutionists, and doctors that specialize in obseity.   They did not employ other medical professionals that could take blood tests, urinanylsis, and check on blood pressure and electrolytes and other body chemistry.

A person would go talk to a LPN or A RN and get weighed and be placed on a diet in which a person would buy The Nurti-System Prepared Foods which cost a small fortunate.

This makes you wonder how effective Jenny Craig is.   It is set up much the same way. You go and see a LPN or RN and they set you up with a diet in which you buy their pre-packaged foods, which cost a fortune.

Weight Watchers is the most sensible of all of these. You pay a low membership fee a month and they teach you how to eat and what to eat and how measure out your food. They give you a list of foods in which you can buy at the store or you can buy their pre-packaged foods at your local grocery store.

Michael Schiavo is no Adonis by they way. He may have been ok looking when he met Terri when they were in college. However, today he looks like Jabba The Hut, the fat alien out of the Star Wars Saga.

He never is seen on camera or television. This is because he is not an Adonis.  I would be a shame if I were him to show myself.

He is shacking up with this Jodi woman he has been living in sin with since 1996 and fathered two illegitimate children with her.  Has this man no shame, no morals and values.

Just in case no one knows what Jabba looks like I will place a picture of him in this blog.

The problem here stems from a society that places to much emphasis on looks, money, power and prestige.  All of these are superficial and artifical and they really don't count and mean a thing.

If I had been Terri Schiavo's and Michael told me he would leave me if I gained weight and got fat I would tell " there is the door, don't let it hit you on the ass on the way out".

Two singers come to mind who wrote A Song call "Love Me For What I AM?

The one was written by Karen Carpenter and The Other by Lobo.

I will just write a few lines of Karen Carpenter's Love Me For What I AM in this weblog for  people to see and read

We either take each other

For ev'rything we are

Or leave the life

We've made behind

And another start

(*)

And if yo're using only using me

To feed your fantasy

You're really not in love

So let me go

I must be free

You're really not in love

So let me go

I must be free

This is just one line of Love Me For What I Am by Karen Carpenter.

The Chorus in Love Me For What I Am By Lobo reads

I can't give anymore of my soul away

And still look myself in the mirror  everyday

I can't change any more

of what makes me by myself

And still have enough left

and to be somebody else

I'm not demanding as a man

Just asking you-love me for what I am

(*)

I thought these were appropriate songs by two different singers minicking the same thing  "LOVE ME FOR WHAT I AM".

I thinkwe can all learn an important message from The Terri Schiavo Case and it is

1. We do not marry outside of our faith community

2. We love each other for What We Are and Not try to go and change anyone.

3. We ask to be love for what we are and not asked to go and change what we are and who we are? We will lost our identities if we do .

Let us keep Terri and her family in our prayers.

Lucie Elizabeth Ann

Happy Saint Patrick's Day Everyone.   Saint Patrick is a Christian-Catholic Saint. He is the Patron Saint of Ireland.  Irealnd at that time was not divided and it was true to the One and Holy Catholic Church.

Saint Patrick is credited for bringing the Gospel Message of Salvation to Ireland and winning souls to Christ.  He preached the Message of Salvation to the Druids and Pagan. Many converted to Christianity because of him.

St. Patrick is also credited for running out all the serpents in Ireland with his staff.

Southern Ireland remains true to the One and Holy Catholic Church. 

Northern Ireland is divided and is a part of the United Kingdom and The Anglican Church.

Tradition states that Christian-Catholics are to wear Green and that Christian Protestants are to wear Orange on St. Patrick 's Day.  This separates the Christians from one another.

Happy Saint Patrick's Day and Erin Go Braugh!!!

L_EA_Wesson