First of all, today our late beloved Holy Father, John Paul II, was buried in the Grotto beneath St. Peter's Bascilia. It is a sad day for the Christianity. He was a dear man and well loved by all.

I went out today and went to Curves and I found out it was a $75.00 membership and a monthly fee of $39.00 after that for one year.

I am planning to join it soon.  I have some bills I must paid up and I want to pay my fee bi-monthly which mean $78.00 every two months.

I need to lose about 60 lbs because I am extremely obesed.

I was planning to go to Holy Name Cathedral today, I would be late it starts at 5:15 PM and I found out that Curves is open Monday through Thursday, from 7:30 AM to 12 noon and then from 3 PM to 8 PM accept on Friday it is closed at 7 PM.

It is open half a day on Saturday and Sunday.

They have a two for one deal going if you bring a friend you can split the membership between the two that means 37.50 each and then pay the monthly fee of 39.00 each .

I am tired and I mean t-i-r-e-d out already from that walking around.

Anyway, Thank God It's Friday and the weekend coming. No email from Honey-Bear this day. It is like he must have got up late and had no time to email me.

Anyway, everyone have a nice weekend and remember the Holy Mother Church in your prayers.

God Bless,

Lucie Elizabeth Ann

I see that MSN Messenger is now at 7.0 so I have to download it. I am taking my computer to Dell soon to get the new memory installed now that the weather is getting nicer.  The Dell Center is out at Northbrook, Illinois.

I like this new MSN SPACE with the white cats. I love cats. I have two cats and I perfer them over and to people.   Small wonder, people get on my nerves.  .  I got up this morning and I immediately fed my cats after I made up the bed.  I then walked to Dominick's Fine Foods to buy some cat food for my babies. Yep, Daisy Mae is my Queen of Mean. She is meaner than Leona Hemsley who is rotting away in a Rhode Island women correction for tax invasion.  Then there is my Tom Cat, Little Sylvester. Both are black and white, however Daisy Mae is a Black and White Bi-Colored Tiger Tabby. She is going on 11 years old and Little Sylvester is going on 5 years old.

It is a nice day in Chicago. It is a bit on the cool side but it is suppose to get warmer later on.  

Anyway, this is just your average weblog for Thursday.

Hang in There,

Lucie Elizabeth Ann

Prince Rainier the III of Monaco has passed away in Monaco. He was 81 years old.  He will be succeeded by his son, Prince Albert. Prince Albert is unmarried, and has no children.

Prince Rainier married the actress, Grace Kelley in 1955. Princess Grace was killed in an auto accident in 1982.  They had three children, Princess Caroline, born in 1955, followed by Prince Albert, born in 1956 and Princess Stephanie, born in 1965.

Princess Caroline has been married twice, divorced once, and widowed once. She has three children. One being Andrea and two daughters.

Princess Stephanie has been married and divorced and has three children.

Prince Rainier will be laid to rest on April 15, 2005 in Monaco. We wish Prince Albert all the best and we hope and pray he wll find the right woman to marry and produce heirs.

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We enter into the fourth day of mourning for our late beloved, John Paul II.  He will be laid to rest on Friday in Rome.

I have some very important thoughts on The Holy Mother Church and what the new Holy Father needs to address.

1. Men who want to become Priests who are married need to be allowed to enter into the Priesthood. Men who are not married at the time they enter into the priesthood may not marry.  This can be substanitated by I Timothy 3:1-13.

2. There is no scriptural support for the ordaining of women. No scripture No Support. Case Closed and Shut.

3. The church needs to back up their claim with scripture to support their reason for women not taking birth control.  There is none. This needs to be a personal decision between the woman, her doctor, and God.

3. The Church needs to stop supporting Adoption. The church is supporting a mulitmillion industry that destroys The "true and natural" family. The one created by God and Nature. Not by the state adoption laws and the adoption industry. Please go to http://keepyourbaby.com for more imformation on the adoption issue.

4. The church needs to emphasis and stress simplicity on how Christian Men and Women should dress in Mass or Out Of Mass. This can be supported by I Timothy 2:9-10, I Peter3:3-5 and Deuteronomy22:5.

5. The Church needs to address the problem of Christian-Catholics marrying out side of Our Faith to other Christians that are not of our faith or not a Christian at all.  The church needs all couples to take a compatibility test to determine if there is a likely hood of success or divorce within their marriage.

Precana wedding preparation needs to include follow up Cana counseling by qualified marriage counselors to address any problems that arise in the marriage. This way divorce is unlikely to happen.

The Church needs to move forward and head in some things and the Church needs to revert back to some of the ways they did before Vatican II. I am not saying Vatican II was bad. Just that some changes in the church are hurting the church.

The Church needs to make couples under the age of 25 wait for atleast a year before they get married.   The Divorce rate of couples between the age of 18-25 is 8 out of 10 marriages end up in divorce. Primarily due to lack of communications, immaturity, inlaw problems, and financial problems.

Inter-faith marriages between Christian-Catholic and A Christian-Protestant, Jewish or any other faith group should be discouraged.

President Bush, and his wife, Laura, along with The Secretary of State, Former Presidents, George W Bush, and Clinton and senators just paid their last respects to The Holy Father.

Prince Charles will be attending along with many other Heads of State and Countries on Friday.

Clouds are pouring over Chi-town now. Looks like it might rain.

Let us remember To keep Our Late Holy Father in our prayers.

A Child of The Church,

Lucie Elizabeth Ann

It is a beautiful day in the neighborhood.  The sun is shining, we have mild temperatures as if Chi-town has embraced Spring atleast for a little while.

I have an appointment at 3:15 PM with my psychiatrist. No, I am not insane, I just have problems that is what my psychiatrist has told me.

Today is day 3 in the mourning of Our Late beloved Holy Father, John Paul the II.  He was just more than a child of the church. He studied to become a humble priest and then rose to greatness through the church's process.

We were blessed to have him for twenty-six years. Where the Holy Mother Church goes from here, is any one's guess.

I would like to see one of the German Cardinals be elected. They are moderate to liberal and are focused on the real issues of the Church whic are a decrease in the Priesthood, Birthcontrol, family planning, and allowing married men to enter into the priesthood.

I am not for women being ordained as Priests. It is not scriptural. Women should play a bigger role in the church. 

I don't see any harm in allowed married men to enter into the priesthood.It would solve the decrease in men becoming Priests again.

The church needs to address the problem of over-population and advocate birth control and family planning.  They should be advocating that Christian-Catholics have large families unless they plan to support the mothers and fathers in raising their children and financially taking care of the family.

The church needs to go back to bibilcal teaching and make sure their teachings come straight from Scripture rather than from traditions.

Yes, folks we can still be good Christian-Catholics and still disagree with the church teachings.

The church needs to address the raising issue of divorces within the church and make pre-cana wedding preparation more extensive and more intense.

Do I believe that divorcees who remarry should not be given Holy Eucharist. No, I believe they should still be allowed to receive it.

We all need to be "Children of The Church and Go out and be Children of the Church" as St. Elizabeth Ann Baley Seton instructed.

Our late Holy Father is now in the presence of his Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.   He is not died . He lives and is basking in the glory of his Lord and Saviour.

A Child of The Church,

Lucie Elizabeth Ann