Prayer Request!

 
I have a young friend named Noah who was admitted to the hospital on Friday with a serious colon infection. He also suffers from Crohn's Disease which I'm sure doesn't help the matter. Right now, he is getting fed through an IV inserted in a vein near his heart. If you have any extra prayer to send his way, I know his worried family will appreciate it.

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Also, many of you probably remember Lenny and her brush with death in delivering her baby a few months ago. I don't have any details but she is home and beating the odds. She has had a couple setbacks but hasn't had to be readmitted to the hospital. Her baby is doing well. Just shows you the power of prayer as she really shouldn't have survived. God is good!

A reminder to pray for our president and government . . .

The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.

Ecclesiastes 10:2

Sunday's Chicken is Full of Taste . . .

Sunday can be a hectic day for moms in spite of it being a day of rest because the family still needs to eat and budgets don't alway allow for a meal in a restaurant. This is an interesting way to fix chicken with lots of rooms to add our own imaginative touches.

Sunday's Chicken Casserole

6 boneless, skinless chicken halves
1/2 cup sour cream
1/4 soy sauce
1 package onion soup mix
1 cup water or white wine

Preheat the oven to the usual 350 degrees.

Using vegetable oil spray, grease a 9x13-inch baking dish Arrange your chicken in the dish, one deep.

Combine the sour cream, soy sauce, soup mix and water/wine in a pot and heat so that it mixes well. Pour over the chicken breasts.

Cover and bake for approximately 35-45 minutes or until the chicken is tender.

The recipe is easy to double, you will just have to divide it between two baking dishes.

Ideas . . .
Mix some small, diced potatoes in with the chicken before you add the sauce.
Add some diced tomato and top with a sprinkling of freshly grated Parmesan or Romano cheese.
Top with buttered bread crumbs.
Add some very finely diced onion and garlic to the sauce.
Hot buttererd rice to go with this is very nice.

Quotable Thoughts for a Sunday Morning . . .

"We are all apt to believe what the world believes about us."
       -- George Eliot

 

"I have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them."
       -- E. V. Lucas

 

"Nothing ever goes away."
       -- Barry Commoner

Don't divorce yourself from the Crucifix

I've run into this several times over the years and thought it was most worthy to share. With the divorce rate so high in today's society, this is certainly a reminder that there is a lot more to the "I do" of the wedding ceremony.

In the small town of Herzegovina, when a Catholic couple is married, they are told:  

You have found your cross. It is a cross to be loved, to be carried, a cross not to be thrown away, but to be cherished. 

 In Herzegovina, the cross represents the greatest love. During the marriage ceremony, the bride and groom place their hands together on a crucifix. Then they kiss, not each other, but the cross. The crucifix they kiss at their wedding then becomes a focal point of their home. It’s a reminder that if one should abandon the other, they cannot do so without abandoning Jesus Crucified.