Perpetual Adoration » Blessed Virgin Mary

Scary Times

Harry — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 03:51:34 +0000

BOO! IT’S GETTING SCARY OUT THERE! As I am writing this, there are “Occupy” protests going on in numerous cities throughout the United States. One of the gripes of the protestors is the lack of jobs that are available. The protesters remind me of Linus in It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. Instead of going trick-or-treating with his friends, Linus waited up all night in the pumpkin patch for the Great Pumpkin to arrive with [...] Read More »

Predicting The Future

Harry — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 22:30:32 +0000

In the movie Back To The Future Part II, the main character, Marty McFly, travels 30 years into the future with scientist, Dr. Emmett “Doc” Brown. The movie starts with Doc returning from the year 2015 to 1985 and notifying Marty (who at that time is 17 years old and in high school) that they have to go “back to the future” to help Marty’s (future) son.

Since Doc has already seen what happens in the [...] Read More »

Lighting Up The Path Ahead

Harry — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 02:32:16 +0000

When I started my law practice, I followed the advice that was given in the book, How To Open Up Your Own Law Practice Without Missing A Meal. The book recommended that I walk into other lawyers’ offices (without an appointment) and ask the lawyers if they had an extra office that was available for rent. If there was an office available, the book instructed that I then ask if I could trade my research [...] Read More »

The Killing of an 8 Year Old Boy

Harry — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 00:09:47 +0000

In the early summer of 1967 (when I was 10 years old), while holding onto the end of an old rubber garden hose, I climbed up the Weeping Willow Tree in the back yard of my parents’ home. When I got about 20 feet up, I climbed out onto a thick branch and tied the end of the hose to the branch. Since my intention was to use the hose to swing around like Tarzan, [...] Read More »

A 30 Year Journey

Harry — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 05:13:12 +0000

Last week I flew to California with Georgette and my daughters to attend the wedding of someone who is very special to us. As you may already know, Georgette and I have 7 children – Harry, Anna, Maria, Laura, Mary Rose, Christine, and Teresa. The wedding was on Saturday, June 18. The groom was my son, Harry, and his bride was Kathryn Neill.

Harry was born 10 months after Georgette and I were married. Our wedding [...] Read More »

A Beautiful Model

Harry — Sat, 07 May 2011 20:46:29 +0000

My son Harry recently turned 30 years old. He’s the oldest of my seven children. When Harry was a young boy, one of his favorite shows was Sesame Street. You remember Sesame Street don’t you? It was a children’s show that had a cast of characters with names like Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Bert and Ernie.

Georgette recently reminded me about how I use to marvel at the success of the show. Sesame Street was created [...] Read More »

Lent, Kites & Secrets

Harry — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 02:38:50 +0000

On a Sunday afternoon in March of 1968, when I was 11 years old, one of my aunts packed her 8 children (6 boys and 2 girls) into her station wagon and took them over to my Grandparents’ house to visit. At that time, we lived in the country and my parents’ home was next-door to my grandparents’ home.

That particular Sunday happened to be during Lent. Like most Catholics, we were taught that during Lent [...] Read More »

A Mother & Her Son

Harry — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 02:39:14 +0000

Earlier this year, I handled a case for a 17 year old boy who had been involved in an automobile accident. The accident was not his fault, but the police officer found a reason to give him two traffic tickets. The boy’s mother called my office and scheduled an appointment.

Prior to the accident, her son had been placed on probation in another case. The mother knew that if he was found guilty of one (or [...] Read More »

A Revolution Against Fatherhood

Harry — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 00:39:48 +0000

Webster’s Dictionary defines the word revolution as “a sudden, radical, or complete change … a fundamental change in the way of thinking about or visualizing something.”

There was a sudden, radical, and fundamental change that took place in the United States during the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. That change involved the complete and total reversal of state laws that required a showing of good cause before a person could obtain a divorce. After the change [...] Read More »

Religion On A Sleeve

Harry — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 23:11:02 +0000

A Son and His Father

About 22 years ago, during a discussion with one of my brothers about religion, the issue of devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary came up. When I tried to point out the reasons why it was important to pray a Rosary every day, my brother got irritated with me and told me he didn’t want to talk about it anymore.

In a final attempt to try to convince him that he [...] Read More »