Luke, you are in our thoughts!

Hello again everyone, I just wanted to let you all know that Joe's sisters husband (our brother-in-law) is being deployed late tomorrow night. This is his second tour, I think he will be there for 12 months. Not only is Luke being deployed but his sister is already over there and has been for some time. Luke's brother Jeremy will also be deployed in January who is exspecting a baby boy in December. So, please keep him, his wife, daughter and family in your thoughts and prays. God Bless.

It always been the Soldier
By: Father Dennis O'Brien

It is the soldier,
not the President who gives us democracy.
It is the soldier,
not the Congress who takes care of us.
It is the soldier,
not the Reporter who has given us Freedom of Press.
It is the soldier,
not the Poet who has given us Freedom of Speech.
It is the soldier,
not the campus Organizer who has given us the Freedom to Demonstrate.
It is the soldier,
who salutes the flag; who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, that allows the protester to burn the flag.