Random Musings by Kraft

  • Praying is like training for a marathon

    At 7:15 am, I will be running 15km as part of the marathon training program that I’m in. In February, I will be running in the AT&T Austin Marathon and since I’ve had never ran more than three miles in my life, I started training. As I type, the last thing I want to do…

  • Welcome to Praying Young

    Hello everyone! I have decided to start a new blog—something that will be more focused, more interesting to read than the old one.. The posts on the website will have a clearer theme through detailing events that impact the Church, religion in society or life working for the Church from my perspective as a young…

  • a piece i’m surprised i never heard before

    This is a beautiful choral version of the Angelus by Biebl. The words, in Latin (the language of the piece) and the English translation: Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mari et concepit de Spiritu sancto. Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum; benedicta tu in muleribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui Jesus. Maria dixit: Ecce ancilla Domini; fiat…

  • updates in progress

    Very obviously, updates to the website are in progress. I felt that the old design was becoming too unmanageable. Little things will be added to the new site in the next few days to bring it up to standard.

  • The End of Susie

    As many of you know, I own a 2000 Hyundai Elantra that has been lovingly named “Susie Brahmaputra”, or Susie for short. It is the first car I owned, being purchased for me by my mom using life insurance money left from my dad. The car itself is a little tank. I’ve been mudding with…

  • daniel cardinal dinardo, archbishop of galveston-houston

    His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI announced today that, along with 23 other bishops, Archbishop Daniel DiNardo will be elevated to the rank of Cardinal at a ceremony on November 24th, the eve of Christ the King. His Soon-to-be-Eminence will be the first Texan cardinal and the first one for the Southern U.S. On January 1,…