#100

Today is Ash Wednesday. The season of Lent is here.

This is not a day to flaunt the ashes on your forehead. You do not need to complain about being hungry. And the world does not need to know what you will live without for the next 40 days.

As Jesus said in Matthew 6:5-8 - “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him."

Let this beautiful season of fasting and prayer bring you closer to the Lord.

And your Irish for today:

In honor of my 100th post...

Top 100 Irish surnames! Cruise the list, find some family names! (* I copied this list from http://www.ireland-information.com/heraldichall/irishsurnames.htm)
1
Murphy
2
Kelly
3
O'Sullivan
4
Walsh
5
Smith
6
O'Brien
7
Byrne
8
Ryan
9
O'Connor
10
O'Neill
11
O'Reilly
12
Doyle
13
McCarthy
14
Gallagher
15
O'Doherty
16
Kennedy
17
Lynch
18
Murray
19
Quinn
20
Moore
21
McLoughlin
22
O'Carroll
23
Connolly
24
Daly
25
O'Connell
26
Wilson
27
Dunne
28
Brennan
29
Burke
30


Collins
31
Campbell
32
Clarke
33
Johnston
34
Hughes
35
O'Farrell
36
Fitzgerald
Brown
38
Martin
39
Maguire
40
Nolan
41
Flynn
42
Thompson
43
O'Callaghan
44
O'Donnell
45
Duffy
46
O'Mahony
47
Boyle
48
Healy
O'Shea
50
White
51
Sweeney
52
Hayes
53
Kavanagh
54
Power
55
McGrath
56
Moran
57
Brady
58
Stewart
59
Casey
60
Foley
61
Fitzpatrick
62
O'Leary
63
McDonnell
64
MacMahon
65
Donnelly
66
Regan
67
Donovan
68
Burns
69
Flanagan
70
Mullan
71
Barry
72
Kane
73
Robinson
74
Cunningham
75
Griffin
76
Kenny
77
Sheehan
78
Ward
79
Whelan
80
Lyons
81
Reid
82
Graham
83
Higgins
84
Cullen
85
Keane
86
King
87
Maher
88
MacKenna
89
Bell
90
Scott
91
Hogan
92
O'Keeffe
93
Magee
94
MacNamara
95
MacDonald
96
MacDermott
97
Molony
98
O'Rourke
99
Buckley
100
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