Today the little pumpkin will be born at noon! It is a hugely exciting day for us, and such a glorious one too! It is All Saints Day! This is the day that all the amazing Saints are honored - all those that surround us and intercede for us and give us such amazing examples of how we are called to LOVE and follow Christ down the narrow path carrying our Most Cherished Cross!
The Saints are huge for me! We shared them a lot as a family/domestic Church. We had a children's saint book as the kids were growing up and at night we would read one or two to them. They wanted some of the difficult ones, like Maria Goretti, read on a regular basis. There is no sugar coating the Saints! I see many of my grandchildren's saints represented here - St Therese and Bernadette for sure! I love to do the litany of our immediate family - Patrick, Gerard, Joseph, Barbara, Luke, Ruth, Ida, Rose, Paul, Simon, Patrick, Mary, Angela, David, Lawrence, Rose, Ida, Nancy, Anna, Joan of Arc, William, Augustine, William, Bernadette, Anna, Maria, Theresa, Clare, Joseph, David, Elijah, Therese, Marie, David, Joseph, Patrick, Joseph, Susan, Angela, Agnes, Little Sister Hallel, John, Patrick, Augustine, Christopher, Thomas, Joseph, Paul, William, Robert, and Mary... All you Angels and Saints, pray for us! After I end my rosary and say the Hail Holy Queen - I do the litany of our family and feel that the Saints we honor with taking their names are all looking down upon us with LOVE and concern for us on our journey of LIFE/LOVE/LIGHT!
So our sweet little pumpkin will be in our arms today! We will start the day with 8:30a mass at the school... then I will bring home the kids, and light the candle to pray without ceasing! I know of Hallel's prayers surrounding us, and probably many in her Community of the Lamb! What a big day for the Community too - "These are the ones who have survived the time of great distress; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb." Rev 7: 14 from the first reading at mass today. We feel the strength and support of the Saints this day, and throughout this entire pregnancy... there is no doubt that our new grandson will have the name of a great awesome Saint to look to and emulate as he goes through this LIFE he has been given by God! It truly seems that God wanted him here as this is a surprise, yet a joyfully welcomed one - knowing that Jesus is in control, and has a great plan for this new LIFE!
Rose has been practicing with dollies and her Toto/puppy. It will be interesting to see her reaction to the new baby. I predict LOVE and awe!
Jesus, you paint a picture of a Saint for us in your Gospel today - the Beatitudes! Help us to be poor in spirit, to mourn, to be meek, to hunger and thirst for righteousness, to be merciful, to be clean of heart, peacemakers, persecuted for the sake of righteousness, may we take it without complaint when they insult you and persecute you and utter every kind of evil against you falsely because of YOU, Jesus. "Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in Heaven." Matthew 5: 1-12 Just as when we read the litany of humility and wonder how anyone could ever ask You for those things to happen to us... it seems that asking for these things is an impossibility! Yet, with your example on the Cross and carrying Our Most Cherished Cross as we follow YOU down the narrow path - we encounter all of these, and we ask that we give without counting the cost. "Wounded, I will not cease to LOVE." The motto that the Community of the Lamb lives by, and truly is putting each of the beatitudes into practice in our lives! We know of Hallel's prayers this day, and we will be talking to her soon after he is here! Our LOVE grows bigger with one more to LOVE - new LIFE is a glorious gift! Jesus, we trust in YOU. Amen and Hallelujah
Bless-bless, Barb
Don't you just want to color them?
In vibrant color!
"May God, the glory and Joy of the Saints, who has caused you to be strengthened by means of their outstanding prayers, bless you with unending blessings. Amen
Freed through their intercession from present ills and formed by the example of their holy way of LIFE, you may be devoted to serving God and neighbor. Amen
So that, together with all the Saints, you may possess the joys of the homeland, where Holy Church rejoices that her children are admitted in perpetual peace to the company of the citizens of heaven. Amen"
The final Solemn Blessing from mass today!
Jesus, we trust in YOU!
Danielle Rose - the Saint that is just me
The Narnian royalty awaits the arrival of our newest little member pumpkin/prince!
Patrick the dwarf looks ready for the battle for all that is good and right!
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