A defintitely David Day! "The Lord looks into the heart"

Yes, I have two grandsons named David!!!  Big Dave and Little Dave we call them, because both of their last names also begins with "L"! 








How can this happen that in a year and a half ...  our oldest daughter and her younger sister would name both of their sons David?  Maria and Joseph had made it clear that their first son would be David, and Ruth and Paul had a boy 3 months after Maria had her daughter, Therese.  "They could have 9 girls, so we are going to name our son, David."  Ruth said

A year ago at Cross Christmas Camp!








Maria then a year and a half later had her first boy and true to their word... they did not hesitate to name him David, also!  Today with the first reading about the anointing of David, and the Spirit of the Lord rushing upon him... I am holding my two Davids very close to my heart and thanking the Lord for them in my life.

A year ago we happily returned from the first ever TEC in Marshall at the Catholic School where Pat attended school, all our kids and now Ruth and Paul's kids!  Maria with her 5 came to live with us for almost 5 months while her husband, Joseph, was on the East Coast being trained as a JAG / in the Army!  Family time supreme!

Granddaughters unite and had a wonderful time together for all those months.  Maria homeschooled around our dining room table and in the evenings when the cousins were home from the Catholic School and had homework done... they would get together for playing.

Grandpa was in heaven having our house full of little ones...

You could always find the baby girl, Evangeline Mary, with her big sister Therese or...

Looking adorable, or...

Always with her grandpa Pat...

Puppies, kitties, calves and kids last year when calving started... the two Davids share the craziness!








It was thrilling to read the first reading today from I Samuel 16... The conversation between Samuel and God was out of this world... just as our GPS speaks to us and tells us where we are to go... God told Samuel to fill his horn with oil and go to Jesse of Bethlehem!  Then he rejects all of his amazing sons and has to ask if there are any others... David!  The psalm too, today echoes "David"..." I have found David, my servant." Psalm 89:21

Art time and Mary time with Therese and Evangline...








There is so much excitement in the grandchildren when they hear their names during mass, so it really is ringing like a bell hearing David proclaimed many times this day.  Having my two sweet grandsons, now 9 1/2 and 8, and knowing that they are both being raised in the Faith in their domestic Church/families/homes with JOY.  I know that the Lord, who looks into our hearts will see there a foundation of True Faith set on "rock!"

Big Dave got a new baby sister on March 30th to join her two girl cousins... Josephine 10 months older and Evangeline 5 months older!  Girls to grow up together is such a gift!

Father Paul baptized Joy in the middle of our huge First Communion Sunday, of which her brother, Big David, was a first Communicant!  Why would he do that?   His message was..."I baptized many of these children 8 years ago, and where have they been since?  Come and worship as a family and find a small slice of heaven here on earth, please.  Give your children the gift of Faith in The True Church!"

Father Paul knows this family well, as they are there every Sunday... Simon and Mary are servers, Paul is a reader of the Word, and many times they help serve rolls after mass and clean up.  David is a priest hugger, and is known to run up and hug the priests when he sees them!  Father is now principal of the Catholic School and sees the 4 oldest there daily, and Luke comes there for Pre-school.  I wouldn't be surprised to hear that he celebrated David a bit today, too!

Grandpa Patrick was honored to give David the Blood of Christ for the first time on his First Communion day!

The two Davids and Augustine in May when we had Hallel home on the farm for her first home visit in 4 years and then the news that she would be living in KC for the year! 

Hallel with our 8 grandsons in May...

Little Dave with precious time with his Aunt Little Sister Hallel.  There are fake plans for his family to see her again in June when they come home to the farm for John's wedding!

We were gifted with little Dave having his first Communion during a Monday night mass here at Holy Redeemer!  It was just the day before they left for Washington, and we could be there to support him!

The two Davids shared the most amazing gift of their lives - receiving Jesus' Body and Blood for the first time just a month apart!  Now each Sunday they share the banquet of heaven and earth!  Food for their journeys! 

I thank the Lord every day that we share our faith as a family... there is nothing that could make me happier and more filled with wonder and awe than to share our journey of Faith/Family/Farm!

How we loved having them with us!  Pat keeps toying with the idea of trying to drive out there this winter sometime.  Maybe... that is what we call "fake plans." 








Jesus, we are so blessed by all that The Church gives us for each day of our journeys!  Each day your Word speaks to us and The Holy Spirit fills us with your Truth!  We are filled with all we need and more to take Christ to the world - May we return the Love and Mercy you have poured upon us to all those we encounter... most especially those the closest to us in our domestic Church/family.  Jesus, we trust in you.  Amen and Hallelujah

Me and my little mini-me... it kind of is true!  Love!  Bless-bless, Barbara Mary Luke with my Evangeline Mary

Adoration with lilacs in May... the best hour I spend all week! 

Grandpa Pat did drive to Washington at the end of the summer!  He brought along Ruth's 4 oldest kids, too!  He is like that don't you know? 

 

Pray for all those traveling this week to the March For Life events around the country.
More Information: http://marchforlife.org/

Yes!!
Truth from Padre Pio!

More stories of the kids hearing their names during mass and being thrilled to hear them... Rose Ida heard her name during the creed - He "rose again."  Every time we say that and you look at her she is beaming!  Pat would ask her if she was Rosey Tosey... "No, I am Rose Again!"  Then she was wondering when her mom, Ruth's name was during mass..."I know mom... "I am not worthy that you should enter under my Ruth!"  So great!!!

By opening our lives to God in Christ, we become new creatures. This experience, which Jesus spoke of as the new birth, is essential if we are to be transformed nonconformists.” —Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Danielle Rose - See you in the Eucharist

Newsboys - We Believe

Newsboys - God's not dead

Proof positive that God's not dead!!!  Just have to share this over and over and over and over...

Pat had Ruth take this picture to share with his daughters of how he dresses for the -8 temps here today!  The gloves are a give away at how cold it is!  He prides himself that if it were around 10 degrees he would work without gloves.  There are many layers there... don't be too fooled!

In contrast... me in my chilly house for the day with my prayer shall around my neck and an unseen blanket over my lap....Sitting at the feet of my Lord, with my rabbi painting above my head.  My Lord was Jewish after all!!!