Just finished doing morning prayer with my both my parents and in our litany of prayer for family there comes evidence of just how important it is to have a loving faith filled home!
Dad had a procedure yesterday at Vets, so he is limited in his activity for the next 4 weeks. He had fake plans to bowl this morning, but we decided that he shouldn't chance getting bleeding. Stopping to do a few pieces in the ongoing puzzle is his new routine after meals! We found 4 quick pieces and it was fun to share!
The 3rd antiphon before Psalm 8 today echoed my sharing to my parents about sharing prayer with the family of my children when I am with them... Praying the rosary with Maria's family each day I am with them, praying with Nancy and Bill's each family at night gathered for the rosary, intentions, and litany of the Saints!
On the lips of children and infants you have found perfect praise.
Dominic also relates to his two Saints Dominic and Patrick. And Josephine pronounces proudly her "JoJo Kita"....Josephine Bahkita!
https://familysoulstory.blogspot.com/p/the-story-of-little-lamb-grandson.html
Another verse from the readings today make me smile after watching these two playing and jumping together...
"Out of the Red Sea an unimpeded road,
and a grassy plain out of the mighty flood.
Over this crossed the whole nation sheltered by your hand,
after they beheld stupendous wonders.
For they ranged about like horses,
and bounded about like lambs,
praising you, O Lord! their deliverer."
Wisdom 18
Seeing the JOY of seeing God at work in our lives! Gives us JOY off the charts as we "bound about like lambs or calves!"
I am very excited about some fake plans for tomorrow involving Nancy and Bill and the 8 kids that they have for the weekend... their 5 and 3 of Ruth and Paul's! I will be bringing my parents to mass at Sacred Heart in Robbinsdale where Nancy and Bill were married on August 28, 2011. Nancy and Bill will bring 2 vehicles with the 8 kids to meet us at mass and then we will go to Mac and Dons for some lunch and time with my parents! Talk about bounding lambs and calves all around us... I predict that mom and dad will be worn out in quick order, but at least my grandkids can see their great grandparents for a small window... as this time is precious!
The new normal now is working out well, and the bottom line is having time with both of my parents as they are using their canes now to struggle down the narrow path to heaven forever with Jesus, Mary, the Saints and Angels! I sat at the feet of my father while he taught me his prayer time and his study and using Psalm 23 to pray for him and mom...
"He guides us along the right paths
for his name’s sake.
4 Even though we walk
through the darkest valley,[a]
We will fear no evil,
for you are with us;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort us..."
How I love to see how he is united with mom unto death do they part!
He also mentions the good thief on the cross and how Christ brings him into the Kingdom that very day!
Luke 23:39-43
[39] One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: "Aren't you the Christ? Save yourself and us!"
[40] But the other criminal rebuked him. "Don't you fear God," he said, "since you are under the same sentence? [41] We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong."
[42] Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom."
[43] Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in
Dad; "How I pray that the Lord will say those words to mother and I!"
"O God of love, my Savior,
eternally sweet and tender,
heart and soul I thirst for You!
You fill my soul; and yet
the more I taste of You, the more I hunger.
The deeper I drink of You, the more I thirst.
Come, Jesus! Come, Lord!"
St Gertrude the Great
Germany ~ 1256 – 1302
Benedictine nun, mystic
Patroness of West Indies
Advocate of devotion to the Sacred Heart
Feast Day – November 16
While we were praying together we looked out to see, to our delight, a cardinal on the feeder! Some of their family has made sure to bring their beloved bird feeder here and placed it outside of their window and keeping food in it! Thanks to all the family that is making this a happy joyfilled home! Bless-bless, Barb
A prayer for couples down the road of many years together! My parent celebrated their 70th anniversary in August! Tempered by the fires of God's love - yes in some ways and no in others, but that is what happens with 2 sinful humans coming together in marriage... one can hope and pray and die to self and try to put the other one first! Hard to do, but what we are called to do!
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, fountain of eternal life,
Your Heart is a glowing furnace of Love. You are my refuge and my sanctuary.
O my adorable and loving Savior, consume my heart with the burning fire with which Yours is aflamed. Pour down on my soul those graces which flow from Your love. Let my heart be united with Yours. Let my will be conformed
to Yours in all things. May Your Will be the rule of all my desires and actions.
Amen. ~ Saint Gertrude the Great
Danielle Rose - Small things with great love
Danielle Rose - the Saint that is just me
Holy Now - Peter Mayer
The cardinal reminds me of this song and my time here sharing faith with my parents... everything is holy now since they brought all 13 of us into The Church 48 years ago! Every day is a gift of great price!
https://familysoulstory.blogspot.com/p/the-amazing-story-of-13-becoming.html
The cardinal reminds me of this song and my time here sharing faith with my parents... everything is holy now since they brought all 13 of us into The Church 48 years ago! Every day is a gift of great price!
https://familysoulstory.blogspot.com/p/the-amazing-story-of-13-becoming.html
New Catholics at "the farm"... a far cry from what I know the farm to be now as 41 years a farmer's wife! Who would have guessed that this city girl would be a farmer's wife!?!
https://familysoulstory.blogspot.com/p/my-most-cherished-cross-patrick-gerard.html
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