We are entering our 8th week of hospice for dad here in my home. For the most part we have done well, and he certainly is quite stable for the most part. We are in the process of working with Veterans at some further treatments, and all seems to be working out quite well for him here 3 hours from his VA in Minneapolis. Dad said that he is glad not to be that close to all the mess now with the riots and all.
She lost her mother a few weeks ago, so we are very sensitive to her loss as dad and I just experienced that on March 16th with mother falling in the morning, breaking her hip, and dead by 5:15p! Very similar to our nurse's loss, and now a brother's wife lost her mother a week ago, too! Many prayers for the dead as we share prayer through the day!
Love what St Paul says today in the first reading from 2 Timothy 1... before we came into The Church, my parents prayed over me and I was baptized in the Holy Spirit as a 16 year old! So I also shared that with my dad and mother, and attending a prayer group at The Cenacle Convent in Wayzata led to our conversion!
For this reason, I remind you to stir into flame
the gift of God that you have through the imposition of my hands.
For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice
but rather of power and love and self-control.
So do not be ashamed of your testimony to our Lord,
nor of me, a prisoner for his sake;
but bear your share of hardship for the Gospel
with the strength that comes from God.
2 Tim 1
The Holy Spirit at work in my father and then my husband - stir to flame in me!
https://familysoulstory.blogspot.com/p/the-amazing-story-of-13-becoming.html
https://familysoulstory.blogspot.com/p/my-most-cherished-cross-patrick-gerard.html
Maria has updated her blog, so I am having some fun today sharing from Washington, too! Here are the 6 in the masks that "T" has made for the family. Maria shares that they only wear them when they are required to. They went through covid and are on the other side!
One thing about these weeks with dad... I have been allowing myself to rethink some of what happened leading up to his coming here. But I must remind myself that it was all according to "His own design" of the Lord! The doors all closed up there, and armed with the prophesying of my father years before that he would come and live with me, and the support of others in the family - this happened! As we pray through each day and meet each bump in the road with the help of hospice and the Lord's design for us... we are trudging down the narrow path with heaven forever in our sights!
More from 2 Timothy today! LOVE St Paul so much!
He saved us and called us to a holy life,
not according to our works
but according to his own design
and the grace bestowed on us in Christ Jesus before time began,
but now made manifest
through the appearance of our savior Christ Jesus,
who destroyed death and brought life and immortality
In the midst of the chaplet I have also found comfort picturing my mother with my sister, Mary, and Brother, Lincoln, with their many big wonderful dogs leaping for JOY all around them on a decade - praying for their entry into heaven forever!
Happy Feast Day
St. Charles Lwanga
1860-1886
Feastday: June 3
Patronage: youth, converts, torture victims, Catholic action
Saint Charles Lwanga is one of the martyrs of Uganda, killed during King Mwanga’s reign. In 1879, the White Fathers (Society of Missionaries of Africa) welcomed by Mwanga’s father, came and started to evangelize Uganda. Mwanga, violent and a pedophile, came to power in 1884. He hated the Christians of the court, especially because they kept the royal pages away from his advances. St. Charles was the page’s guide, instructing them about the faith. When they would not renounce the faith, Mwanga ordered them to be executed. 13 Catholic and 11 Anglican were martyred. They said, “You can burn our bodies but you cannot harm our souls.”
Jan 1, 1904 - To her mother:
"... I spent a heavenly day close
"... I spent a heavenly day close
to the Blessed Sacrament, and I took you with me,
for you know very well I never leave you.
I am so happy about the nice day you had."
Sept 11, 1901 - "Every Sunday, we have the Blessed Sacrament
exposed in the oratory. When I open the door...
it seems to me rather like the gate of Heaven opening!
Then I present to Jesus all those who are in my heart,
and there, close to Him, I find them again."
St Elizabeth of the Trinity
Excerpts from
Light, Love, Life: Elizabeth of the Trinity
Kutless - Holy of Holies
Casting Crowns - If we are the Body
John's prayers are being answered - longs to share the love and healing he was given 11 years ago!
Chaplet of Divine Mercy in song! LOVE! Did this many times with my mother-in-law in her last few days of life!
It also was a bridge with my non-catholic family members - What is this new prayer on the rosary? They were intrigued that there was only one hail Mary or mention of Mary. They prayed it with my mother-in-law...evangelizing from her death bed! Wow! She was amazing! I miss her a lot!
Excerpts from
Light, Love, Life: Elizabeth of the Trinity
It also was a bridge with my non-catholic family members - What is this new prayer on the rosary? They were intrigued that there was only one hail Mary or mention of Mary. They prayed it with my mother-in-law...evangelizing from her death bed! Wow! She was amazing! I miss her a lot!
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