Dad and I sharing morning prayer for Mary's birthday with a special display for her big day!
She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus,
because he will save his people from their sins.”
All this took place to fulfill
what the Lord had said through the prophet:
Behold, the virgin shall be with child and bear a son,
and they shall name him Emmanuel,
which means “God is with us.”
Thank you, Mary, for saying "yes" to bringing LIFE into the world! The Gospel Canticle from morning prayer says it all!!! "Your birth, O Virgin Mother of God, proclaims joy to the whole world, for from you arose the glorious Sun of Justice, Christ our God; he freed us from the age-old curse and filled us with holiness; he destroyed death and gave us eternal life."
The statue dad was gifted for his many years as Deacon at St Frances de Sales Catholic Church in Manistique, MI.
A sidenote - this shingle was from a stations of the Cross that mom made and put in the trees behind our cabin in Michigan. My brother went there for a visit this summer and found this one for the 4th station - Jesus meet his mother. So special to have that back now with dad and Our Lady and mother!Now with mom's artwork on the wall of our beloved Michigan beach. My view of heaven in my inner temple is very much the peace and joy I would find there each summer since I was a girl and then after my parents built a vacation/retirement home there in 1998! How I miss going there!
Some of the cleanup crew and we had our last meal together last night in the shop!Blessing our food and the prayers continue for safety for Maria and her family!
Enjoying the fruits of our labors. When they set up for tonight they were very surprised at the transformation. Any other year we would have had a neighborhood party, too ,but not this year due to the situation in the world!
Joy and Jude eating together.
Tonight we will fill the place...
LOVE to have traditions, but the licorice just was not helpful this year.
Sigh...
Grandpa with the 4 little girls.
I guess we need sweets this year to celebrate Mary's birthday, right?
Ending the summer with crazy Farm Family Time Supreme!

The Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary
“Today, the reformation of our nature begins, & the aging world is transformed anew to the divine likeness & receives the beginning of a second formation by God”
St. Andrew of Crete
Danielle Rose!
















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