When I came downstairs after I got dressed, I heard:
Primo: Hey mom, nice overalls!
Bubba: Mom, nice square pants!
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Sunday, May 28, 2006
From the pews
Bubba: Is this a couch?
Me: No, it's called a pew.
Bubba: A PEW!!!???
After Fr. Bryan's Thanksgiving mAss
Bubba: Are we done in this place?
Me: Yes, Mass is over.
Bubba: Is it party time now?
Me: No, it's called a pew.
Bubba: A PEW!!!???
After Fr. Bryan's Thanksgiving mAss
Bubba: Are we done in this place?
Me: Yes, Mass is over.
Bubba: Is it party time now?
Ordination
Mom and I went to the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart yesterday for ordination Mass. Our diocese ordained 17 men yesterday, one of whom we have known since he did a semester long placement at our parish 4 years ago. Fr. Bryan Page is a great guy, and Our Lady of the Lake in Verona is lucky to be getting him.
We went to his Thanksgiving Mass with the whole family last night at St. Francis in Hoboken. Now, Hoboken is the birthplace of baseball and Frank Sinatra. Ol' Blue Eyes was baptized at St. Francis, which was cool, but not the coolest thing about being at St. Francis last night.
Fr. Bryan's family was there (duh) and when he processed in beind all of his conclelebrants, They all got weepy. They were so proud of him. I have to say I choked up too. I can't rule out the role of my hormones in the crying, but I just imagined myself in maybe 25 years and perhaps I would be sitting in Mrs. Page's place as one of my sons said his first Mass and the misty eyes began.
At the end of Mass, before the final blessing, Fr. Bryan took a moment to give a gift to his mom. When a man is ordained, the bishop anoints his hands and binds them with a white cloth to demonstrate the man's ties to his local church and to God. Fr. Bryan presented this cloth (the name of which escapes me) to his mom saying that newly ordained priests give this to their mothers and that when it is the mother's turn to met her maker, she is buried with it wrapped around her hands. The story goes, that when she meets Our Lord, and He asks her, "What did you do for me in your life," she can show Jesus the cloth and say, "I gave you a priest."
That was the coolest thing about being at St. Francis last night.
We went to his Thanksgiving Mass with the whole family last night at St. Francis in Hoboken. Now, Hoboken is the birthplace of baseball and Frank Sinatra. Ol' Blue Eyes was baptized at St. Francis, which was cool, but not the coolest thing about being at St. Francis last night.
Fr. Bryan's family was there (duh) and when he processed in beind all of his conclelebrants, They all got weepy. They were so proud of him. I have to say I choked up too. I can't rule out the role of my hormones in the crying, but I just imagined myself in maybe 25 years and perhaps I would be sitting in Mrs. Page's place as one of my sons said his first Mass and the misty eyes began.
At the end of Mass, before the final blessing, Fr. Bryan took a moment to give a gift to his mom. When a man is ordained, the bishop anoints his hands and binds them with a white cloth to demonstrate the man's ties to his local church and to God. Fr. Bryan presented this cloth (the name of which escapes me) to his mom saying that newly ordained priests give this to their mothers and that when it is the mother's turn to met her maker, she is buried with it wrapped around her hands. The story goes, that when she meets Our Lord, and He asks her, "What did you do for me in your life," she can show Jesus the cloth and say, "I gave you a priest."
That was the coolest thing about being at St. Francis last night.
Friday, May 26, 2006
Update on Nancy's family
Their second eldest child, stationed with the Navy in Hawaii, has started a website with the family's side of the story in dealing with Arizona CPS. If you are moved by the family's ordeal, you can make a donation through Paypal at the website for Nancy's and James' legal defense. Please continue to pray for all those who are involved.
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Help
Found this on Open Book Yesterday and I can't get it out of my head or off of my heart.
Alicia the midwife's friend and fellow midwife Nancy's family is in a large pickle. It's horrifying. Every bit of it. Read the original post here on Alicia's blog, Fructus Ventris. Go here for the update from 5/19 and here for today's post with the photo of the 13 month old baby who was taken from his parents and briefly returned to them bruised and swollen.
Anyone who knows media people in Arizona who reads these entries and can get these people some help, please do. Maybe some print media attention will help. If you don't know people, please pray for them. That will help too.
Holy Family, pray for them. St. Michael, protect the children.
UPDATE: The family has contracted an attorney, but they are not wealthy. There is a link to a PayPal account for their legal defense at Alicia's blog. Follow this link.
Alicia the midwife's friend and fellow midwife Nancy's family is in a large pickle. It's horrifying. Every bit of it. Read the original post here on Alicia's blog, Fructus Ventris. Go here for the update from 5/19 and here for today's post with the photo of the 13 month old baby who was taken from his parents and briefly returned to them bruised and swollen.
Anyone who knows media people in Arizona who reads these entries and can get these people some help, please do. Maybe some print media attention will help. If you don't know people, please pray for them. That will help too.
Holy Family, pray for them. St. Michael, protect the children.
UPDATE: The family has contracted an attorney, but they are not wealthy. There is a link to a PayPal account for their legal defense at Alicia's blog. Follow this link.
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