A dear friend who has cancer came for a visit today and we had a good talk. Please keep E. in your prayers as she deals with so many thing that swirl around the life of anyone who has cancer.
Then St. Anthony came through!!! I had put the shopping bag on top of the cabinets in the business office when I stopped to give them gold coins – and I forgot it. I had mentioned it to a staff member and she called and left me a message that she thought she’d seen the bag there. AND IT WAS. Two days of anxiety and lack of trust. I hope I learned something!!!!
Then I had the 11am Mass. Two priest concelebrated and the Legion of Mary joined the congregation. We had a lot of people and music. The Mass wasn’t over till noon. One of the priest was Ray Lilly, a Jesuit who use to be at Gonzaga. What a nice surprise. He is also friends with my cousins, the Gibbins family.
Then we held a prayer service about Mary for people with disabilities in our chapel. Two families came and we had incense and medals and ribbons and music. It was very restful. Then we had a chance to visit afterwards with refreshements in the library. We try to do thing like that a couple of times a year.
Then I went and gave the Sacrament of the Sick to a lovely lady whom I visited about a month ago. Her maiden name was McDermott but we couldn’t find that we were related. Some of her sons and their wives were there and we had a nice service. She was aware of things and we laughed about our last visit. Please keep Frances (my mom’s name too) and her family in your prayers.
Of course, since we’re all Washingtonians, we knew lots of people in common.
I just finished confessions and now I’m going over to have supper (the Phillipinos left me a lot of food) and then early to bed.
Have CCD confessions at 8:45 and then have the 10:30 Mass in church. Afterwards, my cousins, Rick and Peg and I are going to visit the familly graves and decorate for Christmas. I have to be back for the 5:30pm Mass but they are very good at organizing this tour.
I, for one, welcome the increased frequency of your posts….especially after a busy and long day, like Dec. 8. Picked up Isabelle at 8:15 am for the 9:00 Mass. Then we joined Terry and Hal for breakfast to celebrate Hal’s 77th. At 2 we celebrated the 15th birthday of one of our Hispanic community members. Masses at 5 and 7 rounded out the day. Now I’m up and ready to face a foggy drive back to church for another busy day.