Everything was lovely at the wake on Friday. Fr. Beattie was on a roll and had them laughing and telling stories like you should at an Irish wake. I took him home as he wasn’t interested in eating out. I had soup and went to bed early.
On Saturday, I went to St. John Baptist in White Oak. Fr. Brault, the pastor was very welcoming and gave a great homily on the Baptismal promises that are fulfilled at the time of death. I just sat on the side but he had the deacon bring Communion to me. I did use the oxygen. Two of the siblings gave surprisingly similar sharings about Robert (they had not discussed their talks). He was an important part of the family and he will be missed at family events. Do keep him and his Mom and family in your prayers.
I saw Joan, Eileen and Jay, and Mike Jones there and we all agreed to “horn in” on Michael and Theresa some Sunday afternoon in August or September and just laugh!!!
I spent the rest of Saturday working on this 50th reunion for the guys of St. Nazianz. Again, I’ll keep you posted.
This morning, I drove out to Darnestown and had the 9:00am Mass. I think I had a good homily on “getting rid of stuff”. I told them I was really preaching to myself. (I do have two boxes for the Sodality fair in November already full in my room).
I had the 12:30pm Mass here and then I had a baptism. Keep Molly Carroll and her family in your prayers. Also her Dad and Uncles were students at GC. Then a lot of cousins and friends who also went to GC (Some were girls!!!) joined Molly and me in a photo op. I hope to get a copy and learn how to put photos on this blog.
Now I am waiting for the 5:30pm, which I have and then home for soup and relaxation.
I talked to Bette, Sister Natalie’s cousin and she told me Natalie fell and is in a wheel chair. On August 15th, she will move out to Ohio to their health care facility. Bette and Tom are visiting this week, so I think I’ll go the beginning of next week and say “Goodbye”.
Also Barb is back from New Jersey. She thinks her sister, Jane, knew she was there. She had a nice visit with her nieces and I think she is ready to let her go. Keep all of them in your prayers.
Time to go to Mass.
Tell Natalie that I’m thinking about her. She never made it up here. So, if she has a new address let me know what it is and I will forward some pictures to her. Our summer is wrapping up, and the weather is started to become cooler. (Summer is officially over at the end of this week up here. It’s the Regatta Week where lots of people race in sculls on Qidi Vidi Lake. They’ve been doing it for over 300 year every August. I am not going as there is no place to sit down and I don’t link being bitten by bugs. I may be coming down to the area in the fall to get a second medical opinion from my heart doctor down there. I just don’t trust the medical system up here and am not convinced I have atrial fibrillation. So I may just wander over your way to say hi to folks. Peace out
I’ll keep you in prayer as you say “good bye” to Natalie. I know this will not be easy!