It is a beautius day in the Midwest, which is unusual for Chicago…I’m not a huge fan of March, but I’ll take it. It ususally is, “Gluggaveour” which is an Icelandic word (n.) lit. “Window-Weather” ; a weather that looks so nice and picturesque through the window, until you’re actually outside in it; a weather best enjoyed only behind the window…” Too chilly for me today and I think it’s going to snow tomorrow. So I’m not going to venture out to far. No I mean serious snow, 5″ inches or so…
This word made it into my own personal thersaurus, the one I have made of words that I want to keep for my writing’s. Future references for me. Just through this little bit in to get my blog post going.
This Blog was really about things I’m thankful for. As I lay in bed last night, I was thinking about how grateful I am for being Catholic. Yesterday was Ash Wednesday. I went and got ashes. This now starts the season of Lent. The Catholic Religion is so rich in tradition I always get a bit choked up when I’m in church. I thought about my mom and my grandmama. They set such a great example of what it was to be Catholic. Mom use to talk about a happy death, which is also a promise of the Rosary. I never really understood that, I mean it’s death. What could be happy about that.
I’m going to put a song here b/c I absolutely love this prayer and would love to share this with you…Andrea Bocelli, “The Lord’s Prayer”
For thine is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory, forever. Amen
When mom died, she showed me exactly what a happy death was. She was absolutely angelic at her furneral. I understood what she was talking about. I will be eternally grateful for the gift she and my grandmama of being Catholic. They lived there life exactly how I can only hope to live mine. I thank her and my dear sweet grandmama for showing me how to live my Catholic religion.
Being Catholic is the best gift to have been given by my mom and for that I say, “Thank you, Mom. I hope I make you proud of my life as a Catholic.” I love my religion and I can only hope that I have passed that gift of being Catholic to my kids…
