It was an eleven hour house wake-up, but we got up at 9:30 am which is really late for us, but it felt really good to sleep in. Definitely in the throws of January in Chicago and I’m pretty sure I’m not going out til it’s warm. But we got to church last night and that was a good thing. Definitely our place to find peace.
That is definitely one of the gift’s that my mom gave me, being Catholic. She was a great role model for which I will be eternally grateful for. I love my religion and I have many stories of what I think are God’s grace he has blessed me with. I just have to put up this song w/this post b/c I love, love, love it and I know so would my mom !!!
One of the gifts that really gets me through just about anything is the Rosary. It is a truly wonderful prayer. I have even had my own little miracles with my Rosary. I have read a couple of books on the Rosary and it is extremely powerful when you are in need of just about anything.
In the books that I have read about the Rosary, people would say that the chains linking together the beads somehow would change color. Mine never did, but I guess I didn’t need to have that happen for me to believe in the power of the Rosary.
Of course then there are the Miracles of Mary which I have always loved and found fascinating St. Bernadette, who was born in Lourdes and the 3 children with Our Lady of Fatima just to name a few. I’m just going to end with the fact that the Rosary is my go to prayer when I need one.
When we were raising our kids, we use to go to our church on Tuesday night and say the Rosary w/a group of parishioners. I really loved that b/c it was good for my soul and I think it taught my kids. They didn’t have the benefit of going to a Catholic grade school as I did so they missed out on a lot of being Catholic.
Sorry I digress, but my miracle w/the Rosary came from my son Matthew and his bride-to-be on the day of their wedding. They presented me with a beautiful Rosary that now sits on my dresser. I’ve had it blessed and it is just one of the most special gifts I have ever received. I have pictures of that day which I will share with you below. Yes I was crying b/c it was just such an emotional time and I was so touched by the gift. I realized that they were really paying attention when we would go to say the Rosary on Tuesday night…(it wasn’t just the ice cream afterwards 😉 ). My birthday is on the Feast of the Assumption which is when Mary went up to Heaven (A holy day of obligation in the Catholic Church) Just a little factoid. Thank you again Matthew & Hannah for the wonderful memory of that time. I love you to the moon !!!
