Prayer
Hedwig
A couple weeks ago, I met a woman who was introduced as Heddy. She explained that her real name was Hedwig after the saint of the same name. She felt her name was so unusual and not very appealing, so she went by Heddy. On October 15 as I was listening to my Hallow app, […]
It was such good news to hear that my friend’s mom was discharged from the hospital today. In one of the messages, my friend mentioned that she needed to get a new toilet seat for her mom. I remembered that I had kept the bedside commode that we purchased for my mom. It was all […]
Supportive Group
My friend spent the day in the hospital with her mother as they waited for her to have a pacemaker implanted. It was a long day with a long wait and my friend kept me and our friend’s group updated. There were a lot of prayers by everyone all during the day. Her mom had […]
That is Enough
During the past couple of days, a prayer from St. Ignatius of Loyola keeps coming up. I have learned that when these kinds of things happen that I had better pay attention. The prayer goes like this: Take Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will, all that I […]
Prayer for the Deceased
A friend and I went to the cemetery this morning. The group of men from Knights of Columbus gather there on the 2nd Saturday of the month to pray the rosary for all those buried there. We joined in. It was a beautiful day and so peaceful praying with everyone. Then my friend and I […]
Humbled by Sacrifice
Today I spent some time with a friend from my prayer group who I have known for several years. She sat in her favorite recliner, put on YouTube, and found a video of the Divine Mercy. We followed the video and prayed along. Every now and then during the 15 minute prayer, she was silent […]
Militant Atheist
Today I met a couple of ladies after Mass to pray the rosary for the priest. As we gathered, a couple of them brought their husbands and one invited another friend. We introduced ourselves and the friend said he was a militant atheist, now searching for faith. I don’t know exactly what prompted him to […]
Intercession of Archangels
Today is the Feast of the Archangels, one of my favorite days. I have always been fascinated by angels and have felt strength when praying for their help. When I was at my friend’s house today, we watched a couple of videos that talked about where the Archangels were mentioned in the Bible and their […]
Blessings of the Present
This morning I got into my Hallow app and saw that a new 21 days of prayer was starting. I put on the first podcast and to my surprise, it was Deion Sanders speaking. He talked about his spiritual conversion. Even though he was an athletic superstar, he had inner turmoil that just wouldn’t cease […]
Masculinity
Tonight I turned on the first football game of the season. Before the game started, they showed some of the players getting ready. One of the men was with his wife and infant son. He held his baby in his large hands as he talked to him. Then he gave him back to his mom, […]
