Traditional Catholic Grandma & Sewist
Grandma's Place
If you learn everything except Christ, you learn nothing.
If you learn nothing but Christ, you learn everything.
Indulgenced Prayer
for a Christian Family
by Father Lasance
God of goodness and mercy, to Thy Fatherly protection we commend our family, our household and all that belongs to us. We commit all to Thy love and keeping; do Thou fill this house with Thy blessings even as Thou didst fill the holy House of Nazareth with Thy Presence.
Keep far from us, above all things else, the taint of sin, and do Thou alone reign in our midst by Thy law, by Thy most holy love and by the exercise of every Christian virtue. Let each one of us obey Thee, love Thee and set himself to imitate in his own life Thine example, that of Mary, Thy Mother and our Mother most loving, and that of Thy blameless Guardian, Saint Joseph.
Preserve us and our house from all evils and misfortunes, but grant that we may be ever resigned to Thy divine Will even in the sorrows which it shall please Thee to send us. Finally give us all the grace to live in perfect harmony and in the fulness of love towards our neighbor. Grant that every one of us may deserve by a holy life the comfort of Thy holy Sacraments at the hour of death. O Jesus, bless us and protect us.
O Mary, Mother of grace and of mercy, defend us against the wicked spirit, reconcile us with Thy son, commit us to His keeping, that so we may be made worthy of His promises.
Saint Joseph, foster-father of our Saviour, guardian of His holy Mother, head of the Holy Family, all times, intercede for us, bless us and defend our home at all times.
Saint Michael, defend us against all the wicked cunning of hell.
Saint Gabriel, make us to understand the holy Will of God.
Saint Raphael, keep us free from all sickness and from every danger to our lives.
Our holy Guardian Angels, keep our feet safely on the path of salvation both day and night.
Our holy Patrons, pray for us before the throne of God.
Yea, bless this house, O God the Father, Who hast created us; O God the Son, Who hast suffered for us upon the holy Cross, and Thou, O Holy Spirit, Who hast sanctified us in holy Baptism. May the one God in three divine Persons preserve our bodies, purify our minds, direct our hearts and bring us all to everlasting life.
Glory be to the Father, glory be to the Son, glory be to the Holy Ghost! Amen.
An indulgence of 500 days once a day (S. C. Ind., Jan. 19, 188g; S. P. Ap., March 2, I933).
Reference: "My Prayer Book" by Father Lasance
At Long Last,
The Dream Date
Far away in a desert land, long, long ago (make that about 2000 years ago) lived a not so nice King (Herod) in his palace-fortress. As history would bear out, garbage pick up didn't quite exist as we know and appreciate it today. Long story short, in 1962 excavators on the premises discovered several date palm seeds that were later brought back to life (germinated) by 2005. The tree was appropriately given the name Methuselah.
Fast forward from 2000 years of solitude, the palm finds a mate referred to as Hannah and around May of 2020 six hundred beautiful dates appeared on scene beginning a new genetic line.
Following this story for decades, it would be glorious to be able to taste the dates that were around at the time of Jesus, our Lord. But it turns out that as of my recent findings, they can only be purchased in Katura, Israel and not sold Internationally. So close, yet so far away. If it is any consolation (and it is), they are described as "really nice big blondish semi-dry dates with a honey aftertaste". From the land of milk and honey, I am pleased to know that this miracle of growth (with much credit to the genius of Doctors Sallon and Solowey) happened and resulted in fruit! Nevertheless, I can still dream that one fine day these dates will be sold in the States here at home.