Harvey Millican's Blog: Musings of a Trad Dad

Just before midnight the skies opened up. Do you know where tons of rainwater goes when it hasn’t rained in three months and the ground is essentially clay under topsoil? Answer: wherever it can.

If you need me, I’ll be building an ark.

It seems the powers that be have decided it’s time for rain over these parts. For reference we haven’t had any real rain for about three months. But now we are due. And they even seem to know in advance that this storm system will stall for precisely two days. Amazing. If you cannot detect the facetious tone, no amount of chemtrails will convince you.

You already knew it was the feast of the great Guardian of Christ’s Holy Church, St. Michael the Archangel.

But did you also know that it’s National Coffee Day?

Honestly, I don’t know where I’d be without my morning cup.

In your charity, I would appreciate a Hail Mary or two for some personal intentions.

Thank you!

I watched this the other day and found it worth sharing. Hint: I have not watched anything of Fr. Isaac that I did NOT find worth sharing.

https://youtu.be/TwcRHmz5S40?is=O5jNZpjXZkhFBHmd

This is Saturday Ember Day in September. Fasting has so many benefits, both spiritual and bodily, that I often wonder why more of us aren’t doing this? Take a look at the first collect of the Mass (there are quite a few collects and lessons today):

“Almighty, everlasting God, ThouWho curest body and soul through healing self-denial, we humbly entreat Thy majesty to hear favorably the devout prayer of those who fast, and to grant us help for the present and the future.
Through our Lord…”

Check out the rest here.

Daily Traditional Latin Mass Readings (Propers)

Remember, the more penance we do in this life, the easier it might go for us in the next, as Fr. Buckley once told me.

And it really is not hard. Our Lord never asks of us what we cannot do by His grace. Your soul will thank you. Your body will thank you. If you are a husband and father like me, hopefully your wife and children will thank you because all of your prayers, sufferings, and good works should be offered for their sanctification.

Our Lady, Queen of Heaven and earth, pray for us!

Regular readers will note my devotion to the saint of the impossible.

It’s been a while since I posted this but, please know that I take the intentions of the readers of this blog to St. Rita every day.

If you have a personal intention, please send it to me by email and I will add it to the novena. Everything is kept in confidence.

St. Rita, patron of the impossible, pray for us!