Harvey Millican's Blog: Musings of a Trad Dad

In case anyone reading is not aware, I have a particular devotion to the saint of the impossible – St. Rita of Cascia. St. Rita has been very kind to me over many years and I thank God for this great friendship.

I pray an ongoing novena to her found here. Every nine days I start anew. For the past two years I have been asking readers if they have any particular intentions that I could add into this daily novena.

To my surprise, the list is now several pages long. And I don’t simply mention it once and then forget about it. Whatever anyone has asked me to pray for, I keep it on the list until I hear otherwise.

Yesterday I received a beautiful email from a man who had written in November asking for prayers for a particularly difficult situation. Turns out his prayer was answered in February and it just took him a little while to let me know. It’s all good. He got an extra few months of novena prayers!

Tonight I heard from a friend who is already on the list. She asks for prayers for an additional situation. It is done. I actually wonder sometimes how this came to me to be a sort of “apostle of Rita” if you will. But it is what I can do and I do it gladly.

If you have any intentions, please forward them to me by email. harvey@harveymillican.com . I will happily add you to the list and will pray until you tell me to stop.

St Rita of Cascia, Patron Saint of Impossible Causes, pray for us!

Please offer up a prayer to St. Rita for my intentions if you think of it.

I’ve said many times that man was never supposed to fly. Tin cans with wings are frightful inventions. And no one should ever be subject to a short layover at ATL connecting from A1 to E29.

Regardless… Thanks much for all the prayers as I’ve been traveling. I am home safe and sound.

Thanks be to God!

https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/arlington-nuns-file-for-restraining-order-against-catholic-officials/

For those who care to know…

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/day/april-21

And if anyone is curious why this post (written on May 14, 2024) is showing a publication date of April 21 and containing nothing of value other than a little history, here’s the story.

I wrote something on April 21st and published it. Some of you might remember it. It was the post about a family wedding. I have since met with that family member and made my objections known. Sadly, the outcome was less than ideal. In the course of our discussion, this family member mentioned having been hurt by the aforementioned post. I told her I’d take the post down (first time I’ve ever done that) if it would facilitate peace in the family. I’m not proud. But I also made it abundantly clear that I stand by what I wrote.

So why the “This Day in History”? Simply. I have a streak going on WordPress and I had to replace the post I removed with something.

I’m not proud.

I’m competetive.

The Collect of the Mass:

“Almighty God, Who showest to them that be in error the light of thy truth, to the intent that they may return into the way of righteousness, grant unto all them that are admitted into the fellowship of Christ’s Religion, that they may eschew those things that are contrary to their profession, and follow all such things as are agreeable to the same.”

Amen.