Harvey Millican's Blog: Musings of a Trad Dad

Two days ago it was my late father’s 88th birthday.

Well, one year and two day later, my dear Mom made her debut. She’s still very much with us, by the way.

In your charity please offer a prayer for her on this her 87th birthday.

A friend sent me a tweet. In deference to him I will simply quote it. He doesn’t want the credit. I appreciate that. But I wholeheartedly agree with the sentiment. So here goes…

“If I’ve never said this before let me say it now: I give the unlimited and irrevocable power of agency to anyone, anywhere to offer prayers and spiritual sacrifices for my soul and the souls of my wife and children. (And thank you in advance to anyone who uses this authority!)”

Please use this wisely and please also consider authorizing others to pray on your behalf.

On this day in 1936 my father was born. In your charity, please offer a prayer for the repose of his soul. He was particularly devoted to daily Mass and to the rosary. Shouldn’t we all be? These two things (along with how to tie both my shoes and a necktie) were the most important lessons he passed on to me, the youngest of his 8 sons. He also had 8 daughters. He used to say, “Some men invest in retirement accounts. I invested in children.”

In his honor I will have a brandy Manhattan or two tonight.

And I can still smell his Prince Albert pipe tobacco wafting in the air.

Our Lady, Queen of the Rosary, pray for us!

https://fatima.org/first-saturday-devotion/

I always suggest doing the five First Saturdays to all who have not engaged this beautiful devotion before. Blessed Mother gave us this through Sr. Lucia for a good reason. It is for our time. Although I (uncharacteristically) missed Mass today, I have completed the First Saturdays many times in the past.

Things to consider…

• It is always a good idea to confess one’s sins (and yes, even past sins).
• We never know how much time any of us has on this earth. Don’t delay a practice that takes five months to complete. Start now.

I wish you all a blessed Saturday and weekend! It appears the eclipse (I’m in the direct path of totality) may actually be visible as it looks like the cloud cover might part in time. And then we’re supposed to get slammed with “gorilla hail and tornadoes” according to the Storm Prediction Center.

Man, it’s hard not to be let your mind wander toward conspiracies when there are just so many coincidences. Tack on an LOL after that in your mind.

Our Lady of Good Counsel, Ora pro nobis!

Let’s recap…

• Total eclipse
• Jonah
• Nineveh
• Annunciation
• Earthquake in my native New Jersey (near a town called Lebanon)

Are you “shook”? No need to go nuts or anything but just because it’s salutary and all that, why not…

Been to confession lately?

…said many about particular situations in their lives.

“Tell me about it,” said St. Rita.*

https://www.saintritashrine.org/novena-prayers