Days of Gratitude - Day 44

 

And keeping along the same path as yesterday, I am grateful for the wonderful priests that I had too.  Yes, I know there are some that are not following the gospel or their calling, if they even had one but that is not all of them.  Yes, there were ones who were stern that were in our parish from time to time but for the most part these fathers that I knew listened to me, answered my questions and cared for the parish they were assigned to.  

The two we have in our parish now are a long way from their home which is Nigeria and probably wonder at many of our ways compared to the way they were raised but they are really good men and they are there any time you call upon them.  I am grateful for them and the love they show this family of parishes. 

Days of Gratitude - Day 43

 

Today I want to say thank you to the nuns that I had as teachers.  Mainly because society has this idea that they all were mean, or scary or cruel and comics and shows make fun of being taught by them all the time.  The nuns that taught in our schools were kind and caring.  I remember one of the nuns on yard duty having kindergarten and grade 1 children all holding one of her fingers like a flock of 10 around her as she carefully tried to walk with them all.  When they came outside we all ran to them, calling "Sister!  Sister!"

Yes, I know there were those that did not live the gospel and were doing evil things, like all people can do but these Sisters of St. Joseph loved children and showed it every day.  When I watch the movies - Bells of St. Mary or Trouble with Angels I remember these good sisters and thank them for touching my life.   

Days of Gratitude - Day 42

 

I started life being taken to Mass, and then there were the times that I refused to go but then I went back and now I am hugely grateful for the Mass.

There is nothing more beautiful, more miraculous more deeply moving than Mass and I will never skip a Mass again beyond being too ill to go and I pray that doesn't not happen for too long because my heart always longs to attend Mass.