Today’s Consuming Fire Meditation- – A Daily Dose of the Flame of Love Diary Served Up with Today’s Scriptures
Memorial of Saint Joachim and Anne
Grandparent’s Day
At that moment, my youngest daughter M, the mother of two small children, came in. She said: “I have to look for work because one salary is not enough” (her husband is a teacher). I decided to help her. I gave up my good paying work at the cooperative (which consisted of painting plastics), so that she did not have to leave the two small children alone in the house. This was my final sacrifice. (Elizabeth) (1961-1962)
Today’s Readings (Optional Readings): And for all time their progeny will endure,
their glory will never be blotted out;
Their bodies are peacefully laid away,
but their name lives on and on.
At gatherings their wisdom is retold,
and the assembly proclaims their praise. (Sirach 44)
Prayer Meditation- O Lord we bless You, we adore You, and we praise You because today we celebrate grandparents! We extol their wisdom or at least we should and we mourn when they leave us leaving memories of the sacrifices they made to make our lives happy and safe, especially when baby sitting us like Elizabeth did for her grandkids! And now many of us may be in that position as grandparents and it is the best kind of love you can have on this Earth! And I just know Saint Anne and Saint Joachim, even though they may not have been around when You were born, must have been and continue to be so in awe that their little blessed Mary born later in life was the One chosen by You to be Your Mother and ours! So let us Lord be thankful for our grandparents and parents and our children and grandchildren bringing them all to You in Your Holy and Divine Will because united to You and in Your Love may our names live on in Your Glory forever amen!
