At home for the Feast of Entrance of the Theotokos

Blessed feast everyone!
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Praying for Maureen today...
and others on my heart that I cannot speak of...
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Mr. Husband and I are still sick
and were not able to go to liturgy :(
Please pray for us also -
we really want to be back to our normal selves...
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Today I have opened all the windows
and Mr. Husband and I hope to be able to go out
and get some fish to make for dinner today
for the Feast.


The weather is unseasonably warm
so it is nice to have
windows open and sunlight...

Our wedding crowns :)

I lit our bedroom lampada
and am cleaning as much as I can
to get our lives back in order
and to help us get
over this lingering
sickness.

 

Cleo is loving the windows open too!
I am trying to get in a better habit of daily
Cleo brushing
and to do so I give her a treat afterwards.
She too had a nicer treat for the Feast!
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Mr. Husband and I went over some of the prayers
last night for today's feast
and they are so beautiful!
And the lines for Christmas are wonderful!
This is a blessed time of year...

Memory Eternal!

 

Maureen's father has fallen asleep in the Lord.
Please pray for newly departed (Michael) Nathaniel
and for Maureen, her Mother and siblings
as they walk down this
deep valley of grief.
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Memory Eternal!
Memory Eternal!
Memory Eternal!
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May God remember newly departed Nathaniel
in His Kingdom!
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May God comfort His beloved children
in their loss!
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Most Holy Theotokos comfort and protect
these dear ones of your Son!

Prayers for those we love

 

Please continue to pray for Maureen
who hopes to fly out today
to see her father who
is in his last days of life.
Please pray for Maureen, her father,
mother and siblings.
Lord have mercy!
Most Holy Theotokos bring protection
and comfort!
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Please also pray for my dear blog friend Anna
who is in England
and whose blog I have enjoyed over the years
and who I met in Ottawa a few summers ago...
her part of England is flooding,
she has had to evacuate house, she and
her cat Tango.
This is very stressful as she and many others
do not know the state of their houses today
and how much water they may be standing in.
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After living through what is now called
Superstorm Sandy
I know how stressful this is for Anna and
all those who are experiencing flooding.
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I've been back home since Monday from
our travels and
I have come down with
quite the head cold.
So some things,
like getting
into a routine with swimming,
will have to wait...
But at least I can pray and light candles for
those in need...
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My illness is smaller in scale than
losing one's father
or having one's house flood
but prayers for a good recovery for me
are also welcomed...
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Thanking God that His goodness never fails
and that He is our Protection and
Refuge during life's storms and
valleys.

Please, please pray

 

One of the blessings of the blog world
is a wonderful community of women
who I feel I share life
throughout thick and thin.
One of these dear sisters in Christ,
Maureen,
who I have been blog friends with for quite sometime
needs our prayers.
Her father has been struggling with cancer
and is now in his last week or two of life.
To lose one's father when one is still in the earlier part of
life is very difficult -
Maureen is now facing this valley and
I am asking you for prayers on her and her father's behalf.
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She hopes to fly out to see her father soon and has
the following prayer requests:
 - my mom and the people helping her can get the last details wrinkled out in terms of funeral, burial, etc
- my sister and I can get back in time to say goodbye

- the doctors and nurses give my dad the best care possible (not that they haven’t so far)

- that my dad is able to stay at home for the last few days; it would have meant a lot to him
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 Please keep Maureen, her father, mother and siblings in your prayers.
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Lord have mercy
Lord have mercy
Lord have mercy
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Most Holy Theotokos save us!