Amanda the Great by Amanda El-Dweek for December 27, 2024

I wonder what people were thinking after the 3rd round down town

Driving in the HOV lane?

First on a grilled cheese sandwich, then on a curiously smeared window, and now in the front seat of an aging Subaru Forester in rural North Dakota.

I don’t care if it’s dark or scaryLong as I have magnetic MaryRidin’ on the dashboard of my carI feel I’m protected amplyI’ve got the whole Holy FamilyRiding on the dashboard of my car

Sister Lucia’s confessor questioned her about the reason for the five Saturdays asking why not seven or nine. She answered him in a letter dated June 12, 1930. In it she related about a vision she had of Our Lord while staying in the convent chapel part of the night of the twenty-ninth to the thirtieth of the month of May, 1930. The reasons Our Lord gave were as follows:

The five first Saturdays correspond to the five kinds of offenses and blasphemies committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary. They are:

Blasphemies against the Immaculate ConceptionBlasphemies against her virginityBlasphemies against her divine maternity, at the same time the refusal to accept her as the Mother of all menInstilling indifference, scorn and even hatred towards this Immaculate Mother in the hearts of childrenDirect insults against Her sacred images

Let us keep the above reasons firmly in our minds. Devotions have intentions attached to them and knowing them adds merit and weight to the practice.

Speaking of prayers I wanted to ask you guys to please say one for my dearly departed cat Duey. I lost him on Christmas Eve. His brother is a bit lost, but getting lots of attention. Many tears were shed, but he’s waiting on the other side of Rainbow Bridge for me now, along with all the rest of my dearly departed menagerie I expect.

Will the new tenants of what used to be the old hospital give medical care to all who need it?

Mary take the wheel.

There’s a song that begins, “I don’t care if it rains or freezes…” that mentions driving with the Virgin Mary.