Somewhere along the line yesterday I had read or seen some thing about a picture of the Blessed Virgin called "Our Lady of the Book". Later on yesterday afternoon after "blogging", etc. I went to my bookcase and saw a picture, framed that must have been among some of my brother Bob's things when we helped him move from Lodi. Lo and behold, when looking at it, I remembered that it was "Our Lady of the Book"!!! It is really a lovely picture and why I hadn't paid that much attention to it before I'll never know!! In it Our Lady is holding the child Jesus and there is what looks like a Bible on a table, open, as though she was reading it, and the Child Jesus, like any "little one" would do, has his hand on the book, but he is looking at her and on His wrist is a small bracelet like a "crown of thorns"!!! It's kind of spooky in a way that I had never really looked at it before and in fact I was looking for something else on the bookshelf! You, Steve, will have to see it. Remind me when you get home. I also found on my bookshelf two copies, hardbound, of a small book written by Robert Moynihan. The title of the book is The Spiritual Vision of Benedict XVI, "Let God's Light Shine Forth". I have no idea where they came from but you can have one of them!!! Maybe they were among some of Barbara's things that the girls brought over after her death!!!! So I do have the picture in my living room and like I said, It's been quite a couple of days!!!
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Forgiveness....
All is forgiven even if that old "devil" tried to make me feel otherwise!!!! And I was going to write you and tell you how things in a "child's" eye are different than they are in an adults eye. I had a great day yesterday. To start out with, my friend, Anne, came over at 7:00 and took me to get the blood test that I have been putting off too long. Not really, my Dr. appt. is week after next. Anyway, we left the Lab and we had already decided that if we got out of there early enough we would stop by for Mass. So, even if we were a bit late, (Fr. Joe was giving the homily and must have just started because it was pretty long.) So we were technically "on time"! That being the case and after visiting with a couple of old friends (outside the Church) Anne asked me if I was hungry and I told her yes "but let me take you to breakfast!"She would hear none of that and we went to that place on Lodi Ave. and School St. The name escapes me but the waitress told us that it had been "bought out" by another outfit and the name was changing! We had a great talk about Anne's recent retreat to Peru and how beautiful it is down there! She brought me home and then I had a visit from my friend Thelma! I had seen her at Mass and she said she just wanted to drop in on both Rose and I and say hello! They stayed about a half hour which meant it was time for my "noon" prayers. I was very tired last night because I got out of bed at 5:30 A.M. so I would have time to pray, and clean up to get ready to go with Anne. 
Somewhere along the line yesterday I had read or seen some thing about a picture of the Blessed Virgin called "Our Lady of the Book". Later on yesterday afternoon after "blogging", etc. I went to my bookcase and saw a picture, framed that must have been among some of my brother Bob's things when we helped him move from Lodi. Lo and behold, when looking at it, I remembered that it was "Our Lady of the Book"!!! It is really a lovely picture and why I hadn't paid that much attention to it before I'll never know!! In it Our Lady is holding the child Jesus and there is what looks like a Bible on a table, open, as though she was reading it, and the Child Jesus, like any "little one" would do, has his hand on the book, but he is looking at her and on His wrist is a small bracelet like a "crown of thorns"!!! It's kind of spooky in a way that I had never really looked at it before and in fact I was looking for something else on the bookshelf! You, Steve, will have to see it. Remind me when you get home. I also found on my bookshelf two copies, hardbound, of a small book written by Robert Moynihan. The title of the book is The Spiritual Vision of Benedict XVI, "Let God's Light Shine Forth". I have no idea where they came from but you can have one of them!!! Maybe they were among some of Barbara's things that the girls brought over after her death!!!! So I do have the picture in my living room and like I said, It's been quite a couple of days!!!
Somewhere along the line yesterday I had read or seen some thing about a picture of the Blessed Virgin called "Our Lady of the Book". Later on yesterday afternoon after "blogging", etc. I went to my bookcase and saw a picture, framed that must have been among some of my brother Bob's things when we helped him move from Lodi. Lo and behold, when looking at it, I remembered that it was "Our Lady of the Book"!!! It is really a lovely picture and why I hadn't paid that much attention to it before I'll never know!! In it Our Lady is holding the child Jesus and there is what looks like a Bible on a table, open, as though she was reading it, and the Child Jesus, like any "little one" would do, has his hand on the book, but he is looking at her and on His wrist is a small bracelet like a "crown of thorns"!!! It's kind of spooky in a way that I had never really looked at it before and in fact I was looking for something else on the bookshelf! You, Steve, will have to see it. Remind me when you get home. I also found on my bookshelf two copies, hardbound, of a small book written by Robert Moynihan. The title of the book is The Spiritual Vision of Benedict XVI, "Let God's Light Shine Forth". I have no idea where they came from but you can have one of them!!! Maybe they were among some of Barbara's things that the girls brought over after her death!!!! So I do have the picture in my living room and like I said, It's been quite a couple of days!!!
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