Happy name day to Joseph Dominic!
Our current plan for the celebration is to meet John at 11:30 Mass after Joseph's play practice. After dinner this evening, there will be blue Jello with lifesavers and gummi worms on top (the name day child gets to choose the dessert). And family rosary.
The rosary is a prayer we have not managed to make a permanent part of our daily lives. We have tried, with some success to pray it regularly, and one year prayed it daily, but then our move last year threw everything off, and we never reestablished the rosary portion of family prayer. We have managed a regular Sunday evening rosary, but I want more. John and I are hoping that tonight will be the (re-) start of our family's evening rosary.
St. Dominic, pray for us.
Prayer of St. Dominic
May God the Father who made us bless us.
May God the Son send his healing among us.
May God the Holy Spirit move within us and
give us eyes to see with, ears to hear with,
and hands that your work might be done.
May we walk and preach the word of God to all.
May the angel of peace watch over us, and
lead us at last by God’s grace to the Kingdom.
Amen.
2 comments:
We can definitely sympathize. Since Simon's birth, we haven't been praying our Sunday evening rosary very regularly. Once we settle in to our new apartment, we hope to start again. Dan's also got some good plans to add some Latin prayers to our week so that Simon will grow up knowing them....
Happy name day, Joseph!
Mom said once that she doesn't remember learning the Hail Mary. It was just always something she knew. Sounds like your plan will help Simon have the same experience. It's what we're hoping for our younger children, too. It was a struggle for the older two to learn the Latin at first. But the sounds are in all our heads now, which helps tremendously.
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