CatholicFatherOf2

Saintly Advice

I was in Barnes & Noble just looking around one day and I spotted the book “Saintly Advice”, A Prayer for Every Problem by Staff of The Philip Lief Group, Inc. (Produced by), Judith Capodanno (Editor). It is a list of Patron Saints their prayers, Feast Days, a little story about each Saint and some of their prayers. It is by no means an exhaustive reference. Most of the Saints in the book have a picture of some kind along with them. After reading the book, I realized that a couple of Saints had caught my attention. The first was St. Dympna who is the Patron Saint of Family Happiness. Her Feast Day is May 15^th. There are many other Saints listed in the book. The table of contents lists the saint by the Patronages and the appendix lists them by their Feats Day’s. The book is about 191 pages. While the book is nice for reference, I would not recommend it for young children as it covers a lot of adult topics. The stories are direct and don’t pull any punches about the hardships the Saint endured either.

The reason that I am bringing this up today is because it is my Son’s birthday. We had invited a number of his friends over for a sleepover. We didn’t think much about inviting my son’s cousins because they live so far away. As luck would have it, my brother and his family were going to be in the area the day of the party. When I realized this, I asked him if his children could come. I thought it was a good idea because his son would have fun at the party and his daughter, my God Daughter, could have some fun playing with my daughter. As it turns out, inviting them was the best part of the party and weekend. We were able to have lunch together as a family on Saturday and Sunday. I think someone must have been praying to St. Dympna on our behalf to make this happen.

posted by CatholicFatherOf2 @ 6:57 PM