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Rosemary's Blessing:
A Prayer For Growing Old Gracefully
Lord, Thou knowest better than I myself that I am growing older and will someday be old. Keep me from the fatal habit of thinking I must say something on every subject and on every occasion.
Release me from craving to straighten out everybody's affairs. Make me thoughtful but not moody; helpful but not bossy. With my vast store of wisdom, it seems a pity not to use it all; but Thou knowest, Lord, that I want a few friends at the end. Keep my mind free from the recital of endless details; give me wings to get to the point. Seal my lips on my aches and pains; they are increasing, and love of rehearsing them is becoming sweeter as the years go by.
I dare not ask for improved memory, but for a growing humility and a lessening cock-sureness when my memory seems to clash with the memories of others. Teach me the glorious lesson that occasionally I may be mistaken.
Keep me reasonably sweet, for a sour old person is one of the crowning works of the devil. Give me the ability to see good things in unexpected places and talents in unexpected people; and give me, O Lord, the grace to tell them so.
Amen.
Special Thanks:
- For Reading: Bill & Nancy
- For Serving: Kevin
- For the Communion Bread: Claire & Jan
- For the Wine Cups: Sir Charlie
- For the Music: Ray & Bethany & Shonda & Leo
- For the Pictures & Video: Charlie & Beth & John
- For the pastries & coffee: Joan & Jackie, Ron & Marilyn
- For the altar & sound: Jackie & Ray
Birthdays: Jackie Urbanczyk, Marianne Elwell, Dee Miller
Lisa's sister, Pam and Louis & Jim; Dorothy Perry; Bob Dunbar with shingles; Rita; Alison's recuperation; Tom & Teresa Quinn's daughter Colleen with breast cancer; Julia Grenier; Barb & Warren's friend, Mike, fighting cancer, & Tara; Bernadette Delgado's mom & Gilberto's mom; Marilyn Ackerman's brother, Dick, recuperating from a back operation & broken wrists; Grace LeBlanc's niece Carlin, 13, with hodgkins; Jack Carlson's brother, Bob, with a stroke; Tom & Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, plus Neva Flynn, Angel, & Diane Kreeitzer; Connie Doherty's mom & her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter, & John's dad in assisted living; Jean Wright's daughter, Mary; Angie Carroll's mom, Mary Lou Kendrick, with cancer; Kerry's sister Maura with her second cancer; Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg & Chebino; George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son, plus Stacie & Ben White & their niece with leukemia; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick; Fred's friend John with cancer; for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.
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