Veni, Sancte Spiritus, reple tuorum corda fidelium, et tui amoris in eis ignem accende.
Looking through my drafts folder for the post I had started about Rose’s Confirmation this fall, I realized I had never shared this one either!
Life got extra hard at the beginning of 2023. (Seems to be a trend at the start of each year!) The following week we had to cancel our trip to Fatima, Portugal for my baby brother’s “destination wedding.” (It was going to be my first time traveling overseas- maybe someday I’ll still get the chance to go.) During that same time, I experienced an early miscarriage, in addition other health issues. We had talked about traveling to Colorado for Easter (with all three of my BIL’s there for Holy Week and Easter) but most of the kids came down with hand-foot-mouth during Lent and were sick up until Holy Week. Then came the devastating news while we were in North Dakota, the night before our oldest two sons’ graduation at UMary…
At this Confirmation Mass, we didn’t realize how little time we had left with Father D. Gordon as our pastor. We sure miss him, but it was such an incredible blessing for our family to have those years with him nearby.
Conferral of the Sacrament of Confirmation
On January 21, 2023 our 15 year old son (along with many other teens from our parish) was Confirmed in the Extraordinary Form by his uncle who had been delegated and given facilities by the bishop!
That makes four sacraments now (Baptism, First Confession, First Holy Communion, and Confirmation) that he has received from his uncles. He was baptized by Fr. Terrence Gordon and then First Confession, First Holy Communion (he was so little!) and now Confirmation from Fr. Dennis Gordon.
He asked his older brother to be his sponsor and choose St. Francis of Assisi. He didn’t know it at the time, but St. Francis is also the saint that two of his grandparents (both my dad and my mom) choose as their confirmation saint! Francis was also his great grandfather’s first name (my mom’s dad – Francis Aloysius) and we had named him after him when he was born, giving him my grandpa’s middle name as a second middle name since he was born on the feast of St. Aloysius.
Our second son had completed his degree in December, a semester early, and went back for graduations that spring.
He requested a taco dinner and I ordered a cake from Costco to celebrate afterwards.
Veni, Sancte Spiritus, reple tuorum corda fidelium, et tui amoris in eis ignem accende. V. Emitte Spiritum tuum et creabuntur; R. Et renovabis faciem terrae.
Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Thy faithful and kindle in them the fire of Thy love. V. Send forth Thy Spirit and they shall be created R. And Thou shalt renew the face of the earth. Amen.
St. Francis of Assisi, ora pro nobis!
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