No Vested Interest
No Vested Interest's JournalPerhaps you've done this already, but if not, you could get him
some printed explanations of the various programs he's eligible for and leave them with him, to read over at his own convenience.
If necessary, you could get or leave him with information for one program at a time, so he could digest that, without feeling too pushed.
I believe the author, Mr. Carroll, is somewhat harsh and incorrect re the annulment
process, although I admit to having no personal or close experience with that process myself.
Children are not de-legitimatized, in that the marriage from a civil standpoint did occur; therefore children of the religiously annulled marriage are still "legitimate," i.e., not bastards, in the civil sense.
Most often, what are termed "impediments" are not recognized or even recognizable until long after the marriage ceremony, i.e., for example, the complete will to commit to a lifetime of marriage is not only not present, nut unknowable.
I understand that parties to the annulment process may feel "insulted", though, objectively, that is not the intent. Often, non-Catholic visitors to a Catholic Mass feel "insulted" that they are not invited to receive communion, or, as non-Catholics, they may not be the formal witnesses to a marriage or godparents at a baptism. I do not have a ready answer to these perceived "insults", for we can not expect non-Catholics to fully understand the Catholic doctrines that preceded these practices.
That said, I am fully in accord with any move towards simplifying and expanding the annulment process or in otherwise making all persons that wish to be fully functioning members of the Catholic Church.
Until more recent years, and even now in some countries,
The Christmas season began on Christmas Day, Dec. 25, and continues until Jan 6, the feast of the three Kings..
Advent was considered a penitential season, rather than a season of joy. Fasting was done in Advent, in preparation for Christmas Day.
Do you know what is causing you to fall?
Is it poor balance?
Is it weakness of legs, feet, etc?
Is it poor vision?
I'm up in years myself and haven't fallen as yet.
My vision has gotten poor and I believe that has affected my balance.
I often carry or use a cane, especially when walking where the underpinnings might be uneven, slippery. etc.
I have a colorful little foldable cane that can be whipped out when it seems appropriate.
Good luck in avoiding bruises and falls.
This reminded me of what my father (born 1905) and mother (born 1908) would have
played with a children.
My Dad's mother died of sepsis of age twenty-one, when he was one month old, so his young father took him and his sister back to the family house, where several young aunts undoubtedly doted on them, though I have no reason to believe that toys and other material goods were showered on them. It didn't occur to me until after he died how normal he turned out, considering he didn't have a mother's love while growing up.
My Mom was the middle of three sisters. Though, again, I have no reason to think that toys, etc. were lavished on them, the sisters were trained in the arts, my mother being an accomplished pianist.
Thanks for sending me back to this period.
You are a wonderful daughter, and you're both blessed to trust and
know each others mind.
May you have a lovely Christmas celebration together. It's the way familes were intended to be.
Thank you, Justin, for your good wishes, and for the
beautiful music you so frequently provide us.
May you and your mother be well this holiday and throughout the New Year.
What is all this carrying on about - on Christmas Eve?!
I'm a relative newbie and have seen all this hullabaloo today.
Knock it off, please.
I can't spend my time and energy reading and speculating on such nonsense.
That's a new one to me. 16 years Catholic school and
I never heard of half-brothers before.
Not that it isn't plausible. It is believed that Joseph was a number of years older than Mary, and very well could have been widowed with children.
It is also believed that Joseph had died before Jesus' public life - it doesn't seem that he was present with Mary at the marriage at Cana - but who knows?
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