Like Saint Joseph: My mom writes about my grandpa
All week long, I’d been trying to figure out what to write about my grandfather Clarence, since his birthday was March 12th and his “Feast Day” is March 19 th (traditionally, in the Catholic Church, the day a person dies is considered his “Feast Day”). Then, as if the Holy Spirit knew I was struggling, I got a little help. I got a nice call from my Uncle Joe last night. I haven’t heard from him since shortly after my mom’s 2 nd funeral service in Lodi back in 2014! He started telling me about his getting more serious with prayer and the sacraments, and how he prays the rosary with Mother Angelica on EWTN. That led him to reminisce about family rosaries at 7 o’clock (sharp!) every night when they lived in Wilseyville, California. After that, he told me a story about his father (my grandfather), who was a convert to Catholicism after he met my grandmother. He said that he thinks Grandpa was even more devout than Grandma (to me, that’s...