Author Topic: My Grandmother (Read 2022 times)

John Grace · « **Reply #16 on:** January 23, 2017, 12:58:08 PM »

Many thanks to you who have been praying. My grandmother died an hour ago. She was widowed in her late forties and never remarried. I was the first grandchild. As a child and in teenage years she would have received the first blessing of hundreds of Irish priests before they went to Africa.

Her childhood home was near the novitiate of a missionary order. Sadly the novitiate is gone and the building now a secular nursing home. She often related stories to me of these young priests propagating the faith in Africa. Several died quite young in Africa.

Through her 94 years she kept the faith. When she would get in conversation with clergy she would often ask 'why did they change the liturgy'. She always defended the Traditional Mass.

When I visited her on Saturday she was only able to whisper my name. She was much weaker than the earlier visit when she said 'I hope everyone is praying for me'.

A tragedy in her life was the death of her son in Australia. My uncle was killed two months before I was born. A car knocked him down.

Many here may remember my earlier prayer request when my grandmother fell down the escalator in a shop. The doctors were baffled she wasn't killed. Bruised and sore she battled on.

As I mentioned she was widowed in her late forties and is survived by nine children, thirteen grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

Principled to the end my grandmother opposed British rule in Ireland, she wanted Ireland to leave the EU, she wanted a United Ireland, she voted No in the 'same sex marriage' referendum. She strongly opposed the Money Men. She stood firmly for the faith, the family and the Nation.

Whilst she lived in the suburbs they had brought the faith of the Irish country folk. I always enjoyed our little conversations. We will all miss her fondly but as she said we need to keep praying.

Thanks again to you who prayed for her and who now will pray for the repose of her soul.

Stubborn · « **Reply #17 on:** January 23, 2017, 01:10:20 PM »

Eternal rest grant unto her oh lord and let perpetual light shine upon her!

Miseremini · « **Reply #18 on:** January 23, 2017, 01:11:25 PM »

Praying the chaplet below that her time in Purgatory is very short.

Taken from the Father Lasance "Prayer Book for Religious" 1904. Pg 575

BEADS FOR THE DEAD

This chaplet for the dead consists of four decades (40 beads) in honour
and memory of the forty hours that Our Lord Jesus Christ
passed in Limbo to deliver and conduct to heaven all the
souls of the saints who died before Him.

Make the Sign of the Cross

Begin with the DE PROFUNDIS

On the large beads pray:

Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord, and let perpetual
light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen

O my God I believe in Thee, because Thou art truth itself.
I hope in Thee, because Thou art infinitely merciful.
I love Thee with my whole heart and above all things because
Thou art infinitely perfect, and I love my neighbour as myself
for the love of Thee.
I am truly sorry for having sinned, because Thou art infinitely good and sin displeases Thee.
I firmly resolve, with the help of Thy grace never more to
offend Thee. Amen.

On the small beads pray:

Sweet heart of Mary be my salvation.

Conclude with the DE PROFUNDIS

Indulgence of 60 YEARS each time, applicable to the souls in Purgatory

If you have broken rosaries you can use them to make this chaplet. You only need a Crucifix and one large bead on the pendant, and 40 small beads and 3 large beads on the loop.

John Grace · « **Reply #19 on:** January 26, 2017, 01:05:04 PM »

A sincere word of thanks to those who prayed for my grandmother and our family. At the funeral home/parlour last evening hundreds of people turned out to pay their respects.

The mortal remains of my grandmother reposed there for three hours and in the three hours there was a constant flow of people. No more than a minute lapsed without mourners arriving.

After the funeral home the remains were brought to the church of her childhood.
The route from the funeral home to the church is about four miles. Whilst we all drove it was a road my grandmother cycled as a child though her formal schooling ended aged 16 following the death of her mother.

It's always great to walk or drive the roads of the forefathers. It is a shame really we didn't travel in a donkey and cart to the funeral. I am more convinced than ever the television has been detrimental to society.

I am more convinced than ever of the need of the Irish people to go back to the land. Whilst my grandmother didn't have the Mass of the forefathers there was no doubt the faith of our forefathers is present in the rural areas.

If my grandfather and grandmother were still alive this year would have marked their 70th wedding anniversary.

Not everything about rural life was perfect and we allow for the fallen and sinful nature but I am convinced the Traditional Mass in these rural communities is the only hope for Ireland.

Whilst the modern ideas have spread to the country/rural areas the people rooted in blood and soil have the faith of our forefathers. The good folk have the common sense. Beyond the errors of the Novus Ordo it is clear many still have the faith and are rooted in blood and soil. The link to the land. I firmly believe like the late Deirdre Manifold that the Irish are a chosen people.

Some threw away the faith but the faith is in action in rural areas. The country people i.e the locals are to be commended for the respect shown to my grandmother.

The critique of the television has to be seen in the context of the errors of the New Mass and the fruits of Vatican II. How cheated the Irish people have been to throw away the faith of the forefathers.

AMDGJMJ · « **Reply #20 on:** January 26, 2017, 07:57:03 PM »

Quote from: John Grace

A sincere word of thanks to those who prayed for my grandmother and our family. At the funeral home/parlour last evening hundreds of people turned out to pay their respects.

The mortal remains of my grandmother reposed there for three hours and in the three hours there was a constant flow of people. No more than a minute lapsed without mourners arriving.

After the funeral home the remains were brought to the church of her childhood.
The route from the funeral home to the church is about four miles. Whilst we all drove it was a road my grandmother cycled as a child though her formal schooling ended aged 16 following the death of her mother.

It's always great to walk or drive the roads of the forefathers. It is a shame really we didn't travel in a donkey and cart to the funeral. I am more convinced than ever the television has been detrimental to society.

I am more convinced than ever of the need of the Irish people to go back to the land. Whilst my grandmother didn't have the Mass of the forefathers there was no doubt the faith of our forefathers is present in the rural areas.

If my grandfather and grandmother were still alive this year would have marked their 70th wedding anniversary.

Not everything about rural life was perfect and we allow for the fallen and sinful nature but I am convinced the Traditional Mass in these rural communities is the only hope for Ireland.

Whilst the modern ideas have spread to the country/rural areas the people rooted in blood and soil have the faith of our forefathers. The good folk have the common sense. Beyond the errors of the Novus Ordo it is clear many still have the faith and are rooted in blood and soil. The link to the land. I firmly believe like the late Deirdre Manifold that the Irish are a chosen people.

Some threw away the faith but the faith is in action in rural areas. The country people i.e the locals are to be commended for the respect shown to my grandmother.

The critique of the television has to be seen in the context of the errors of the New Mass and the fruits of Vatican II. How cheated the Irish people have been to throw away the faith of the forefathers.

I will be praying for the repose of the soul of your grandmother... Requiescant in pace...

My Maternal Grandmother's family was originally from Ireland (McCarville). In fact, my parents and a few of my siblings might be visiting Ireland in the summer of 2018. None of my family are traditional Catholics, but if we are out there over a weekend I might have to try to find a good place to go to Mass. Are there any chapels that you could recommend?

Viva Cristo Rey · « **Reply #21 on:** January 26, 2017, 10:32:18 PM »

I'm so sorry about your Grandmother. May she RIP.

Viva Cristo Rey · « **Reply #22 on:** January 26, 2017, 10:41:56 PM »

Sé do bheatha, a Mhuire, atá lán de ghrásta, tá an Tiarna leat. Is beannaithe thú idir na mná agus is beannaithe toradh do bhroinne, Íosa. A Naomh-Mhuire, a Mháthair Dé, guigh orainn na peacaigh,anois agus ar uair ár mbáis. áiméin.

John Grace · « **Reply #23 on:** January 27, 2017, 07:00:33 AM »

Many thanks again for the prayers. A brief history of the graveyard/cemetery where my grandmother was buried. The man who dug who the grave of my grandfather and great grandfather attended the funeral though no longer able to dig graves. The local men continued the tradition of digging the grave. The tradition of using the shovel was used as opposed to the machine. A funeral in a rural area differs to city funerals.

https://drumacoogalway.wordpress.com/

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Drumacoo is a townland in the parish of Ballinderreen, near Kilcolgan, south west County Galway, Ireland. Set inland from the Dunkellin river at Tyrone and some three kilometres from Galway Bay at Killeenaran pier, it is noted for its early Christian church and monastic ruins which date to early sixth century C.E. – the generation after St. Patrick.

The historian, parish priest and Vicar General, Jerome A. Fahey wrote of the church: ‘It is much disfigured by a pretentious but tasteless mausoleum built against it at its northern side’, a biased but reasonable assessment of the structure. The mausoleum (larger building to the right) was constructed by Arthur French St George of nearby Tyrone around 1830.

One of the earliest churches in Ireland, it was built sometime around 550 ce. (J.A. Fahey, p33.).The church is dedicated to St Sairnait (otherwise St Sourney) as is the well to the rear (west) of the remains. This was recently rebuilt by a work crew organised by FAS, who took the stones to build it from what was reputedly St. Sairnait’s cell or ‘bed’ thereby destroying this monument to the saint.

1.Jerome A. Fahey, The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Kilmacduagh (Clodoiri Lurgan Teo, Inverin, Co. Galway: 1986. p33/34.)

John Grace · « **Reply #24 on:** March 02, 2017, 03:05:58 PM »

We had the months mind Mass in recent times. Her son my uncle had a triple bypass operation today. The operation went well and he is recovering. Many thanks again for the prayers.

John Grace · « **Reply #25 on:** March 02, 2017, 03:16:27 PM »

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She was widowed in her late forties and never remarried.

I must correct my error. My late grandmother was in her early thirties when widowed. I was mixing it up with my grandfather. He was in his late forties when he died.

AMDGJMJ · « **Reply #26 on:** March 03, 2017, 08:24:29 AM »

Quote from: John Grace

We had the months mind Mass in recent times. Her son my uncle had a triple bypass operation today. The operation went well and he is recovering. Many thanks again for the prayers.

Thanks be to God!