A Few Days Off

I know I have slacked the last few days in writing a blog post, but for a very good reason:

I am blessed to be a grammie for the second time this year with my new grandson Colton!  8lbs 8oz and 21 1/2" long!  So, after being awake for over 24 hours during labor, I am trying to make my way back to the real world of the rested.  

Please pray for a quick recovery for my daughter as she had a C-Section because Colt was too big and stuck in the birth canal for quite a while.  She and my son-in-law were amazing without any medication up until the C-Section!

Here is the Gospel (Luke 1:39-56) on this special day, the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary:

Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit, cried out in a loud voice and said, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy. Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled."

And Mary said:
 "My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God my Savior for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant. From this day all generations will call me blessed: the Almighty has done great things for me and holy is his Name. He has mercy on those who fear him in every generation. He has shown the strength of his arm, and has scattered the proud in their conceit. He has cast down the mighty from their thrones, and has lifted up the lowly. He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty. He has come to the help of his servant Israel for he has remembered his promise of mercy, the promise he made to our fathers, to Abraham and his children forever." Mary remained with her about three months and then returned to her home.

And from Volume Six, God the Father:

"You are the created, children of heaven. You did not accidentally arrive on earth due to a series of biological events. This is nonsense. The biological event that was your birth caused all of heaven to let out their breath in expectation of your time in the world. I created you to bring My Kingdom on Earth that much closer to the return of My Son. You are to participate in this joyous process." 

  
Thank you, Lord, for the safe labor and delivery of my second grandson, Colton Michael.  And thank you for surrounding me with the most amazing family and friends who endured the entire process with me: Jay, Taylor, Joyce, Paul and Joseph.  

God bless,
Bonnie