A Bundle of Myrrh

Today we had fun with green!

Kiss her, she’s Irish! It’s hard to believe “this” was Lily just one year ago!

Then…

and now!
She’s Irish too, but didn’t want anything to do with getting kisses!

I also made cupcakes for our Jr. High Catechism class.

And here are 100 pictures of Lily eating one of them.

This is the girl who wouldn’t touch the cupcake at her first birthday party!

Finger licking stamp of approval!

Yes, St. Patrick’s Day is a great day to celebrate our heritage, wear green and maybe dance a jig but it’s also a good day to remember to pray for our missionaries.

An excerpt from St. Patrick’s Breastplate

I invoke today all these virtues
Against every hostile merciless power
Which may assail my body and my soul,
Against the incantations of false prophets,
Against the black laws of heathenism,
Against the false laws of heresy,
Against the deceits of idolatry,
Against the spells of women, and smiths, and druids,
Against every knowledge that binds the soul of man.

Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me,
Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ on my right, Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down, Christ when I arise,
Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me,
Christ in every eye that sees me,
Christ in every ear that hears me.

I arise today

Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,
Through belief in the threeness,
Through confession of the oneness,
Of the Creator of Creation.