Happy Feast Day, Kateri!

Today is the feast of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha.

Here is a prayer for her canonization: LET US PRAY

O God, who, among the many marvels of Your Grace in the New World, did cause to blossom on the banks of the Mohawk and of the St. Lawrence, the pure and tender Lily, Kateri Tekakwitha, grant we beseech You, the favor we beg through her intercession, that this Young Lover of Jesus and of His Cross may soon be counted among the Saints of Holy Mother Church, and that our hearts may be enkindled with a stronger desire to imitate her innocence and faith. Through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen.

My Kateri was named after Blessed Kateri (you can read about why she is named after Blessed Kateri in this post.) Our priest gave a very nice sermon about the life of Blessed Kateri, highlighting some of the many difficulties she faced during her short life. She was persecuted for her faith, but her spirit of joy and peace was pervasive, and others noted how her face changed and looked beautiful when she was in prayer and it was a blessing to be near her. Father told of how she loved to spend time in prayer and would stay for hours in the chapel. He also told of how she liked to make crosses out of sticks and hang them on trees in the woods as a witness to her Savior. So in honor of the feast today my big girls made these rustic crosses.

 

I think they look cool, and they can't look that different from the ones Blessed Kateri must have made. The girls are going to hang them in the trees both in the woods and in our yard.

 

I have to also tell you that my Miss Kateri is still as spirited as she's always been. After Mass I took her by the hand and brought her over to greet Father J. as he is new and doesn't know our names. I tried to explain how it was her feast day and I told her to tell Father her name.

And she solemnly replied, "Gwendolyn." (Yesterday she was Princess Imogen.)

And then of course when we laughed and corrected her and said her name was really Kateri she dissolved into tears and cried her eyes out in embarrassment and dismay.

That's my girl. :-)

Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, pray for us!

Comments

[Heather - Doodle Acres]

I know my comment is a little late but I prayed for Kateri on her feast day. Hope it was wonderful!!!

[Renee]

Thank you for this post! I read it and chuckled so much for the sweetness of your daughter and her imaginary name of the day. How precious is that? And then after my heart was all warmed up by such a lovely post, I gathered the children round and read this to them. So sweet! :-)