ALSO SEE. https://marfam.org.za/some-thoughts-on-the-lives-and-times-of-grandparents/

PRAY FOR GRANDCHILDREN. Grandparents’ prayer : Heavenly Father, I give you praise and thanks for the great gift of life you have given to me. With wonder and awe I acknowledge that through my life you granted life to my children and they in turn became the parents of my grandchildren. The world in which they live is different from my world and sometimes we do not understand each other. We need your gifts of acceptance and forgiveness so that we can be at peace. We need your gifts of love and joy so that together we may live your plan for our family, all the families of the world and all of creation.  We ask you to grant us these gifts in Jesus’ name. Amen.

July 22. SEE.   St Mary Magdalen.   Hazel said,“My granddaughter chose Mary Magdalen for her confirmation patron.  It seemed a bit odd, but I did ask her why.   You know what she said?  ‘There are so many people out there, good and bad ones.  We don’t really know much about her but Mary Magdalen may have been a prostitute.   We don’t know why, but she, more than the others, was open to hearing Jesus’ message and became one of his closest friends.  I always want to be open to hearing Jesus’ message, no matter what happens to me in future. I always want to love Jesus and his Sacred Heart,’ she said.”  

JUDGE. Reflect and share. Scripture.   I will rise now and go about the city, in the streets and in the squares, I will seek him whom my soul loves.  Song of Solomon  3:1-4.  Pope Francis.  Christ has taken unto himself this material world and now is intimately present to each being, surrounding it with his affection and penetrating it with his light.  May the power and the light of the grace we have received be evident in our relationship to other creatures and the world around us.LS 221.  Pope Leo:  In Dilexit Nos, on the human and divine love of the heart of Christ we see how Jesus identified with the lowest ranks of society; with his love poured out to the end he confirms the dignity of every human being, especially when they are weak, scorned, or suffering.  As we contemplate this love we too are inspired to be more attentive to the suffering and needs of others and confirmed in our efforts to share in his work of liberation as instruments for the spread of his love   DT 2.

ACT AND PRAY. Reflect on and renew devotion to the human and divine love of Jesus depicted in the Sacred Heart. Pray the Prayer of St Francis for grandparents and the elderly.  We pray for God’s blessing on the grandparents and elderly of our families and community,  bless them with peace and contentment and an acceptance that their lives were well spent in your service. We ask St Joachim and St Anne, the grandparents of Jesus, to pray with us.