Lily: “mommyyyyyy?
Where's my super suit? I said, where's my super suit????” Yah,
she's kind of into the Incredibles right now.
For those of you who haven’t seen it, The Incredibles is an animated
film about superheroes. Lily apparently
loves it. The line, “Honey, where’s my
super suit?” happens when one of the heroes needs to get into his “super-identity”
to fight an evil, but it’s not where it’s supposed to be. His wife says, “What?”
and he repeats his question slower and more deliberately—“I said, where is my
super suit?” His wife has hidden it
because they have dinner party plans and she doesn’t want him “running off to
save the world”. It’s a pretty funny
exchange.
But the line also got me thinking about another member of my family that I’m
excited for this week; my grand-niece (and my grandmother’s namesake)
Sylveen. You see, she’s receiving the
Sacrament of Confirmation this week—in other words she’s donning a “Super Suit”
of her own, or “putting on the armor of God”:
Therefore put on the full armor of
God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground,
and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of
truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in
place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel
of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you
can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of
salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. And pray in
the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. (Ephesians
6:11-18)
Congratulations on your Confirmation, Sylveen! Welcome to the battle! Stay strong!
Stay alert! We’re all so proud of
you!
I came across a pretty good set of meditations on the 7 gifts andpower of the Holy Spirit and the part they played in the life of our BlessedMother.
The
Annunciation to Mary and the Gift of the Fear of the Lord
The
Visitation of Mary and the Gift of Piety
The
Presentation in the Temple and the Gift of Knowledge
Finding
in the Temple and the Gift of Fortitude
The
Wedding Feast at Cana and the Gift of Counsel
“Who
is my Mother?” –The Gift of Understanding
The
Passion, Pentecost and the Gift of Wisdom
It is remarkable to me that God the Father—through His Son—would endow
us with the same grace of the Holy Spirit He gave to Mary. It goes to show just how special each and
every one of us is to Him.
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