Charlene Richard Cajun Saint

From the Creaux's Nest

We had received less than two inches of rain this year going into this week. Last Wednesday, with the full moon, Neighbor Cox did his Indian rain dance. I called him Thursday morning to see how it went and he was optimistic that his dance would work. Instead of midnight, he danced at 11 p.m. I asked why? He said, “To avoid a photographer Dunn would have out here at midnight.” He said by this time next week, we would have a good amount of rain. He also said, “I did a slow dance so it would take longer for the rain to come but it would last longer, not just a fast shower going through.” “We’ll have rain Tuesday and a good rain Wednesday and some Thursday,” he said. “Why Wednesday, that’s the day we throw the paper?” I asked. He answered, “Some people are never satisfied.” He’s right, we needed the rain bad, we’ll throw around the rain and I hope we get two inches or more. I wish he had done his dance at May’s full moon also. It would have saved the crop. “There you go complaining again,” Cox said. *****Come along, I promise it won’t do you no harm.
Texas has now passed a voter ID law. Opponents say the law is designed to stifle turnout among students, poor people and minorities who are more likely to vote for Democrats but lack government issued ID’s such as driver’s licenses or passports. Texas is not the only state requiring photo ID’s. Alabama, Kansas, South Carolina, Tennessee and Wisconsin also have this requirement. Bills in New Hampshire and North Carolina are waiting on governor’s signature. The measures were all passed by the GOP controlled Legislature. Republicans now control 26 states so look for more ID laws to pass. David Axelrod, an Obama strategist, called the ID legislation a “calculated strategy.” “It’s ironic that when people all over the world are dying for the right to vote, in this country some are working to limit the franchise.”*****Congressional redistricting in Texas brought out an interesting argument between Con. Kevin Brady and Con. Ted Poe over a mostly uninhabited 300-acre track in north Harris County. With only 28 residents, the tract caused the two congressmen to do some arm-twisting because it’s the site of the proposed Exxon Mobil world headquarters. The tract currently falls inside Poe’s district and Brady was accused by some legislatures of a “power grab.

The Pondering American: A Louisiana Saint For this Sunday to ...

However, I thought I would take the time to talk about a special person this weekend. On August 11th many people and especially Cajuns celebrated a sort of unofficial Feast day of one of our Saints from Louisiana. She is not offical yet by the Vatican but I as well as many others believe in her. Now Saints of course are often misunderstood. We Catholics don't pray to them as Deities but ask them to pray for us. If you are having or no people that are having problems with Cancer maybe consider asking her to have a talk to our Lord about the matter Today is also the feast day of Charlene Richard (died 1959 at the age of 12 from leukemia), who is recognized in Cajun Louisiana as being a Saint, even if the Vatican is slow to recognize her as such. I credit her with my full recovery from colon cancer in 2001 .(note her last name is not pronounce like "Richard" as in in Richard Simmons but like RE-SHARD) At 5 we left for Richard, Louisiana to go to the Charlene Richard Memorial Mass. When I put on my mantilla (which isn’t long, just down to my shoulder) I felt like I had stepped back 40 years, back when all women had to wear lace thingies on their heads in church, and Mom was the person keeping lace thingies on the heads of Liz Ellen and me for church. Mom probably took an extra spin at me voluntarily putting on a lace thingie for Mass. (I keep my Mom spinning in her grave on a regular basis; she could probably power a small town if we hooked up a turbine to her.) The Mass for Charlene was very good; the last decade of the Rosary was said in French . technorati is pretty easy way for people to find your blog and relevant posting(s) from their search function and we used to faithfully do those tags too but we learned that more likely than not technorati will not always pick up those tags and index them so its really just a colossal waste of time to go to all the trouble of doing the html. other than that though technorati is pretty much a plus.

ALL I KNOW, IS THAT MY FRIEND DEBBY WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ENDODIMITRIOSIS AND SUSPECTED OF HAVEING CANCER.. BUT AFTER PRAYING FOR CHARLENES INTERCESSION.. WHEN SHE HAD HER SURGERY.. THE DOCTORS DIDNT FIND ANY CANCER AND THERE WAS NO ENDODIMITRIOSIS ANYWHERE...PRAISE GOD....SHE WAS ACTUALLY TOLD THAT SHE COULD NOT HAVE ANYMORE CHILDREN,BUT AFTER THE SURGERY THEY TOLD HER THEY SEEN NO REASON NOW, WHY SHE COULDNT.. THANK YOU CHARLENE.. MAY YOU BE CALLED BLESSED...

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