To Beloved Donors: Three Small Changes
In the Roman Canon, after mentioning the Pope and bishop, the priest prayers for his own personal intentions. The first people I mention every Mass (even if not by name, but sometimes—yes, by name!) is "all of my benefactors both spiritual and material." I am so thankful to both the person who gave a big donation for my condo all the way down (or rather, up the latter) to the older lady offering suffering for me who gives nothing financial. I'm not trying to sound pious as I write: I am more in need of suffering and sacrifice offered for me than money because of the great spiritual attack in [...]