Rose Etta Wade Udint
November 21, 2012 Memorial for Rose Etta Wade Udint (nee Pugh) Dec. 30 1906-Dec 23, 1993 According to the liturgical protocol, the homily is not supposed to be about the deceased person. However, my grandmother’s prayer life and spirituality was an inspiration to me. It was thanks to her, I was encouraged to read the bible before it was customary for most Catholics to do so. You may wonder about my reasons for having a Catholic memorial service for my Baptist grandmother. She was catechized by an old Irish Catholic friend of ours and through helping me learn my own catechism as a child. She watched Bishop Fulton Sheen on television, had statues of Our Lady and the saints. She firmly believed that “the family that prayed together, stayed together”, and so we prayed the rosary. Once on a visit home, I asked her why she never became a Catholic and she said simply, “Latin and the music.” I think if she knew the changes made ...