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My mom died on this day in 2018 and was born into Heaven. Some pictures and a song remembering her wonderful life.
Mom in her butterfly costume at 10 years old.
front row left to right: my Uncle Bob and Uncle Ozzie. back row from left to right: my mom and my Aunt Ruth.
My mom’s Sophmore class at St Rosalia high school. Mom is in the back road, third from the left.
Mom’s graduating class picture. Mom is on the far right, second row.
Mom as a freshman at Mount Mercy College.
Mom, the young home economics teacher in Pittsburgh Pa.
Mom teaching a cooking school for the Union Gas Company, PA.
Mom and Dad at their wedding reception.
Dad, me, my brother Bill and my mom in Chicago, 1954.
A family photo around 1956,
Dad, Mary Ruth, me, and mom at my graduation from the College of St Thomas.
Mom and her grandson, Andy.
Mom and Dad, my brother Bill and my family.
Dad, Mary Ruth, and Mom, 1990.
Dad and Mom on their 50th wedding anniversary, opening up their papal blessing,
Mom and her great grandsons, Aidan and Ollie.
Mom and her great grandson, Ollie, 2017.
Mom’s wake, July 2, 2018.
Mom’s funeral was on July 3rd, 2018. I still miss her very much. Even when dementia started to set in, she remained the warm, compassionate person she had always been. I am so proud to be her son. Our parents shape our lives so very much. Mom and Dad prepared me to be a good man, a good husband, a good father, and a good grandfather. Happy feast day, Mom!
Here is the piano song I composed for her on her birthday in 1990. Mom had a fondness for Chinese art. She had a beautiful painting of a Chinese Mary holding the baby, Jesus.
Meditation on a Chinese Madonna, Psalm Offering 1, Opus 4 (c) 1990, Robert Charles Wagner. All rights reserved.
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I am a composer, performer, poet, educator, spiritual director, and permanent deacon of the Catholic Church. I just recently retired after 42 years of full-time ministry in the Catholic Church. I continue to serve in the Church part-time. I have been blessed to be united in marriage to my bride, Ruth, since 1974. I am father to four wonderful adult children, and grandfather to five equally wonderful grandchildren. In my lifetime, I have received a B.A. in Music (UST), M.A. in Pastoral Studies (St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity, UST), Certified Spiritual Director. Ordained to the Permanent Diaconate for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, in 1991. Composer, musician, author, poet, educator. The Gospels drive my political choices, hence, leading me toward a more liberal, other-centered politics rather than conservative politics. The great commandment of Jesus to love one another as he has loved us, as well as the criteria he gives in Matthew 25 by which we are to be judged at the end of time directs my actions and thoughts.
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2 thoughts on “Remembering my mother on her feast day.”
Deacon Bob, This melody is so beautiful,you have given it the Chinese flair your Mother loved, and now I also love it .God has truly given you the talent in all your aspects in your life. You have shown love and kindness to every person in your life, making each of us feel special , I pray that God will continue to lead you on and give you good health in all you do. May God Bless You Glady Busch
Hi Gladys,
Sorry it has taken me a while to respond. Surgery, and now, another surgery tomorrow on my ankle has slowed me down quite a bit. Thank you for your comments on both the music and my ministry. You are very kind. I try to embody what both mom and dad taught me while they were alive, and what my wife, Ruthie, continues to teach me, in what I do. I wish for you peace and happiness and may you feel God’s everlasting, loving embrace.
Deacon Bob, This melody is so beautiful,you have given it the Chinese flair your Mother loved, and now I also love it .God has truly given you the talent in all your aspects in your life. You have shown love and kindness to every person in your life, making each of us feel special , I pray that God will continue to lead you on and give you good health in all you do. May God Bless You Glady Busch
Hi Gladys,
Sorry it has taken me a while to respond. Surgery, and now, another surgery tomorrow on my ankle has slowed me down quite a bit. Thank you for your comments on both the music and my ministry. You are very kind. I try to embody what both mom and dad taught me while they were alive, and what my wife, Ruthie, continues to teach me, in what I do. I wish for you peace and happiness and may you feel God’s everlasting, loving embrace.
Bob