Dear Patricia:

I am so sorry for your loss. It is so very hard to lose a child.

As for your house, while it is possible that your house may be infested, most likely these terrible events in your life is coincidence. Tragic things happen in life.

While the things that happened shortly after moving into this house may have been coincidence you need to guard against what is called a self-fulfilling prophecy. That means that once you began to notice the "bad luck" it is normal to human nature to begin to look for bad luck in the future. If we look for it, we will find it. we can also begin to interpret at a drop of a hat most anything as being the "curse" instead of what it is -- coincidence. And finally, it is even possible to subconsciously set-up yourself for bad luck through subtle behaviors and decisions that you do not even realize you are doing that leads to more "bad luck."

Nevertheless, it is prudent to have the house blessed. But, what good is that when you have stopped going to Mass on a regular basis?

The real "bad luck" here is that the Enemy has manipulated your very natural and normal grief to lead you away from God. It is at this point you should be embracing our Lord, not walking away from Him. Do not let the Enemy do this to you.

You must force yourself to attend Mass every Sunday even when you do not feel like it. This is not about feelings, this is about making a decision of will to do what you ought to do despite feeling tired and depressed.

How can God help you if you will not come to Him. The Eucharist is a Sacrament of healing, too. Let our Lord heal you. Receive Him in the Eucharist.

If you feel that there is something in the house, then I would recommend using some of the prayers we have in our SW Prayer Catalog linked below.

In that Catalog is an extensive House Cleansing and Blessing that is far more detailed than the general house blessing your priest did. Perhaps you need to do that ritual. If your priest does not feel comfortable with that, I can do that with you over the phone.

Also, something that came to mind because of the quickness of your troubles after moving into the house, you may need to have your house inspected. There could be something environmental that may cause cancer, or cause depression or lack of energy, etc.

In addition, you may need to see a counselor to help you with the grief and also a psychiatrist for depression and low energy. There are medications that can help you with that.

These are some thoughts that come to mind.

But the bottomline, is that your daughter, who is with God now, will not want to see you pulling away from God. She wants you to come closer to God because of her. That this tragedy has brought your family closer is wonderful, but do not leave out your papa (God) in that family closeness.

God loves you. He wants to wrap His arms around you to comfort you. Our Blessed Mother also wants to rock you in her arms. Lean upon our Blessed Mother, accept the loving arms of our Lord.

I suggest that you spend some time in front of the Tabernacle at least one hour per week, or more. As you sit there in front of our Lord tell Him your heart, but also, spend some of the time just sitting there quietly. Let our Lord bath you in the rays of His love. There is great healing in this.

Finally, I would like you to listen to a song. It is called Ten Thousand Angels. It was written by Lynn Cooper to a friend who's daughter was dying of cystic fibrosis. This disease is in my family.

Here is the link: Ten Thousand Angels

God loves you and your family. Go to Him.

God bless,
Bro. Ignatius Mary

P.S. if you need additional help about the house blessing, let me know.