Located in the Narthex are envelopes labelled “MASS FOR ANCESTORS FAMILY TREE.”
Within the envelope, the “Preparation for the Mass for Ancestors” sheet lists several areas of common generational bondage. The following are additional areas that did not fit on the sheet:
Destructive or Abnormal Patterns of Relationships
- Divorces
- Abuse (emotional, mental, physical, or spiritual)
- Hostility
- Control
- Manipulation
- Domination
- Revenge
- Unforgiveness
- Bitterness
- Anger
- Depression
- Labeling of family members as outcast, black sheep, scapegoat or failure
Disease and/or Predisposition to Illness
- Arthritis
- Cancer
- Diabetes
- Depression
- Fibromyalgia
- Headaches
- Heart Trouble
- High Blood Pressure
- Manic Depressive Disorders
- Mental Disturbances
- Nervous Breakdowns
- Respiratory Trouble
- Skin Problems
- Stomach Problems
- Ulcers
Historical Family Connections
- Involvement with events of great sin, evil or trauma (e.g., massacres, plagues, slavery, conquests, etc.)
- Ethnic origin issues; negative traits, cultural evils, oppression, curses (e.g., European, Asian, African, Native American or Caribbean ancestry, etc.)
Religious History
- List all non-Judeo/Christian religions in the family or ancestral history (e.g., Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, New Age, Masons)
In Utero Wounding
- Child conceived in lust or rape
- Illegitimacy
- Parent considering abortion or abandonment
- Attempted/failed abortion
- Ambivalence or rejection from either parent
- Parent considering adoption
- Fears/anxiety (e.g., mother had difficulty carrying child to term)
- Loss of father
- Life-threatening illness of the mother
- Life-threatening illness of the baby
- Mother had miscarriage(s) or abortion(s) before you were conceived