Happy New Year! How is Christmas over so soon? Where did Advent go? I intended to update the blog during Advent with little snapshots of what went on, but… The whole family came down with a cold the Friday of the second week of Advent and mine lingered through Christmas and into the beginning of … Continue reading Epiphanies
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July 3rd: St. Thomas the Apostle
This is the first in a [hopefully] series of Holy Days at Home celebration templates to print off and implement at home. Scroll to the bottom to get your copy! If you're not sure you're up for the task, go back to my first post in this series, Holy Days at Home: Joyful, Simple, Faithful, … Continue reading July 3rd: St. Thomas the Apostle
Holy Days at Home: Joyful-Simple-Faithful
A little, or lengthy, treatise as a starting point. Celebrating the great holy days in the church calendar is one of the best ways of handing down the faith in a meaningful way to our children. These days help mark a rhythm in time: ordinary days, days of penance, days of rejoicing, days of praise. Celebrating these … Continue reading Holy Days at Home: Joyful-Simple-Faithful
Annunciation
Happy Easter! Better late than never better be true! Today’s post is all about the Annunciation. Problem is today is Wednesday and the feast was Monday which was delayed because the original feast is set on March 25th which happened to be Good Friday this year. Phew! During morning prayer on Monday the … Continue reading Annunciation
St. Therese…the little things
Hey! I just remembered...I have a blog! As a quick foray back into this blogging thing I wanted to share a little something the kids and I did to celebrate the feast day of St. Therese (which is today). But first I have to brag on my K. I told her this morning we were … Continue reading St. Therese…the little things
The least of these
I shouldn't drink coffee in the evening. I don't usually. Yesterday, though, I felt so tired I thought it wouldn't even make a difference. Half past midnight and I was still awake when baby boy woke for his first night feeding. I was still awake when John got home around one. At some point I … Continue reading The least of these
In the beauty of holiness…
Let me begin this post giving due credit and praise to the artist behind the painting that adorns this blog and our wall at home. The icon of the Visitation was painted by Jim Janknegt, a dear friend of our family's, and commissioned along with the icons of the Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart for … Continue reading In the beauty of holiness…
Every Sacrifice
So I had "Heavenwards, Always", by Kathy Kanewske, playing in the background today as we were getting ready for nap time. My daughter and I were reading one of her stories, when she suddenly started whispering something rhythmically under her breath. I paused to listen."Every sacrifice and trial we face fills our treasury with your … Continue reading Every Sacrifice
Owie Crown
View of our Lenten homeshrine in progress."Then they put an owie crown on his head and it scratched his head..."So the other day at breakfast John and I were discussing what we should "do" for Lent as a family. During Advent we decided to do a treasury of grace exercise. For those of you out … Continue reading Owie Crown
visitation home: life, love, joy 