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To Our Good Man, Andrew

by Filed Under: Living Liturgically, Minnesota Me, Prayer, Spiritual Growth 28 Comments

Happy Feast, dear Saint!Andrew is the patron of one of my very favorite countries, that bonny land known as Scotland.Here is a powerful novena that begins today and ends on Christmas.It is piously believed that whoever recites the following prayer fifteen times a day from the feast of St. Andrew (30th November) until Christmas will obtain what is … [Read more...]

Indicted

by Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Prayer, Spiritual Growth 6 Comments

Do you ever start to squirm a bit as you’re making your morning meditation?From today’s Mass readings:Why then do you judge your brother or sister?Or you, why do you look down on your brother or sister?For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of God;for it is written:As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bend before me,and every tongue … [Read more...]

Perspective

by Filed Under: Gratitude, Minnesota Me, Motherhood, Prayer 24 Comments

Let’s talk about being grumpy.And then let us talk about joy.Yesterday was Monday and I was a big grumpy thing. None of the kids were sick, and neither was I. No auditors or social workers showed up at the door. There was chocolate in the house.Nonetheless, I still felt grumpy.The boys had been invited to a Cub Scouts get-together in the early … [Read more...]

All Too Familiar

by Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Miscarriage, Prayer 1 Comment

I was so saddened to read that fellow Real Learning blogger and homeschooling mom, Bridget, (Our Magnum Opus), had lost her little one to miscarriage.This sort of thing rings close to my heart, and I ask that you offer up a prayer of consolation and encouragement for Bridget’s family today.Thank you, my friend. Have a blessed Sunday. … [Read more...]

A Week Ago Today

by Filed Under: Current Affairs, Minnesota Me, Prayer Leave a Comment

My husband phoned me at my parents’ home in North Dakota to say a bridge had collapsed in Minneapolis. He was driving home from work at the time; he didn’t (and doesn’t) go that route, though we both have taken it on several occasions.A week ago todayThere were husbands, wives, fathers, mothers and children who didn’t return for supper.A week ago … [Read more...]

Safe and Sound

by Filed Under: Gratitude, Minnesota Me, Prayer 9 Comments

Checking in briefly to thank you for checking up on us! We are healthy and well and are not taking anything for granted.Ever.At least, I am trying very hard not to.Almost everyone I’ve talked to from the Cities has been touched in some way by the bridge collapse. For us, it was our neighbor’s co-worker Sherry Engebretsen, who was one of the four … [Read more...]

What He Said

by Filed Under: Cultural Commentary, Minnesota Me, Prayer, Prolife 8 Comments

Father Euteneuer’s latest e-newletter takes on the demonic abortion industry.In it, he compares the culture of death (specifically, abortion) to the ritual blood sacrifice to the god of child murder, Moloch, saying:The modern abortion industry offers ritual blood sacrifice to the ancient abortion demon. It is in every way a demonic religion. It has … [Read more...]