The Divine Mercy Novena starts today. You can receive email reminders (and post your prayer intentions) by clicking here: Divine Mercy Novena.There is another powerful novena prayer that is to be said today (Good Friday). It is to be said 33 times between the hours of noon and 3:00 p.m.—the hours that Jesus hung on the cross. 33 times because he … [Read more...]
Running to Sunday
Just a note—just a quick little reflection—because I know you are busy getting ready for Easter. That’s rather the whole point of Lent, isn’t it? We take a long hard look at who we are…then try to be better to be more like Him.(Not to be confused with the lower-case "him" pictured above, though being childlike is always a good thing.)It’s a hard … [Read more...]
Retreat!
This past weekend I got to go away.I packed my bags—a single duffel, actually—and said goodbye to the kids, who didn’t mind at all that I was leaving them. Staying with friends from Friday ‘til Sunday? A grand adventure!(My husband couldn’t watch them because he was on retreat too—a retreat of a different sort called Wood badge Training.)Even … [Read more...]
Asleep on the Job
Just checking in to…check in, I guess.In other words, this is not the post I should be writing but the post that I should be writing is taking longer than I’d like.Oh, for heaven’s sake. Enough of this procrastination.Have you ever taken, as your Lenten penance, the desire to embrace whatever God sends? In other words, you don’t choose something … [Read more...]
Food for Thought
We must never glance at what is good in ourselves, much less ponder over it, but we should search out what is wrong and what is lacking. This is an excellent way of remaining humble.-- St. Vincent de Paul … [Read more...]
Food for Thought
All the time it is you, you, you. And you will never be effective until is is Him, Him, Him, so that you act in nomine Domini—in the name and with the strength of God.--St. Josemaría Escrivá (I don’t have a flesh-and-blood spiritual director, so I lean heavily—and I do mean heavily—on Father Escrivá and this book.)(He has a knack for speaking … [Read more...]
Pretty Happy Funny Real
The Sacramental Edition{Pretty}Pretty is a little girl, preparing to make her first confession.An about-to-be-freshly-laundered soul is very pretty, don’t you think?{Happy}Look at all those about-to-be-freshly-laundered souls!She was happy...and joyful...and excited...and nervous.(Correction: According to Angela, she wasn’t nervous. My husband … [Read more...]
The Big Reveal
Yes, I was very disappointed. … [Read more...]
A Novena of Holy Communions: The Winners!
I loved reading the comments on Thursday’s giveaway about spiritual communions and how/why you make them. So beautiful! Thank you for sharing!And now, without further adieu, (that is to say, without any more adieu than you’ve already had to sit through), here are the winners of Father Lawrence Lovasik’s A Novena of Holy Communions:Lovey … [Read more...]
Food for your Body, Food for your Soul: A Double Give-Away!
Okay, so all that talk of dieting has made me hungry—hungry for good food (the kind that I can and should have) and hungry for the grace I need to be strong in spirit.The two go hand-in-hand, do they not?First, I was asked by a spokeswoman from No Name Premium Meat and Seafood to try their products in exchange for a review and giveaway.Lucky for … [Read more...]
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