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When this which iscorruptible clothes itself with incorruptibility and this which is mortal clothes itself with immortality, then the word that is written shall come about:“Death is swallowed up in victory,Where, O death, is your victory?Where, O death, is your sting?”(I Cor. 15: 54-55)A very blessed Easter to you and yours! … [Read more...]
I would very much like to thank you for praying for my family. The snowstorm that they got last night hasn’t helped matters much, but they are holding tight. My mom and dad, bless their 84-year-old little hearts, are not (presently) at risk, though my dad’s got his sump pump working overtime.He’s always been a handy man, my dad.I was thinking about … [Read more...]
Every day for the past week, I have come this blog to publish a post and I have eyed that little green baby ticker on the right-hand column. (“Green” because we don’t know what we’re having. No, I guess we do know: we are having a boy. Or a girl.)I have been waiting for it to turn over to what, for me, is a magical number…...and this morning, it … [Read more...]
We’d tucked the kids in and were talking quietly.Joe going off to school next year…colleges…how to encourage religious vocations among our children.The themes were heavy—perhaps too heavy for my tired mind on a Friday.I needed cocoa.As I was about to whisk up some Nestlé Quik and milk, my husband joined me in the kitchen. “Would you like to try … [Read more...]
...and a Beating Heart!Thank you, everyone, for your kind prayers. I am certain that they have helped us throughout this pregnancy because, according to the ultrasound technician, we have a “textbook perfect” baby. : )[Such a description doesn’t take into account original sin, of course, but hey, I’m not complaining!]I’ll admit that I cried out of … [Read more...]
Do you remember my story about the Payless Saint?You may read Part I here; and Part II here.Last week I received the very best kind of Christmas email—a story of passing it on and of paying it forward; a story of yet another Payless Saint.I asked Denise, who blogs at Ordinary Grace, if I had permission to post it and she said yes.Here it is:I'm … [Read more...]
I just got a card in the mail from my mom with the following message: “Wish you could have been here for this picture, Margie—all four sisters together. Thought you might like to see them.”From left to right: My sister Renee, my mum, my sister Yvonne, my sister Linda, and my sister MaryShe was right. I regret being so far away from the rest of my … [Read more...]
“To an open house in the eveningHome shall all men come.”(from “A Christmas Poem” by G.K. Chesterton)Though we are still in the midst of our Christmastide celebrations, I would like to share with you a few photos from Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Hey, it beats working on that newsletter! (And anyway, I can’t send it out until my husband’s … [Read more...]
~ from our home team to yours ~With much love & many, many Christmas blessings, … [Read more...]
I am breaking my blog fast already—I know! I know!—to thank the person responsible for the package I received in the mail today. It came from the National Shrine of St. Gerard in Newark, New Jersey (St. Gerard is the patron saint of expectant mothers) and included a prayer book, a medal, and a beautiful handkerchief with St. Gerard’s image on it … [Read more...]
