The Point/Counterpoint Version On the one hand, I got so sick on Pentecost Sunday that I was not able to attend Mass after all. And here I had so looked forward to greedily gathering up all those graces! (A plenary indulgence! Sigh!) There was no way I could have attended, as I was visiting the bathroom (Hello! How are you? Me? Well, I’m a bit … [Read more...]
Memorial Day 2007
~ To all our fallen soldiers withlove and gratitude ~You are gone but not forgotten.In Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses row on row,That mark our place; and in the skyThe larks, still bravely singing, flyScarce heard amid the guns below.We are the Dead. Short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,Loved and were loved, and … [Read more...]
In Memoriam
In honor of Poetry Friday, yes, but also (and more importantly),in honor of all our soldiersL. Be near me when my light is low,When the blood creeps, and the nerves prickAnd tingle; and the heart is sick,And all the wheels of Being slow.Be near me when the sensuous frameIs rack’d with pangs that conquer trust;And Time, a maniac scattering dust,And … [Read more...]
Oratres Fratres
I would like to thank you all for your kind response to my niece’s photos. I realized later that I failed to ask you in that post to pray for her, which many of you offered to do anyway. Thank you for that. May I ask you to please keep Jackie and her family in your intentions? The beauty of those photographs cannot take away the pain that is in her … [Read more...]
At Long Last
“Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has been risen.”(Luke 24:5)Happy Easter! … [Read more...]
Americana: Pinewood Derby Style
Not much time for posting today; I have a story due tomorrow. (Yes, I will take a prayer or two that I make deadline and not kill my children in the process.)What? I'm serious.I would like to quickly share some photos from last Sunday's Pinewood Derby, though, as the proud momma of the gang below. Besides, I don't know that I'll ever get around to … [Read more...]
Oh Happy Feast of the Annunciation!
Our Lady said yes for the human race. Each one of us must echo that yes for our own lives.(Caryll Houselander, The Reed of God)This beautiful quote came my way via Helen at Castle of the Immaculate.Cestello Annunciation by Sandro Botticelli (1489-90: Uffizi Gallery, Florence) For more resources on the Feast of the Annunciation, visit: Catholic … [Read more...]
Because I know you care
...about my mental health, especially after that last post, I am writing to reassure you that a bit of fresh air (cold air, granted, but very fresh) did me and my sons no end of good.The trip to the library helped also, as did the 50 books we checked out there.Wonderful, seasonal fare such as:thisand thisand thisOh, and did I mention the stop at … [Read more...]
Thought for the Day on this Great Day
Who is St. Joseph ~ and ~Why Does He Deserve So Much Honor?St. Joseph was Jesus' daddy and Our Lord is prone to hear him.Oh, and he is also Patron of the Universal Church, Fathers, Families, against doubt and hesitation, confectioners, craftsmen, workers, working people, laborers, happy and holy death, expectant mothers, house hunters, … [Read more...]
Good Morning! Do you know where your children’s church shoes are? And how’s that coffee?
I have a hundred and one things I'd like to talk to you about, but for now I would just like to wish you a blessed Fourth Sunday of Lent (it's Laetare Sunday and Lent is halfway over!) and a happy day at home with your family. If you're like me, you're having your corned beef and cabbage tonight instead of yesterday! It's a festive weekend all … [Read more...]
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