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It’s Laetare Sunday and you know that means. You had darn well better leave me a hello in the com-box!(Goodness, but I’m demanding.)I don’t think we’ll be seeing pink—or rather, rose-colored—vestments today, though, and more’s the pity. According to the Catholic Culture website,This Sunday is called “Laetare Sunday” in the Extraordinary form of the … [Read more...]
So the Mass I referred to in the post below was a Latin High Mass. We do not normally attend the Tridentine Rite, but a friend phoned the night before and proposed it.“It would be something lovely to do for Lent,” she suggested.I agreed. She told me that she had invited another mutual friend and her family. “If you can make it, great!” she said. … [Read more...]
The following is an abridged version of a post that was originally published on January 27, 2007. The events that inspired the Feast of Candlemas (celebrated liturgically on February 2nd) are those of the Fourth Joyful Mystery: the Presentation of Our Lord in the Temple and the Purification of Our Lady.The scenes are rich with imagery and ripe for … [Read more...]
Do you know where your local Mass is? This friendly liturgical reminder is brought to you by … [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...]
Or, in this case, a good stirring version of “O Holy Night.”I am totally ready for another blogging break. Mind, I do not mean another long month’s worth of silence. No, I mean plopping down gratefully at the computer to take a well-earned break from the baking, the wrapping, and the newsletter-writing. (Our newsletter is always an Epiphany … [Read more...]
In honor of our dear Infant Lord and in order to better prepare my heart and home for the feast of Christmas, I will be taking a break from this blog for the next four weeks.Have a blessed, beautiful Advent!With much love and many blessings,Updated a wee bit later to add: Please know that this will not be an easy four weeks for me! Nor do I think … [Read more...]
“Our struggle is not with flesh and blood but with the principalities, with the powers, with the world rulers of this present darkness, with the evil spirits in the heavens. Therefore, put on the armor of God, that you may be able to resist on the evil day and, having done everything, to hold your ground.” (Ephesians 6:12-13)Today is the double … [Read more...]
Today is the beautiful feast of the Holy Rosary, formerly known as Our Lady of Victory.[It is also my brother Michael’s birthday, so if you could spare a prayer for him, he needs it.]My love of the rosary includes both saying the prayers and clutching the beads. Given a choice, I would have as many sets as I do moods—you know, kind of like coffee … [Read more...]
