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Sealed with the Gift of the Holy Spirit

by Filed Under: Joe, Minnesota Me, My Boys, Special Events, Spiritual Growth, The Faith 11 Comments

Subtitled: On Being Salt and Light in a Bland, Shadowed World Sometimes, when I am dropping my sons off at school in the morning, I will tell them “Salt and Light!” They know, by now, that I am quoting the book of Matthew—“You are the salt of the earth; you are the light of the world”—and that I’m reminding them to be a good example to their … [Read more...]

Christ Among Us

by Filed Under: Living Liturgically, Minnesota Me, Religious Life, Special Events, The Faith 5 Comments

Is there anything more beautiful than the witness of Sisters?This picture was taken on Wednesday afternoon (shortly after I decided against that Diet Coke) at a Little Flowers luncheon. The host? My friend Tina. The guests of honor? Two Carmelite Sisters of the Sacred Heart from Los Angeles, California.The girls had a lovely time and, judging from … [Read more...]

On being Fat and Out of Work

by Filed Under: Hearth & Home, Honest Blogging, Minnesota Me, The Faith, Unemployment 29 Comments

The first one is me, the latter one’s my husband. I’m going to talk about both, however, because I’m a blogger and that’s what I do.Unfortunately I haven’t had a whole lot of energy for blogging lately. I haven’t wanted to get up and pray; haven’t wanted to get up and write; haven’t wanted to get up and exercise. You’re thinking, who does? (want to … [Read more...]

The Faith of a Child

by Filed Under: Felicity, Minnesota Me, Motherhood, Spiritual Growth, The Faith 8 Comments

Once upon a time, my 14-year-old son Joe (who was 10 at the time) asked to go with me to my holy hour. It’s from 4:00 to 5:00 a.m. on Sunday morning—i.e. the dead of night if you’re a kid—and for that reason I didn’t really think I should take him. Still, he pressed his case (as is his way) and in the end, I relented.(I wrote about the experience … [Read more...]

A Poem for the Feast of St. Martin

by Filed Under: Gratitude, Minnesota Me, Special Events, The Faith 4 Comments

This morning, I opened my daughter’s English 2 book at random. Opened it at “random”—ha! Didn’t I just say that with God, there is no “random”? Here is the poem that I found on that page. Here is the poem; I hope you like it. St. Martin’s Cloak Saint Martin was an officer In the mighty ranks of Rome. He traveled with the legions So very far … [Read more...]

Speaking of giveaways…

by Filed Under: Give-Aways, Gratitude, Minnesota Me, Spiritual Growth, The Faith 2 Comments

Alternately Titled: How God WorksJamie is hosting a giveaway right now and I encourage you all to go over and enter. Here’s the link: A Book Review and my First Giveaway! I smiled to see her say in the comments that she would have her children pick the two winners, as she doesn’t know how to do “that other thing.” The random number generator is … [Read more...]