First, a story.I’m killing you, I know it! Perhaps you will forgive me when I share with you this awesome photo:This is a picture of my friend, Molly. She shared it with me after leaving her comment yesterday. (You really must go back and read it.)Pretty cool, huh?! And what a witness to the love of our beloved Papa.Are you ready for me to announce … [Read more...]
Breakfast with the Pope
A Book Review, a Book Signing, and a Giveaway“Everything happens for a reason…even if you never know what that reason is.”--from Breakfast with the Pope by Susan VigilanteI have a book I think you’ll like.Scratch that.I think you’ll love it.Breakfast with the Pope was written by a local author—Hi, Susan!—but it is anything but a local book. It has … [Read more...]
Salt and Light
We are all called to be...“I had a vision of a great multitude, which no one could count, from every nation, race, people and tongue.”Happy feast of All the Saints!!!(What? You thought I wouldn’t use exclamation points?!)As I told my son on the way to his school, (poor kid, he doesn’t have the day off like the rest of us), “Don’t forget to pray to … [Read more...]
Scenes from the Feast
There are those who plan their feast day meals several days, if not weeks, in advance.And there are those who swing by the store on the way home from piano lessons.Can you guess which camp my tent is in?Look, does it matter if I decided, last minute, on meatloaf & salad & Duncan Hines chocolate molten lava cake?Or does it matter that, … [Read more...]
A Reflection for Teachers
…on the first day of September:The religious teacher must always work with God. She may never presume to believe that she can educate the child with her own resources. Every honest teacher must agree with the author of the Book of Proverbs, “Of the way of a man in his youth, I am utterly ignorant.”Though she may study psychology for whole decades, … [Read more...]
A Mother’s Love
“St. Monica constantly kept the conversion of her son in mind. She wept much, begged God insistently, and never stopped asking good and wise people to speak to her son and try to convince him to abandon his errors. One day St. Ambrose, the bishop of Milan, whom she had already visited several times, took his leave from her in words that have been … [Read more...]
7 Quick Takes Friday
[Vol. XVIII for Me]The “Help! I’m-Trapped-in-the-CVBS-Nursery!” Edition~ Take 1 ~Having taken last summer off to—oh, I don’t know, have a baby or something—I am back in the Bible School daycare this year as a volunteer.~ Take 2 ~My son is happy with this choice, as it affords him ample opportunities to flirt with the teenage helpers.~ Take 3 ~I do … [Read more...]
On This Great Feast
The Twelve Promises of the Sacred Heart(as given by Our Lordto Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque)1. I will give them all the graces necessary for their state of life.2. I will give peace in their families.3. I will console them in all their troubles.4. They shall find in My Heart an assured refuge during life and especially at the hour of death.5. I … [Read more...]
My Little Piece of Italy
A reader, Jan, emailed to ask me about the medal that I always wear.Would you like to hear its story?It all began with the girl in this photo—a lovely young lady named Guillemette.You know how that’s pronounced, right? Because it would kill me if you pronounced my friend’s name wrong. It’s Ghee-ya-mette, with a hard “g” as in “great”. Guillemette. … [Read more...]
Our Fourth First Communion!
~ In Photos ~With love & blessings & a sigh of relief, … [Read more...]
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