Part II of my Series “The VERY Hard Work of Lasting Change” You can read Part I here. This is me, going on a Facebook foray: The world is my oyster! Or rather, in this case, my PB & J. Mmmm....I start to sample the goods in my feed. This is also known as “scrolling,” whereupon I roll my cursor down down … [Read more...]
A Serendipitous Approach to Spiritual Growth
ser·en·dip·i·ty (noun) the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for According to my Facebook feed, many home schooling families began their school year yesterday. We start tomorrow, despite my delusions about when and if ever summer should end. It's been such a nice summer, really. A game-changing summer, … [Read more...]
Stuff and Not Fluff on a Saturday
Checking in with this impish grin to say… OMGoodness, I love this book. I am thinking lots of lofty thoughts and you know, I am fond of lofty thoughts! On a good day they draw me closer to God. I finished Week I yesterday (St. Louis de Montfort) and have started in on the writings on St. Maximilian Kolbe. This passage in particular … [Read more...]
Industry
On Saturday morning, some friends and I met for Mass and a study of the Catechism. It was a lovely three-hour outing—good for my soul, and great for my need to chitchat & visit—and I was so thankful my husband let me slip away. My oldest son even did the dishes! When I got home, I discovered this scene in the family room: “Wow!” I … [Read more...]
Food for Thought
We must never glance at what is good in ourselves, much less ponder over it, but we should search out what is wrong and what is lacking. This is an excellent way of remaining humble.-- St. Vincent de Paul … [Read more...]
Food for Thought
The Old Yeller Edition“Now the thing to do,” [Pa] went on, “is to try to forget it and go on being a man.”“How?” I asked. “How can you forget a thing like that?”He studied me for a moment, then shook his head. “I guess I don’t quite mean that,” he said. “It’s not a thing you can forget. I don’t guess it’s a thing you ought to forget. What I mean … [Read more...]
From the Prayer Book
It is right and fitting that redeemed people should live no longer for themselves but solely for Him Who died for them! A noble soul constantly focuses its thoughts, affections and aspirations on eternity. Whatever is not eternal, whatever is not infinite is valueless to it. We should raise ourselves above all vain pleasures, our eyes fixed on … [Read more...]
Words of Wisdom
“Humility is to the various virtues what the chain is in a rosary. Take away the chain and the beads are scattered; remove humility and all virtues vanish.” --St. John Vianney … [Read more...]
Food for Thought
“We get robbed of the glory of life because we aren’t capable of remembering how we got here. When you are born, you wake slowly to everything. Your brain doesn’t stop growing until you turn twenty-six, so from birth to twenty-six, God is slowly turning the lights on, and you’re groggy and pointing at things saying circle and blue and car and then … [Read more...]
Food for Thought
Leave sadness to those in the world. We who work for God should be lighthearted.--St. Leonard of Port MauriceAnd how is your Monday going? … [Read more...]
