The other day I was talking with a dear friend about combatting our tendency to be snappy and irritated with our close family members, particularly when tired at the end of the day. Both of us love our family members dearly, but find it so easy to go crazy on them and say unkind things to them when…
When your family gathers around your home altar for prayer before bed, it’s so beautiful to close (or open!) evening prayer with a hymn. (After all, hymns are an important part of the Divine Office, the constant prayer of the Church that our priests and consecrated religious devote their lives to ceaselessly praying.) This Lent, I…
This post is for the cat-lovers amongst you dear readers. (Anyone who does not immediately want to scoop up these adorable fur balls and take them home should stop reading now.) Besides having an affinity for cats and kittens, you know that I am a big fan of the “Middle Ages” as well. Can you guess…
Mardi Gras Activity for Kids- Bury the Alleluia for Lent. Since Mardi Gras is a week from tomorrow I wanted to share this post by Lacy Rabideau from Catholic Icing this week so you could prepare for it–hint: you’ll need wooden letters and gold spray paint! (Of course, if you are celebrating Septuagesima according to…
If you need a laugh this morning, stop by the Catholic Humor board on Pinterest that I’m working on. Hopefully I’m finding the funniest stuff out there! Here’s one of my favorites: And here’s another: One more: (The last two are because I am such a Sacred Music nerd, of course!) Check it out and…
Memorize the Faith! (And Most Anything Else) Using the Methods of the Great Catholic Medieval Memory Masters by Kevin Vost, Psy. D. In a conversation yesterday with a student about his difficulty in memorizing Scripture verses, I was reminded of this book sitting on my shelves at home. Having majored in psychology in college, I have…
Oh, the memories I’m having this week! Two years ago, after seeing an ad in the parish bulletin, some parishioners at our local parish church got together and embarked on the most crazy project imaginable–bringing the tradition of Sacred Music into the life of our parish by starting a Schola.* So, Our Schola is going to have its…
Please pray for these intentions that I have currently, and please post your intentions below so that I can add them to my daily Rosary! For a new opportunity my husband and his friend are investigating For the pastor and Faithful of my local parish church as they work to plan and build a new church building, that they may build a Temple…
Look where I was two weekends ago! Ahhhh…Classical music is just about my favorite type of music to play on the stereo each day–but it’s even better to experience it in a packed symphony hall (and the place was packed, too, after fifteen more minutes). If you have ever been to a philharmonic or classical…
Even though I always knew as a child that we should pray for priests, it wasn’t until I started volunteering to work in my parish that I started to see why it is so important to pray for priests. It’s such hard work to be a faithful, holy priest! In their vocations they face countless temptations, struggles,…
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