We Are All Called to Lives of Holiness
Today is Small Success Thursday over at CatholicMom.com. Share your week's successes with us. This week is our first week back into a normal routine. My husband had two weeks off over the holidays and while it is great to have him around, we all tend to fall out of our routines when he is home. …
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I am having one of those days in Motherhood and as a Christian when "I do the very thing I hate" to quote Saint Paul. I have allowed little things and my own failures drag me down. That is what the Devil wants. He would rather I wallow in self-pity rather than ask The Lord …
Today I am linked up with the CatholicMom.com Advent Wreath Link-Up. If you have a camera and a blog be sure to share your wreath with us. Our Advent Wreath is our first as a family. My husband and I have been married for 3.5 years. We bought a simple gold ringed wreath at our …
Last night I went to the Saturday Vigil Mass for the Second Sunday of Advent. A part of the Liturgy of the Eucharist really struck me. I actually misheard our priest who has a Nigerian accent and that mishearing really hit me. During the anaphora, or Eucharistic Prayer, there is a portion in the preface …
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I am going to open up this can of worms for the second year in a row. I am having an honest struggle with Santa Claus. I was raised with my parents doing Santa Claus. I can remember thinking that I heard sleigh bells when I was five years old, waiting in anticipation for Christmas …
Today is the Feast Day of St. Nicholas. Happy Feast Day! We celebrate this feast in our family. My husband and I decided to incorporate his childhood tradition of stockings on December 6th to our own family traditions. We did stockings on Christmas morning in my family. My husband and I want to live more …
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Are we afraid of silence? Think about it. The TV, radio, iPod, cell phone, game system, computer or other noise maker is always on. We are enrapt in our car, at the store, in our homes. We are distracted. Christmas time is no exception. It is busy and crazy. We have parties to attend, gifts …
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Do you love the season of Advent as much as I do? Do you have a beautiful wreath to share? Then join us over at CatholicMom.com next Monday, December 9th, 2013 for the Advent Wreath Link-Up. Grab your camera and take a picture of your Advent wreath. If you don't have a blog send it …
Today I am linking up with the Advent Veil Project. I am really excited because I am pretty new to veiling and I love it. I started veiling on Holy Thursday 2013. It was never something I expected to do, in fact I had never seen anyone veil except when I went to Mass at …
Happy New Year! The Church has begun a new liturgical year. We are now into the First Week of Advent as we await the coming of our Savior. During Mass yesterday I started to think about how silly I think New Year's Resolutions can be. They are yet another way to drive consumerism. It is …
Swimming the Depths 