… how good CATHOLICISM FOR DUMMIES really is! I’ll admit it. I was embarrassed to even pick it up at first. The very name implied that I was completely clueless about the Catholic Faith, and needed some sort of remedial help. Total pride, I know. But, since several friends recommended it to me, I thought … [Read more…]
Often I ask the question, ‘Do you think you are a joy for Jesus?’ How many times I have been answered, ‘I never thought about that.’ Or people protest, saying that to think such a thing would be a lack of humility and would ignore our wretchedness..Yet is it not a matter of the most … [Read more…]
… from the book I Believe in Love by Father Jean C.J. d’Elbee “I want to put you on guard right now against the danger of sensible love. How often I have heard the objection, ‘I tell Jesus that I love Him, but I don’t feel it. It seems to me that I’m not being … [Read more…]
Surely we can’t be the only weird family out there! Please tell me we’re not (and stop calling me Shirley…) So, what passes for a great snack here at Chez Ouiz?Peas.Frozen peas. I kid you not. Nothing will bring my kids running to the kitchen faster than me announcing, “hey guys! Who wants some frozen … [Read more…]
Thanks to the recommendation by Dawn at By Sun and Candlelight, I bought HYMNS by Beth Nielson Chapman. A very worthwhile purchase! The parish that I belong to sings quite a bit of (cough cough) Haugen and Haas songs, so this (and the few Gregorian chant CDs we have) is the only chance my children … [Read more…]
“He prays for us as our priest, prays in us as our Head, and is prayed to by us as our God. Therefore let us acknowledge our voice in Him and His in us.” –St. Augustine “This [after St. Therese entered the convent] began a horrible time of suffering when she experienced such dryness in … [Read more…]
Meredith over at Sweetness and Light is hosting a “tour of homes” for the 4Real Learning forum, and the theme is “elegant simplicity” in the kitchen. If you will humor me for a few minutes, I’d love to show you around the kitchen here at Chez Ouiz. I must first tell you that when we … [Read more…]
BEFORE: Baby, post-muffin. Chair, post-muffin. AFTER: Chair, post visit from fuzzy roomba. Baby, mid-bath. (where are her legs???? creepy)
Someone asked me today how many children I have. When I told him “six,” he looked at me with a smile on his face and asked incredulously, “What are you, a glutton for punishment?” He wasn’t trying to be mean, and in its context, I could see that he was more amazed than anything, and … [Read more…]
Words of wisdom from Rachel Balducci (of Testosterhome): We as Catholics have a responsibility to live out our faith to the fullest. And it takes more than simply showing up for Mass each Sunday. It is crucial for us to examine what we are doing the rest of the week to be the best Catholics, … [Read more…]