As always, I point you to Catholic Culture for more on this feast day, and in particular the prayer of Enthronement: O Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Thou didst reveal to the blessed Margaret Mary Thy desire to rule over Christian families; behold, in order to please Thee, we stand before Thee this day, to … [Read more…]
How’s that for a catchy title? As I mentioned a little while ago, I took one of the suggestions from The How To Book of the Mass to heart and started asking the Lord to give me just one word, or phrase, that I’m supposed to hear at Mass and ponder during the day. So … [Read more…]
Don’t pray unless you mean it. Our parish had its Lenten reconciliation service this evening. When I first heard about it a few weeks ago, I had mentioned it to my dh as a “gee don’t you think it would be a good idea to go” sort of thing. Since he didn’t say anything more … [Read more…]
Now that we have ideas for keeping our homes in order, let’s turn to organizing our hearts. Let’s face it, even with the best laid dinner plans, filing systems, curriculum, and laundry organizers – life as a homeschooling mother, often with many children, is unpredictable. The temporal demands of managing a household can sometimes become … [Read more…]
For those of you who use the MAGNIFICAT magazine for your daily devotions, please turn to page 311 (yes, I’ll wait…) Blessed Pepin of Landen? Direct ancestor. Thank you…. thank you very much! For those who do not have their latest copy available, here is his biography: BLESSED PEPIN OF LANDENLayman (646) Pepin served in … [Read more…]
The Bookworm has Montessori-styled cards for the Mysteries of the Rosary and the Stations of the Cross that you can print out. They are beautiful! My kids would not be interested in using them in the typical 3-part Montessori fashion, but they WILL love playing concentration with them! And, if I know them at all, … [Read more…]
Why am I still up at 1:00 AM? Simple. This is the first time of the day that I have been ALONE. I needed a “Mommy break,” so I’m up checking out some of my favorite blogs… and my goodness, there’s a lot of good stuff out there! Questions from bad soap operas to cremation, … [Read more…]
I was going to write a post on organization (which seems to be a topic of interest everywhere I turn!), but that will have to wait a bit… I have only a short time this evening to blog, and that post will take longer to write. Instead, I wanted to share some pictures of our … [Read more…]
This Advent has been so disappointing. I had so many plans swirling around in my head… so many activities I wanted to try, presents I wanted to make, and elaborate lessons to bestow upon the kids. Enter reality. A certain little someone who shall remain nameless (but her initials are G-R-A-C-E) has seen to it … [Read more…]
I’d love to say that we’ve got great activities planned for today, but that’s not possible this year… so we’ll be celebrating by eating Mexican food this evening! Whoo hoo! (crockpot chicken tacos are a family favorite, so this will be a wonderful way to celebrate! And what could be easier? 2 packages of boneless/skinless … [Read more…]