I finally got a chance to rent the video Into Great Silence. For those who have not heard of this film, it depicts life in a Trappist monastery as it is lived — no explanations, no “voiceovers,” etc. And, as the title suggests, most of the movie is silent. While it would seem tedious to … [Read more…]
It’s me! Grace was baptized this morning at the 8:00 AM Mass at our parish. She did fine, but I cried tears of joy! One thing that people always take note of after a child is baptized is the smell of the chrism that they are anointed with. I have been smelling the chrism all … [Read more…]
I actually had the opportunity to go to Mass by myself this evening (a GREAT rarity, I assure you!) While it was a bit “lonely” not having my family with me, it gave me the chance to actually LISTEN attentively and participate more fully. I was especially moved by this particular prayer intention: “We pray … [Read more…]
Last evening we had our parish’s first All Saints’ Day party. The kids were very excited about going, but unfortunately, I was NOT going to be able to sew anything new for them… so it was an interesting experiment to see exactly HOW we could make them into the saints they had chosen, simply with … [Read more…]
Feast of the Archangels.We made a devil’s food cake, and then we stabbed it with little plastic swords! (goofy, for sure, but my kids love doing this, and what better way to talk about St. Michael battling Satan?) My girls decided to rake the front yard… for fun!(God bless them!!!) High fashion for the 23-month … [Read more…]
This time from Red Neck Woman over at the Postscripts from the Catholic Spitfire Grill.
One of my “must read” bloggers, The Internet Monk, has a wonderful post on “Post-Evangelicals and the Path of Catholic Spirituality.” As he mentioned in his post, one of the things I liked most about my years of evangelicalism is that everything was neat and orderly. There was a Bible verse and an explanation for … [Read more…]
From Ignatius Insight Scoop: Immaculée [Ilibagaza], the author of Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust will be interviewed twice on upcoming appearances on EWTN: • She will be on “Sunday Night Live” with Fr. Benedict Groeschel on Sunday, September 2, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. {EST}• She will also appear on “Life on … [Read more…]
For anyone who didn’t yet get over to Minnesota Mom’s blogsite to read her incredible Mary miracle, I humbly direct you there now….
Many, many thanks to Julie over at Happy Catholic for pointing out this story to her readers — an amazing conversion story of a man who, as a little boy, had a profound experience of the Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. Read the conversion story over at Aimee Milburn’s Historical Christian (a blog that … [Read more…]