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My name is Heather and I have been the help meet to my wonderful husband, Len, for 20 years. Our children are Hope (17), Lenny (14), Lily (9), Wren (Born to heaven, 10/02), Mary (Born to heaven, 9/03), Lucy (Born to heaven, Early '04), and Peter (5). Five doggies round out our happy brood.    |
We are so blessed to belong to a wonderful Catholic home-school group. And our fearless leader, Alice Gunther, manages by the grace of God (and I’m sure much prayer) to keep us (over 100 families) together. Alice has been kind enough to share her beautiful statue of the Blessed Mother. Our Lady is [...]
Well it has taken us a while to get back into our routine after the holidays. It’s been a particularly slow go due to illness. But inspired by Mary Ellen’s posts (here and here) that I had saved in Bloglines, we are back into our “morning basket routine”. This routine includes reading aloud [...] Only for today, I will seek to live the livelong day positively without wishing to solve the problems of my life all at once.
We participated in a WONDERFUL All Hallow’s Eve party with our Immaculate Heart of Mary homeschooling group on Saturday. It was truly a terrific afternoon celebrating the origins of the true Halloween. Our family had not celebrated this holiday for about 10 years. However, last year we were introduced to the [...] Have No Fear for what tomorrow may bring. The same loving God who cares for you today will take care of you tomorrow and every day. He will either shield you from suffering or give you unfailing strength to bear it. Be at peace, then, and put aside all anxious thoughts and imaginations. - St. Frances [...] This afternoon, we attended a beautiful Good Friday service. Our wonderful pastor, Father McCartney, preached a sermon on St. Longinus, the centurion who pierced Jesus’ side at the crucifixion. He punctured Jesus’ heart in order to confirm His death before removing Him from the cross. Scripture tells us that out of it flowed blood and water. [...] “None of us knows what awaits us in this new year, but God knows. His will has already prepared our path; every detail of our life is already determined in His mind. Let us be ready to accept, or rather embrace with courage and readiness, everything that God wishes or permits, certain that in His [...]
Feast of St. Andrew Today is the day to begin the Christmas Novena from now until Christmas. Here is the prayer: Hail, and blessed be the hour and moment at which the Son of God was born of a most pure Virgin at a stable at midnight in Bethlehem in the piercing cold. At that [...] The theological virtues are practiced essentially by the will. When they are accompanied by feeling, the practice of them is pleasant and consoling; but when the act must be made by the will alone, then this exercise is dry and cold, but is not for this reason of less merit; on the contrary, it is [...] |
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