Ever since Chick B had her throat blessed at Mass several years ago, we have both been fascinated with St. Blaise! We were rookie year Catholics when Chick B happened to go to daily Mass on February 3rd (The Feast Day of St. Blaise). Saint Blaise’s protection of those with throat problems originates from a story [...]
January 22, 2011
Brad Noel, Director of Catholic Campus Ministry at Ole Miss, has sent us some great pictures of his Mardis Gras wreaths which went up at his house on January 6, the official end of the Christmas season and the beginning of Epiphany which the Church originally celebrated on that date. In several parts of the South- [...]
January 11, 2011
Somehow I landed a position on the “Scarf Security Team” (SST) for the relics (a scarf and gloves) of St. Gianna that were at Holy Spirit Catholic Church last fall. Chick K (a cradle Catholic) asked me if I would be willing to assist with veneration of the relics after Mass. “Well, what will my duties [...]
January 5, 2011
I am pleased to report that I made a tiny bit of progress in my Advent/Christmas resolution . . . but it was actually just small steps in peeling back the “Martha Stewart” layers to experience the true meaning of Advent and Christmas. There is room for improvement next year. However, I did find [...]
January 1, 2011
I have come up with one new year’s resolution (project, really) for 2011- to cook more for my family. Mind you, I have tried this with resolve many times over the years. I usually begin in September at the start of a school year, only to get derailed by some all-encompassing sports season of my son’s [...]
December 26, 2010
We’ve gone from purple to red AND from green to white, all in one day here in the South! In the “You Learn Something New Everyday” category concerning the upcoming saints’ feast days, we read this in Greg Dues’ book entitled Catholic Customs & Traditions: ” These feasts of martyrs during Christmastime represent three kinds of martyrdom [...]
December 24, 2010
Words from Papa, featured in Magnificat Magazine this month….. “Most of us in the world today live far from Jesus Christ, the incarnate God who came to dwell amongst us. We live our lives by philosophies, amid worldly affairs and occupations that totally absorb us and are a great distance from the manger. In all kinds [...]
December 19, 2010
Crisis at Christmas – A Reflection on the Gospel for the 4th Sunday of Advent By: Msgr. Charles Pope The Gospel today gives us some background for the Christmas feast that we need to take to heart. It speaks to us of a crisis at Christmas. We tend to sentimentalize the Christmas story as we think of the [...]
December 10, 2010
If you are slowing down to contemplate and rest in the Advent season, you might enjoy taking time to read some of these recent blog posts from other Catholics who are serious about our call to the New Evangelization. Father Robert Barron’s ministry Word on Fire highlights these writers for us. Pass up that excursion [...]
December 6, 2010
Today is the feast day of Saint Nicholas, and in his honor I am pulling out a book by Bill Bennett called The True Saint Nicholas- Why He Matters to Christmas so I can read up on this special saint of goodwill and kindness to so many. I told the kids that today was his [...]
February 1, 2011
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