The Anchoress, in a lengthy (and excellent) post on class and class warfare, brings up something interesting about “honoring the poor” by stripping churches of the beautiful art and expensive chalices and ciboria: I have a cousin who is a priest. He has worked in some absolute hellholes and he’s also rubbed elbows with the…
Beauty Everywhere
Someone pointed out Regina Doman’s blog, which I like very much because of the way she highlights the hidden beauty in her home. I started looking for beauty in my home, too. I was making a dish that required “stoplight peppers” and noticed how very pretty the tops were when I cut them off.
Hooray!
Hubby comes home tonight! I’m so happy! His plane will land around 11 p.m., so that means I’ve only got 5 1/2 hours before I can do this:
I have added maternity shirts to my shop! This white one has a message on the back, as well. There are also coffee mugs and bumper stickers with this same message. Thanks in advance for browsing my shop.
Oooh! Carnies!
I haven’t remembered to post the links lately, but this week’s Catholic Carnival is up and running! Take a spin on the midway rides with your Mom this weekend. [photo credit: © St. Mary Magdalen’s CommunityFest 2006] (I actually used to live very close to that parish, and my own parish was once a mission…
Justification
There’s been a lot of discussion (to put it in the best light possible) about the conversion of Dr. Francis Beckwith, and I haven’t really got a lot to say about it. I’m happy that another person has come home to the Church that was founded by Christ, but everything else is really his (and…
Converts from Islam
I was wondering about saints to whom I could go for intercessory prayer in relation to Muslims converting to Christianity. So I did a search at the Patron Saint site (very helpful site, you know). These are the saints I came up with. *Saint Flora of Cordoba: Memorial 24 November Profile Born to Muslim parents.…
